When Tim Miller decided to start Lids4Kids, collecting plastic lids to support Envision Hands, little did he realise the impact it would have.
Inundated with people offering plastic lids or volunteering to collect,...
Most people remember where they were when man first walked on the Moon. For ACT Minister for Heritage, Mick Gentleman, that was at his father’s side.
Mr Gentleman’s father was a super tech...
Pressures of the hospitality industry can prompt social isolation, alcohol and drug abuse, and depression – but a new campaign is aiming to encourage conversation and improve workers’ mental health.
The White Jacket...
It was “one small step” that captured the world – and the first images of Neil Armstrong walking on the Moon were actually broadcast from Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station near Canberra.
The tracking...
Subjected to hate comments, cyber bullying and hurtful private messages across social media platforms, local singer Kirrah Amosa has channelled the experience into new material.
Dropped on Friday 5 July, Nothing On Me...
Local runner Marie Warneke is fast getting a taste for gold with the athlete claiming her third 800m national title in April this year.
Warneke, who won the U15 Girls 800m event at...
Twenty-seven weeks pregnant, an emergency caesarean and the arrival of a beautiful boy 13 weeks early and weighing only 1.185kg. This was the scenario facing Tina Martinovic in May 2016 when complications...
A celebration of connection and culture, this year’s National Deadly Fun Run Championships (NDFRC) at Uluru brought together 150 Indigenous runners from 22 Indigenous communities across Australia,including a team from both Queanbeyan...
Older women, and asylum seeker and migrant women and families, are the focus of two new homelessness services for the ACT.
The ACT Government has awarded a $1.9 million contract for a homelessness...
Former ACT Labor minister Meegan Fitzharris has announced she will not contest the next election and will leave the Legislative Assembly on Monday 8 July.
Ms Fitzharris, who stood down as a Minister...
For some, a Rubik’s cube is a puzzle that can never be solved, but for speedcuber Jayden McNeill, it’s simply a question of how quickly it can be done.
The Canberra native is...
The ability for Parking Operations inspectors to check the validity of disability parking permits while in the field has seen over 500 infringements issued in the space of four months.
According to ACT...
