ACT leads nation in NAPLAN
Emma Macdonald Education Editor Canberra continues to lead the nation in the latest breakdown of literacy and numeracy performance although spelling is the city's weak point.
International duo share ATAR honour
Emma Macdonald Two international students who spoke English as a second language and arrived in Australia at the start of Year 11 have achieved Canberra's equal top Australian Tertiary Admission Rank of 99.95.
Limit trauma of tragedy, parents told
Emma Macdonald Education Editor Parents should monitor how much media coverage their children are exposed to in the wake of the horrendous school shooting in Connecticut so they do not become traumatised or overwhelmed, child...
Family's pain stretches around world for Cavs coach
Emma Macdonald Thom Carter is familiar to most Canberrans as the American recruit and general manager of baseball team the Canberra Cavalry who regularly talks sport on local ABC radio.
Guiding principal: it's all in the teacher excellence
Emma Macdonald Lyneham High School principal Colleen Matheson puts ACT educational excellence down to one thing: teaching.
ACT to move on shoddy engineers
Emma Macdonald The ACT could become the second jurisdiction in Australia to register engineers in an attempt to crack down on shoddy operators who have been responsible for serious construction collapses in the...
Safety crackdown launched on Nishi work site
Emma Macdonald ACT Work Safety Commissioner Mark McCabe has found ‘‘a significant number of serious issues’’ following a safety blitz at the Nishi construction site in New Acton as work crews go into overdrive to...
ANU to double intake of gifted students
Emma Macdonald The ANU will double the number of gifted and talented college students it takes on in early admission to university study.
Tough new rules force schools to cancel swim days
Emma Macdonald ACT students will not be allowed to take part in school swimming activities until they pass an individual swimming competency test.
Rebuilding lives a tough job
Emma Macdonald Nigerian-born construction worker Karam Rezagui said he had seen ''many hard situations and problems'' in his home country, but nothing prepared him for the carnage of the Kingston building site...
Union says it will shut down sites unless safety put first
Emma Macdonald The inquiry into work safety is the ACT's ''last chance'' to reform the industry before the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union takes matters into its own hands and shuts down unsafe...
Dodgy builders to be shamed in safety culture shake-up
Emma Macdonald Up to 12 new safety inspectors will be brought on as a matter of urgency, dodgy builders will be named and shamed and on-the-spot fines will be introduced in an attempt to urgently rebuild a safety...
ACT the worksite danger capital
Emma Macdonald The ACT has the worst record for construction site safety in Australia with one in every 40 workers expected to sustain a serious injury on the job each year.
Philanthropist gives $2.5m to ANU policy think tank
Emma Macdonald In one of the most significant donations ever given to the Australian National University, philanthropist and communications strategist Harold Mitchell has given $2.
Ways to reduce accident rate causes the boss sleepless nights
Emma Macdonald ActewAGL chief executive Michael Costello says he would rather have a disgruntled customer than a dead worker and Canberra's construction industry risks falling prey to unrealistic deadlines and...
ACT tops regions withdrawing from NAPLAN
Emma Macdonald More year 3 students are withdrawn by their parents from sitting the national literacy test in the ACT than in any other state or territory.
'Make safety equal to cost and schedule': Actew
Emma Macdonald ActewAGL boss Michael Costello says he would rather have a disgruntled customer than a dead worker and Canberra's construction industry risks falling prey to unrealistic deadlines and cost-cutting...
ANU's policy centre gets $5m boost
Emma Macdonald In one of the most significant donations ever given to the Australian National University, philanthropist and communications strategist Harold Mitchell has given $2.
Canberra University to reach 21,000 students in next six years
Emma Macdonald The University of Canberra will increase students from 14,000 to 21,000 by 2018 with the help of $26 million in Commonwealth funding signed off on Tuesday.
UC to grow student numbers by 50pc in 6 years
Emma Macdonald The University of Canberra will increase its student numbers from 14,000 to 21,000 by 2018 with the help of $26 million in Commonwealth funding which was signed off on Tuesday.
