Woden draft variation a recipe for concrete jungle, says community council...
The ACT Government’s Draft Variation to the Territory Plan risks turning Woden into a concrete jungle bereft of community facilities and services, according to a submission from Woden Valley Community...
View ArticleGang attacks Chinese students in race-hate bashings at Woden Interchange
The Chinese student community is reeling after the race-hate bashing of two students in separate incidents at the Woden Bus Interchange on Monday. The 19-year-old male college students were set upon by...
View ArticlePetition demands action on violence towards international students
An online petition to stop bullying and harassment of international students has garnered thousands of supporters in the wake of the bashing of two Chinese secondary college students at the Woden...
View ArticleLong wait continues at Canberra’s emergency departments
Canberrans still experience the longest hospital emergency department waiting times in the country, according to new data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The median waiting time...
View ArticleRhino gores keeper at Mogo Zoo
A 47-year-old senior keeper from Mogo Zoo was transported by helicopter to Canberra Hospital after being gored in the arm by a southern white rhino earlier today. A NSW Ambulance spokesman said that...
View ArticleCaroline Buchanan on mend in Canberra Hospital after rollover
Warning: this article includes a graphic image some readers may find disturbing. Canberra BMX star Caroline Buchanan is expected to make a full recovery from multiple injuries suffered in an off-road...
View ArticleCanberra Hospital expands youth mental health service amidst growing concern
Amidst growing concern over mental health issues faced by young people in the city, Canberra Hospital will expand its services to provide specialist mental assessments for people aged between five and...
View ArticleMinister insists hospitals on improve despite poor report card
ACT Health Minister Meegan Fitzharris insists the Territory’s public hospitals are on the right track to improve their performance despite the Report on Government Services showing waiting times and...
View ArticleGovernment to spend $6.4 million to cut elective surgery waiting list
Hundreds of patients will get their elective surgery sooner, following a $6.4 million ACT Government funding boost announced Tuesday morning (13 February). Minister for Health and Wellbeing Meegan...
View ArticleNewly completed rehab hospital at UC to open in middle of year
Canberra’s newest public hospital – a specialist rehabilitation, recovery and research facility at the University of Canberra – is expected to open in mid-2018 after the completed building was...
View ArticleWork to replace Centenary Hospital’s combustible cladding to start today
Work to replace the combustible aluminium cladding used on the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children (CHWC) will begin today (21 February), ACT Health has announced. It said the Polyethylene (PE)...
View ArticleMan transported to hospital after two-car collision in Wanniassa
A man has been transported to Canberra Hospital after a two-car collision on Athlon Drive in Wanniassa at approximately 2:30 pm this afternoon (2 March). ACT Fire & Rescue, ACT Ambulance Service...
View ArticleWoman in serious condition after single-vehicle crash on Kings Highway
A 52-year old woman has been taken to Canberra Hospital in a serious condition after a single-vehicle crash on Kings Highway near Braidwood. Police and emergency services were called to the Kings...
View ArticleGreens Bill to make abortion pill available by prescription in ACT
Women in the ACT will be able to access the abortion pill RU486 over the phone or through a GP’s prescription, as in other states and territories, under a Bill to be introduced to the Legislative...
View ArticleBig shake-up for Health with directorate to be split in two
ACT Health faces a major shake-up with its head stepping down and the directorate to be split into policy and service functions from 1 October. One of the new organisations will focus on the delivery...
View ArticlePolice van rolls after colliding with car in peak hour traffic
Two police officers were injured when their van rolled after colliding with a small Nissan sedan on Melrose Drive in Lyons about 8 am this morning. ACT Fire & Rescue, ACT Ambulance Service and...
View ArticleNorthside women face push to have babies at Calvary
Expectant mothers on Canberra’s north side may soon come under pressure to have their babies at Calvary Public Hospital to relieve demands on the new Centerary Hospital for Women and Children. While...
View ArticleIvy development in Woden breaks new ground in apartment living
What’s in a name? Recent media chatter about American names for residential developments in Canberra led me to investigate the name of a new residential development in Woden called ‘Ivy’. Ivy is a...
View ArticleEmergency nurse and Calvary Hospital midwife emerge best of the best at...
A clinical nurse consultant with a medical emergency team, a midwife from Calvary Hospital and a quality improvement clinical nursing team at the Canberra Hospital were the winners of this year’s ACT...
View ArticleCanberra man dies after head-on crash on ‘dangerous’ road near Tumut
The driver who died after a head-on crash on a “dangerous” road near Tumut on Sunday morning has been revealed as a 67-year-old man from Canberra. NSW Police said the 67-year-old Aranda man, who was...
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