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Peahens roaming in Brockman Street, Narrabundah. Photo: Graham Tidy

ACT rangers have Narrabundah's feral peafowl in their sights after residents complained of early morning mating calls, droppings on footpaths and destruction of gardens. Tradesmen working in Brockman Street, Narrabundah, on Tuesday said some ... >> view original

Matildas: Canberra United receive unexpected boost from duo missing out on ...

Canberra United's hopes of retaining its W-League title have taken an unexpected boost with the shock omission of Ashleigh Sykes and Ellie Brush from the Matildas' tour to China. Sykes was part of the Matildas squad which reached the quarter-finals at ... >> view original

Weston Park Yarralumla Play Station mini golf a chance to see Canberra in ...

The second stage of construction for the mini golf course at Weston Park, featuring a fascinating display of miniature Canberra icons, is now complete. Just two years ago the ACT government described the area at Weston Park as rundown and in need of ... >> view original

ACT government to pitch Canberra light rail to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ...

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's high-profile love of public transport and support for the Gold Coast light rail line will see the ACT government lobby for federal funding for future stages of Canberra's trams. As work continues on a light rail ... >> view original

Injured Canberra worker sent to jail over Comcare fraud

Comcare reviewed Allred's claim and video surveillance showed him repeatedly driving a Canberra Elite Taxi on weekdays over the course of a few weeks in December 2010. In a taped interview he later made admissions he had been paid to work as a taxi ... >> view original

Men armed with gun, knife rob Curtin supermarket in Canberra's inner south

The public has been asked to help identify two men who held up a supermarket in Canberra's inner south last night. Around 9:45pm two men carrying a rifle and a knife entered the supermarket in Curtin and approached staff members and made demands for ... >> view original

Woman apologises for stealing $71000 from Canberra shoe shop

A 58-year-old Canberra woman has sobbed as she apologised in the ACT Supreme Court for stealing more than $71,000 from a shoe shop where she worked. Donna Louise Hogan pleaded guilty to the thefts carried out between 2011 and 2014 at the shoe ... >> view original

Jay Ford picks up ride on 'Canberra comet' Fell Swoop in Lightning Stakes

There will never be another Takeover Target, but jockey Jay Ford believes Fell Swoop has the ability to be the best racehorse from the Canberra area he's ridden since. Ford has picked up the ride on Fell Swoop in the listed Lightning Sprint (1100 ... >> view original

News Corp boss Peter Tonagh does Canberra

Interesting to see News Corp Australia's incoming chief executive Peter Tonagh​ in the Canberra Press Gallery on Monday. The soon-to-be News boss dropped into Parliament House and, simply by his presence, offered the troops at the Murdoch bureau an ... >> view original

Stem cell experts urge ethical debate over embryo creation

The very real possibility of creating embryos from stem cells raises ethical issues that need to be debated now, scientists say. "We think these are serious issues that we have to consider carefully as scientists before we go too far and get into an ... >> view original