In 1947 overseas migration was seen as essential to increase living standards by developing natural resources and to increase national security. But what now, wonders MIKE QUIRK.
Here are today’s CityNews headlines.
A man was taken to hospital with serious leg and facial injuries after being assaulted and stabbed by a gang of teenage boys in Civic in the early hours of Sunday.
The ACT government has sold the land south-west of City Hill to Capital Property Group for $66 million, where a range of residential and commercial spaces, affordable rental accommodation and green space is planned.
Police are urging a man accused of indecently assaulting a woman in a Civic nightclub last month to turn himself into the nearest police station.
A 46-year-old man, caught speeding on a motorbike unregistered since 2008, was also booked for having methamphetamine in his system on Yarra Glen on Thursday afternoon.
A 19-year-old Greenway man has been charged with 15 family violence offences.
Almost 100 drivers were detected drink and drug driving throughout December.
A 24-year-old man allegedly assaulted his partner with a frying pan and hot water on Saturday morning.
For its twin summer exhibitions, the National Gallery of Australia has chosen to look at two female artists partly lost in the shadows of art history, reports HELEN MUSA.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for large hailstones, damaging winds and heavy rainfall, moving towards the east of the ACT.
A silver Ford Falcon ute doing a burnout on Bunda Street in Civic then collided with a parked car on the night of January 2.
