Inspectors step up as ladder and scaffold safety is top priority
Emma Macdonald Construction workers using ladders and working from heights on scaffolding will be the target of a new compliance and inspection campaign by the ACT Work Safety Commission starting this week...
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.
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Students dig into 'fossils'
Emma Macdonald Students at the ANU are challenging management's decision to keep secret details of its investment in coal, oil and gas.
Salaries soar for 'super teachers'
Emma Macdonald Thirty-year-old Canberra teacher Amanda Hawkins never went into the profession for the money.
Builders call for random worksite drug, alcohol tests
Emma Macdonald The Master Builders Association has called for random drug and alcohol testing on Canberra construction sites and pulled back from supporting a target to reduce injuries as part of its response to...
MBA calls for random drug, alcohol testing
Emma Macdonald The Master Builders Association has called for random drug and alcohol testing on Canberra construction sites as part of its response to the Government's independent inquiry into safety.
Insurer set to pass safety levy costs on to employers
Emma Macdonald GIO, has confirmed it is likely to pass the cost of new levies to improve construction industry safety.
Builders group to question safety report
Emma Macdonald Builders group to reveal its response to the ACT's independent inquiry into high construction death and injury rates.
Gambling on the nature of things
Emma Macdonald Betting on the Nobel prize probably began when the first one was awarded in 1895.
The people of UC brought to life
Emma Macdonald The grassy slope of the University of Canberra Concourse is always a popular place to sit when the weather is nice.
ACT indigenous school retention rate slips
Emma Macdonald The ACT's indigenous retention rates to year 12 have fallen despite a national surge in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students reaching year 12.
Bill still unpaid one year after college wrecking ball
Emma Macdonald Nearly one year after Australian National University students caused more than $8000 damage to a restaurant during a drunken college ball, the owner of the Deck at Regatta Point is still waiting for...
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.
Injured ANU researcher left short by insurance
Emma Macdonald A PhD researcher who fell down a cliff while doing fieldwork in the Northern Territory has gone into debt to cover his medical expenses, because insurance payments from the Australian National...
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.
Parents sweating on kids swotting won't foster inspiration
Emma Macdonald It's no surprise to anyone that savvy publishers are cashing in on NAPLAN nerves.
Keeping score: students studying by the book
Emma Macdonald The federal government's My School website produces its fair share of losers when schools are shown to underperform in literacy and numeracy tests.
Focus on individuals brings success
Emma Macdonald Burgmann Anglican School has shot up remarkably in just 15 years.
Anger as second blitz finds more Work Safety breaches
Emma Macdonald ACT Work Safety Commissioner Mark McCabe has expressed dismay that work sites in Harrison continue to breach safety regulations despite being the subject of two blitzes in two months.
Baroness will bring worksite safety message to the territory
Emma Macdonald Baroness Rita Donaghy from the House of Lords will travel to Canberra in June to present the keynote address to a forum on work safety - warning political commitment to safety can mean the difference...
