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06 Oct 09 | The NSW Government has announced a scholarship in memory of former Canberran Greg Slater, the late deputy commissioner of the NSW State Emergency Service.
NSW Emergency Services Minister
06 Oct 09 | Police urged ''idiot'' motorists not to drink and drive as the NSW long weekend road toll rose to four.
A 25-year-old man died late on Sunday night when a Jeep carrying five males lost co
06 Oct 09 | Australia's dairy farmers face an escalating debt burden caused by a market monopoly forcing farms to sell milk at a loss, a Senate inquiry has been told.
A Sydney retailers association
06 Oct 09 | The high cost of climate change is a daily economic reality for Bega Valley dairy farmers, Tom and Andrew Darcy.
Heading into their eighth year of drought, the Darcys are determined to
06 Oct 09 | The bush telegraph out Yass way is being credited with locating the Order of Australia Medal owned by local grazier Barry Walker less than 48 hours after it was stolen from his property.
06 Oct 09 | The Canberra Raiders have sounded the final siren on crowd participation in half-time entertainment after a series of lawsuits by fans claiming they were hurt taking part in half-time games.
06 Oct 09 | Canberra mountaineer Andrew Lock feared for his life during a dramatic descent from one of the world's deadliest mountains at the weekend.
Lock became the first Australian to climb all 14
06 Oct 09 | Hailstones the size of pebbles sprayed parts of Canberra and Queanbeyan yesterday as a spring storm rolled across the city.
Hail pelted Queanbeyan and Jerrabomberra about 6pm but the
05 Oct 09 | Salvador Dali is famous for painting melted clocks, but it was time that melted on Saturday night as thousands of people queued up for hours to see the Spanish surrealist master's works.
05 Oct 09 | Sascha Saharov likes to think his 1982 Toyota Hilux ute went from being Canberra's dirtiest car to the city's cleanest and greenest.
''It used to spurt out oil and smoke,'' he said.
05 Oct 09 | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are three times more likely to die before their fifth birthday than non-indigenous children, a new report to be issued today has found.
The
05 Oct 09 | One of rugby league's greatest fairytales was ruined by one of rugby league's greatest teams last night.
The Parramatta Eels' memorable surge to the NRL grand final ended in tears when th
05 Oct 09 | It rained on their parade, and they were thrilled.
Grazier Gary Johnson summarised the prevailing sentiment at Boorowa's Irish Woolfest yesterday: ''It must be disappointing for the org
05 Oct 09 | One of Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull's most vocal detractors should quit and make way for new talent within the Liberal Party.
The call came yesterday from former Liberal MP Bruce Ba
05 Oct 09 | Canberrans are rushing out to get their swine flu vaccine. It has proven so popular that within three days of it becoming available, five general practices placed second orders and 800 more
05 Oct 09 | Charities and aid organisations fear ''donor fatigue'' as a series of natural disasters strike countries across the Asia-Pacific region.
Australians are being asked to help communities i
05 Oct 09 | Adventurer Andrew Lock has become the first Australian to climb the world's 14 highest mountains.
The Canberra public servant ended what had been an extremely anxious wait for his suppor
04 Oct 09 | When Trudie Wykes and Jorge Salavert return to their Amaroo home it will be without their ‘‘happiest of miracles’’ – six-year old daughter Clea.
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04 Oct 09 | The Canberra Country Music Festival starts Friday at Tuggeranong Homestead.
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04 Oct 09 | Rachel Highmore became the fourth generation of her family yesterday to be married at the Anglican Church of St John the Baptist in Reid.