Tag: Belconnen 2617
Go-ahead for Belconnen shopping centre expansion
A $100 million plan to expand the Belconnen shopping centre has been approved by the ACT Planning and Land Authority (ACTPLA). [MORE]
Defence to clean up Belconnen site
The Defence Department has committed to fully funding the clean-up of contaminated land at the former naval transmission station in north Canberra.[MORE]
Stalker bail hearing adjourned
A Canberra judge has adjourned a bail hearing in the ACT Supreme Court for a man who was sentenced to two years in jail for stalking a woman.[MORE]
Man to stand trial over motorcycle death
A Canberra man has been committed to stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court on a charge of negligent driving causing death.[MORE]
Work to start soon on Belconnen Arts Centre
Work on the $9 million first stage of the Belconnen Arts Centre in northern Canberra will start next week.[MORE]
Woman wakes to find man in bedroom
A Canberra man has appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court after he allegedly tried to have sex with a woman while she slept this morning.[MORE]
West Belconnen centre would be back-up only: ACTEW-AGL
ActewAGL has denied it is planning a large data centre for the West Belconnen area.[MORE]
Kangaroo cull 'a waste of taxpayers' money'
The Defence Department says the contract to cull kangaroos in southern Canberra cost $470,000. [MORE]
Future of second roo population uncertain
The Defence Department is yet to say what its plans are for a second large population of kangaroos at its Majura training grounds in Canberra.[MORE]
Roo cull complete
The cull of hundreds of kangaroos at a Department of Defence site has finished. [MORE]
Roo protester arrested for threatening security guards
A 53-year-old woman is the 10th person to be arrested at the site of a kangaroo cull on Defence land in northern Canberra.[MORE]
Roo cull protesters arrested
Opponents of the kangaroo cull on Defence land in Canberra have been arrested after going onto the site.[MORE]
Traditional landowners stake claim on roo cull site
A stand-off between police and protesters is continuing at the site of a kangaroo cull in northern Canberra. [MORE]
300 Dept of Immigration jobs to go
Three hundred jobs are being axed at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) in Canberra.[MORE]
Garrett backs 'difficult' kangaroo cull
The Federal Environment Minister has defended the cull of kangaroos in Canberra.[MORE]
Protesters tried to disrupt roo cull: Defence
The Defence Department says two protesters have tried to disrupt the kangaroo cull underway in Canberra.[MORE]
RSPCA to monitor roo cull
The RSPCA will randomly monitor a cull of kangaroos at a Department of Defence site in northern Canberra.[MORE]
Protesters angry after first day of roo cull
The Defence Department is keeping quiet about the number of kangaroos killed today at its site in North Canberra.[MORE]
Belconnen kangaroo cull begins
The kangaroo cull at a defence site in Belconnen in the ACT has started.[MORE]
Don't let me down: McCartney asked to help save cull roos
Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney will be asked to contribute to a fund to help relocate kangaroos which have been targeted for culling in Canberra.[MORE]
We've made a promise to save roos: Animal Lib
Animal Liberation promises to stop roo cull on Defence land in Canberra.[MORE]
Roo cull to go ahead
A cull of kangaroos at a Department of Defence site in northern Canberra is back on.[MORE]
Unions call for inquiry into WorkCover
Unions say an urgent inquiry is needed into the ACT's work safety watchdog.[MORE]
Defence, ACT in talks over problem roos
Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says he has ordered bureaucrats to start negotiations with the ACT Government over the export licences needed to relocate the kangaroos at the centre of a culling row.[MORE]
Survival rate of translocated kangaroos unknown
An expert in moving kangaroos admits there is no real understanding on the animals' long term survival rate. [MORE]
