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More nimbyism and market interference, or are locals making good points?
16/10/2026

More nimbyism and market interference, or are locals making good points?

A proposal for a Hungry Jack''s restaurant and drive-thu for the Koko Molonglo development in Wright has the Molonglo community…

It started in 1979 with just 23 exhibitors to support the influx of hobby farmers in the village near Yass. Today, the M...
16/10/2026

It started in 1979 with just 23 exhibitors to support the influx of hobby farmers in the village near Yass. Today, the Murrumbateman Field Days attract thousands of visitors.
This weekend more than 300 exhibitors will be on site, ranging from drones to alpacas, hot tubs to home-made sweets, racing pigs to gumboot throwing.
Head to the Murrumbateman Recreation Grounds, just off the Barton Highway, from 8am to 5pm today and 8am to 4pm tomorrow.
Money raised from the field days helps the local community.

Photo: Murrumbateman Field Days.

From an Indian teenager who arrived in Canberra to an Australian diplomat representing the country overseas, Rakesh has...
16/10/2026

From an Indian teenager who arrived in Canberra to an Australian diplomat representing the country overseas, Rakesh has watched the city transform over 65 years. But he says he feels the racial divide more today than he did when he first arrived.

When Rakesh Ahuja arrived in Canberra in 1961, he was 14, brown-skinned, and entering an Australia still living under the…

This photograph of a shearing shed was taken in 1994 but it's believed the shed was built as early as 1929 near the Tugg...
16/10/2026

This photograph of a shearing shed was taken in 1994 but it's believed the shed was built as early as 1929 near the Tuggeranong Homestead at Richardson.

Photo: Canberra and District Historical Society.

Canberra, we've got you sorted this week 👉
16/10/2026

Canberra, we've got you sorted this week 👉

Whatever you and the family want to get up to in the days ahead, we've found something for you to…

In the hitherto-unmingled Telstra Tower and gambling reform debate, there is a sensible centre, says John Coleman.
15/10/2026

In the hitherto-unmingled Telstra Tower and gambling reform debate, there is a sensible centre, says John Coleman.

If Canberra’s skyline icon became a den of cards and Dior, it would be no more unusual than our only…

Looks like there was only room left for bicycles at Manuka Oval in 1949 when Canberra took on the New Zealand cricket si...
15/10/2026

Looks like there was only room left for bicycles at Manuka Oval in 1949 when Canberra took on the New Zealand cricket side.
Records show the match drew a crowd of 1750 people.

Photo: ArchivesACT.

Floriade would lose a 'bed or two'. 🌺
15/10/2026

Floriade would lose a 'bed or two'. 🌺

The architectural team for the proposed city stadium believes the facility will enhance the Commonwealth Park precinct, including the Canberra…

Parking at the Administration Building in the 1960s looked to be as well planned as the capital itself.Interesting stati...
15/10/2026

Parking at the Administration Building in the 1960s looked to be as well planned as the capital itself.
Interesting statistic from the day - apparently one in three Canberrans had a car, the highest proportion of such ownership in the country.

Photo: National Archives of Australia.

15/10/2026

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