Fight for Flynn is on again
Emma Macdonald Seven years after the Flynn community lost a furious battle to keep its government primary school open, the war is back on with residents outraged the ACT government has approved the building of a...
Plans for pay parking for Parliamentary Triangle
Emma Macdonald, Tom McIlroy Canberra workers and visitors to national institutions will be forced to cough up almost $74 million in new parking fees in the Parliamentary Triangle and at Acton over the next three years.
No rivers of gold, but Canberra welcomes the trickle
Emma Macdonald The Australian National University is one of few institutions celebrating very slim Budget pickings for the ACT.
Gallagher backs paid parking - but wants funds to stay local
Emma Macdonald and Tom McIlroy Canberra workers and visitors to national institutions will be forced to cough up almost $74 million in new parking fees in the Parliamentary Triangle and at Acton over the next three years.
ACT children fare better on wellbeing than peers
Emma Macdonald Canberra's five-year-olds are slightly less vulnerable to developmental delays than other children across Australia.
'I could have bought a yacht... but then how could I sit in church?'
Emma Macdonald His name’s on several international rich lists and he commands a business empire worth $30 billion.
Different paths as twins go their own way
Emma Macdonald Twins Isaac and Henry have lived largely parallel lives to the age of 12, but will now go to different schools.
Ten years on, astrophysicist Schmidt's rebuilt dream comes close to ashes
Emma Macdonald Nobel Prize winning astrophysicist Brian Schmidt might be agnostic but this weekend resorted to his own version of prayer.
Swapping classes for army life is just par for the course
Emma Macdonald Most year 12 graduates will be kicking back tomorrow and putting the stresses of a university entrance rank behind them, but not Reut Rotem.
Safety crackdown launched on Nishi work site
Emma Macdonald ACT Work Safety Commissioner Mark McCabe has found ‘‘a significant number of serious issues’’ following a safety blitz at the Nishi construction site in New Acton as work crews go into overdrive to...
Ex-inspector's safety warning
Emma Macdonald A former senior ACT WorkCover inspector has warned that safety on Canberra's building sites cannot be assured.
Guiding principal: it's all in the teacher excellence
Emma Macdonald Lyneham High School principal Colleen Matheson puts ACT educational excellence down to one thing: teaching.
Top of the class: high achievers honoured
Emma Macdonald Merici College student Danielle Farrell has had a very satisfactory year. Not only was she dux of the school but she found time for community service for which she was also honoured.
On course for bright futures after ATARs
Emma Macdonald For the 2786 ACT students who completed year 12 and studied for a tertiary entrance score, the wait is finally over.
Tough new rules force schools to cancel swim days
Emma Macdonald ACT students will not be allowed to take part in school swimming activities until they pass an individual swimming competency test.
Jayson fell 6 metres onto concrete, and he couldn't even yell for help
Emma Macdonald He is broken, battered and bruised, but 21-year-old Jayson Bush is alive - a fact that sometimes astonishes him.
Nishi has 'red flag' for work safety
Emma Macdonald Work may be almost complete on the up-scale and environmentally conscious, $550 million Nishi apartment, commercial and office block complex in Civic, but the development has been beset by an...
'Make safety equal to cost and schedule': Actew
Emma Macdonald ActewAGL boss Michael Costello says he would rather have a disgruntled customer than a dead worker and Canberra's construction industry risks falling prey to unrealistic deadlines and cost-cutting...
Ways to reduce accident rate causes the boss sleepless nights
Emma Macdonald ActewAGL chief executive Michael Costello says he would rather have a disgruntled customer than a dead worker and Canberra's construction industry risks falling prey to unrealistic deadlines and...
Fear the music may stop
Emma Macdonald A former foreign minister says he is a ''brilliant strategist''. His former boss calls him ''gifted and insightful''. And those who work closely with him say he is unflappable and unfailingly polite.
