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'All of our leave was gone': builders' staff unpaid after company folds
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (600+ words) A former employee of ACT builder Elliott Hardie Homes has said he was left with $10, 000 of unpaid wages after the company collapsed. The employee, who spoke to The Canberra Times on the condition of anonymity, said he was not paid…...
Where are first home buyers looking? The answer might surprise you
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (704+ words) Rising interest rates are locking first home buyers out of the property market, making the great Australian dream feel even further away for young Australians. Undeterred, more first home buyers are looking beyond their existing suburb, casting the net wider…...
Wallabies conqueror Scott Hastings dies at age 61 | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT
2+ week, 2+ day ago (438+ words) Scott Hastings, the Scotland rugby great who played alongside his older brother Gavin for the national team and the British and Irish Lions, has died. He was 61. The Scottish Rugby Union announced his death on Sunday. In 2022, Hastings said he…...
Living full-time on a cruise ship is no longer fantasy, and it's getting cheaper
4+ week, 1+ day ago (284+ words) Ever feel like leaving this chaotic world and living at sea, far from the noise, the headlines and the hustle? Yep, me too. The idea gets more tempting every day. Once a fringe concept for the ultra-wealthy, residential cruising is…...
ACT rape victim survivors face 'catastrophic' loss of crisis support
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (815+ words) Holding a rape victim's hand while they undergo medical examination in hospital is just one of the ways Paula Mc Grady supports sexual violence survivors in Canberra. However, the crisis support program that allows her to be by victims' bedsides,…...
Driver dies, passenger injured in serious crash on Kings Highway
1+ mon, 18+ hour ago (307+ words) A man has been killed in a fatal crash on the Kings Highway, about 100 kilometres east of Canberra. The driver, believed to be in his 80s, was travelling with a passenger, a woman in her 70s who has been seriously injured. NSW…...
Tempers flare as greyhound ban debate pushed back
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (437+ words) Debate on legislation to ban greyhound racing has been deferred at the 11th hour by a state government which was facing the prospect of a parliamentary defeat." A bill to phase-out greyhound racing by mid-2029 in Tasmania, introduced by the governing Liberals,…...
'On edge': vote imminent on greyhound racing's future
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (483+ words) A state's greyhound racing community is "on edge" ahead of a vote on whether to ban the sport, saying proposed compensation doesn't go far enough. Tasmanian parliament's upper house is expected to this week vote on legislation to phase out…...
Tenacious Japan beat limp England in Wembley friendly
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (406+ words) Japan deservedly beat a lacklustre and Harry "Kane-less England 1-0 in the hosts' last friendly before manager Thomas Tuchel announces his World Cup squad "in May. Kaoru Mitoma, who plays for Brighton and Hove Albion, scored in the 23rd minute at Wembley…...
Driver, 90, dies after car park crash
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (228+ words) A 90-year-old man has died in hospital after a crash at a north Canberra car park, police say. The driver, who died on Monday morning, March 30, had been receiving medical treatment for about a week. His vehicle, a silver Toyota…...