01 Jan 06 |
THOUSANDS of New
Year's Eve revellers celebrated
in Canberra's city
centre last night, as the
nation's capital welcomed
the start of 2006 with a
massive 1970s-inspired
disco.
01 Jan 06 |
CANBERRA baked yesterday as the temperature
nudged 39 degrees - the hottest
New Year's Eve on record - but fire services
warned today could be even worse.
01 Jan 06 |
THE threat of fires in the capital will
increase today after yesterday's temperature
topped a blistering 38 degrees, making
it Canberra's hottest New Year's Eve on
record.
01 Jan 06 |
THE dreams of Canberra
boat Gillawa lie upon a piece
of paper fastened on a pin-
board at home - a lottery
ticket that could see them
competing with the 30m
maxis instead of being five
days behind in last place.
01 Jan 06 |
THE Whitlam Government
remained actively committed to
implementing its unprecedented
reform program - including
major changes for Canberra -
through the tumult of 1975.
01 Jan 06 |
THE YEAR ahead presents great social and
economic opportunities for Canberra, for Australia,
and for the world. We have enjoyed a long
period of solid economic growth, and if the pulli...
01 Jan 06 |
TEMPERATURES in the capital soared to a
December 31 record 38.7 degrees yesterday,
almost matching the record for the month of
39 degrees.
01 Jan 06 |
THIS year's Summernats
motorfest will have the largest
security presence in the event's
history.
31 Dec 05 | GREENS MLA Deb Foskey made some very sound points on public housing this week. But she was hardly in a position to take the moral high ground.
31 Dec 05 | THERE has seldom been a year of such dramatic change in fundamental relationships in Australian life and culture than in the year just past, but for most Australians the practical impact of the changes are ahead of them, and the significance of many of the changes has, as yet, escaped them.
31 Dec 05 | More than 20,000 Canberrans are expected to pack the city centre tonight, with platform shoes, flares and mirror balls making a comeback in a 1970s-inspired New Year's Eve celebration.
31 Dec 05 | Firefighters are bracing for a horror weekend in Canberra, with soaring temperatures, high winds, low humidity and rampant grass growth combining to create conditions perfect for fast-running grass fires.
31 Dec 05 | As flames engulfed a nearby block of townhouses on Thursday afternoon, Liz Bomben loaded her car with her two daughters and evacuated her Yarralumla property, resigning herself to losing her home.
31 Dec 05 | The ACT Government said yesterday it would consider amending guidelines for suburban fences after fires in Yarralumla on Thursday that destroyed two townhouses and damaged two others.
31 Dec 05 | A 66-year record will be broken today if the forecast 38 degree maximum temperature is achieved.
30 Dec 05 | WHETHER the fires yesterday prove to be the work of arsonists or carelessness, perhaps even children smoking, they underline yet again our vulnerability to fire, particularly in summer when heat, low humidity and wind can quickly dry out potential fuel loads, then use them to spread into the urban environment.
30 Dec 05 | Canberra cyclist Michael Rogers' prospects of winning a third Commonwealth Games gold medal have been shattered with news the three-time world champion will be unavailable for the 2006 Games.
30 Dec 05 | Ainslie Hudson watched in fear as flames that gutted two Yarralumla townhouses next door lapped at her fence, just metres from her door.
30 Dec 05 | Fire experts are predicting a dire summer for Canberra, with long grass from a rainy spring creating extra fuel loads and potential for disaster to strike at the whim of a hot, windy day.
30 Dec 05 | Thursday afternoon:
"We've been flying along on great winds, with tail-enders all day, and that's the type of sailors we all are so it's been a cheery day for all of us.
We're hopefully getting ...
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