Canberra, Australia News

MORE than 2000 jobs will be axed after embattled engineering company Hastie collapsed under an estimated $500 million of debt.

An apron-clad Thai prime minister begins her four-day Australia visit with a cooking demonstration at Thai food week in Sydney.

If you've ever heard Bob Katter speak in his maddening, meandering, madcap way, you'd be very wary of opening up a 400-page book he'd just written.

Submit a new article Find our more about RiotACT/Read the FAQ Register a user account Find out about advertising on RiotACT Enter a giveaway Contact a site administrator The Griffin fetishists have had their knickers in a twist all week over Walter Burley Griffin's "original report" for his design for Canberra.

TENSIONS between Minister for Agriculture, Joe Ludwig, and the Coalition's assistant agriculture spokesman, Richard Colbeck, hit a high point in Canberra this week as the Opposition drills down to determine how often the minister has been bush.

'We need help. I don't want a politician's promise, i want real hardcore change' said Wayne Phillips.

A LOCAL man who claimed he received poor quality treatment at the Queanbeyan Hospital due to his weight has shed light upon the growing strain placed on local health resources by obesity.

Frosty mornings and mild days are predicted over the coming days, eventually reaching painful minus 5 degree mornings again next week.

Union bosses are fuming that the government has approved a scheme to allow mining magnate Gina Rinehart to bring in 1700 overseas guest workers for her Pilbara iron ore project, without making proper attempts to find local workers first.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono raised another unnecessary storm in giving clemency to Schapelle Corby, the Australian woman who is serving a 20-year term for smuggling marijuana into Bali in 2004.

Anglicare is reporting a big spike in the number of Canberrans seeking emergency help to pay for rent and food.

Mystery payment ... Graeme Edwards, the owner of the Boardroom escort agency when it was allegedly used by Craig Thomson.

THE Australian Security Intelligence Organisation says its new headquarters in Canberra is not at risk of being spied upon, despite the use of a lot of glass.

Darien and Max Perry are keen birdwatchers and want to share their enjoyment with locals and tourists who visit the North Ridge Reserve in Cooma.

A day after a group of mainstream Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia at a special meeting with Prime Minister John Howard, he and his ministers made it clear that extremists would face a crackdown.

Fran How celebrated her birthday with her son, daughter-in-law and other family members, who'd come from Canberra, Australia.

Submit a new article Find our more about RiotACT/Read the FAQ Register a user account Find out about advertising on RiotACT Enter a giveaway Contact a site administrator With a reach up to a few kms they can survey most of Canberra's nature reserves from their borders.

What is believed to be the last missing document for the design of Canberra has been found and handed over to the National Archives of Australia.

Insitec was founded in 2001 with a goal to providing the best possible IT services for the small to medium business and government sectors of Canberra.

Australia on Wednesday denied reports it had agreed to treat young Indonesian people smugglers more leniently in return for Indonesia reducing the prison sentence of a high-profile Australian drug trafficker.