Public servants evacuated after threats to government departments ...
A number of public servants were evacuated after threats against several government departments were received on Wednesday afternoon.Staff were allowed back to work later in the day after the threats were deemed not to be credible. Police said a number of threats were emailed to government departments on Wednesday afternoon. Photo: Georgia Matts ACT Policing said an unspecified number of government departments were emailed the threats anonymously.Do you know more? Email online@fairfaxme..>> view originalNRL: Canberra junior Josh Chudleigh prepares for NRL debut ...
Josh Chudleigh will make his NRL debut for North Queensland against Canberra on Monday. Photo: North Queensland Cowboys As he lugged heavy boxes up stairs for his family's Bungendore building business, Josh Chudleigh vowed to devote everything to his NRL dream. In a scenario he described as "a bit weird", the former Raiders junior will make his debut for North Queensland against his old club at Canberra Stadium on Monday night. Just four years ago the 22-year..>> view originalAndrew Barr looks to further open up Canberra to New Zealand air ...
Chief Minister Andrew Barr and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will lobby for travel between the two nations to be treated as a "domestic-like experience", a move that would greatly benefit Canberra tourists and public servants travelling to the capital across the ditch.Mr Barr also discussed recent changes at Air New Zealand, which recently sold its majority stake in Virgin Australia, and whether they could help the airline establish routes to Canberra. ACT Chief minister Andrew Barr ..>> view originalACT Policing slams dangerous Canberra drivers after wild weekend ...
A learner motorcycle rider caught doing more than 130km/h on Northbourne Avenue.A P-plater driving at 111km/h down a residential street. A learner rider caught going 130km/h on Northbourne Avenue was one of the dangerous drivers pinged by ACT Policing on the weekend. Photo: Rebecca Hallas A driver clocked at more than 50 kilometres over the speed limit on an 80km/h road.These are just some of the people caught by police on Canberra's roads last weekend alone. ACT Policing has issued an u..>> view originalBecome a Canberra Times member today
Money spent on anti-tram advertisements during Zed Seselja's federal election campaign will be counted as financial contributions to the territory election campaign, the ACT Electoral Commission has confirmed. Triplets Ali, Graci and Lili Lee, in Canberra for the Kanga Cup, wear different coloured boots so their coach can identify them. Photo: Jay Cronan 10.58am: Good news; the roads are all clear now, police say.9.30am: That single vehicle crash heading north on Commonwealth Avenue f..>> view originalHow Canberra's Islamic community celebrated Eid after Ramadan
Members of Canberra's Islamic community have broken their fast after the holy month of Ramadan.After fasting from sunrise to sunset for 30 days, Canberrans celebrated Eid al-Fitr with prayer and a smorgasbord of delicious food on Wednesday. A girl shows the henna pattern on a hand while celebrating Eid at the Ahmadiyya Muslim prayer centre in Fyshwick. Photo: Jay Cronan At the Australian Ahmadiyya Muslim Association's new prayer centre in Fyshwick, Eid was a burst of colour and excitem..>> view originalCanberra radio ratings: ABC 666 steals crown back from Mix 106.3
Kristen and Rod of Mix 106.3 fell 4 percentage points in the breakfast radio wars, as the station lost listeners across the board. Photo: Supplied Canberra's radio wars are spicing up, with a wafer-thin margin now standing between the city's top three stations. Mix 106.3 was the biggest loser in the most recent radio ratings survey, falling from top spot to third place in Canberra's most listened to radio stations, as ABC 666 once again took the title. But Mix 106.3 and Hit 104.7, in second..>> view originalCanberra Liberals face fresh advertising warning after targeting ...
The Canberra Liberals may bear the cost of federal campaign advertising that pictured ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr alongside Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, urging voters not to "risk a Labor double whammy".ACT Electoral Commissioner Phillip Green said the advertisement, which linked a federal Labor government to an increase in ACT land rates, was arguably designed to influence the October election. Liberal Party advertisement during the federal election, targeting ACT Chief Minister And..>> view originalCape York artist brings ghost net sculptures to Canberra
NAIDOC 2016: Cape York artist brings ghost net sculptures to Canberra Updated July 06, 2016 17:16:19 A senior Indigenous artist has travelled more than 2,300 kilometres from Cape York to Canberra to share the story of his people's ghost net art — sculptures woven from abandoned, lost or discarded fishing nets.Sid Bruce Short Joe is from Pormpuraaw, a remote community of around 700 people between Karumba and Weipa on the peninsula's west coast.Mr Short Joe was invited to..>> view originalCanberra detainee freed from jail after fleeing hospital mental health ...
Escaped detainee Ned Barker. Photo: Supplied  A prison detainee who scaled a wall and fled Canberra Hospital's mental health unit has escaped more time behind bars.Ned Ian Barker, 26, was on the run for about 18 hours when he ran from ACT Corrective Services staff at the hospital about 2.15pm on April 12 as he believed he didn't need treatment for his mental illness.He was captured after a member of the public found him in Braddon about 8.45am the next day and phoned police.The inciden..>> view original
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