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Imagine the relevance deprivation one must feel once they’ve left the job as Prime Minister of Australia. Going from a tough, high-powered, highest-profile position ...
Facemasks could see magpies swoop more Canberrans than ever before this spring breeding season, an expert warns. While facemasks help prevent the spread of COVID-19, an unintended side-effect is they ...
When Services Australia bosses appeared before the recent Senate estimates hearings, a lot was asked and answered about the Infosys project overseeing the entitlement calculation engine (ECE). The ECE ...
Aspen Island, the home of the Carillon, will be renamed Queen Elizabeth II Island, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced today (1 January). Mr Morrison said the name change is to honour the Queen in ...
I never thought I’d write this, but I’m a little bit in love with a station wagon. There’s a good chance this is just a crush, as our romance was fleeting. But it does always happen when you least ...
Is this the longest toilet drop on the lake? I’m in a small triangular-shaped room about 25 metres off the ground, looking out over Lake Burley Griffin and the icons of Canberra beyond. But behind a ...
When it comes to collecting stories about our Indigenous veterans, Michael Bell usually only gets to track down second- or third-hand versions. There are few veterans of World War I, World War II and ...
Nearly 40 Canberrans received payouts last year for damage to their cars from potholes, but Higgins woman Taylah Kolaric wasn’t one of them. The car enthusiast is still battling to make a claim a year ...
What issues are threatening Australia’s AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine ambitions? Why is the West Australian Government opening a ‘hub’ near Canberra’s parliamentary triangle? And what led a former ...
The first independents to be elected in the ACT since 2004 are today considering their options as they prepare to play a pivotal role in a new-look Legislative Assembly. Independents for Canberra (IFC ...
The Barton Highway upgrades will not be completed until at least 2023, despite the arterial road that links the ACT and Hume Highway being originally earmarked for a mid-2020 finish. There are four ...
While wineries in the region have just harvested the grapes for their 2021 vintages, the effects of smoke from the 2019-20 bushfires are still lingering (in a good way) for a handful of local ...