ATM fire in Kingston
John Thistleton Firefighters have put out an ATM fire in Kingston this afternoon.
Fleet audit after b-double clocked at 125km/h
John Thistleton Police will examine a fleet of freight trucks after one was caught speeding at Mittagong earlier in the week.
IGAs to appeal nod for centre
John Thistleton, Larissa Nicholson North Canberra IGA supermarkets are appealing against the ACT Supreme Court's decision earlier this month to allow Giralang shopping centre to go ahead, continuing a long and bitter planning row.
Builders reject new solar rules
John Thistleton Not every Canberran can have their place in the sun, and attempts to provide this using multiple planning rules will ruin homes and send builders broke.
Master stroke for customers opens at airport
John Thistleton Business leaders say Masters Home Improvement, the latest big-box retailer to open at Majura Park, will add to Canberra's huge over-supply of retail space, but competition will be welcomed.
Bygone Bywong Town a boom-time bust
John Thistleton, Alen Delic As Australia's minerals boom closes in on the Canberra region, a remnant gold mining settlement and former tourist attraction north of the city fades from existence.
New 'big box outlet' arrives at Majura
John Thistleton In the dead of winter on a bleak Sunday afternoon, with not so much as a helium balloon in sight, Masters Home Improvement opened its enormous doors in Canberra.
Perfect storm in property forecast
John Thistleton A glut of vacant office space three times the size of ASIO's new headquarters in Parkes will soon hit Canberra as an industry forecaster warns investors of a horror property scenario brewing for the...
Majors Creek mine ready to roll
John Thistleton Cortona Resources says it has all approvals needed to start work on an underground gold mine at Majors Creek, east of Braidwood, and is widening it search, talking up the region as a significant...
More fences likely to protect wildlife from roadways
John Thistleton It's not hard to imagine a time in the future when major highways are fenced to protect wildlife.
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A new graze: how this little piggy is changing the market
John Thistleton Sam and Claire Johnson are attempting to follow their fat young pigs in thinking outside the square.
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Bias claim as builder seeks truth on Tralee
John Thistleton Residential developer Village Building Company is trying to uncover more documents which it believes show a NSW planning review agency's decision on the controversial Tralee project proposal south of...
China thirsting for premium Aust wine
John Thistleton China cannot get enough of Australia's premium wines, according to a specialist exporter.
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Focus on Asia-Pacific, business told
John Thistleton A business consultancy's global chief executive visiting Canberra says Australians should be less critical of things at home and focus more on Asia-Pacific's gathering potential.
Pub patrons blame dog for Braidwood tenancy dispute
John Thistleton Some patrons of Braidwood's Royal Mail Hotel have little sympathy for the former manager and her husband and their dog who have been left without power after a tenancy dispute.
Couple refuse to call time at Braidwood pub
John Thistleton A Braidwood family left homeless after the pub they were running suddenly stopped trading have refused to leave until they can find alternative accommodation.
One frosty sunrise at the zoo...
John Thistleton As a red pander shrugs off a sleepy night with a brisk shake of her coat, a dingo, two De Brazza monkeys and three white lions face the early morning sunlight.
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Snowy Hydro faces fresh call for privatisation
John Thistleton Snowy Hydro's expansion into the Canberra region with a $500 million gas-fired power station will be funded by debt and cash flows amid claims it has to privatise to survive.
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Dishlickers lap it up at Golden Arches
John Thistleton Dishlickers can be discerning – until a crunchy 30c cone dripping with ice cream is waved under their nose.
PM owes me a worker for a year: boss
John Thistleton Concrete supplier Brett McPherson says the federal government owes him a free employee for a year to help work out the complexities of the carbon tax.
