Hamish Boland Rudder on Woden Valley

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...

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...

Hands off say the experts: Old Parliament House isn't 'junk'

Hamish Boland-Rudder A call to pull down parts of Old Parliament House has been labelled “total and absolute nonsense” by one former prime minister who served there, as heritage and political experts leapt to the...

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Thieves slash tyres, burn Phillip unit

Hamish Boland-Rudder Police are searching for thieves who damaged a car and set an apartment on fire in Phillip over the weekend.

Canberra supermarket robbed at gunpoint

Hamish Boland-Rudder A man has been arrested within 90 minutes of an alleged robbery in Canberra's north, while police are seeking witnesses to a gunpoint robber in the south on Sunday.

Pizza restaurant catches fire in Phillip

Hamish Boland-Rudder An area has had to be evacuated after a pizza restaurant caught fire in Phillip on Tuesday 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...

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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...

Mum, fret, and tears: the start of class and the end of an era

Hamish Boland-Rudder There may have been pre-school and orientation days for the children, but seemingly there is nothing that can prepare a parent for the separation of the first day of kindergarten.

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Tears on school's first day - and that's just the parents

Hamish Boland-rudder Tiarni Mara virtually jumped out of bed after being woken by her brother Aiden on Monday morning. It was her big day, at last.

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...