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Canberra businesswomen launch awards

The launch of the Canberra Women in Business awards brought together a room full of laughter, glamorous fashion and individual success.

Spring clean and declutter

It wouldn’t be spring without a good clean and declutter. It’s time to freshen up and take the opportunity to do things a little differently.

Temporary ICU beds to boost hospital capacity

Canberra Hospital will open eight new temporary beds in its Intensive Care Unit (ICU) next year, after ACT and Federal Government negotiations brought forward funding from the 2024 budget. The eight new beds...

Cash injection for under pressure victim support services

The ACT Government has provided the support services of victims of crimes with a short-term funding boost after dramatic increases in reports of family violence, sexual assault and stalking strained their resources. Victim...

UC graduates celebrate despite no ceremony

It’s been a tough year for university students, with any number of traditions and coming-of-age rituals thrown into the COVID bin, but this year’s University of Canberra graduates can still immortalise their...

New Chief Engineer set to change industry’s perception

Engineers Australia’s newly appointed Chief Engineer, Jane MacMaster would like to change your perception of her industry. Ms MacMaster said the word ‘engineer’ is a Latin derivative of the German word for ingenuity...

COVID concerns cause drop in women’s health checks

Women's Health Week, 7-11 September, reminds Australians that even during a pandemic, regular health checks and screenings are an essential part of their health routine.

UAE Embassy helps Aussie teenager achieve his dream

The United Arab Emirates Embassy in Canberra has collected around 5,000 keyrings to help Queensland teenager Jacob Mackay break the world record for most individual keyrings in a collection – hopefully in time for his 16th birthday on 26 September.

ACT minor party candidates make their case

There were strong “Don Chipp vibes” at Woden’s Southern Cross Club last night, when candidates from the ACT’s minor parties presented their policy priorities for the upcoming ACT election and declared their intention to hold the government of the day accountable.

Local tea drinkers called on to end industry slavery

A Canberra charity is calling on Australia’s nine million tea drinkers to leverage their consumer power for a liveable wage for tea workers and to prevent practices of modern slavery in Assam,...

Endangered grasslands ‘vulnerable’ to proposed development

A proposed Defence Housing Australia development in and around the critically endangered Lawson North grasslands has local environmental groups concerned for the health of the area’s biodiversity.

‘Homes for Homes’ aims to solve homelessness

A growing number of homeowners in the ACT have donated a percentage of their property sales to help solve the problem of social and affordable housing.
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