Detainees at the Alexander Maconochie Centre have embraced lid-sorting work for Canberra charity Lids4Kids and they are gaining experience – and teaching Lids4kids – in skills for the fast-emerging plastic recycling industry.
In a spectacular coup, Braidwood has taken out first place in the Canberra region's Top Tourism Town Awards, as the sole entrant, finalist and winner.
Not to take anything away from its victory...
Perhaps Canberra can add the words “Brindies” and “the Moose” to the dictionary in response to the Australian National Dictionary Centre’s call-out for contributions.
They are, after all, part of Ken Behrens’ lexicon...
What’s more interesting than Question Time at Parliament House? Staring at rocks underneath Parliament House. Forget Dorothy Dixers; as part of National Science Week. you can check out a strange geological phenomenon...
Telopea Park School is celebrating its 100th year – minus the nine days when it was a temporary hospital in 1927 – and there are some scintillating ghost stories and Gough stories...
Having parents who are trekking guides in Nepal makes for awesome family holidays but for Clare Bartram, it also gave her a first-hand education into the plight of women and girls in...
If I told you a Canberra mother of five runs half-marathons regularly, you’d be impressed. If I said she was blind, you’d probably doubt my journalistic integrity.
Liz McLarnen, 66, is nothing short...
The irony of welcoming an American navy crew from USS Canberra into our land-locked city is not lost on us, however this weekend’s commissioning ceremony and Freedom of Entry Parade is a...
Science’s equivalent of the Oscars, the Eureka Prize has singled out two ANU scientists for their work in trying to answer the million-dollar question: how did the world’s first life form evolve...
It was dog exams last weekend, where seven Canberra mutts were tested by the Story Dogs Organisation, a not-for-profit group that provides individualised reading sessions for young readers who lack confidence.
More than four in five people who engaged in a meaningful conversation felt better about managing their situation after talking it through and feeling supported, heard, and safe during the conversation.
However, the...
