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Cassandra Power

Cassandra Power

Two-thirds of Canberrans support pill testing

Canberrans are generally smoking fewer cigarettes, drinking alcohol at safe levels and overwhelmingly supportive of drug and pill testing.

Pandemic sees physical and sexual violence escalate

The number of women experiencing an escalation in physical or sexual violence and feeling too unsafe to leave their partner during the pandemic has increased, new data from the Australian Institute of...

ANU study finds gestational diabetes might be underdiagnosed

A small change in the testing procedure for gestational diabetes has increased the reliability of the results, researchers from the Australian National University have found. The process for testing gestational diabetes involves eight...

Free yabby net swap program protects local wildlife

Following a ban on “opera house” yabby nets last September, the ACT Government has introduced a new initiative for yabby fishers to swap their old “destructive” nets for new, free, wildlife-friendly nets.

Former ANU student sues college for failing duty of care

A former ANU student has accused John XXIII College of a culture of excessive drinking during 2014-2015.

‘Palace letters’ released

“The country is set on a collision course of historic proportions.” – Sir John Kerr Sir John Kerr’s personal correspondence with the Queen in 1975 appears to lay out his constitutional right to...

Mastering Zoom might kick-start your career

Worldwide, remote working has resulted in a shift in workplace attitudes and expectations, including a boom in digital skills for employees and a demand for more emotionally intelligent leaders, new research from...

COVID update: Hospital visitor restrictions reintroduced

The ACT Government has reintroduced visitor restrictions at health care facilities with just one visitor allowed per patient per day, in most cases. There are exemptions for young people, children and babies who...

Insurance reforms needed ahead of next summer’s bushfire season

Home insurance affordability is a key concern ahead of the next bushfire season, a Senate Finance Committee has heard.

Canberra’s pop-up drive-in movie season extended

The popular pop-up drive-in cinema at the Questacon carpark has extended its season for an additional week, to 29 July.

Unemployment drives household gender divide

Females who stopped working during COVID-19 are more likely to have taken on unpaid domestic duties and to have stopped looking for paid work than recently unemployed males, who are far more...

Kingston hotel victim named

A 44-year-old man who died after an altercation at the Kingston Hotel on Sunday night has been identified as Warren Hordpenko from Dalmeny, New South Wales. ACT Policing have been investigating the incident...
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