Police appeal for information after man shot and slashed with a knife
ACT Policing is appealing for information after a man was shot in the leg and slashed with a knife on Monday evening (20 May). The injured man drove himself to the Canberra Hospital in a...
View ArticleCanberra Hospital’s SPIRE Centre to reach new heights
Canberra Hospital’s new surgical and emergency centre will be bigger than originally planned after the ACT Government listened to the hospital’s clinical staff about the depth of the demand for...
View ArticleAuditor serves notice on program trying to fix ACT Health’s data issues
The Auditor-General has slammed the management of an ACT Health program set up to remedy data accuracy and performance reporting issues that have plagued the directorate for years. Auditor-General,...
View ArticleNew directorate to drive ACT’s major projects
A new directorate will spearhead the delivery of significant infrastructure projects in the ACT from 1 July 2019. Called Major Projects Canberra, the new directorate will deliver the Surgical...
View ArticleCanberra GPs can prescribe abortion drugs from 1 July
ACT women will be able to go to a General Practitioner or use a telehealth provider to obtain abortion medication from 1 July, when legislation passed last year kicks in. Previously, women in the ACT...
View ArticleGoulburn man stabbed three times, woman in custody
A Goulburn woman is in custody after allegedly stabbing a man three times. Police say they were called to a home on Caoura Crescent, Goulburn, at about 4 pm yesterday (June 23). “Officers attended and...
View ArticleFour month investigation blows open suspicious death at Bungendore
A four-month cross border police investigation has shed new light on the death of a man at Bungendore, with two people arrested this morning. On February 23, NSW Ambulance paramedics attended a...
View ArticleMan in critical condition after Duffy crash
Rescue crews have had to free a man trapped in the wreckage of his vehicle after it hit a tree in Duffy early this morning. The Emergency Services Agency said that about 2:30 am, ACT Fire & Rescue...
View Article15 per cent of adults in ED on a Saturday night are there due to alcohol,...
New emergency department data exposes the scale of alcohol-based harm in the nation’s capital, the peak body for emergency medicine in Australia says. The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine...
View ArticleConstruction of Canberra Hospital’s SPIRE Centre pushed back to 2021
Construction of the Canberra Hospital’s new surgical and emergency centre has been delayed until 2021 but the ACT Government is adamant the $500 million project remains on track to be completed by...
View ArticleElderly Eden woman in Canberra Hospital, hit by car on mobility scooter
An elderly woman from Eden is in Canberra Hospital after being hit by a car while riding her mobility scooter. The 70-year-old sustained serious head and pelvic injuries when a P-plate driver allegedly...
View ArticleWorld surfing champ Mick Fanning on hand for Bawley Point rescue
A global surfing icon has put a smile on a teenage grommet’s face during a surf rescue at Bawley Point, north of Batemans Bay, on the New South Wales South Coast. Three-time world surfing champion Mick...
View ArticleMotorcylist dies after Carwoola crash
A man, aged 71, has died following a motorcycle crash near Queanbeyan on Friday. Police have been told about 1.30 pm, a man was riding along the Kings Highway, near Captains Flat Road, Carwoola, when...
View ArticleBimberi detainee on the run for three hours after hospital escape
A 17-year-old Bimberi Youth Detention Centre detainee has been recaptured after he escaped from Canberra Hospital and went on the run for three hours on Monday morning (26 August). Around 2:00 am, the...
View ArticleGovernment launches investigation into riot at Bimberi Youth Justice Centre
The ACT Government has launched an investigation into a riot at the Bimberi Youth Justice Centre on Monday night (26 August) which saw seven staff taken to hospital with injuries and police called to...
View ArticleHealth system coping despite hospital bypass
Canberra Health Services say that despite last night’s emergency bypass at Canberra Hospital, Canberra’s health system is coping with the current periods of heightened demand. An incident at the...
View ArticleLibs call out Government as assaults against health staff soar
The number of assaults against Canberra Health Services staff soared in 2018-19, with nurses bearing the brunt, especially in the mental health area. CHS staff suffered almost 600 assaults in 2018-19,...
View ArticleWoman airlifted to hospital following single-vehicle crash near Yass
A 62-year-old woman has been airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after a single-vehicle crash near Yass on Monday morning. Around 10:30 am, the woman was travelling north on the Hume Highway,...
View ArticleThe very best reasons to bleed Green: why supporting our local teams really...
Proud Canberran Alanna Davis is a passionate supporter of the Brumbies, the Raiders, the Caps and the Cavs, and a champion for women’s equality and safety. But it wasn’t until tragedy struck two years...
View ArticleBelco, Airport and Tuggeranong next stops for Canberra’s light rail journey
Further stages of light rail will include an east-west link from Belconnen to the Canberra Airport, and continuing the already planned line to Woden further to Tuggeranong, the ACT Government’s $14...
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