Ross Peake

Ross Peake

Gungahlin the best connected town in ACT

Ross Peake More than 14,000 Gungahlin households are about to be connected to the national broadband network.

Gungahlin in broadband superfast lane

Ross Peake Superfast broadband has finally arrived in Gungahlin.

Gungahlin put on hold by NBNCo

Ross Peake The long-awaited rollout of the NBN in Canberra will be delayed by six months.

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Well-connected: $1m NBN digital hub for Gungahlin Library

Ross Peake An internet training room will be established at Gungahlin Library at a cost of almost $1 million.

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Race is on to get hooked up

Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy speaks to the media after a  photo opportunity in the Canberra suburb of Gungahlin, on Tuesday 9 April 2013. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Ross Peake The race is on to see how many Canberra households and businesses will be connected to the national broadband network before an incoming Coalition government pulls the plug on the project.

Businesses slow to convert

Ewan Brown, President of the Gungahlin Community Council, in front of the Fibre Optic Cable being layed in the Canberra suburb of Gungahlin, on Tuesday 9 April 2013. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Ross Peake Gungahlin businessman Jason Roses likes the idea of the NBN but is cautious about signing up.

'Dunk-a-Raider' the big draw at Convoy for Cancer fair

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 08:  Terry Campese of the Raiders and Ben Henry of the Warriors fight for a loose ball during the round six NRL match between the Canberra Raiders and the New Zealand Warriors at Canberra Stadium on April 8, 2012 in Canberra, Australia.  (Photo by Stefan Postles/Getty Images)

Ross Peake Raiders stars are up for a dunking on Saturday to help raise money for families affected by cancer.

Convoy for Canberra back on the road

Organisers of a convoy for cancer families, Robert 'Cowboy' Gorman and Melissa Gardiner at Abletts transport in Queanbeyan.

Ross Peake The Convoy for Cancer is returning to Canberra, assembling hundreds of trucks to delight spectators, but is set to irritate Queanbeyan by snubbing that city.

Concrete king set to build greener future

Chris Rutledge, General Manager for  Elvin Group at the resource recovery and reuse centre at Mitchell.

Ross Peake You don't instantly think ''green'' when a concrete truck rumbles by.

NBN to roll out in ACT today

BROADBAND CABLE

Ross Peake The NBN high-speed network starts to become a reality in Canberra today when the first fibre optic cable is rolled out.

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Ross Peake

Imposition of Sharia law a 'myth'

Ross Peake The head of a federal inquiry into multiculturalism hopes to push back against the notion that all Muslims in Australia want to impose Sharia law.