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Crowd safety worker denies assaulting three patrons at Summernats 2024
Courts & Crime

Crowd safety worker denies assaulting three patrons at Summernats 2024

One of the two crowd safety workers accused of bashing patrons at Summernats 36 earlier this year, in an incident…

22 March 2024 | By Albert McKnight
Two crowd safety workers arrested over allegedly assaulting patrons at Summernats 2024
Breaking

Two crowd safety workers arrested over allegedly assaulting patrons at Summernats 2024

Two men working as crowd safety staff have been arrested over the alleged assaults between workers and patrons at Summernats…

PODCAST: Supermarkets, a Summernats solution and that gosh-darned karma biting back
News

PODCAST: Supermarkets, a Summernats solution and that gosh-darned karma biting back

The Hoot is back for 2024 with surprising opinions in store as Genevieve Jacobs and David Murtagh dissect the week…

18 January 2024 | By Genevieve Jacobs
Police may call Summernats drivers 'morons', but I call that unprofessional
Opinion

Police may call Summernats drivers 'morons', but I call that unprofessional

There's a certain amount of automatic respect that I offer police officers. It's the same for firefighters and paramedics -…

18 January 2024 | By Zoya Patel
Permanent scarring, swelling on the brain among injuries from alleged Summernats brawl
Breaking

Permanent scarring, swelling on the brain among injuries from alleged Summernats brawl

ACT Policing has reiterated its plea for witnesses to come forward following reports of several serious alleged assaults at the…

Letter from the editor: Are we there yet, Summernats?
Opinion

Letter from the editor: Are we there yet, Summernats?

"Uneventful" is a relative term when it comes to Summernats. Thirteen cars were seized by police last weekend during the…

13 January 2024 | By Genevieve Jacobs
Police car collides with moving light rail vehicle during Summernats weekend
News

Police car collides with moving light rail vehicle during Summernats weekend

Footage of a Canberra police car turning in front of a light rail vehicle on Saturday night, resulting in a…

10 January 2024 | By Genevieve Jacobs
Summernats patron allegedly broke into partner's home and repeatedly assaulted him
Courts & Crime

Summernats patron allegedly broke into partner's home and repeatedly assaulted him

A man had left Summernats 36 on the weekend before he allegedly broke into the home of his on-and-off-again partner,…

9 January 2024 | By Albert McKnight
Police film driver's alleged burnout with kids in car during Summernats
Breaking

Police film driver's alleged burnout with kids in car during Summernats

Police filmed a driver allegedly doing a burnout near pedestrians during this year's Summernats 36 while he had two children…

8 January 2024 | By Albert McKnight
Police investigating Summernats incidents shared to social media
Courts & Crime

Police investigating Summernats incidents shared to social media

Several alleged altercations at this year's Summernats 36 have been filmed and shared to social media, appearing to involve both…

8 January 2024 | By Albert McKnight
Summernats 36 rolls into Canberra with high hopes (and a warning from police)
Lifestyle

Summernats 36 rolls into Canberra with high hopes (and a warning from police)

It sounded distant at first, but Summernats 36 kicked off today by charging the city's air with a full 15…

4 January 2024 | By James Coleman
Jimmy Barnes' Summernats replacement named
News

Jimmy Barnes' Summernats replacement named

Aussie rock legend Jimmy Barnes announced earlier this week he had to pull out of a starring role at Summernats…

15 December 2023 | By James Coleman
E-scooter provider to roll out new 'drink-riding test' to avoid repeat of Summernats hooning
News

E-scooter provider to roll out new 'drink-riding test' to avoid repeat of Summernats hooning

Over the Summernats weekend in January this year, 72 riders were banned from riding Canberra's purple Beam Mobility e-scooters. Breaches…

11 December 2023 | By James Coleman
Cars will be cruising into Braddon for an extra night this Summernats
Motoring

Cars will be cruising into Braddon for an extra night this Summernats

There was no way you were going to have a conversation outside Waves Car Wash in Braddon this morning (4…

4 December 2023 | By James Coleman
Aussie rock legend Jimmy Barnes confirms Summernats 2024 commitment
Lifestyle

Aussie rock legend Jimmy Barnes confirms Summernats 2024 commitment

The 'Working Class Man' is returning to Canberra for the first time in six years as the headline act at…

Drunken Summernats jaw breaker acted in 'criminal way' during assault
Courts & Crime

Drunken Summernats jaw breaker acted in 'criminal way' during assault

While a drunken man who broke a spectator's jaw during burnouts at last year's Summernats did act in a "wholly…

