14 December 2021
Canberra, Politics
I commend you on your latest update on the unjust treatment of Bernard Collaery ‘Government pursues whistle-blower in courts the 17 March. As a former Canberran, I know how highly he has been regarded by the local community there as a person of honesty,
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14 December 2021
Canberra, Politics
By Everald Compton AO My first visit to Parliament in Canberra took place in 1958 when Robert Menzies was Prime Minister and I have made 150 visits in the six decades since then without being t
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14 December 2021
Canberra, Entertainment, Sydney
Part of City Of Parramatta's Summer Nights cultural programme, Summer Sundown promises a night of indie-pop and electronica headlined by SAFIA and Touch Sensitive. Canberra indietronica trio SAFIA are pumped to play Summer Nights (25 January) after a couple of years of zero gigs in the Greater Sydney area.
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14 December 2021
Australia, Basketball, Canberra, NBL, Sports
Read stories like this and more at CODE, Australia’s home of in-depth sports news, features and analysis. VISIT CODE AND SIGN UP TODAY Here, in this case, is a five-court facility in Canberra. It is the epicentre of Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence which,
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14 December 2021
Australia, Canberra, Karratha, Politics, Western Australia
West Australian legislation meant to prevent the destruction of Indigenous heritage sites has raised concerns in Canberra.The chair of a parliamentary inquiry into the destruction of the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelters in the state's Pilbara region says the legislation has major problems and won't be effective.
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14 December 2021
Australia, Canberra, Karratha, Politics, Western Australia
West Australian legislation meant to prevent the destruction of Indigenous heritage sites has raised concerns in Canberra.The chair of a parliamentary inquiry into the destruction of the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelters in the state's Pilbara region says the legislation has major problems and won't be effective.
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14 December 2021
Australia, Canberra, Fremantle, Geraldton, Melbourne, Sydney, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Peter Wilkinson OAM was six years old when his father was killed during the Second World War. “I was out the front and the telegram boy arrived,” Peter said. “That meant nothing to me, but the howls of anguish did. And my mother spent the next three or four days …
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14 December 2021
Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, NSW, QLD
Almost 10,000 home insurance claims were made to the NRMA for weather damage in the ACT, NSW and Queensland in recent months, the highest spring number on record. ACT storm claims were 50 per cent higher than an average spring,
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14 December 2021
Australia, Canberra
There are echoes of the Dreyfus affair in the Australian government’s pursuit of two Australians who blew the whistle on Canberra’s dealings with East Timor. The trials of Witness K, the former Australian intelligence officer who blew the whistle on the unusual activities of his organisation,
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14 December 2021
Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Entertainment, Gold Coast, NetFlix, QLD
FORMER Canberra entertainer and co-founder of the CAT Awards, Kate Peters, has been seen on Netflix in the mystery drama “Dive Club”, which was shot in far-north Queensland. Peters left the ACT years ago for the Gold Coast,
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