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Childcare giant profits highlight need for fee regulation

News that listed childcare giant G8 Education has posted a 53 per cent profit increase and is paying its CEO a $3 million package while continually lifting fees has renewed calls from family advocates for tighter government regulation of early childhood education and care costs.

Northbound lanes closed on Commonwealth Avenue bridge

ACT Emergency Services are in attendance at a motor vehicle incident on Commonwealth Avenue Bridge where all northbound lanes are closed.

Subscribe in March 2024 to win a prize

Subscribe to a Canberra Daily digital newsletter during the month of March for your chance to win this fabulous bundle of cookbooks and kitchen goodies, valued at well over $100.

ACT Heritage Grants open for 2024-25

The ACT Heritage Grants Program assists the community to conserve and promote the heritage of the ACT. $230,000 is available.

ACT Energy Innovation Fund bolsters research

ACT businesses, research institutions, and think-tanks can share in $17 million worth of grants under the 2024 Energy Innovation Fund.

Pink Hope Canberra High Tea & Fashion Parade raises hope

The Pink Hope Canberra High Tea was held on Saturday 2 March at the National Museum of Australia - an afternoon of delicious food, lots of laughter and plenty of prizes while supporting a preventative health charity focused on those who carry hereditary cancer risk.

Share the Dignity wants to know if period poverty has worsened

Share the Dignity’s second Bloody Big Survey is set to unpack if period poverty rates have risen since 2021.

Police seek witnesses to Monash motorcycle collision

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage of a single vehicle motorcycle collision in Monash.

Young Australians overestimate vaping among peers: ANU

E-cigarette use is seen as widespread, common and normal among young Australians even though hard data indicate that the clear majority of teens have not vaped, a first-of-its-kind study from The Australian National University (ANU) shows.   

‘Upper Murumbidgee river has found its voice’

Canberrans want to see the Upper Murrumbidgee River protected, according to a survey by the Australian River Restoration Centre.

NSW put on notice over feral horse numbers

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has flagged that the federal government may intervene to ensure a zero-tolerance approach to feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park if the environmental impacts remain too high, according to the Invasive Special Council.

ACT police seek witnesses to family violence incident

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a family violence incident that occurred during the afternoon and evening of Thursday 29 February in the Gungahlin and Belconnen regions.    
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