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More NBN for Canberra as three-year roll out plan announced

Around 81,000 Canberra and Queanbeyan homes are a step closer to having national broadband network access, with a raft of suburbs announced to have construction on the broadband network commence by next September. The figure was given by nbn ... >> view original

Battle for poker machines in Canberra continues as Clubs ACT lobby government

The approved provider of poker machines in Canberra has lobbied the government to reject an application for their use at Canberra Casino, fearing it would destroy its business model. The new owner of the Canberra Casino - Hong Kong-based Aquis ... >> view original

Women's Legal Centre gets $1m to help Canberra women fleeing domestic violence

Canberra's Women's Legal Centre will receive more than $1 million over the next three years to better assist women fleeing domestic violence. The centre is among 12 organisations across Australia sharing in $15 million to set up specialist domestic ... >> view original

Fourteen speeding fines sent to NSW family after car stolen in Canberra

Penny Bradley has received 14 speeding fines in the mail since mid-August, with one alleging her stationwagon reached more than 160km/h on a Canberra road. But the mother-of-two, who lives north of Yass in NSW, has a fair reason for returning the ... >> view original

Scotty and Nige: Listener's online petition asks Canberra 104.7 to bring Scott ...

Canberra FM's general manager Eoghan O'Byrne said on Thursday nothing had changed and the new line-up would remain. He maintained the show had simply changed from a three-person broadcast (Scotty and Nige and Kate) to a two-person operation ... >> view original

Don't shout: in Canberra, cyclists are pedalling as fast as we can

Cycling around Lake Burley Griffin, in Canberra. Safety fears are discouraging Australians from riding a bike. ​With all the talk about cities over the past fortnight, we should do something about Australia's woeful approach to cycling. Sixteen years ... >> view original

First home buyers flooding into Canberra's property market: Bankwest data

First home buyers are surging into the ACT's property market and are now accounting for a fifth of property sales, according to new data. Figures from Bankwest suggest that Canberra was one of the country's most accessible property markets for first ... >> view original

Scotty and Nige: Canberra 104.7 says 'nothing fishy going on' after delay to ...

The start of a new breakfast show on Canberra FM radio station 104.7 has been put back three days but it says there's "nothing fishy" about the decision. The moderator of the station's Facebook page also had to remind users on Friday that it would not ... >> view original

Canberra production company wins award in Cannes for dreamy short film

A Canberra production company has won a "Dolphin" trophy at the annual Cannes Corporate Media and TV Awards for a dreamy online film on the Canberra brand. Screencraft worked with the ACT government and Brand CBR on the three-minute video, also ... >> view original

Canberra's latest crime figures: how does your suburb stack up?

ACT Policing's latest quarterly crime statistics showed that while Canberra's inner north had experienced the biggest decline in reported crime, crime figures had soared by 28.9 per cent in the inner south. Figures from July to September revealed a ... >> view original