This just in from our friends at the ABC:
1. Make this House their Home: an innovative housing arrangement for young people with severe disabilities; their own houses with a live-in carer – in a complex of public housing where the tenants sign on as volunteers.
2. [...]

This in from our friends at the ABC:
7.30 ACT Friday May 10th
1. Farewell Cotter
Soon, much of the Cotter valley will be flooded for all time. Craig Allen travelled by car – and boat – to see the scale of the preparations.
2. Welcome Back [...]

Just in from our friends at the ABC:
1. North West of Eden – the electorate of Eden Monaro and its often outspoken, sometimes eccentric, electors are profiled by James Glenday – in the proverbial litmus test for the Federal election.
2. Koala Comeback – [...]

This just in from our friends at the ABC:
1. “IT’S JUST LOVE” … Equality in marriage is an important issue for real people; Canberra families just like the ones next door. No matter what the ACT may legislate, the Federal Parliament can overrule.
2. [...]

This in from our friends at the ABC:
1. SIZE MATTERS – Who wants more pollies?
2. ANZAC ANOMALIES – Some eyewitness accounts of the ANZAC landing in 1915 appear to have stretched the truth.
3. MADE Museum – [...]

This just in from our friend at the ABC:
1. The pride of Queanbeyan. In 1912 the citizens of Queanbeyan voted not to be part of the national capital. They still feel the same.
2. Gary Goes – Senator Gary Humphries says goodbye to the senate, hello to his family and good luck to the [...]

This just in from our friends at the ABC:
1. Grand Designs
Driven by developer dollars through thousands of city apartments…new plans to extend Civic to the Lake include an urban beach and boardwalk. Just old ideas in a shiny new package?
2. Nelson in Command
Brendan Nelson is the new chief of the Australian War Memorial and he [...]

This just in from our friends at the ABC:
1. Challenging Times. Latest on the challenge that wasn’t – federal politics from Chris Uhlmann
2. Highway Revisited – For the thousands of commuters who travel between Yass and Canberra each day… the Barton highway is literally an accident waiting to happen. Commuters want action – but [...]

This just in from our friends at the ABC who are keen to point out they’ve been doing very many positive stories about Canberra’s history.
7.30 ACT Friday March 15th
1. The Birthday – a film made by Jim Trail featuring most of the highlights of Canberra Day celebrations
2. The [...]

This just in from our friends at the ABC:
Happy Birthday Canberra
1. Amid the celebrations, a timely reminder that many in Canberra are doing it tough.
2 As Canberra turns 100, so too does one of its citizens – whose life here reflects the life of the city.
3. David Headon – “A Rich Legacy – Origins of [...]

This in from our friends on the ABC:
7.30 ACT for Friday March 1
1) FREE PARKING … Craig Allen reports on Canberra’s parking problems – and the push to make public servants pay.
2) WORK SAFETY .. Wayne Vickery died in a construction accident in 2011. His widow responds to the latest Government moves to make work [...]

Check out this photo:
Can you guess what ABC News story it is being used to illustrate?
‘Appointment of government department supremos’ (fat cats — get it?)

This just in from our friends at the ABC:
1. Safe @ Work – the ACT has the second highest incidence ( in Aust) of industrial accidents… one man injured in the Barton Highway Bridge collapse – has found that life will never be the same.
2. Pegasus Gift – Niki Van Buuren , a paralympic equestrian [...]

[ 14 March, 2013; 8:30 pm; ]

The ABC want you to know they’re having a look at the darker side of Canberra:

CANBERRA CONFIDENTIAL – A CENTURY OF LIES, SPIES AND SCANDALS WITH ANNABEL CRABB

Nothing much happens in Canberra, never has. That’s what most people think. ABC presenter Annabel Crabb is set to change your mind in Canberra [...]

This in from our friends at the ABC:
– Jeremy Hanson, the new leader of the ACT Liberals – in the job only a few days and already telling Tony Abbott that his comments are “unhelpful”
– David Pocock – star Brumbies player opens up on what matters to him – apart from rugby. ( marriage [...]

This just in from our friends at the ABC:
1. SENATE SELECTION Zed Seselja and Gary Humphries used to be friends. Now they are rivals for the Liberal senate endorsement. Humphries has the runs on the board and suggests there’s been some dirty pool. Seselja says it’s just democracy at work – and Liberals should be [...]

This in from our friends at the ABC:
1st show of the year – new look, revamped opening and set –we’ve done most of it ourselves on the cheap – looks beautiful and blue.
Old Chris Kimball back as compere. … so that’s good news before we even begin.
1. Pegasus might have to close its stable doors [...]

