Places
Going Around in Circles … ring bells, dear readers?
Older readers, do you know of, did you perhaps even warble as a 1950s schoolchild, a song about Canberra and its notorious planning called Going Around in Circles Getting Nowhere? Back to this in a...
Witness grilled over Macgregor stabbing death
Christopher Knaus A hearing impaired witness giving evidence into the alleged stabbing murder of a Canberra woman last year has spoken of hearing a terrible, high-pitched scream that was "like something you'd hear on...
Bouncer broke man's jaw, escapes jail term
Michael Inman A nightclub bouncer who broke a punter's jaw and knocking him unconscious with a single punch has avoided a jail sentence.
A guide to Lonsdale Street Traders
Emma Kelly Explore a collection of stores offering one-of-a-kind products, distinctive designs and unique services where you can expect the unexpected.
High flyers out of the basement
AT AGE 13, Michael Hazilias got his first job and had a golf handicap of eight.
Perfect produce, shrinking market: it's a growing trend
John Thistleton Keith Harrison remembers his family's stone fruit orchard - 20,000 trees in wide rows - spreading out in the Araluen valley to the gum tree-covered mountains in the distance.
When it's cool for cats
Ella Fisher Trying to keep cool while wearing a thick fur coat in 35 degree heat is hard work.
Three Eastman barristers forced to stand down
Jack Waterford David Eastman is without representation, other than by a legal aid solicitor, today after three barristers briefed by him have found themselves forced to stand down from an inquiry into his...
Lobbying for billions of clients
It is not only MPs, political staff and nosy journalists who wander the corridors of Parliament House on any given day of the week.
International Judo Tournament, Tuggeranong
Images from the International Judo Tournament in Tuggeranong.
Bullet fired into Griffith flat
Hamish Boland-Rudder Several people sleeping just metres from where a bullet was fired through the window of a southern suburbs flat say they didn’t hear the gunshot in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Taking flight with lark ascending
Larissa Nicholson THE breathtaking sounds of one of the world's most famous opera singers rang out across the hills of Canberra on Saturday night.
'I could have bought a yacht... but then how could I sit in church?'
Emma Macdonald His name’s on several international rich lists and he commands a business empire worth $30 billion.
Union slams site safety after roller tips over in Coombs
Hamish Boland-Rudder Union representatives were threatening court action after they were initially refused entry to a Coombs construction site after a five-tonne machine rolled over.
Man pleads guilty to almost $1m in bank account thefts
Stephanie Anderson A man accused of stealing almost $1 million from bank accounts over a three-year period will be sentenced in the Supreme Court later this month.
Trial judge misdirected jury, claim lawyers in sex abuse case
Michael Inman Lawyers for an award-winning artist convicted of sexually abusing a girl who became pregnant have attacked the directions given to the jury in the case.
$500,000 to child, mother burnt at golf club counter
Stephanie Anderson A woman has been awarded more than $500,000 after she and her then six-year-old daughter received an electric shock from faulty neon lighting while visiting the Gungahlin Golf Club.
