Sultan touches down in Canberra
Megan Doherty One of the world’s richest men, the Sultan of Brunei, has arrived in Canberra on Wednesday morning as part of a three day visit to Australia.
Tears as memorial to workers opens
Megan Doherty One after another they came to lay sprigs of rosemary at the new National Workers Memorial.
Family supports monument as symbol of workplace safety
Megan Doherty SKYE VICKERY turned 17 on Tuesday, without her father by her side. Five days later, she will attend Sunday's opening of the National Workers Memorial to honour people like her father Wayne who lost...
Asbestos victim remembered
Megan Doherty ELIZABETH THURBON, whose builder husband Peter died as a result of exposure to asbestos, visited the National Workers Memorial for the first time only a week ago - and was immediately moved.
Determined Jason on long road to recovery
Megan Doherty THE IMAGE of Jayson Bush immobile in a back brace was a powerful reminder of the devastation that can be wrought by a workplace injury.
Nation builders duly honoured
Megan Doherty A new memorial to remember those killed at work goes beyond the hard facts, reports Megan Doherty.
Paintball game for children draws flak
Megan Doherty City Reporter Canberra children as young as 10 will be the first in Australia to play a modified form of paintball that uses guns imported from the United States that look like mini pump-action shotguns but are...
Circus makes presence felt
Megan Doherty Here’s one way around anti-billboard laws – put a ruddy great inflatable clown in someone’s backyard.
Pigeons get push from their perches
Megan Doherty First the peacocks, now the pigeons? The ACT government reckons, not quite.
Unions fear long road to work safety
Megan Doherty A new campaign encouraging workers to talk freely and naturally about safety while on the job will probably take a generation to bear fruit, the building union fears.
Dogged Amy right on the money to her goal
Megan Doherty At the tender age of 10, Harrison schoolgirl Amy Weissel is already a budding entrepreneur.
Plug pulled on energy efficiency program
Megan Doherty The ACT government has pulled the plug on a program that audited homes to determine their energy efficiency.
Material help for those in need of TLC
Megan Doherty Between the liquor store and the pie shop in Phillip sits Addicted to Fabric, where inside there is an explosion of colour and out the back the chat is spirited.
ActewAGL, resident remain poles apart
Megan Doherty ActewAGL doesn't have the money to put existing overhead powerlines underground in established areas of Canberra, according to a senior manager.
Ex-teacher risks arrest and being labelled a NIMBY
Megan Doherty A 69-year-old retired school teacher risked arrest on Wednesday as he staged a sit-in in his quiet Weston street.
Lifeline furore over redundancies
Megan Doherty Lifeline Canberra claims its book fair volunteers have accepted its staff cuts despite suggestions they are considering going on strike.
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Timomatic diplomatic
Megan Doherty Former Narrabundah College student Timomatic laughs when asked if he’s going to be a nice or mean judge on Australia’s Got Talent.
The kid's all grown up
Megan Doherty When Matthew Purcell aka The Silicon Kid started his technology column in The Canberra Times almost 15 years ago, he was in Year Nine at the Canberra Grammar School and answering questions about...
Lifeline reduces staff, but says $1m fund-raiser fairs covered
Megan Doherty Volunteers are deeply concerned the extraordinary success of the Lifeline Canberra book fairs is under threat.
Fast food outlet's fly-through lane
Megan Doherty Two hot balloons landed in Wanniassa - one outside the Red Rooster at the local shops and another on land next to Sulwood Drive - but the company involved said both were "precautionary" rather than...
