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Canberra author steps us through the Spanish flu

Mark Twain said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes”.  Pandemic is Canberra author Ian Shaw’s new book and, as a non-fiction account of Australia’s handling of the 1919 Spanish flu, it...

Top travel agent wins Australia’s most sexist remark 2020

Australian Federation of Travel Agents CEO Jayson Westbury took out the Gold Ernie at the 28th annual Ernies awards for sexist remarks, which were announced on Thursday night.

ACT candidates challenged on development plans

Candidates for the ACT Legislative Assembly were challenged to present their plan for the hotly debated election issue of population growth and urban development at last night’s Conservation Council ACT Region candidates'...

Major parties split on new housing gas connections

Candidates from the three major parties and one minor party put their gas policies on the record last night in the Conservation Council ACT Region’s online ACT election candidate forum on climate...

Conservation Council pushes candidates on climate policies

Conducted against the backdrop of the Federal Government’s recent refusal to join 64 countries in a global pledge to save biodiversity and endangered specifies – despite Australia having one of the highest...

Sustainable renovations

Caroma has partnered with environmental charity Bower Collective for a series of Facebook Live workshops on sustainable renovations.

Tool time: A shed for Canberra’s women

The latest community project from Canberra besties Sunita Kotnala and Robby McGarvey has come to fruition, as the red ribbon was cut at Canberra Women’s Shed last Friday and the co-founders declared it tool time.

Dream big these school holidays

Take back control of your year these school holidays and get out the art supplies for a fun family activity – creating a vision board!

Police believe up to 12 involved in fatal stabbing

A 16-year-old boy is in hospital and “recovering well” after suffering stab wounds in a fight, which involved as many as 12 people and left an 18-year-old man dead, at a skate...

ACT Election 2020: Your questions answered

History of voting in the ACT Until 1988, the ACT was directly administered by the Commonwealth Government, but after a battle for independence that saw the creation of the No Self-Government Party, the...

Police call for information on fatal stabbing in Weston

Editor's note: An update has been issued to this story. An 18 year-old-man has died, and a 16-year-old male is being treated in hospital, after police responded to reports of a stabbing...

School strikers strike back: ‘our lives’ at stake

The stakes were life and death for ACT school climate strikers as they placed protest placards on the lawns of Parliament House today (25 September) demanding the government rule out public money...
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