ANU jumps six places in world uni rankings
Emma Macdonald ANU has clawed back six places to come 64th in the world in the Academic Ranking of World Universities.
Still room to improve on vaccination: Gallagher
Emma Macdonald Katy Gallagher says it's ''problematic'' that people still questioned the benefits of childhood vaccinations.
Plans for pay parking for Parliamentary Triangle
Emma Macdonald, Tom McIlroy Canberra workers and visitors to national institutions will be forced to cough up almost $74 million in new parking fees in the Parliamentary Triangle and at Acton over the next three years.
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.
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.
Gallagher backs paid parking - but wants funds to stay local
Emma Macdonald and Tom McIlroy Canberra workers and visitors to national institutions will be forced to cough up almost $74 million in new parking fees in the Parliamentary Triangle and at Acton over the next three years.
Unions shut down hospital construction sites
Emma Macdonald The ACT government will unveil its legislation to create Canberra's first industrial court on Tuesday.
Public schools win young, but lose seniors
Emma Macdonald ACT government schools are slowly but surely clawing back a proportion of students from non-government schools in the primary and high school years.
Asbestos: builders warned of spot fines
Emma Macdonald ACT Work Safety Commissioner Mark McCabe will seek approval from the ACT government to slap $5000 fines on builders who fail to dispose of asbestos properly, saying too many were risking the health...
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...
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...
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.
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Budget blow will cost Canberra's universities $16m
Emma Macdonald The Australian National University has estimated it stands to lose $13 million over the next two years because of the federal government's claw-back of university funding in order to implement the...
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Students bemoan end of scholarships
Emma Macdonald Arts/science student Amy Constable cannot imagine how she would have ended up at the Australian National University had she not had access to a Student Start-up Scholarship, which provides her with...
ACT odd one out on state schools
Emma Macdonald The ACT has the highest percentage of wealthy and middle-class families using government schools - bucking a national trend for wealthy families to increasingly desert public education.
Salaries soar for 'super teachers'
Emma Macdonald Thirty-year-old Canberra teacher Amanda Hawkins never went into the profession for the money.
ACT children fare better on wellbeing than peers
Emma Macdonald Canberra's five-year-olds are slightly less vulnerable to developmental delays than other children across Australia.
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...
Independent schools dominate rankings
Emma Macdonald The Canberra Times league tables of literacy and numeracy performance across all schools in the ACT continue to show the dominance of independent schools over government and Catholic schools.
Not-so-glorious food in capital canteens
Emma Macdonald ACT school canteens have produced the worst nutritional results of a nationwide analysis of food available to students.
