Tralee blocks go on sale
Interest was muted as the first blocks of land at Tralee went up for sale on the NSW/ACT border.
View ArticleFlying duck orchid 'threatened by haphazard burning'
Australian fire authorities are warned they are risking threatened plant species, by conducting hazard reduction burns at the wrong time of year.
View ArticleJames Martin reads ode at War Memorial for namesake WWI soldier
Canberra boy James Martin was entrusted with the job of reciting the ode at Canberra's Remembrance Day service held at the Australian War Memorial, in front of thousands of onlookers.
View ArticleWorking with farmers to look after unique, bark-eating koalas
A New South Wales council wants to protect a unique colony of koalas that eat bark.
View ArticleFeral pig terrorises walker, dog during 30-minute attack
Walkers are warned about a feral pig on the loose at Mount Jerrabomberra in New South Wales, after a woman and her dog were set upon in a vicious attack.
View ArticleMelissa Pearce says the death of her soulmate James Hughes was avoidable.
Melissa Pearce, the partner of Jerrabomberra man James Hughes who died in a motorbike crash on Sunday, says the death of her soulmate was avoidable.
View Article'He should not be dead': Motorcyclist's widow says Goulburn council to blame...
The widow of a motorbike rider killed while driving near Goulburn says the local council should have done more to maintain the bridge he was driving on and ensure his safety.
View ArticleCanberra land set aside to protect endangered species
Nature reserves will be established in Canberra's north and south to protect endangered species and offset the creation of new suburbs, the ACT Government announces.
View ArticleNature's 'guardians of the future' join effort to save migratory snipe
Canberran conservationists, including wildlife rangers as young as 10, join Victoria and Japan in a global conservation project to protect the Latham's snipe, a migratory shorebird feared to be in...
View ArticlePolice chase ends with officer injured, patrol car damaged
A 19-year-old Canberra man who allegedly injured a police officer and damaged a patrol car during a high-speed pursuit while he was high on ice is extradited to New South Wales to face court.
View Article'I was being offered $800 before we'd even finished': Canberra real estate...
Canberrans report spending weeks searching desperately for a rental property as experts say prices are being driven beyond an affordable level by sky-rocketing demand.
View ArticleHow devoted ACT Wildlife volunteers will soon be able to help more Australian...
These tireless volunteers work around-the-clock and often dip into their own pockets to care for Australian wildlife. Now they are being recognised with a funding boost that will help them care for...
View ArticleJerrabomberra residents push to overturn school boundary decision
A border community has been split in two after a controversial call by the New South Wales education department to change the enrolment boundaries for two Queanbeyan schools. Harry Frost reports.
View Article'Suburb divided': Anger over changes to school enrolment boundaries in...
Kristen Cusack can see Jerrabomberra Public School from her house. But changes to enrolment boundaries mean her daughter can't attend there next year.
View ArticleJerrabomberra primary school zone change scrapped, but new high school...
Parents in the border town have welcomed the Education Department's about-face, but say the soon-to-be-opened high school must also accommodate their children.
View ArticleBeing blind and deaf hasn't stopped carpenter Tony, who makes ornate...
Tony Meli may be blind and deaf, but in his personal workshop, he is capable of things that defy belief.
View ArticleJerrabomberra Parents outraged over NSW school zoning decision
Angry Jerrabomberra parents say their kids have been left in limbo by a zoning decision which means they won't be able to attend the new local high school which opens next year.
View ArticleOpposition steps up pressure on NSW government to change school zoning
Angry Jerrabomberra parents say their children have been left in limbo by a zoning decision which means they won't be able to attend the new local high school which opens next year. Peter Lusted reports.
View ArticleParent outcry prompts second NSW government backflip on proposed school...
The NSW Education Department scraps enrolment boundaries for a new public high school in response to an outcry from Jerrabomberra parents. It comes after the government ditched zoning changes for a...
View ArticleGovernment backflip on enrolment boundaries
Hundreds of Jerrabomberra school-children will be able to attend the suburb's new high school when it opens next year after the state government backflipped on enrolment boundaries.
View ArticleMen arrested over alleged involvement in cocaine syndicate operating just...
Three men who police allege were involved in a drug trafficking syndicate operating in the Monaro region face court.
View ArticleACT farmers have a bold vision for the future. But say they're being left in...
Farmers say "the bush capital" is in the middle of one of its biggest transformation periods in its history, and they think it could bring thousands of tourists to the ACT.
View ArticleThe residents of this border suburb have one access road — and it takes them...
Residents of South Jerrabomberra just outside the ACT are required to take a dog-leg route if commuting in or out of Canberra because there is, at present, no access road from the highway to the suburb.
View ArticleSuburb bordering NSW and ACT has an access road problem
Residents in the NSW suburb of south Jerrabomberra are experiencing growing pains, with no dedicated road from the suburb into Canberra.
View ArticleVocational education seemed out of reach for these students with...
Proud family members shed a tear as the graduates officially obtained a Certificate III in hospitality, something some of them believed was out of reach.
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