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.
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...
Calls for Minister's sacking over new school approvals
Emma Macdonald The ACT Government may consider legislative changes to the way in which new private schools are approved in the future following community unrest about the latest batch of approvals.
Outcry as private schools approved
Emma Macdonald The ACT government has approved three new private schools - two Christian and one Islamic - to be built in the ACT despite vehement protests from public education groups that they threaten the...
Unions shut down hospital construction sites
Emma Macdonald The ACT government will unveil its legislation to create Canberra's first industrial court on Tuesday.
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.
French revelation: Parisienne experience has diners playing by the rules
Emma Macdonald IT'S DOUBTFUL the French aristocracy invited to the court of Louis XIV would have had to endure more rules about what they would wear and how they would eat than the 700 diners who attended Diner en...
Builders call for random worksite drug, alcohol tests
Emma Macdonald The Master Builders Association has called for random drug and alcohol testing on Canberra construction sites and pulled back from supporting a target to reduce injuries as part of its response to...
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...
Off-key: student numbers plummet
Emma Macdonald First-year enrolments at the Australian National University's school of music have more than halved this year following last year's industrial turmoil and negative publicity over savage job and...
Selfless service and multicultural generosity has medal in the bag
Emma Macdonald Giuseppe Giugni's life story defines what Australia Day is all about.
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.
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...
Union says it will shut down sites unless safety put first
Emma Macdonald The inquiry into work safety is the ACT's ''last chance'' to reform the industry before the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union takes matters into its own hands and shuts down unsafe...
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.
Out of site: worker who raised safety issues loses his job
Emma Macdonald Construction companies talk about safety but few take kindly to workers who raise safety concerns on the job, Sydney sprinkler-pipe-fitter and plumber Dean Mileham says.
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...
Redundancy forced on acclaimed musicians
Emma Macdonald Last year, classical harpist Alice Giles was earning the ANU's School of Music international acclaim as she became the first professional musician ever to perform in Antarctica.
New courses boost university numbers
Emma Macdonald Despite the industrial turmoil of the past year, the Australian National University has managed to increase its first-preference applications for next year.
Frozen out: sacked ANU academics tell their stories
Emma Macdonald Last year classical harpist Alice Giles was earning the ANU’s School of Music international acclaim as she became the first professional musician ever to perform in Antarctica.