6 July 2023 | By Albert McKnight
Summernats with exotics: meet the men behind Canberra's 'Festival of Speed'
Motoring

Summernats with exotics: meet the men behind Canberra's 'Festival of Speed'

There would be exotic supercars lapping a section of closed road, engines roaring and tyres chirping, someone in a distant…

15 March 2023 | By James Coleman
Light rail back on track after passenger surge for Summernats, New Year celebrations
News

Light rail back on track after passenger surge for Summernats, New Year celebrations

Big numbers using light rail to get to and from festival and New Year events has Transport Canberra optimistic the…

19 January 2023 | By Ian Bushnell
This is not your standard anti-Summernats opinion piece
Opinion

This is not your standard anti-Summernats opinion piece

If you're already rolling your eyes at the headline, I promise I'm not here to rehash old territory when it…

12 January 2023 | By Zoya Patel
Probing the polls: Summernats spats and pressure on a growing Canberra
Community

Probing the polls: Summernats spats and pressure on a growing Canberra

The city filled with cars and the people who love them over the weekend, but does everyone love Summernats? Last…

11 January 2023 | By Genevieve Jacobs
BEST OF 2023: Time to build a statue to Summernats founder Chic Henry
Opinion

BEST OF 2023: Time to build a statue to Summernats founder Chic Henry

Year in Review: Region is revisiting some of the best Opinion articles of 2023. Here’s what got you talking, got…

'Gross negligence, selfish': police union slams Summernats security, calls for independent audit
News

'Gross negligence, selfish': police union slams Summernats security, calls for independent audit

An out-for-blood police union has slammed the organisers of Summernats after "antisocial" behaviour led to the early closure of the…

10 January 2023 | By Lottie Twyford
Summernats 35 draws record crowds, entrants but marred by poor behaviour of a few
News

Summernats 35 draws record crowds, entrants but marred by poor behaviour of a few

The 35th Summernats festival broke records for attendance and entrants, but the experience was marred by poor behaviour from what…

9 January 2023 | By Lottie Twyford
Car seized over alleged burnouts, speeding on Summernats weekend
Breaking

Car seized over alleged burnouts, speeding on Summernats weekend

Police have seized a car after officers allegedly spotted it doing burnouts and speeding right in front of them during…

8 January 2023 | By Albert McKnight
'Record-breaking' Summernats rolls in for four days of burnouts, mullets and a lot of money
Lifestyle

'Record-breaking' Summernats rolls in for four days of burnouts, mullets and a lot of money

It's official. Escorted by police, hundreds of gleaming modified cars cruised down Northbourne Avenue today, setting Australia's biggest petrolhead festival…

Probing the polls: Christmas trees and Summernats - it must be January in Canberra!
Community

Probing the polls: Christmas trees and Summernats - it must be January in Canberra!

Canberrans are an organised bunch by the look of our most recent poll. It's 2023, and if everyone is telling…

5 January 2023 | By Genevieve Jacobs
Car dealerships batten down the hatches as Summernats rolls in
Motoring

Car dealerships batten down the hatches as Summernats rolls in

Car dealerships are putting bollards in place and fixing number plates with tamper-proof screws in preparation for a potentially rough…

5 January 2023 | By James Coleman
Detours ahead: Summernats road closures and light rail changes announced
Lifestyle

Detours ahead: Summernats road closures and light rail changes announced

Road closures and changes to traffic arrangements and public transport have been announced as Summernats 35 prepares to roar into…

4 January 2023 | By Ian Bushnell
Summernats returns with a roar, bigger than ever before
Motoring

Summernats returns with a roar, bigger than ever before

The annual four-day festival of tyre smoke, mullets and noisy engines that don't fit under the bonnet properly is returning…

1 January 2023 | By James Coleman
Headline act Jimmy Barnes pulls out of Summernats
News

Headline act Jimmy Barnes pulls out of Summernats

The Australian rock legend behind Working Class Man and Khe Sanh was set to headline the music line-up at January's…

Jimmy Barnes takes to the stage for Summernats' 35th anniversary
Lifestyle

Jimmy Barnes takes to the stage for Summernats' 35th anniversary

Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes is on track to play at Canberra's biggest petrolhead festival in January. The artist behind…

Jaw broken after alleged seating dispute during Summernats burnouts
Courts & Crime

Jaw broken after alleged seating dispute during Summernats burnouts

Newly-tendered court documents to the ACT Magistrates Court outline the allegations against the man accused of breaking a spectator's jaw…

1 May 2022 | By Albert McKnight

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