Hamish Boland Rudder on Inner South
Free space squeeze prompts creative parking
Hamish Boland-Rudder Driving through gardens, parking on dirt mounds, even scraping against walls to find a technically free space – the old Canberra favourite of verge parking takes on a whole new meaning in the...
Boom gates to keep workers out of church car parks
Hamish Boland-Rudder Community and church services in and around a proposed Parliamentary Triangle paid parking scheme are concerned the plan could lead to further encroachment on already tight space for their own...
Crash shuts down Barton Highway
Hamish Boland-Rudder A man is trapped in his car and in a critical condition after a head-on crash that has closed the Barton Highway near Murrumbatemen.
Police chase leads to arrest in Griffith
Hamish Boland-Rudder A man was arrested after a police pursuit in Canberra’s inner south on Tuesday, despite police terminating the chase.
Man threatened with knife in Kingston
Hamish Boland-Rudder A man was grabbed by the shirt and threatened with a knife by three men in Canberra’s inner south overnight.
Inner north, Gungahlin among nation's most charitable
Hamish Boland-Rudder Residents of Gungahlin are among the most generous in Australia, as the ACT comes out on top of a list of the most charitable jurisdictions in the country, according to a new report released on...
A beginner's guide to two-up in Canberra
Hamish Boland-Rudder The odds in a game of two-up are simple. The pennies fly in the air, and, in a traditional two-coin game, you can either have two heads, two tails, or one of each.
Dangerous bacteria levels close two areas of lake
Hamish Boland-Rudder A second section of Lake Burley Griffin has been closed due to high levels of bacteria, while Yarralumla Bay remains off limits to all water activity following a sewage leak nearly three weeks ago.
Bullet fired into Griffith flat
Hamish Boland-Rudder Several people sleeping just metres from where a bullet was fired through the window of a southern suburbs flat say they didn’t hear the gunshot in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Shot in the night stirs old war memories
Hamish Boland-Rudder Garang Leek hadn't heard a gunshot since he escaped a war zone in Sudan four years ago - until the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Public housing in line of fire
Noel Towell, Hamish Boland-Rudder and Christopher Knaus The troubled Stuart Flats public housing complex in Canberra's inner-south is at least a decade away from redevelopment, despite its history of drugs, crime and poverty.
New school swim policy to soften hardline stance
Hamish Boland-Rudder School students will no longer need competency tests to take part in structured swimming events after the ACT government softened a controversial swimming policy, but one swimming pool operator says...
Dawn of capital's newest wonder
Hamish Boland-rudder The smell of smoke wafting from the visitor centre high on a hill overlooking Canberra was oddly appropriate for the beginning of a new era in Canberra's history - the opening of the National...
Crashes cause traffic delays across the capital
Hamish Boland-Rudder Four separate traffic incidents have caused delays for commuters across the ACT on Friday morning, with crashes including an injured motorcyclist near the city, a cyclist in Barton, and a ute on its...
Work safety chief lashes site manager
Lisa Cox, Hamish Boland-Rudder The ACT's Work Safety Commissioner has lashed out at the manager of a Kingston Foreshore building site over its response to a workplace accident on Thursday.
2012 in review: as reported at canberratimes.com.au
Hamish Boland-Rudder In an era when a new phone can be obsolete within weeks, when a story can be seen by millions on Facebook within minutes, and breaking news is expected and provided within seconds, 12 months seems...
Manuka mystery as stadium sabotaged
Hamish Boland-Rudder Mystery surrounds a vandalism attack on one of the new light towers at Manuka Oval, with police examining if a perimeter fence was bent to gain access, and an inner south residents group saying no...
Construction site strike ends peacefully
Hamish Boland-Rudder, Christopher Knaus A strike by Lend Lease workers at a Barton construction site has ended peacefully this morning, after a deal was struck securing a 20 per cent pay increase for workers.
No free parking for accused meter thieves
Hamish Boland-Rudder While it isn't unusual to get in trouble for not putting money into a parking meter, two men in Griffith were arrested yesterday for trying to take the parking meters themselves.
Flood watch in ACT and surrounding regions
Edited by Hamish Boland-Rudder Full coverage of evacuations, warnings, river levels and weather forecasts. All times are in AEDT.
