Omar Musa, author, visual artist and poet from Queanbeyan, will be back in Canberra next month to launch his third album of music and poetry and an arts exhibition, reports LEN POWER.
Long term underperformance in education outcomes in the ACT must be addressed. Submissions to the current Inquiry into Literacy and Numeracy suggest that vested interests may be acting as a roadblock to change, says KAREN MACPHERSON.
Officers from Operation Toric arrested a 19-year-old man on Friday night, the alleged driver of the yellow Ford Fairmont that was seen committing serious traffic offences across Canberra 10 days ago.
A man bailed after allegedly threatening to kill a doctor and staff at The Canberra Hospital with a bladed weapon has raised the ire of the Australian Federal Police Association.
A 31-year-old man from Greenleigh, NSW, has been arrested and charged as part of Operation Athos, a joint investigation by police in the ACT and Victoria.
"The considerably lower per km cost of the Brisbane Metro compared to the Canberra Metro results from using existing infrastructure, including busways, and not investing in rails," writes BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.