IT’S been a particularly strong year for our popular news website, citynews.com.au, the first full year of the new-look, news-driven format.

1. Why Lisa Wilkinson’s Logie speech got her into legal strife
   JUNE 25: Topping the list for 2022, the website’s most read is the story about the Bruce Lehrmann, Brittany Higgins trial being delayed due to media coverage and social media attention that followed Logie Award-winning journalist Lisa Wilkinson’s acceptance speech.
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2. ‘Like a war zone’: students run amok at Calwell High
   APRIL 5: Number two on the “CityNews” most read list is a story on Calwell High School being closed by Worksafe, following shocking revelations of student behaviour towards staff that included being sworn at, assaulted and subjected to sexualised behavior.
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3. Teen dies in highway collision east of Bungendore
   OCTOBER 3: A 17-year-old male driver died at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on the Kings Highway, east of Bungendore, on October 2. The collision involved the 17-year-old’s Nissan X-Trail, and a Toyota Kruger, driven by a 71-year-old and his 66-year-old wife who suffered fractures.
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4. ‘Offensive’ Davis upsets Braddon traders
   FEBRUARY 17: Braddon’s United Retailers & Traders (BURT) accused first-term MLA Johnathan Davis of “making the most offensive statement to business owners in two years of the pandemic”. Davis said it’s not that the government hasn’t been listening. It’s that business hasn’t got what they asked for.
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5. $7m playground opens in Coombs
   OCTOBER 27: A controversial $7.1 million playground in Coombs brings in the most viewed stories in 2022. The playground, named after Australian author Ruth Park, received backlash questioning how well the millions of dollars had been spent.
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Honourable Mention. Revealed: secrets of the speed-camera vans
And, once again, “Revealed: secrets of the speed-camera vans” from July, 2018 continues to be one of the “CityNews” most read stories in 2022. It can’t seem to stop piquing the interests of readers, looking for everything there is to know about white-van speed cameras, but are too afraid to ask.
Read the story here.