Lisa Cox

Lisa Cox

Residents fear mental health facility

Lisa Cox The owners of a popular children's farmyard nursery have voiced their fears about the construction of a forensic secure mental health facility across the road.

Speed limits too high, says union

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Lisa Cox Canberra's building union wants the speed on more territory roads reduced to 40km/h.

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Beds deleted as mental health plans revised

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Lisa Cox The ACT government is planning a larger forensic mental health facility after a review of its proposal for a 15-bed service.

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Mental health plans an 'appallingly managed process': Opposition

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Jeremy Hanson  MLA, at the Legislative Assembly ACTEW investigation.
The Canberra Times
03 April 2013
Photo Jay Cronan

Lisa Cox The government's revised plan for its forensic mental health facility is the latest stage of an "appallingly managed process", say the ACT Liberals.

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Libs blast process of mental health facility

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Lisa Cox The ACT 's revised plan for forensic mental health is an "appallingly managed process", Liberals say.

Assembly passes motion condemning Seselja for 'betrayal'

Zed Seselja.

Lisa Cox ACT Labor and Greens MLAs have used their numbers in the Legislative Assembly to pass a motion condemning former opposition leader Zed Seselja for ‘‘betraying’’ the voters of Lanyon Valley.

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Options open in Brindabella countback

Val Jeffery.

Lisa Cox Tharwa's Val Jeffery says he will more than likely contest a countback process when Zed Seselja resigns as a Member for Brindabella.

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Forever y-oars

Sunday. Members of the Burley Griffin Canoe Club, Justin Channels and his bride, Jay Crawford, were married at Molonglo Reach, in front of the club rooms.

Lisa Cox Canberra groom kayaks up Molonglo River to wedding ceremony.

True loves wed up a creek after a paddle

Burley Griffin Canoe Club, Justin Channels and his bride, Jay Crawford, were married at Molonglo Reach, in front of the club rooms. Justin arrives by kayak for the ceremony.

Lisa Cox ARRIVING by kayak might not be the most conventional of wedding entrances, but this is a far from conventional love story.

Leadership vote shapes up as three horse race

From left, ACT Liberal leader Zed Seselja, Alistair Coe, Jeremy Hanson and  Brendan Smyth.

Noel Towell and Lisa Cox Canberra Liberals MLAs Brendan Smyth and Jeremy Hanson have emerged as front runners to lead the party when Zed Seselja resigns on Monday.

Nature's fury kept at bay ... for now

Residents and RSF on sight of a major bushfire on Mount Forest Road near Cooma.

Christopher Knaus, Lisa Cox, and Bianca Hall The ACT emerged largely unscathed from Tuesday's horror fire conditions, but authorities have warned the danger is far from over.

Liberals at opposite ends of pew and ballot

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Zed Seselja at the Service of prayer and worship to mark the opening of the 2013 parliamentary year of the Legislative Assembly for the ACT, at St Paul's Anglican Church Manuka.

The Canberra Times
11 February 2013

Photo: Jay Cronan

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Lisa Cox The MLAs vying for the Canberra Liberals leadership sat at opposite ends of two church pews at Monday’s service to mark the start of the Legislative Assembly year.

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Suspected Majura Park gas leak

Lisa Cox Majura Park shopping centre evacuated due to suspected gas leak.

Young woman hurt in Kingston site accident

Mark McCabe.

Lisa Cox WorkSafe ACT is investigating another Canberra building site after an electrical apprentice suffered an electric shock at an apartment site.

Work safety chief lashes site manager

CFMEU negotiators enter the Kingston foreshore apartment worksite.

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.

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Kingston apartment site shut down by WorkSafe

NEWS - (R) CFMEU Secretary Dean Hall stands at the Aurora apartments this morning as workers are ordered of the site so a safety inspection can take place.

Lisa Cox WorkSafe ACT has shut down a Kingston Foreshore building site where an electrical apprentice suffered an electric shock last week.

Crash victims praised at funeral

Mourners at the funeral of Fijians visting Canberra Ram and Padmawati Deo at the Deo family home in Chisholm, Canberra.

Lisa Cox Family members have laid to rest a Fijian couple killed in a Boxing Day accident on the Hume Highway.

ACT prepares to activate full fire alert mode

Fire risk.

Lisa Cox ACT emergency services have declared a Total Fire Ban for the whole of the ACT for 24 hours from midnight on Monday night, as the capital faces fire conditions not seen in years.

Cloud factory: Cotter hits its high mark

A panorama of the cotter damn construction site.

Lisa Cox Sometime on Saturday evening, work on the enlarged Cotter Dam will reach its biggest milestone to date.

High rents, parking fees leave sour taste for Civic businesses

News.  Canberra Centre Muffin Break owner Jovie Tseng is one of a few store in the Canberra Centre closing down their shops at the end of their lease due to the high cost of rent and parking.  24 December 2012     Canberra Times Photo by Jeffrey Chan

Lisa Cox While other retailers await a Boxing Day rush, Jovie Tseng is shutting up shop for good.