A professor helping humanity deal with the deadly consequences of parasites, including malaria, has been named one of Australia’s best science teachers.
"I would have thought that petitions shall be free from any indication that an MLA may have initiated the petition. In my view, that is not the case now," says letter writer ALISON HUTCHISON, of Coombs.
A 17-year-old P-plater has had his licence suspended on the spot after police caught him driving – "to a mate's house" – at 117km/h in a 60km/h zone in Watson on Saturday night.
Tireless campaigner John Mikita – grandson of Irma Palasics, who was murdered during a robbery at her McKellar home in 1999 – is among the 25 preselected Canberra Liberals candidates for the October 19 Legislative Assembly election.
Police issued 30 infringement notices, as well as conducting more than 100 alcohol screenings and two roadside drug tests in a targeted operation in school zones in Tuggeranong and Gungahlin on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The ACT government's urban forest strategy is "at risk" and future planting targets have been reduced because the program lacks appropriate planning, says the auditor-general.