ANU freezes non-academic hiring
Emma Macdonald The Australian National University has frozen all new recruitment for non-academic administrative staff.
Nepal's great lesson in recycling
Emma Macdonald Where do Canberra schools' old whiteboards go to die? Some end up as far away as Nepal.
Still room to improve on vaccination: Gallagher
Emma Macdonald Katy Gallagher says it's ''problematic'' that people still questioned the benefits of childhood vaccinations.
Community rallies to help children of drowned couple
Emma Macdonald The Canberra community has rallied around Ortilija and Orlando Shugg - the children of prominent Canberra authors and bloggers Kathreen Ricketson and Rob Shugg who died tragically last week in an...
Petition call to reinstate ABS survey on women
Emma Macdonald Nearly 1200 pre-eminent social researchers, academics and feminists and concerned citizens have signed a petition calling on the Australian Bureau of Statistics to reinstate its survey of how women,...
Drawn to Archer vision, artist cut fee
Peter Jean and Emma Macdonald Artist Patricia Piccinini designed Skywhale for a reduced fee of $8800 and hopes the giant hot air balloon will travel the world.
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.
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.
Gallagher caution on school funds
Emma Macdonald On the eve of the federal budget, Chief Minister Katy Gallagher has stressed the need for the ACT to put national Gonski education reforms ahead of a state and territory cash-grab.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
Unions shut down hospital construction sites
Emma Macdonald The ACT government will unveil its legislation to create Canberra's first industrial court on Tuesday.
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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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...
Sombre day as students consider protest
Emma Macdonald Axing $2.3b from unis to help pay for the long-awaited Gonski reforms for schools is a bittersweet outcome, ANU says.
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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...
