Public service job cuts are another attack on Canberra: Labor
The Turnbull government has launched another attack on Canberra and its local economy with the latest round of public service job cuts, according to local Labor politicians. Angry: Andrew Leigh says the federal government is "fixated" on attacking Canberra. Photo: Elesa Kurtz Fairfax Media revealed on Wednesday that between 300 and 800 jobs are set to be slashed from the Immigration Department and The Australian Border Force, with many of the axed positions expected to be among the 5500..>> view originalCanberra schools 'disappointed and disgusted' over revelations of ...
Canberra schools 'disappointed and disgusted' over revelations of national child pornography ring Updated August 17, 2016 17:41:58 The principal of a Canberra school whose students may be linked to an online child pornography ring says the school community is shocked and saddened by the revelations. Key points: Website in the form of a "message chat forum" had photos and requests of naked schoolgirlsFive ACT schools among a total of 70 schools being investigatedLocal s..>> view originalPakistan loses dispute over cost of building its Canberra high ...
The Pakistan government has been ordered to pay more than $1.6 million to the company that built its high commission in Canberra.But collecting the payment has hit a snag; the builder, Denham Constructions, is not yet allowed to enforce the order, after the court heard it was put into administration earlier this week. The Pakistan High Commission in Canberra. Photo: Rohan Thomson The case came before the ACT Supreme Court after Denham alleged the Islamic Republic of Pakistan owed it $1 m..>> view originalCanberra man who stole mum's cash after killing stepfather ...
A Canberra man who murdered his stepfather in Wanniassa before he stole $53,000 from his bedridden mother had been "callous in the extreme", a court has been told.Jeffrey David Lee bashed Neal Keith Wilkinson, 61, after the pair got into an argument at the front door to the McWhae Circuit house on the evening of March 10 last year. Jeffrey David Lee pleaded guilty to the murder of his stepfather Neal Keith Wilkinson. Photo: Facebook Police found Mr Wilkinson's body face down near the fr..>> view originalBecome a Canberra Times member today
Raiders fans Jamie and Jack Bradnam, and Catherine Pitt are excited about the Green Machine's season. Photo: Jay Cronan TODAY'S TOP STORIES Chief Minister Andrew Barr has called on NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg to change the rules to allow the Canberra Raiders to play a home preliminary final at Canberra Stadium if they earn one.Fairfax Media revealed last week the Raiders had contacted the NRL to see if there was the possibility of hosting a prelim final, but were told there was n..>> view originalUniversal lessons: Canberra experts fight alcohol, domestic abuse ...
Dr Kamalini Lokuge's heart broke when she heard how a Sri Lankan preschool child told his teacher that "his dad always drinks and his mum runs around the house at night saying she's going to kill herself".His teacher was telling the senior research fellow at ANU, who recently set up a preschool education program in Sri Lanka targeting family violence and alcohol abuse, how the once cheerful, fast-learning boy became a destructive, inattentive student when his father returned to the family home..>> view originalCEO Don Furner lifts the lid on Canberra Raiders roster ...
IT’S the left-field strategy that has underpinned arguably the fairy tale story of the 2016 season.With every win, belief grows within the Raiders’ long-suffering hardcore fanbase that this could be their year and if it is, the club’s blueprint for roster management may become a reference point for the rest of the NRL.Having finished 13th, 15th and 10th over the past three seasons, no one was picking Ricky Stuart’s rebuilding Canberra team to be in contention for the ultimate glory at the pointy..>> view originalRaiders showing some capital gains
CANBERRA, with its leafy, often indistinguishable suburbs and self-absorbed political bubble is often derided as being unrepresentative of the nation it governs. In the battle between Australia’s football codes, the capital has also imposed its own form of democracy.At various stages over the past 50 years the local Australian Rules competition, the Raiders, the Brumbies, everyone with the possible exception of the Canberra City/Canberra Cosmos National Soccer League teams, can claim to have rul..>> view originalBeijing to Canberra: expect investments to be scaled back
Eerie Ghost Stories at the Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre
Ghost Stories. By Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman. Directed by Peter J. Snee. Co-directed by Jennifer Sarah Dean. Prince Moon Productions and the Canberra Theatre Centre. Canberra Theatre. Until August 21. Bookings: canberratheattrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.The disclaimer has the ring of foreboding expectation. Children under 13, pregnant women and those with a nervous disposition are advised to avoid Prince Moon Productions' performance of Jeremy Dyson and Andrew Nyman's Ghost Stories. To add ter..>> view original
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
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