Rain puts Cotter construction to test

Rain puts Cotter construction to test

By GRACE KEYWORTH
RECENT rains showed environmental measures are working at the construction on the Cotter Dam Enlargement, according to a surveyor on the site.
The surveyor, who did not want to be named, said the rain had not caused any delay. The site preparation is complete and the first blasting of rock is scheduled to start [...]

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UC students fined despite access to parking

UC students fined despite access to parking

By NIKKI BRICKNELL
Students at the University of Canberra are being fined for parking illegally, despite the new overflow parking spaces provided.
“Some people just don’t know we’re here,” the SNP Security Officer assigned to the south end of the campus, Ahmed Sarfraz, said. “They can see it from a distance but don’t know how to [...]

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Animals’ fate worse than death

Animals’ fate worse than death

By COURTNEY KEOGH
Imagine being dragged by your legs into a small room and your throat being cut over a drain while someone looks down on you and waits for you to bleed to death. Or imagine your eyes being gouged out and all your tendons slashed so you slump on the ground unable to move. Disturbingly, this is the way many Australian sheep, cattle and goats die to Australia’s live stock trade.

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Restaurant has its day

Restaurant has its day

Canberra New Restaurant of the Year has been awarded to Du Jour in New Acton, coinciding with two-year high consumer confidence as JEFF VON DREHNEN reports. VIDEO

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Yass escapes asbestos dumping

Yass escapes asbestos dumping

THOUSANDS of tonnes of asbestos contaminated waste from the Parkes ASIO site will now not be dumped over the border. Murrumbateman residents are relieved 35,000 tonnes of building rubble won’t be dumped at their landfill, after talks between the Yass Council and the ASIO site broke down. SAM HUNT reports. VIDEO

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Legal labyrinth leaves immigrant women in ‘limbo’

By HANNAH STONE
MIGRANT women struggle to get visas independent of abusive partners due to legal barriers and lack of mainstream service provision, according to a study released last week.
The report, A Case for Justice, written by Maryann Athaide with Toora Women Inc., details the difficulties immigrant women experience when they escape domestic violence while still [...]

Syringe program may benefit the ACT jail

By ALANA SHEGOG
A NEEDLE syringe program may be introduced at Canberra’s Alexander Maconochie Centre after an 18 month review.
The program means prisoners are given clean syringes while taking illegal drugs to stop the spread of infection caused by exchanging needles. The president of the Family and Friends Drug Law Reform, Brian McConnell, said yesterday (11 [...]

No end in sight for Canberra Hospital parking woes

By SARA SHINNICK
Construction of a multi storey car park and new Mental Health facility is set to make parking even more difficult for patients, staff and visitors to the Canberra Hospital.
Nurses are frustrated at the lack of parking.
One nurse said, “Evening shift staff have less area to park close to the hospital, let alone securely [...]

ACT racing industry outcry for adequate funding

By SIMON DINOPOULOS
THE Canberra Racing Club Committee is planning to escalate its fight for more Government funding.
In a public forum held by the committee on Wednesday 17 Febuary, 265 people packed out the Black Opal Room at Thoroughbred Park eager to discuss the proposed funding model for racing in the ACT.
At the present the Government [...]

Parents put on notice ahead of Skyfire

By NICK FAIRBAIRN
Parents will be targetted in media campaign on underage drinking ahead of this year’s Skyfire event in Canberra.
Senior Constable Helena Cox said the campaign will aim to inform parents “that if they are sending their children to Skyfire, that they know who they are sending them with”.
Around 140,000 people are expected to attend [...]

National student ID plan sparks privacy concerns

By MEGAN DONOGHUE
TEACHER unions have expressed privacy concerns after failing to be consulted over the Federal Government’s plan to give every school child an identity number.
Education Minister Julia Gillard revealed students will be assigned an ID, which will allow their academic results to be tracked throughout their education.
Under the plan, parents, teachers and other [...]