Last Top Stories: Artists Denise Higgins and Gary Smith crowd-fund Canberra's barbed-wire maze

Artists Denise Higgins and Gary Smith crowd-fund Canberra's barbed-wire maze

Disoriented, herded, controlled, displaced. Two Canberra artists Denise Higgins and Gary Smith are aiming to recreate some of the experiences of asylum seekers in Australia with a maze made of barbed wire and mirrors. The ambitious project will ... >> view original

Man walking dog in Canberra bushland finds shotgun

Police have launched an investigation after a shotgun was found buried in bushland in Kambah, in Canberra's south. An elderly man who was walking his dog found the gun wrapped in three plastic bags and partly buried in a shallow trench on Kambah Pool ... >> view original

Company fined after worker electrocuted at Canberra Hospital work site

A Canberra worker was clinically dead for several minutes before he could be revived by medical staff after he was electrocuted at the Canberra Hospital redevelopment. Industrial Magistrate Lorraine Walker fined Canberra project management firm, Iqon, ... >> view original

Kitten with serious burns dumped at RSPCA in Canberra

A kitten with horrifying burns to almost a third of its body has been dumped at Canberra's RSPCA. RSPCA ACT is urging anyone with information about the white cat dumped on the shelter's doorstep just after 6pm on Thursday to come forward. The animal ... >> view original

Canberra lawyer disbarred for professional misconduct

A Canberra lawyer has been banned from practising law after a court found he had misused money he held in trust for clients. The ACT Supreme Court earlier this month ordered Mark Andrew Slater's name be removed from the roll of people admitted to the ... >> view original

Out There 2015: Canberra Photographic Society exhibition on at the Watson Arts ...

Budding photographers from across Canberra are showcasing their work as part of the city's annual Out There exhibition, on display at the Watson Arts Centre. This year marks 70 years for the Canberra Photographic Society which aims to offer dedicated ... >> view original

Canberra soccer officials push for spot in elite National Youth League

While an A-League team seems to be unlikely in the near future, soccer officials in Canberra are pushing for the ACT to be included in the elite national youth competition. Capital Football has put forward a bid to be part of the revamped National ... >> view original

Ghosts in the Scheme recounts Cooma history at Canberra Theatre Centre

Twenty-four-hour nightclubs, happening cafes, new food you've never heard of. When the Snowy Mountains Scheme was in full swing Cooma could have given Canberra a run for its money. The 25-year project brought more than 100,000 workers from ... >> view original

David Jones' future in its own hands, says Iain Nairn

Iain Nairn, the chief executive of upmarket department store David Jones, isn't waiting around for Canberra to get on with the important job of fiscal reform and will “make his own luck” by expanding the retailer's earnings no matter what the ups and ... >> view original

Canberra FC clinch 22nd ACT league championship beating Cooma Tigers FC 3-2

Canberra FC claimed a record 22nd league championship and their first since 2013 with a pulsating 3-2 victory against Cooma Tigers FC at Deakin Stadium on Sunday. Needing all three points to leap-frog Tigers FC and Belconnen United from third to top ... >> view original