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07 Sep 09 | Two Corrective Services staff disciplined for using excessive force on prisoners have returned to duty.
Separate complaints were made against the unnamed officers on March24 and 26 this y
07 Sep 09 | Rick L'Amie's email from Austin, Texas, to Canberra businessman John Mikita was friendly and to the point.
''Hello, I work in transit marketing. I like your website and what you do for
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07 Sep 09 | A proposed new highway from Canberra Airport to the city's north could jeopardise the survival of one of Australia's rarest creatures according to a senior ecologist.
The Majura Parkway,
07 Sep 09 | Cities need to become denser in order to tackle the challenges of climate change, Sydney architect Ken Maher says.
Mr Maher is the winner of the Australian Institute of Architects 2009
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07 Sep 09 | None of the $600,000 offered in rewards to help police solve some of the city's highest profile cold cases had been claimed.
07 Sep 09 | Police have found the body of a man missing for more than a week after a surf-ski accident on Lake Burley Griffin.
06 Sep 09 | CHIEF Minister Jon Stanhope says he regrets that accessibility arrangements for the UCI mountain bike and trials world championships were not handled ''with more foresight and sensitivity''.
06 Sep 09 | IT'S CANBERRA'S wealthiest postcode and its most burgled.
ACT Policing figures show homes in postcode 2603, spanning leafy inner south suburbs, have proportionately been the most preyed upon by burglars for three years. Residents reported 26.5 dwelling burglaries per 1000 head of population last financial year.
06 Sep 09 | HUMPBACK whales have returned early to the Far South Coast this year.
Darryl Stuart of Narooma Charters said, ''There's an absolutely phenomenal number of whales around Montague Island already, certainly more whales than whalewatchers at the moment, and they've been coming through in reasonable numbers over the past two weeks.
06 Sep 09 | THE AUSTRALIAN Navy has apologised to a South Coast Aboriginal man for its treatment of his family after his brother was killed by an unexploded shell 52 years ago.
In what was described as a ''sad chapter in Navy's history'', the Department of Defence said it
06 Sep 09 | THE NSW Opposition is calling for an urgent investigation into claims the murder of businessman Michael McGurk might be linked to a tape alleged to have information damaging to the State Government.
06 Sep 09 | THE FEDERAL Government's ''boasting signs'' outside schools will not be saved by a sticker from being challenged in the High Court, an electoral law expert says.
06 Sep 09 | POLICE are proving crime can pay just not the way that criminals intend.
Nineteen confiscation matters were brought before Magistrate Beth Campbell on Monday, with a slew of items either restrained or forfeited.
06 Sep 09 | CIVIC retailers facing display bans have been granted a reprieve as the ACT Government rethinks its policy.
The backdown follows a furore over demands that Garema Place retailers remove display racks on unleased land, threatening a time-honoured practice.
05 Sep 09 | Finally, it seems, there is some good news for Canberra's chaotic festival calendar.
05 Sep 09 | One of Canberra's oldest arboretums is about to receive a facelift, more than three years after the National Capital Authority pledged $1 million to the site.
05 Sep 09 | Thick lush crops across Harden's grain belt, 150km west of Canberra, are so green they make feeding cockatoos look whiter than usual.
05 Sep 09 | Federal public servants will be required to reduce air travel and make greater use of smaller airlines and discounted economy fares.
05 Sep 09 | Chief Magistrate Ron Cahill has lashed out at Canberra's police forensic services, saying ''hopeless'' delays in DNA tests were hindering the administration of justice.
05 Sep 09 | The NSW Government plans to shut down the lower Lachlan River, threatening the future of thousands of farming families in one of the state's prime food production regions.