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'Thunderstorm asthma' hits Canberra in hayfever season: Australian University ...

Researchers studying pollen have found evidence of a phenomenon known as "thunderstorm asthma" in Canberra. Through data submitted by local residents to the Australian National University (ANU) run Canberra Pollen App, researchers identified a spike ... >> view original

Canberra records sluggish property values in September quarter

Canberra recorded sluggish residential property values and rental yields in the year's third quarter, new figures show. Dwelling values fell by 0.4 per cent in the September quarter, and increased by less than one per cent in the month of September ... >> view original

Uber, other ride-sharing services able to enter Canberra market from late October

Uber and other ride-sharing services will be legally able to enter the Canberra market from October 30 after reforms to ACT legislation. The ACT Government said the territory would be the first jurisdiction in Australia to regulate ride-sharing before ... >> view original

Tony Abbott's Canberra conniptions are not over yet

A subsequent date with Neil Mitchell on 3AW on Thursday morning – an actual interview this time, taking place as Turnbull and Scott Morrison welcomed National Reform Summit leaders to Canberra to discuss big ideas – was more instructive again. >> view original

Canberra career criminal Anthony Hagen dies of cancer

But within months he was charged with being a key member of an alleged Canberra jail drug syndicate. Hagen was granted parole soon after, despite the protestations of Canberra prosecutors. It is understood that Hagen was admitted to Clare Holland House ... >> view original

Central Coast versus Canberra: Will public servants love moving to Gosford?

Gosford has the Central Coast Mariners and even the city's mayor Lawrie McKinna (returned for his fourth term last Monday) is a former soccer player and Mariners manager. Canberra on the other hand has a seven-year failed bid to make it into the A ... >> view original

Gang-gang. Canberra's No Airport Arms Ads campaign gathering pace

The arrivals and baggage pickup area of the Canberra Airport is a bare and sterile space (whenever we are there we feel like a laboratory rat in a laboratory) with almost no decoration whatsoever save for huge advertisement panels dominated by ads for ... >> view original

Costs of visiting a GP in Canberra too much for some, says report

One quarter of Canberrans who presented to emergency departments could have been treated by general practitioners to reduce hospital waiting times, according to a new report. Figures published by the National Health Performance Authority on Thursday ... >> view original

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull chairs mini economic summit in Canberra

Mr Turnbull is meeting business and industry leaders in Canberra today following a National Reform Summit in August. Tax reform will be high on the agenda among the attendees for the three-hour meeting, which will include BCA chief executive Jennifer ... >> view original

Canberra road rage victim shaken by aggressive behaviour

A young Canberra man is shaken after another man aggressively kicked and punched his car in a bout of road rage late last week. Daniel Mathews was stopped at traffic lights at intersection of Kingsford Smith Drive and Southern Cross Drive in Belconnen ... >> view original