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Mum's on board for tour of duty
Megan Doherty Not all mums will be enjoying breakfast in bed with their kids on Mother’s Day on Sunday morning.
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.
Runaway lamb found three days after truck crash
Megan Doherty That truck crash in Campbell last week in which scores of sheep were killed or escaped has had an amazing - and quite sad - postscript.
Tears as memorial to workers opens
Megan Doherty One after another they came to lay sprigs of rosemary at the new National Workers Memorial.
Circus makes presence felt
Megan Doherty Here’s one way around anti-billboard laws – put a ruddy great inflatable clown in someone’s backyard.
Asbestos victim remembered
Megan Doherty ELIZABETH THURBON, whose builder husband Peter died as a result of exposure to asbestos, visited the National Workers Memorial for the first time only a week ago - and was immediately moved.
Nation builders duly honoured
Megan Doherty A new memorial to remember those killed at work goes beyond the hard facts, reports Megan Doherty.
Private drive for the public good
Megan Doherty Jane Easthope has taken on the role of chief executive officer of Canberra CBD Limited after the fight of her life.
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Timomatic diplomatic
Megan Doherty Former Narrabundah College student Timomatic laughs when asked if he’s going to be a nice or mean judge on Australia’s Got Talent.
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...
Residents upset at Brumbies approval
Megan Doherty Sustainable Development Minister Simon Corbell has used his call-in-power to approve the Brumbies' controversial multi-unit development at Griffith - with three fewer units than originally proposed.
Generations keep love of Canberra in the family
Megan Doherty Sarah Abbott, who turns 15 on March 12, Canberra's official birthday, comes from a family with long and proud links to the national capital.
Celebration of gardens as a city's soul
Megan Doherty Governor-General Quentin Bryce has planted a ''hardy stone pine'' at Lanyon Homestead to help celebrate Open Gardens Australia's 25th anniversary and recognise how gardens have added to the soul of...
By George, it's a love match for the children
Megan Doherty Canberra rugby great George Gregan returned to his home town on Thursday to be flogged on the tennis court.
Relics of the ashes to forever
Megan Doherty They are the relics of the firestorm. Items plucked from the rubble of homes. Where a garden gnome could become as precious as a wedding ring because it survived and it was a link to another life, a...
Chauvel Circle of friends 10 years after fire disaster
Megan Doherty Chauvel Circle in Chapman is where bonds of a neighbourhood were forged even tighter when the 2003 firestorm struck.
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Ceberano, not just a pretty face
Megan Doherty It is a beautiful face. And one Australians have known for close to 30 years.
Denial art delayed to avoid poll pain
Megan Doherty The ACT government says there was no conspiracy to delay the release of the final artworks in its controversial and now-defunct public art scheme until after the October election.
Post-war workers celebrate 60 years
Megan Doherty Labour shortage gives way to a 60 year adventure for Canberra's Jennings Germans.
End of an era as Millers goes up for sale
Megan Doherty Canberra institution, the high fashion store Millers of Manuka, is to be put on the market for the first time since its opening in 1957.
