Canberra Contractors fined $82500 for building site death of Wayne ...
Fiona Vickery outside the ACT Supreme Court after Canberra Contractors was sentenced over her husband's death. Photo: Elesa Kurtz A construction company has been fined $82,500 for the death of a worker who was struck by a reversing road grader at a Macgregor building site in 2011.Justice John Burns described the death of Wayne Vickery, 45, as tragic and avoidable as he sentenced Canberra Contractors in the ACT Supreme Court on Friday morning.The penalty came..>> view originalAnother 'coward punch' outside Canberra pub captured on CCTV
CCTV footage shows the man in the white shirt seconds before he punched the man in the dark shirt to the ground. Photo: Screenshot Lock-out laws, operating hours and service of drunk punters could be included in a major reform package to be released by the ACT government as it seeks to deal with alcohol-fuelled violence. Attorney-General Simon Corbell said the government's long-awaited response to anti-social and violent behaviour in entertainment precincts..>> view originalCanberra prisoner education rate more than double national ...
Canberra prisoner education rate more than double national average: report Posted January 30, 2016 08:35:17 Canberra's inmate population is the most studious in the country, with a prisoner education rate more than double the national average, a report has revealed.The 2016 Report on Government Services shows 76.3 per cent of the ACT's prisoners took part in education and training courses in 2014-15, compared to a national average of 31.6 per cent.Recidivism rates als..>> view originalIt's on for young and old as Canberra closes in on 400000
People gather for the Australia Day fireworks on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin. Canberra's population was hovering around 392,000 in the middle of 2015 and will probably reach 400,000 within the next 12 months. Photo: Melissa Adams Canberra's population is expected to surge past 400,000 in 2016 as the city shrugs off the worst of the public service cuts and decades-old demographic trends become things of the past.And in further signs of changing times, so..>> view originalCanberra life just capital for Belconnen couple Jenny and Geoff ...
Jenny and Geoff Williams are happily retired in Canberra. Photo: Jamila Toderas It's a familiar stereotype: the retirees saying goodbye to Canberra as just as soon as they leave the workforce. But Jenny and Geoff Williams never gave leaving a moment's thought.The Belconnen couple reflect a growing demographic change around the capital, one of the factors powering the city's population towards 400,000: retirees who are choosing to stay put.Like many in this ..>> view originalCanberra man who bashed partner with boomerang sent to jail
A Canberra man accused of forcing entry into his partner's home and bashing her with a boomerang has been convicted in the ACT Magistrate's Court and sentenced to prison.When sentencing the man to 16 months' imprisonment, Magistrate Peter Dingwall said the 29-year-old had displayed a "high degree of arrogance" towards his partner.He had faced court on one charge of assault and one charge of damaging property.The man had been sleeping at his partner's place about 3pm on September 1, when she wok..>> view originalSausage dog dash! Canberra's first dachshund races at the ...
Jedi dachshund Obi-Wan, who will be taking part in dachshund races at the Bungendore Show on the weekend. Photo: Kimberley Le Lievre He might be tiny and sausage shaped but the force is strong in this one. Jedi dachshund, Obi-Wan, draped in his Star Wars-certified outfit, will join more than 60 sausage dogs taking part in the Canberra region's first ever dachshund races at the Bungendore Show.The races, dubbed the Werriwa Weiner Dash, will be held on Sunday, ..>> view originalCanberra hurdler Lauren Wells won't put future children at risk if Zika ...
Lauren Wells is one of the Australian athletes who will consider her Olympic position if the Zika virus puts her in danger. Photo: Cameron Spencer Canberra hurdler Lauren Wells will wait until closer to the Rio Olympic Games before evaluating the risk of Zika virus as she contemplates her future and plans for a family in the coming years.Fear has been growing in recent days over the Zika virus spreading in Brazil, prompting the World Health Organisation to sa..>> view originalMore severe storms on the way for Canberra
A severe storm warning is in place for the ACT on Friday. Photo: Margaret McMahon A broad and unpredictable trough stretching across south-east Australia could inundate Canberra with a month's worth of rain this weekend, meteorologists warn.Many Canberra residents had only just finished cleaning up from Monday night's wild weather when a severe thunderstorm was issued on Friday morning.Weatherzone meteorologist Sam Terry said the storm brough damaging winds and "thundery rain" to the territor..>> view originalCanberra Capitals import DeNesha Stallworth pours positive energy ...
Stepping up: DeNesha Stallworth. Photo: Rohan Thomson Canberra Capitals mid-season recruit DeNesha Stallworth has vowed to pour all of her energy into breaking the club's record losing streak after watching one game from the stands in Queensland last week.The struggling Capitals are still winless after 19 games this year, and are desperately chasing a breakthrough win when they play the Adelaide Lightning at the AIS Arena on Sunday.Stallworth was brought i..>> view original
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