YWCA Canberra warns 'tsunami' of older women facing homelessness and other top stories.

• YWCA Canberra warns 'tsunami' of older women facing homelessness

  

  YWCA Canberra warns 'tsunami' of older women facing homelessness Posted March 22, 2016 09:01:17 The thought of being forced to sleep overnight in a parked car never seemed like a possibility to 72-year-old April. Key points:Research indicates next wave of homelessness will be older womenCall for deeper subsidies for affordable rental accommodation for older womenAmong 20 recommendations made by YWCA Canberra ahead of ACT election But in 2009, the beauty therapist an..

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• Libs base campaign in Canberra

  

  Libs base campaign in Canberra

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• NRL: Canberra Raiders hooker Josh Hodgson leading Dally M ...

  

  Canberra Raiders hooker Josh Hodgson is a surprise leader of the Dally M Medal after three rounds of the NRL season. Photo: Jeffrey Chan It's been 21 years since the Canberra Raiders had a player win the Dally M Medal.But hooker Josh Hodgson has made a sensational start in the race to claim rugby league's highest individual honour to be a surprise leader after three rounds.The influence of the English international is a major reason why the Raiders are secon..

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• Bayside mayor James Long irks ratepayers by using council car for ...

  

  James Long tries a different mode of transport in 2004, before becoming mayor. Photo: Angela Wylie Bayside mayor James Long has raised the hackles of local ratepayers by using his mayoral car to attend a private meeting in Canberra - more than seven hours drive from his municipality.Councillor Long was in Canberra on March 10 for a mediation meeting which was part of a long-running legal stoush involving the Australian Bravery Association and allegations he t..

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• NRL: Canberra Raiders keen to grind out games until star ...

  

  Injured Raiders five-eighth Blake Austin has his right knee strapped during a training session on Tuesday. Photo: Graham Tidy The Canberra Raiders will continue their gritty approach in the absence of their two star playmakers, promising to keep grinding out victories until they welcome back Blake Austin and Aidan Sezer.For the second straight week, halfback Sam Williams will partner English second-rower Elliott Whitehead in the halves for Saturday's clash wi..

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• Bestsellers: Cassandra Clare denies Nikki Savva's Canberra ...

  

  Cassandra Clare Top 10 Bestsellers 1 Lady Midnight CASSANDRA CLARE, SIMON & SCHUSTER, $27.99 First in the popular fantasy writer's Dark Artifices series. 2 The Road to Ruin NIKI SAVVA, SCRIBE, $32.99 Fierce account of the internal workings of the Abbott government. Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare. 3 15th Affair JAMES PATTERSON, CENTURY, $32.99 Lindsay Boxer tackles deaths, disappearance and spies in San Francisco. Advertisement 4 The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet MICHAEL MOSLEY, SIMON & SC..

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