Outsourcing of surgeries had $1.6m price tag
Phillip Thomson ACT Health spent $1.6 million outsourcing surgeries last year to reduce waiting lists for public elective surgeries, according to the directorate.
Bid for a uniform fair pay deal
Phillip Thomson NEW Public Service Minister Mark Dreyfus has promised to pursue fair pay across government departments.
Diabetes risk spreads to young
Phillip Thomson HEALTH experts have warned that type two diabetes, an affliction previously confined to over 50s, is spreading to children younger than 15, with 200 such cases reported nationally just the tip of the...
Cafe couple's dream had unusual beginning
Phillip Thomson THEY served 400,000 cups of coffee but after 15 years, Elaine and Brent Richter are moving out of Yarralumla and remembering the day the dream began on the back of an envelope.
Call goes out for Neighbourhood Watch volunteers
Phillip Thomson Pocketsof Belconnen hurt by property damage and sexual assaults are ?wanting Neighbourhood Watch volunteers to join a burgeoning territory army.
Looking for the biggest winners
Phillip Thomson 'How old are you?'' asks ACT Chief Health Officer Paul Kelly midway through the interview. ''Twenty-eight,'' I say.
Family GPs miss out on bonuses to big clinics
Phillip Thomson Canberra GPs are unhappy with government money being given to their competitors.
Trev's race to the top all in a good cause
Phillip Thomson Running in a horse suit is not as tough as it seems but don't expect Trevor Hancock to run as fast as a horse.
Farmer built home from straw
Phillip Thomson STRAW homes and biodynamic burgers can help save us from the big bad wolf that is climate change.
Clubs ACT lobbies for more competitive business environment
Phillip Thomson CLUBS ACT is lobbying the territory government to forgo new fees and charges on watering holes and eateries for the next three years.
Obesity crisis hitting kindy kids
Phillip Thomson MORBIDLY obese kindergarten children double the average weight for their age, year 6 pupils weighing 100 kilograms and 11-year-old girls heavier than grown men are evidence of a looming health crisis...
Seselja's journey is a family affair
Phillip Thomson HIS family shook off poverty to move 15,000 kilometres to Australia but now, for Zed Seselja, the shortest of strolls to Federal Parliament is proving much harder than it first appeared.
Poll reveals ACT nearing oversupply of doctors
Phillip Thomson EIGHTY-FIVE per cent of Canberra's GP practices are now taking new patients.
Mulch fire at Macgregor
Phillip Thomson Seeing smoke in Macgregor? There's a 1600 square metre mulch fire.
Home searched after purse snatch
Phillip Thomson Police search home of 29-year-old Lyons woman after purse snatched from old woman.
Power likely to stay up on lines
Phillip Thomson SPENDING millions of dollars a year replacing timber power poles appears likely to continue because it would cost billions to put Canberra's electricity underground.
ANU honour for Assange lawyer
Phillip Thomson JENNIFER Robinson was talented enough to become one of the lawyers representing Julian Assange. But she may have to shine even brighter if she ever wants to jettison the tag of ''Assange's lawyer''.
How Zimbabwe's fearless lady found life and love here
Phillip Thomson MUCH of the world was shocked when grandmother Sekai Holland was tortured by Robert Mugabe's thugs but few people know the story of where she found the love of her life.
Darth Vader looks down on Canberra
Phillip Thomson A 300-kilogram Darth Vader head floats over Canberra. It must be the start of the Balloon Spectacular.
Surgeon settles claim out of court
Phillip Thomson CANBERRA orthopaedic surgeon Richard Hocking has settled a case after a claim was lodged in the ACT Supreme Court, according to one of the lawyers involved.
