Gungahlin challenges Forrest's riches
Megan Doherty While leafy Forrest retained the top earners' spot, the new suburbs of Gungahlin are proving to be home to the most cashed-up residents of the ACT, according to the Census data released today.
Gungahlin swelling as south stagnates
Megan Doherty Growing pains are affecting the communities at Canberra's two extremes - Gungahlin is growing at a mighty pace and Tuggeranong has stopped growing and gone backwards.
Gungahlin residents angry over TransACT internet outages
Megan Doherty About 800 Gungahlin residents have been left with intermittent internet access for the last five days, leading some frustrated customers to call on TransACT to lift its game and even ask for...
Gungahlin internet customers to get compensation
Megan Doherty TransACT chief executive officer Ivan Slavich says the company will offer compensation to Gungahlin residents affected by internet outages this week.
A hi-tech way to lose those kilos
Megan Doherty RSPCA ACT chief executive officer Michael Linke is looking buff after losing 31 kilos in 15 months.
Artwork has rival for public dislike
Megan Doherty Until the Skywhale, it was perhaps Canberra's most maligned piece of public art - and it got the green light from John, rather than Jon.
Govt reduces blood test centres
Megan Doherty The ACT government is reducing the number of centres where blood tests can be performed in Canberra by two.
Dogged Amy right on the money to her goal
Megan Doherty At the tender age of 10, Harrison schoolgirl Amy Weissel is already a budding entrepreneur.
Circus makes presence felt
Megan Doherty Here’s one way around anti-billboard laws – put a ruddy great inflatable clown in someone’s backyard.
Determined Jason on long road to recovery
Megan Doherty THE IMAGE of Jayson Bush immobile in a back brace was a powerful reminder of the devastation that can be wrought by a workplace injury.
Tears as memorial to workers opens
Megan Doherty One after another they came to lay sprigs of rosemary at the new National Workers Memorial.
Lifeline furore over redundancies
Megan Doherty Lifeline Canberra claims its book fair volunteers have accepted its staff cuts despite suggestions they are considering going on strike.
Fast food outlet's fly-through lane
Megan Doherty Two hot balloons landed in Wanniassa - one outside the Red Rooster at the local shops and another on land next to Sulwood Drive - but the company involved said both were "precautionary" rather than...
Lifeline reduces staff, but says $1m fund-raiser fairs covered
Megan Doherty Volunteers are deeply concerned the extraordinary success of the Lifeline Canberra book fairs is under threat.
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Canberra memorabilia is here, and not a teaspoon in sight
Megan Doherty Fashionable types in Canberra may soon be asking each other, "Is that a Marion?"
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Le Nevez up for Logie
Megan Doherty Canberra's own Matt Le Nevez has scored a Logies nomination for his role in the Channel Ten show Offspring.
McDermott returning to where it all began
Megan Doherty When former Canberran, ex-member of the Doug Anthony All Stars and artist Paul McDermott was asked for one word that he thought summed up the national capital, he was emphatic: ''Nice.''
Pitch and putt club plays its final round
Megan Doherty After nearly 14 years, 956 holes-in-one and plenty of last-day tears, the Southern Cross Pitch and Putt Club closed on Thursday evening, its members convinced the lush greens will soon be replaced by...
Capital's high achievers in line for top honours
Megan Doherty and Julieanne Strachan Former diplomat and human rights and social justice campaigner Dr Tom Calma is the ACT finalist in the Australian of the Year Award, up against other contenders including media figure Ita Buttrose,...
