Some flawed Canberra apartment towers cheaper to rebuild than fix ...
Reading the riot act: Construction occupations registrar Mark McCabe says he will take a hard line with builders who fail to prevent faults or work with clients to find mutually agreed solutions. Photo: Melissa Adams The ACT government has told Canberra's multistorey unit block builders and developers to lift their game after claims some projects were so shoddy they would be cheaper to demolish and rebuild than to repair.Ross Taylor, a consultant who has been..>> view originalTornado strikes south of Bungendore as Canberra cops supercell ...
A tree ripped out of the ground by the "weak tornado" at Forbes Creek. Photo: Jeffrey Chan The trail of destruction left behind suggests the supercell storm that struck Forbes Creek south of Bungendore on Saturday was a tornado, on the same night Canberra had its highest daily rainfall for the month.Weatherzone meteorologist Ben McBurney said it was one of a number of "very severe" supercell storms that moved around Canberra on Saturday after an earlier super..>> view originalCanberra teenagers lost in bushland use emergency app to guide ...
Canberra teenagers lost in bushland use emergency app to guide rescue Posted February 01, 2016 07:24:29 Four teenagers lost in the bush in the ACT have been rescued after downloading an emergency app that allowed authorities to pinpoint their location.The two boys and two girls, became lost around 7:00pm after their Commodore Sedan got stuck on a steep trail near Pierces Creek Forest, west of Canberra.Emergency Services Agency Commissioner Dominic Lane said they were ..>> view originalFood bank plan for Canberra's overdue library fees
Minister for Municipal Services Meegan Fitzharris at the Gungahlin Library. Book fees are being waived in return for food donations. Helping her are Eaden Chapman, 5, left, and Connor Chapman, 3, both of O'Connor. Photo: Graham Tidy Public libraries in Canberra will clear members' unpaid fines for overdue books in exchange for donations to a food distribution charity.Newly appointed ACT government Transport and Municipal Services Minister Meegan Fitzharris jo..>> view originalCanberra Pollen counting app reveals hay fever hotspots
Professor Simon Haberle, of the ANU, with a pollen monitoring trap used to catch and count pollen for the Canberra Pollen phone app. Photo: Graham Tidy It looks almost like it could be an avant-garde plastic flower, complete with a bright-green petal.But thanks to the ANU's pollen catcher, researchers have been giving hay fever sufferers the heads up on when to expect the worst symptoms, and now through their responses they have pinpointed Canberra's hay fev..>> view originalCanberra Metro announced as Capital Metro light rail tender winner
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Capital Metro Light rail tram route from Gungahlin The Government has revealed the route its planned Gungahlin tram will take down Northbourne Avenue to the City. Vision supplied by the ACT Government. NO SOUND PT0M0S 620 349 The Gungahlin tram line will be built by a consortium led by Leighton subsidiary Pacific Partnerships and will cost between $663 million and $733 million.Capital Metro Minister Simon Corbell and ACT Chief Minister Andrew Bar..>> view originalNRL: Canberra Raiders set to sign PNG international Kato Ottio for ...
PNG international Kato Ottio will make his debut for the Canberra Raiders at the Auckland Nines. Photo: Elesa Kurtz He represented his country in volleyball and hadn't played rugby league less than two years ago.But the Canberra Raiders have been so impressed with Kato Ottio's dedication to training they intend to sign the PNG international for the rest of the season.Ottio's remarkable rise will take its next step when makes his Raiders debut at next weekend'..>> view originalPeta Credlin and Brian Loughnane test new Canberra HQ
Canberra's newish Mediterranean joint Pomegranate was worth popping into on Friday night.In the dinner crowd was the ancien régime's power couple: former federal Liberal director Brian Loughnane and his wife, Peta Credlin, the chief of staff to the last prime minister.They were at the Kingston restaurant the week after we spotted Malcolm Turnbull's chief bureaucrat, Martin Parkinson, dining with his wife, the new secretary of the Department of Communications, Heather Smith.The maître d' better ..>> view original3.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Bredbo
An earthquake shook Bredbo, south of Canberra, on Sunday morning. Photo: Penny Stephens A minor earthquake that rattled a small Snowy Mountains town on Sunday morning was felt as far north as Weston Creek in Canberra, a senior seismologist says.The 3.6 magnitude quake stuck west of Bredbo, between Canberra and Cooma, about 4.40am according to Geoscience Australia.But while Geoscience Australia senior seismologist Daniel Jaksa said it was the largest earthqua..>> view originalCanberra Metro selected to build stage one of light rail from ...
Canberra Metro selected to build stage one of light rail from Gungahlin to the city Posted February 01, 2016 13:01:52 The Capital Metro light rail line from Gungahlin to the city will be built by international consortium Canberra Metro, the ACT Government has announced.Canberra Metro was one of two international consortia shortlisted for the $698 million project last year.Today the consortium said it would be able to build the line faster than originally projected.Can..>> view original
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