Defence puts books case
Ross Peake Defence says the age of pamphlets seized from a Canberra bookshop is the reason it took two years to examine them.
Two years after military police raid, seized books are back
Ross Peake It may seem beyond belief, but military police have taken two years to deem that ageing handbooks are no longer a threat to national security.
Businesses slow to convert
Ross Peake Gungahlin businessman Jason Roses likes the idea of the NBN but is cautious about signing up.
Department looks to lock in new digs before election
Ross Peake Federal public servants working at Tuggeranong will get new digs, with the deal likely to be locked in before the federal election.
Inquiry backs opposition to new embassies
Ross Peake A parliamentary inquiry has backed objections of residents to building new embassies at Stirling Park, and criticised the ad hoc approach to allocating land for new missions.
Embassies unlikely for Stirling Park
Ross Peake New embassies are unlikely to be built in Stirling Park after a parliamentary inquiry backed objections of residents to the controversial proposal, and criticised the ad hoc approach to allocating...
Gallagher refuses to find role for Abbott
Ross Peake The ACT government will not change a centenary event to appease the federal Coalition.
Embassies should be in Molongo, inquiry hears
Ross Peake Any new diplomatic enclave should be built in the greenfields area of Molongo rather than the established Stirling Park, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.
Foreign Affairs enters embassies row
Ross Peake Foreign Affairs has entered the row over siting a new diplomatic enclave at Stirling Park.
No embassies in Stirling Park, say residents
Ross Peake Building embassies in Stirling Park will permanently damage the lake environment and limit the ability of Canberrans to use it in ways they may not yet appreciate, residents will tell a parliamentary...
Stirling Park embassies will 'forever damage lake environment'
Ross Peake Putting embassies into Stirling Park will damage the greater lake environment forever and impact on its ability to be used by Canberrans in ways we may not even yet appreciate, residents will tell a...
Cabinet Papers: 1984-85
Ministers braced for anger over closures
Ross Peake In April 1985 federal ministers considered closing Watson High School and three primary schools, along with increasing class sizes and reducing ancillary staff in ACT government schools.
Disabled are 'second-class citizens'
By Ross Peake Chifley resident Maureen Caelli is the human face of a national report that says many people with multiple sclerosis are battling without essential aids such as wheelchairs.