This just in from our friends at the ABC:
1. The Oaks
Oaks Estate – lying as it does on the border of Queanbeyan and the ACT – is the site of the latest cross-border brawl.
On the heels of the fraught Tralee development, residents are up in arms over a rezoning that could lead to industrial development [...]

This in from our friends at the ABC:
1. Mandarin … “Australia in the Asian Century” includes the development of Asian languages but there’s no money attached to the project. Catherine McGrath reports on the learning of Mandarin at ANU.
2. Child care .. Everyone expects quality but who will pay for it? Chris Kimball reports.
3. Music [...]

Not that they’d ever admit something was wrong, but the ABC has announced a pretty major rejig of their local on air lineup in 2013.
Angels and Ministers of Grace preserve us, there are men!
Changes in 2013 will see Alex Sloan and Genevieve Jacobs swap the Morning and Afternoon time slots; Louise Maher will take on [...]

This in from our friends at the ABC:
1. AfterLife .. three Canberra Times journalists, redundant from the paper but with rich new lives as a carpenter, a fiction writer and a painter.
2. Sea Life – Jean Nysen is 90 and has the navy in her blood – along with a strong Canberra connection.
3. Kids Books [...]

Just in from our friends at the ABC:
“Asbestos – The 3rd Wave”
The dramatised version of ABC reporter Matt Peacock’s book has been both a ratings and critical success. It looks at the history of the campaign to make the James Hardie company take responsibility for asbestos related illnesses and deaths.
Asbestos is still with us and [...]

This in from our friends at the ABC:
1. WHAT KATY DOES NEXT: Chris Kimball talks with the Chief Minister about her deal with the Green.
2. CANBERRA IS ….a book by Paul Daley about the city and its history. Also asks why is so much named for a charlatan ( Ainslie)?
3. POSITIVELY MEDIEVAL .. Beautiful [...]

This just in from our friends at the ABC:
1. Newbies – Giulia Jones and Yvette Berry have long wanted to make it in politics. Now they’ve made it – what will they do with “it” ?
2. Lauren Reflects – a downcast Lauren Jackson reflects on fame, feminism and the future – with Tim Gavel [...]

This just in from our friends at the ABC:
7.30 ACT Election Eve Special
Ross Solly talks to the three party leaders in separate interviews at Canberra Museum and Gallery.
Also – the voice of the people and the preparations at the tally room.

This in from our friends at the ABC:
– Light rail – it’s been in the wind since Burley Griffin – and now being promised again.
– Jubilee Portrait – unveiled this afternoon at the Portrait Gallery, the Diamond Jubilee portrait of the Queen. Philip Williams had exclusive access to the painter and the painting in London.
– [...]

So we heard about the alleged bias of the Canberra Times.
Is the ABC biased too? More than a few Labor stories are tagged so that a string of Labor promises appear with many of the new announcements (not all). But the Libs don’t do so well, until you get a negative Liberal story.
Recent [...]

This in from our friends at the ABC:
1. Sebastian’s Story .. Sebastian Robertson wants to talk about the elephant in the room. In his early 20’s, it seemed he had it all and yet he attempted suicide. Just a few years later, he is well and the founder of an organisation aimed at getting [...]

Just in from our friends at the ABC:
1. COLD CASES
ACT Police need just a few more puzzle pieces to solve four brutal murders – and have offered half million dollar rewards for the information.
2. DE CASTELLA’S NEW CHALLENGE
The marathon champ is mentoring indigenous runners from the NT – to get them across the [...]

Just in from our friends at the ABC in time for you to switch over:
7.30 ACT for August 24th
1. Prison Needles – the ACT Government is proposing a needle exchange program for the prison. Exclusive interviews with prison officers and former prisoners and drug addicts.
2. The latest in the RBA scandal
3. Para Cyclist – [...]

This in from our friends at the ABC:
Chris Kimball returns to front the program!
1. Musical Chair – an interview with the new head of the ANU School of Music.
2. Price of Life – an exhibition in Albury – showing the captivity and release of photo journalist Nigel Brennan – held for ransom in Somalia for [...]

This in from our friends at the ABC:
1. Wind Collector
Locals say don’t put your wind farms in our backyard. Adrienne Francis reports on the latest stoush between company and community – this time in Collector
2. Eastman Enquiry
After 19 years in prison and maintaining his innocence, David Eastman will get a new enquiry. but what can [...]