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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Qbn hospital ‘not working’

Qbn hospital ‘not working’

SEVERAL mishaps and staffing issues have raised questions over the management of Queanbeyan’s new hospital. The Opposition is calling for a change of structure and even the government admits it is not perfect. DIANA BUSHBY reports.
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Tough times ahead for first home buyers

By EMMA BISCOE
Housing affordability has been deteriorating in all capital cities and regional areas, and Canberra has one of the largest falls.
Ben Phillips, an economist from the Housing Industry Association (HIA), said that there are a range of reasons for prices in Canberra rising so rapidly.
“You have strong income growth and population growth in Canberra,” [...]

Photo-marathon captivates Canberra

By BOHDANA SZYDLIK
Australia’s first Photo-marathon has sold out a month in advance with more than 100 people signed up.
A popular event throughout the world, the photo-marathon will take place in Canberra on March 27. More than 20 people of those signed up come from interstate.
Photo-marathon participants must take a series of photographs using a digital [...]

Defence Force welcomes national curriculum

By AMANDA HOLLINGSWORTH
The national curriculum is set to ease the burden for thousands of Australian Defence Force (ADF) families who travel interstate each year. It will make it easier for the 80,000 students a year who move interstate.
The news of a national curriculum has been welcomed by the defence force and teachers, who see it [...]

ISPs reform piracy policy in wake of iiNet case

By MICHAEL BYRNE
Internet service providers Optus and Extel announced last week (9 February 2010) that they would no longer penalise users who infringe copyright on their networks.

ACT rental crisis still hurting

By NICOLE KUTER
Canberra is still in the grip of a rental crisis despite the Federal government’s extension on the first home owners grant.

Australians spice up anti-racist message

By KIRILEE DAGG
It has been called “Earth Hour but with food,” and although not as well known as its more established cousin, Vindaloo Against Violence aims to spread its message simply through a night of Indian dining.