Monday, August 29, 2016

Tigerair free flights between Canberra and Melbourne snapped up ... and other top stories.

  • Tigerair free flights between Canberra and Melbourne snapped up ...

    Tigerair free flights between Canberra and Melbourne snapped up ...
    Travellers have jumped at Tigerair Australia's free airfares between the capital and Melbourne but have been less enthusiastic about the cheap ones.Tigerair offered to refund the cost of the airfare for the first 200 one-way tickets between Canberra and Melbourne booked through their website after the low-cost tickets went on sale at 11am on Thursday.  The first 200 free one-way tickets between Canberra and Melbourne booked through tigerair.com.au sold out within half an hour on Thursday. ..
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    Become a Canberra Times member today
    Walid Ajaj, owner of Habibiz, said business was good at the Westside Container Village, but the site needed better promotion from government.  Photo: Jay Cronan TODAY'S TOP STORIES TRAFFIC 9.38am: The ACT ambulance service says eight people were assessed at the scene of that Monaro Hwy crash between a van and an SUV, and one male and one female patient were transported to hospital with minor injuries, no broken bones apparently. The male motorcyclist involved in the crash on London Cir..
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  • Rags to Riches: Canberra Brave's miraculous turnaround earns ...

    Rags to Riches: Canberra Brave's miraculous turnaround earns ...
    The Canberra Brave's remarkable ice hockey turnaround from a folded franchise two years ago to regular finals contenders is set to be rewarded with a state of the art home in the capitalIce hockey in Canberra appeared doomed in 2014 when the Canberra Knights folded a month before the Australian Ice Hockey League season. A second ice venue would benefit all ice sports in Canberra, including the Canberra Brave. Photo: Elesa Kurtz Fast forward three seasons and the Brave will play in their ..
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  • Canberra celebrates the 40th anniversary of the ACT public college ...

    Canberra celebrates the 40th anniversary of the ACT public college ...
    The concept of moving schools for years 11 and 12 may seem bizarre to students in many parts of Australia that are unfamiliar with Canberra's secondary college system .But Gungahlin College Student Bailey Lutton​ is confident the flexibility that stems from a college system separated from high-school has prepared him well for university. Gungahlin College year 12 student Bailey Lutton believes other states should give students the option of the college system. Photo: Rohan Thomson "It's ..
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  • Onyong the warrior led Garrett Cotter into Canberra's water catchment

    Onyong the warrior led Garrett Cotter into Canberra's water catchment
    Above the Cotter Dam, where mountains disappear into clouds and the Murrumbidgee and Cotter valleys below head south, the spirits of two powerful men in Canberra's early history returned.One was a black warrior, the other a white Irish convict. "They still exist today in modern times, their spirit is still with us through our descendants, through our families," Paul House, the great, great, great grandson of Onyong the warrior, said. "Their identity, belonging and connection to country comes th..
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  • Canberra law student Conner living on the edge in Australian ...

    Canberra law student Conner living on the edge in Australian ...
    Hunger. Mind games. Rain at night. Dodgy shelter. And a fairly nasty burn. Yep, Conner the law student from Canberra is living the dream on Australian Survivor.The 23-year-old wasn't quite ringing us via conch shell from Samoa but through the magic of television we did manage to speak to him about life in Survivor as the show unfolds on our screens. Canberra law student Conner on Australian Survivor. Photo: Supplied For up to 55 days, the players must outwit, outplay and outlast each oth..
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  • Canberra shooters call for review of gun laws after rifle permit ...

    Canberra shooters call for review of gun laws after rifle permit ...
    Canberra shooters call for review of gun laws after rifle permit refused over 'military-like' appearance Posted August 26, 2016 06:25:53 Canberra shooting groups are calling for a change to ACT laws that allow firearm permits to be refused based on the appearance of a gun, rather than its function.A Canberra man this week had a permit refused for a large hunting rifle as it resembles a military weapon.The ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) ruled the Barrett ..
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  • Canberra man avoids jail over string of thefts after guilty plea

    Canberra man avoids jail over string of thefts after guilty plea Posted August 26, 2016 17:32:42 A Canberra man who admitted to a string of crimes last year, including bashing a woman on the ground, stealing her handbag and then trying to steal her car, will serve his sentence in the community.Christopher Hill, 26, was arrested multiple times in October and November last year.He stole cars, burgled a house, robbed shops at Belconnen and Mawson and used other people's ..
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  • Canberra Liberals promise to boost staffing at Indigenous health ...

    Canberra Liberals promise to boost staffing at Indigenous health ...
    Canberra Liberals promise to boost staffing at Indigenous health service if elected Posted August 26, 2016 15:02:20 The Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service in Canberra will receive 10 new social workers if the Liberals are elected in October's ACT election, the party says.The election commitment of $1.8 million is aimed at boosting capacity in the face of increased demand.Workers at the centre support clients with housing and homelessness, domestic violence ..
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  • Canberra novelist Sally Thorne's rocket ride

    Canberra novelist Sally Thorne's rocket ride
    Sally Thorne remembers with shining clarity the moment she realised her life was about to change in a huge way.  "I remember going in to my desk at work [in the public service] and sitting down and just feeling like suddenly an escape hatch had opened in what was a pretty dry, corporate world," she says. "And I spoke to the guy next to me and I just said, 'I was given a book deal.'"This is a story of how the internet sometimes makes dreams come wildly true. In the space of a few crazy months la..
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