$8m gift lets Grammar 'get serious' about Asia
Emma Macdonald Businessman Terry Snow will give $8 million to his former school to build a striking new Asian century centre.
Still room to improve on vaccination: Gallagher
Emma Macdonald Katy Gallagher says it's ''problematic'' that people still questioned the benefits of childhood vaccinations.
Asbestos: builders warned of spot fines
Emma Macdonald ACT Work Safety Commissioner Mark McCabe will seek approval from the ACT government to slap $5000 fines on builders who fail to dispose of asbestos properly, saying too many were risking the health...
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.
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.
Sell-out Fashfest makes a stunning debut
Jenna Clarke, Emma Macdonald In her centenary year, Canberra has been formal and fabulous, but the city has never been more frocked-up than at the opening of Fashfest.
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.
New audit takes aim at illegal practices
Emma Macdonald Young electrical apprentices in the ACT are illegally being forced to work without appropriate supervision.
Almost 90 notices issued in workplace safety blitz
Emma Macdonald At least 88 improvement and infringement notices – amounting to up to $50,000 in fines – were issued on Wednesday after a work safety blitz on building sites in Harrison.
Kindles light the fire of reading near and far
Emma Macdonald Education Editor Sometimes the simplest idea can make the biggest difference.
Movers and shakers win some quiet time at last
Emma Macdonald What some of the ACT's movers and shakers are up to as Canberra quietens down during the summer break.
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.
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.
ACT to move on shoddy engineers
Emma Macdonald The ACT could become the second jurisdiction in Australia to register engineers in an attempt to crack down on shoddy operators who have been responsible for serious construction collapses in the...
Rebuilding lives a tough job
Emma Macdonald Nigerian-born construction worker Karam Rezagui said he had seen ''many hard situations and problems'' in his home country, but nothing prepared him for the carnage of the Kingston building site...
Family denied transport support by ACT bureaucracy
Emma Macdonald A year 7 student with Down syndrome has been repeatedly knocked back from receiving government assistance to get to and from school because she is not attending the one in her ‘‘area’’.
Taste of laneway culture becomes a capital idea
Emma Macdonald A little bit of Melbourne's cosmopolitan laneway culture is about to hit Canberra.
The genesis of state aid
Emma Macdonald It seems so unlikely that a crumbling, decommissioned block of toilets could have changed the course of Australian political history.
Japanese course gets UC lifeline
Emma Macdonald The University of Canberra's Japanese course has been thrown a lifeline after being targeted for closure due to falling student demand.
My School results yield a few surprises
Emma Macdonald, Breanna Tucker The My School website shows Canberra's high-fee independent schools maintain their dominance of the top spots across literacy and numeracy testing in all year levels, but they continue to spend up to...
