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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.

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.

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.

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

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

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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