Jacob McArthur is opinions editor for The Canberra Times and Australian Community Media. As part of the Canberra Times’ production team, he helps the people of Canberra and beyond get the stories they need, when they need them across a range of platforms, while helping maintain a high editorial standard. Before moving to Canberra in … [Read more…]
A Greek multinational energy company is constructing a solar farm on 400ha of former cattle grazing land at Munna Creek. Donna Jones Greek multinational Mytilineos Energy & Metals are investing in Munna Creek with a new solar energy complex planned for construction over the next two years. The company has a strong focus on sustainability … [Read more…]
Wayne Sachs OAM. By Chantelle Bozicevic “I’m accepting this on behalf of all of the volunteers of the Gympie region, who collectively do wonderful things. This is for Gympie,“ said Wayne Sachs after receiving the prestigious honour of an Order of Australia Medal (OAM). Mr Sachs has been a dedicated servant of the community, quietly … [Read more…]
A motorcycle rider has died following a single vehicle crash in the state’s south. About 8.30pm yesterday (Saturday 17 June 2023), emergency services responded to reports that a motorcycle had crashed into a church on Kinghorne Street, Goulburn. Officers from The Hume Police District commenced CPR on the rider and sole occupant – a 31-year-old … [Read more…]
Country footy saw plenty of upsets as wind played havoc across the state. Check out the big results from the round. Footy returned after the long weekend and there were some interesting matches played out across the state. There were upsets galore as streaks came to an end and a couple of former AFL players … [Read more…]
Two Australian women will be looking to retrace their Cornish ancestry with a visit to the site of Cornwall’s worst mining disaster and a few smugglers’ pubs. Sharon Allen and Gloria Sammut will fly over from Down Under next month to see for themselves where their common ancestor lived and find out more about why … [Read more…]
No one knows how much it will cost to wire the Queensland outback up to the National Electricity Grid or if this ambitious project will ever be finished. Yet Annastacia Palaszczuk’s vision of turning Queensland into the green super state means that high voltage power lines from Townsville to Mt Isa have become a spending … [Read more…]
Maryam Aurangzeb Information Secretary, Ishaq Dar Finance Secretary, Attaullah Tarar was elected Deputy Secretary of Muslim League-N, Ishaq Dar was elected President for Overseas and International Affairs unopposed.
Australian music royalty Tim Rogers, as well as Vika and Linda Bull, will headline the latest edition of the Dashville Skyline later this year. The You Am I frontman is joining his delectable band The Twin Set at the cosmic country weekender, which takes place from Friday 29 September to Sunday 1 October, in Lower … [Read more…]
Beloved former Gympie High student and Gympie Cats player Liam Constance has been farewelled after he lost a courageous battle with a devastating diagnosis. Liam died on May 27, 2023, less than three weeks after his 18th birthday. A GoFundMe for Liam launched in September 2022 said had been battling prostate alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive … [Read more…]