A Canberra woman who was comforted by strangers while she was trapped upside-down in her crashed car is still searching for the man who lay on the ceiling of her upturned car and held her hand.
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Madeline Lewis has managed to track down two of the people who helped her after she was side swiped on Yamba Drive last Thursday, but she is hoping to find a man called Mick who lay beside her and kept her grounded.
- The federal government will give the green light on Thursday to a major shake-up in planning for the ACT, which will allow residential development in Tuggeranong, west of the Murrumbidgee River.
- Some of the $160 million provisionally earmarked for a plebiscite on same-sex marriage should be invested in Canberra's national institutions, Chief Minister Andrew Barr argued on Wednesday.
- The GWS Giants and Grocon bid for Manuka Oval will hit another setback on Thursday when Greens Minister Shane Rattenbury moves to force the government to go back to the drawing board on planning for the site.
- ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt has expressed concern about federal funding cuts to higher education as students welcomed the government's decision to abandon its policy of university fee deregulation.
- A study has found Mr Fluffy victims have endured significant mental anguish as they have had to leave their homes, relocate their families and accept their exposure to a Class 1 carcinogen.
- To sport, Todd Woodbridge believes a well-planned schedule leading into the French Open has Nick Kyrgios better prepared than ever to go deep into the draw at Roland Garros.
- Nigel Ah Wong will run on to Canberra Stadium with his mum's name stitched into the chest of his ACT Brumbies jersey, but there's another woman in his life who he's on a mission to help.
- The Canberra Times sport podcast has the latest news and views from Canberra's sporting landscape.
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