Govt reduces blood test centres
Megan Doherty The ACT government is reducing the number of centres where blood tests can be performed in Canberra by two.
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Mum's on board for tour of duty
Megan Doherty Not all mums will be enjoying breakfast in bed with their kids on Mother’s Day on Sunday morning.
Gold Lego man worth $1100 found in Tuggeranong
Megan Doherty It was a Lego enthusiast's lucky day in Canberra this week.
$5m solar farm plan for data hub site
Megan Doherty ACTPLA has received A development application for a $5m solar farm in Tuggeranong.
Sultan of Brunei visits The Lodge
Megan Doherty With the fire on and the flag of Brunei flying out the front, The Lodge played host to the Sultan of Brunei.
Start your engines... tough competition for top plates
Megan Doherty Bidding is already spirited for the first Centenary of Canberra number plate released this week - the distinctive C 100.
Runaway lamb found three days after truck crash
Megan Doherty That truck crash in Campbell last week in which scores of sheep were killed or escaped has had an amazing - and quite sad - postscript.
A humble Holden and split bill for VIP visit
Megan Doherty Taxpayers will be picking up at least some of the tab of the billionaire Sultan of Brunei's visit to Canberra.
Sultan visits Government House, sans golden roller
Megan Doherty Arriving at Government House on Thursday morning in a humble Holden Caprice rather than his usual gold-plated Rolls-Royce, the Sultan of Brunei was warmly welcomed by Governor-General Quentin Bryce...
Bigger fonts for phonebooks
Megan Doherty Canberra's telephone book will revert to the old, bigger size and a larger font after complaints from readers.
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.
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.
Nation builders duly honoured
Megan Doherty A new memorial to remember those killed at work goes beyond the hard facts, reports Megan Doherty.
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.
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...
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.
