Minister is going places
David Ellery Defence Minister Stephen Smith, who just returned from the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore on the weekend, has continued his peripatetic peregrinations with a visit to China.
Morrison 'taken aback' by virality of YouTube speech
David Ellery A video showing Australia's top soldier, Lieutenant General David Morrison, ripping into sexual abuse in the army has been viewed more than a million times.
Bombs away: the final battle for Tuggeranong
David Ellery Forty years ago, Flying Officer Bill Mayne led a bomb disposal team into a sheep paddock to Canberra's south.
Military, PS take the most honours
David Ellery Soldiers and public servants have scored the lion's share of Queen's Birthday honours for ACT and Queanbeyan residents.
Dry autumn made burnoff sensible move
David Ellery Controlled burn in Canberra's north a pre-emptive strike to keep residents safe come summer.
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The building that never gave up
David Ellery If there was a competition for Canberra's longest running development project it would be difficult to beat the John Gorton Building.
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You call that a budget cut?
David Ellery Tough times called for tough medicine and Scullin was willing to deliver it.
Tale of a pasture-prized car
David Ellery Kate Moss' glorious transformation left me with an agonising dilemma.
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A new chapter, but no verse
David Ellery You must have noticed by now that the Centenary of Canberra celebrations have been suffering from a terrible lack of poetry.
Taxpayers burnt by Mitchell fire costs
David Ellery Canberra taxpayers are picking up the $1.72 million tab for extinguishing the 2011 Mitchell fire and monitoring the decontamination effort.
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WWII crash mystery solved
David Ellery The mystery of Canberra's second World War II air crash has been solved.
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Old Canberra: another country
David Ellery The past, as L.P. Hartley so cleverly observed in his novel The Go-Between, is another country. They do things differently there.
Fighter pilot reunited with tough little Kittyhawk
David Ellery Kittyhawk pilot Tom Russell was in Canberra to renew his acquaintance with one of Australia's last remaining Kittyhawks.
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Time to torpedo Emden 'link'
David Ellery The Canberra Times has been anointed with an unwarranted dose of venerability by a German film producer celebrating the exploits of the World War I raider SMS Emden, Gang-Gang has been told.
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From close crop to porn prop
David Ellery Canberra's Museum and Gallery is hoping an ACT sex addict may be able to shed some light on the provenance of a recently acquired item in its collection.
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Plane mystery on Mt Ainslie
David Ellery The year is 1943 or thereabouts; a young boy named Bill Guard is hanging with his mates in Ainslie when they observe a plane in trouble ...
Safety alert after road deaths spike
David Ellery Calls for ACT government to commission urgent review of the territory's road safety priorities.
Stalled redevelopments await restart
David Ellery Work on Canberra's stalled Nishi residential development could resume as early as Monday, with an official announcement imminent.
Golfers in the rough on development
David Ellery Canberra golfers are calling for clarity amid new speculation Narrabundah's pitch and putt golf course could be moved to make way for housing.
