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Revealed: how data tamperer confessed

Noel Towell A senior executive said she ''lost'' herself while falsifying thousands of patient records at Canberra Hospital.

ACT poll funding breaches incur fines

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Lisa Cox and Noel Towell Two industry lobby groups face fines from electoral authorities after breaking political funding laws in last year's territory election.

The tooth, the grief, his gripe and their lollies: a bittersweet compo bid

Former CSIRO employee Jack Hoffman who was fired after being seen after work eating McDonalds was also in trouble with his former employer over a lolly that he chipped his tooth on.

Noel Towell CSIRO scientists at Tidbinbilla have endured a workplace lolly ban for nearly a year after sweets were declared too risky to workers' safety.

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$1000 a day for workers exploiting skill dearth

Private contractors are cashing in on the territory's skill shortage.

Noel Towell Private contractors are cashing in on a skills shortage and earning up to $1000 a day working for the ACT government.

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Warning on ACT's collapsed builders

Property Council Executive Director Catherine Carter.

Noel Towell Canberra's collapsed building companies are the "canaries in the coalmine" of the ACT economy, according to the territory's leading property industry group.

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Five servicemen fall during hot ceremony

A member of the Fedeation Guard collapses at the Centenary of Canberra.

Noel Towell Two Australian Defence Force members remained in Canberra Hospital on Tuesday evening after they collapsed on duty during Canberra's foundation stone ceremony earlier in the day.

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Builders caught up in ASIO dispute

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Noel Towell ASIO secrecy is being blamed for locking up at least $6 million owed to Canberra builders for work done on the spy agency's giant new headquarters.

Libs say PS aided Labor's ACT win

Alistair Coe.

Noel Towell ACT public service officials have been accused of colluding with the Labor Party to help it get re-elected.

Sports Alive punters dudded on debts

Judge Ross Robson.

Noel Towell More than 18,000 gamblers burned by the collapse of ACT-registered bookmaker Sports Alive will get nothing.

Leading women join Seselja preselection challenge

18th October 2012, Story by Lisa Cox , Canberra Times Photograph by, Colleen Petch,  (l to r ) Gary Humphries and Zed Seselja in the Senate courtyard at Parliament House to front the media.

Noel Towell, Lisa Cox Members of the Canberra Liberals' Women's Council have joined the internal revolt against the preselection process that installed Zed Seselja as the party's No. 1 Senate candidate.

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Authorities fail to keep tabs on kids put into care

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Noel Towell and Lisa Cox Child protection authorities found 861 substantiated cases of child abuse in the ACT in 2011-12, with neglect and emotional abuse the most common forms of mistreatment.

Raiders eye $80m Braddon revamp

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Artist Impression of the new Raiders building in Braddon.
The Canberra Times
07 March 2013
Photo Jay Cronan

Noel Towell The Canberra Raiders have unveiled their vision for the transformation of the rundown Braddon Club site.

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Authorities 'don't know whereabouts of kids in care'

Noel Towell ACT child protection authorities do not know the day-to-day whereabouts of some of the children in their care, according to the territory's Auditor-General.

Camera speed traps put back to August

Speed Red Light Camera

Noel Towell Canberra's second point-to-point speed camera system planned for the city's south, will be delayed by at least eight months, the ACT Government has conceded.

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Nishi developers reassure investors

The Nishi building site in Canberra.

Noel Towell The developers of the Canberra’s stricken Nishi complex have sought to reassure investors that the project will soon be back on track.

Nishi builder's woes hit capital investors

News: Trades men at the New Acton Nishi building. 5th of March 2013. Canberra Times Photograph by Katherine Griffiths

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Noel Towell, Larissa Nicholson Hundreds of investors in two Canberra apartment projects face a nervous wait after the financial collapse of a building contractor halted work on more than 375 apartments.

Libs power branch flexes muscle

Gary Humphries and Zed Seselja in the Senate courtyard at Parliament House to front the media.

Noel Towell The Canberra Liberals' largest branch has weighed into the party's bitter Senate preselection battle, demanding the right of its members to enrol to vote for the party's Senate candidate.

407 joeys culled in pouches

New joey at the Zoo.

Noel Towell The ACT government killed more than 400 joeys in their mothers' pouches during Canberra's controversial annual cull last year.

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Nishi's builder in financial collapse

The Nishi building site in Canberra.

Stephanie Anderson, Noel Towell, Larissa Nicholson The building contractor on Canberra's troubled Nishi development has collapsed, allegedly owing millions of dollars to local subcontractors.

Blowout may end insurer scheme

ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher.

Noel Towell The ACT government could walk away from its deal with workplace insurer Comcare after premium bills soared by 100 per cent in seven years.

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