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Sprint paddlers open World Cup campaign in style
9+ hour, 16+ min ago (292+ words) Olympic gold medallist Jean van der Westhuyzen is back on top of the podium after taking out the men's K1 500m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup in Hungary." Adding to his silver medal from the men's K4 500m final on Saturday…...
High hopes for para swimmers at Commonwealth Games
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (350+ words) Australia has named a stacked para swimming squad of 18 athletes to compete at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Headlined by Games' gold medallists Tim Hodge and Col Pearse, who further cemented their status with standout performances at Birmingham 2022, the squad also…...
Revealed: locations of Canberra's top five mobile speed camera sites | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (76+ words) Canberra's five highest-earning mobile speed camera locations accumulated over $7 million. See the hotspots and average speeds driving this revenue....
Barr open to lease variation charge tweaks to help housing projects | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (455+ words) Andrew Barr flags consideration of lease variation charge reform to encourage housing projects while ensuring developers deliver for the community....
The secrets reporters left behind in Old Parliament House's walls
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (641+ words) If Canberra has any haunted corridors, they'd be in the former Press Gallery at Old Parliament House. And if those walls could talk, they'd be rowdy and irreverent. They'd also be the voices of consummate professionals, holding the government to…...
Alleged CBD laneway rapist has freedom bid fail
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (463+ words) A French national who allegedly raped a woman in a city laneway will remain in custody after withdrawing his application for bail. Adam Berguiga, 22, was arrested at Sydney International Airport on January 4, three days after he allegedly sexually assaulted the…...
Details of grooming allegations against former attorney-general revealed
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (549+ words) A court has revealed details of grooming allegations against former attorney-general Gordon Ramsay. Ramsay, 61, has pleaded not guilty to one count of encouraging a young person to commit an act of a sexual nature. The heavily redacted statement of facts…...
Canberra 'attractive place to live' but advertising 'crisis rates' for docs | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (286+ words) Investing in local doctors 'much cheaper and much better'....
Former WA renal nurse named Canberra Health Services chief exec | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (679+ words) How new chief executive officer of CHS, and former nurse and WA hospital boss, Janet Zagari plans to run Canberra's hospital and health system amid budget woes....
Billions more set in train for contentious rail project
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (359+ words) Australian taxpayers will shell out billions of dollars more in the federal budget to help fund Victoria's controversial Suburban Rail Loop. Treasurer Jim Chalmers' fifth financial blueprint will include an extra $3. 8 billion for the massive infrastructure project, for which preparatory…...