Lisa Cox

Lisa Cox

Pamphlet opposing Gungahlin mosque to be probed

Lisa Cox The ACT Government will refer a pamphlet opposing the construction of a mosque in Gungahlin to the Human Rights Commission for investigation amid concerns the flyer was racially motivated.

Community council supports Gungahlin mosque proposal

Lisa Cox The Gungahlin Community Council says it supports the construction of a mosque in the northern suburb and that concerns the development will cause traffic congestion will prove "unfounded".

Gungahlin mosque objectors to petition ACT govt

In favour of the development is Gungahlin resident , Ayoub Bouguettaya,21 who attended the private mosque meeting at the Gungahlin Library. Ayoub is pictured at the proposed site at the Valley Avenue, Gungahlin .

Lisa Cox Canberra residents who attended a closed-door meeting about the construction of a mosque in Gungahlin will petition the ACT government to block the development.

Gungahlin leisure centre designs unveiled

Gungahlin leisure centre, which will include a 50m pool, a 25m pool, a separate children?s water play area, a gym and fitness rooms, a cafe, and childcare facilities. 
 

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Lisa Cox The ACT government has completed its plans for a leisure centre for Gungahlin residents and will begin construction of the long-awaited facilities in August.

Travel around the city to get slower but safer

40 kilometre speed sign.

Lisa Cox The ACT government is beginning work to slow drivers in the busiest parts of Civic, Belconnen and Tuggeranong.

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Biggest Black Opal for 15 years

The crowd at Thoroughbred Park during Black Opal Stakes day.

Lisa Cox Canberra's Black Opal Stakes has drawn its largest crowd in more than a decade, with more than 10,000 turning out for the event's 40th anniversary.

Coe queries rail spending

Environment and Sustainable Development Minister Simon Corbell.

Lisa Cox The ACT government has spent close to $1 million in 18 months developing its Capital Metro light rail project.

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ANU working to shut down 'confessions' website

ANU Confessions Facebook page screenshot.

Lisa Cox The ANU will move to shut down a Facebook page bearing its name and containing graphic descriptions of sexual violence towards women.

Sun up, sun down … a perfect day around the clock

News. 
The Canberra Centenary celebration fireworks as seen from the bubbly bar.
11 March 2013.
Photo: Rohan Thomson. The Canberra Times.

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Sally Pryor, Fleta Page and Lisa Cox Build it and they will come.

Lake revamp goes west

West Basin artist's impression.

Lisa Cox The shores of Lake Burley Griffin will undergo a major plan to transform the lake's western basin.

It's (back) on: Libs to hold new preselection meeting

Managing director of  Village Building  Bob Winnel at his office in Civic.

Noel Towell, Lisa Cox The ACT Liberals will hold a new divisional council meeting to thrash out the bitter Senate preselection process that has divided the party since Zed Seselja's win over incumbent Gary Humphries last...

Forever y-oars

Sunday. Members of the Burley Griffin Canoe Club, Justin Channels and his bride, Jay Crawford, were married at Molonglo Reach, in front of the club rooms.

Lisa Cox Canberra groom kayaks up Molonglo River to wedding ceremony.

Taylor third high-profile Liberal exit

Opposition leader Zed Seselja.

Lisa Cox THE Canberra Liberals have lost another powerbroker with Victoria Taylor resigning as the party's general secretary.

Crash victims praised at funeral

Mourners at the funeral of Fijians visting Canberra Ram and Padmawati Deo at the Deo family home in Chisholm, Canberra.

Lisa Cox Family members have laid to rest a Fijian couple killed in a Boxing Day accident on the Hume Highway.

ACT prepares to activate full fire alert mode

Fire risk.

Lisa Cox ACT emergency services have declared a Total Fire Ban for the whole of the ACT for 24 hours from midnight on Monday night, as the capital faces fire conditions not seen in years.

Neighbours see benefits in Tralee estate

Jerrabomberra residents, front l-r Penny and Jamie Hooper and centre Matt Zan der Plaat.

Lisa Cox Jerrabomberra resident Penny Baker is not entirely supportive of the Tralee housing development, but does see some advantages.

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An arboretum to beam over

Peter Tonkin, the architect of the Village Centre, inside the building.

Lisa Cox THE early idea for 100 forests and 100 gardens came to architect Peter Tonkin while he was walking through some cork oaks.

Nature's fury kept at bay ... for now

Residents and RSF on sight of a major bushfire on Mount Forest Road near Cooma.

Christopher Knaus, Lisa Cox, and Bianca Hall The ACT emerged largely unscathed from Tuesday's horror fire conditions, but authorities have warned the danger is far from over.

True loves wed up a creek after a paddle

Burley Griffin Canoe Club, Justin Channels and his bride, Jay Crawford, were married at Molonglo Reach, in front of the club rooms. Justin arrives by kayak for the ceremony.

Lisa Cox ARRIVING by kayak might not be the most conventional of wedding entrances, but this is a far from conventional love story.

Double vision: parties' similar plans

Alistair Coe and Zed Seselja.

Lisa Cox A Canberra Liberals promise to duplicate William Slim Drive is already budgeted and designed according to ACT Labor.