01 Apr 05 |
Canberra's tourism should
broaden its focus to attract visitors
without any interest in the ACT's
major national attractions,
according to the man who runs
Summernats, Chic Henry.
01 Apr 05 |
The ACT Planning and Land Authority
is in talks with the developer
of what will be the most expensive
project on the Kingston Foreshore
after an independent planning
body claimed the apartment complex
had too few trees and no
waste water recycling facility.
01 Apr 05 |
L
AST weekend the State of the
Judicature address by the Chief
Justice of the High Court, Murray
Gleeson, was in the news. One of
the points that the Chief Justice
made was that he was worried that
the gap between the salary of a judge
and the salary of a top barrister was
now so large that some barristers
were turning down the invitation
from government to become a judge.
01 Apr 05 |
Growing up in Queanbeyan, there was no
bigger thrill for Brad Haddin than to head down
to Seiffert Oval to watch the Green Machine
play.
01 Apr 05 |
Newborn Jake Goodier got a good
first report card - he was opening
his eyes, trying to suck and grasping
his mother's finger yesterday.
01 Apr 05 |
ACT Brumbies flyhalf Stephen Larkham
looks likely to return to the starting line-up
for tomorrow's match against the Auckland
Blues, completing a full-strength backline
for the first time this season.
01 Apr 05 |
F
OR MOST of its 18-year history the
Summernats street machine festival
has attracted controversy. Now, for
the first time, the ACT Government
has a real picture of the contribution the
event makes to the territory, economically
and socially. It has the facts. It has a credible
cost-benefit analysis. And it has a list of
potential enhancements that can be easily
achieved.
01 Apr 05 |
Summernats should stay, according
to a report on the street machine
festival, which found the event to be
an economic and social boon for
Canberra.
01 Apr 05 |
A major expansion under way at the
ACT's largest private hospital will
deliver about 2000 more operations
a year and ease pressure on the
over-stretched public system.
01 Apr 05 |
In the changerooms before every Raiders
game, genial giant prop Troy Thompson
has to endure good-natured jibes from his
teammates as he carefully eases on the
wrong pair of footy socks.
01 Apr 05 |
T
HANK goodness for the Left
and the university
bureaucrats.
01 Apr 05 |
ActewAGL has spent the past two
months trying to fill a lucrative
managerial position, but like many
other ACT companies, it has been
hindered by Canberra's skills shortage.
31 Mar 05 |
A crisis accommodation service
has been launched to house Tuggeranong
families at risk of
homelessness.
31 Mar 05 |
Sydney woman Natalie Brown endured
premature labour, stops at four different
hospitals and 7 hours in the back of four
separate ambulances before she finally
made it to Canberra Hospital to give
birth.
31 Mar 05 |
I
T WAS one of the ten biggest earthquakes of the past
century, and its death toll may prove to be in the
thousands, but Tuesday's tragedy in Nias, off the
island of Sumatra, necessaril...
30 Mar 05 |
Canberra needed to sex itself up
and appeal to younger people if it
wanted its population to grow, a
leading demographer said yesterday.
30 Mar 05 |
Football Federation Australia Chief Executive John
O'Neill said yesterday that Canberra should have
a team in soccer's A-League within the next five
years.
30 Mar 05 |
Criminals have hacked into John
James Hospital's phone system,
racking up almost $5000 of international
calls in a cyber attack
known as ''phreaking''.
30 Mar 05 |
Braidwood is set to become the first
town in NSW listed as significant by
the Heritage Council.
30 Mar 05 |
Lincoln Withers endured a sleepless
night on Monday.
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