ACT Policing have arrested and charged an 18-year-old Queanbeyan man and three teenagers following the assault of a bus driver in Russell on Saturday (May 11).
Around 3.40pm, police responded to a report that a Deanes bus driver had been assaulted.
The bus driver was assaulted on the bus and again outside of the vehicle, after he [...]

Hi RioACTers,
We are only a few days to close the inaugural story contest “Latin America in 100 words”. I would encourage you to send us your short stories. It doesn’t matter if you have never been in Latin America. You would just need to tell us in a sentence, two or more (up [...]

The ABC is reporting that Canberra and Queanbeyan have become the first Australian cities to have been mapped out in 3D for Google Earth. Pretty neat – it’s worth having a shufty at a few of the more interesting sites around town. It seems to be a combination of metre-ish resolution radar height [...]

RiotACTer Irishpete sent in this article from the Queanbeyan Age, proving once and for all that Church Fair are no place for children.
Not an image, but a scan of a newspaper article from this week’s Queanbeyan Age. Loads of levels…

A reader has sent in this scene from Queanbeyan today.
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This just in from Pork Hunt:
Hi Jb, snapped this in Qbn on Sunday
Cheers,
Pork Hunt
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[ 1 March, 2013; 7:00 pm; ] We’ve had word in of a charity trivia night at the Queanbeyan Kangaroo’s Football Club:

Would you like to win an accommodation package for two? How about some great gear

from ARB for your 4WD? Looking for that perfect item for the man cave?!

Well come and join us for a great night of trivia helping Variety – [...]

This just in:
Police are questioning a Karabar High School student, after a 15 y.o boy was rushed to hospital with stab wounds to his thigh and abdomen.
— PRIME7 Canberra News (@PRIME7CanNews) February 5, 2013

Many thanks to Pork Hunt for sending in this gem from Quangers.
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POQ sent in this great photo of a double Rainbow over Queanbeyan Leagues Club… Cue Judy Garland (“Somewhere over the rainbow”)

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an aggravated break and enter in Queanbeyan West overnight.
About 10.10pm (Sunday 23 September 2012), three men forced their way into a home on Jordan Place.
Three adults and two young children were at home at the time.
Once inside the premises, the men assaulted a woman aged in her 30s by [...]

[ 20 September, 2012 to 1 October, 2012. ]

Now showing at FORM Studio and Gallery is a group show of abstracted landscape paintings by Claire Primrose and Lorna Crane and a series of ceramic sculptures by local artist Maxine Price. All three artists are responding to the concept of travelling through time in three separate, yet cohesive ways.

Maxine Price has responded [...]

Great pub food, really great service.

Police are appealing for information after a young girl was approached by a man in the State’s south.
About 4.15pm today (Thursday 9 August 2012), a 13-year-old girl was walking home from school along Sassafras Crescent, Queanbeyan, when a white utility pulled up alongside her.
A man driving the utility spoke to the girl, asking [...]

The Herald Sun has an intriguing story on ComfortDelGro Cabcharge (a joint venture between Cabcharge and Singapore’s ComfortDelGro) buying up Quanger’s busline Deane’s:
The two bus services, which ferry passengers between the NSW town of Queanbeyan and neighbouring Canberra, will take CDC’s existing bus fleet to more than 1,500.
CDC is the largest commuter bus company in [...]

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a woman’s body in a river near the ACT border today.
About 2.40pm the body of a woman, believed to be aged in her 60s, was located in the Queanbeyan River.
Police from Monaro Local Area Command attended and established a crime scene which was examined by specialist [...]

The very talented Jane Sage is letting me use this picture she took on Queanbeyans Crawford Street.
She had this to say
That photo was taken Saturday morning on Crawford Street, downtown Queanbeyan.
Its actually called the Crawford St Lifestyle Precinct.
They’ve spent a bunch of $$ doing up the street and its looking pretty good.
The [...]

[This is the text of a letter from the office of Joy Burch MLA, Member for Brindabella, Minister for Housing, to me.]
Dear Mr [name],
Thank you for your email of 19 April 2012 regarding the lack of bus services to and from Oaks Estate, Queanbeyan, NSW.
Minister Burch has asked me to acknowledge receipt of your correspondence [...]

Archy has sent in some beautiful pictures of the sunrise over Queanbeyan this morning.
– #1 looking due east
– #2 looking northeast over Oakes Estate and the fog in the gullys with the Molongolo and Queanbeyan Rivers
– #3 Due east again avec contrail

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The Canberra Times has dramatic coverage of a large Anzac Day brawl outside Walsh’s Hotel in Quangers:
A huge brawl erupted onto Queanbeyan’s main street on Anzac Day, forcing local police to call in backup from Bungendore and Captains Flat.
Up to 40 people were involved in the fight, which took place outside Walsh’s Hotel on Monaro [...]

Hi All,
My wife lost her oroton wallet at Riverside Plaza today and is offering a reward for its return, no questions asked.
Thanks

A 17-year-old boy will face the ACT Childrens Court today and another 17-year-old boy will be summonsed after the pair allegedly stole two cars in Canberra’s south last night (Sunday, March 25).
Police will allege that between 6.30pm and 8.15pm last night, the two boys stole a purple-coloured Mazda from the car park of the Eastlakes [...]

It’s confirmed that the Canberra region will get its third Kmart this year.
http://www.queanbeyanage.com.au/news/local/news/crime-and-law/kmart-for-plaza-as-queanbeyan-becomes-discount-central/2205110.aspx However the sneaky way they obtained the ground floor of City Link Plaza is noteworthy, I know most tenants weren’t happy with the sudden cancellation of their leases at relatively short notice. I only know of a handful of stores having [...]

The National Capital Authority has the bad news that the whole of Lake Burley Griffin is off limits due to the effects of flooding on the bowels of Queanbeyan.
Lake Burley Griffin was closed on Thursday 1 March, following the Queanbeyan Sewage Treatment Plant being on bypass operations. The NCA has been advised that bypass operations [...]

This has been on the Queanbeyan side of the Norse road bridge for some time.
Obviously, its where the dreaded white commodores go to die.
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Howdy folks,
I kinda reckon the regatta will not be on Saturday in Queanbeyan, any chance of the rodeo?
And, when should i start sandbagging my unit block on Trinculo Place, have not heard a thing from council yet?

The ABC has word that we’re expecting 50-100mm of rain and with Googong full flooding in Queanbeyan and the Molonglo Valley.
As always, if you’ve got good photos or video send them in to images@the-riotact.com .
UPDATE 10/02/12 09:49: The flood watch is over.

I had to read ths twice before I believed how quickly this matter was dealt with in Queanbeyan. I bet the driver regrets crossing the border:
In Queanbeyan Local Court on Monday Sepehrnia was charged with five offences including driving with an expired licence, police pursuit – not stop – drive recklessly and displaying unauthorised [...]

I must declare an interest. My wife and I have a shop in Crawford Street Queanbeyan and we are struggling with a marked downturn in business since construction began on Queanbeyan City Council’s Lifestyle Precinct – perhaps not quite Manuka in Queanbeyan, but that’s the general idea.  Unfortunately, since the project began in August, businesses [...]

As seen by Rangi this morning.
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The Brumbies have announced their allocation of players to the local clubs in the John I Dent Cup competition.
This is a departure from recent years where players buggered off back to Sydney as soon as possible.
As one of his first points of business as Brumbies Head Coach and supporter of rugby in Canberra, Jake [...]

John sent these in with this note:
I took these photos recently at Bell’s Cleaners in Queanbeyan, don’t know if their signage has scared off or encouraged violator parkers!

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