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Builders are being targeted for copper.
Builders across North Canberra have told the ABC that their sites are being targeted for copper – causing thousands of dollars' worth of damage worth far more than the wire itself.
Duration: 6 minutes 45 seconds
Published: Source: ListenTopic: Construction (Assembling)with Georgia Stynes
Canberra couple awarded damages after wife awoken by a real estate agent in her bedroom conducting an inspection
The Canberra couple were awarded $1,500 in non-economic damages after a real estate agent entered their bedroom while the wife was in bed asleep with her infant son.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Law, Crime and Justiceby Charlotte Gore
Former WorkSafe ACT employee asks for $400,000 in compensation, arguing he was unfairly sacked
Leith Dawes takes the office of the ACT's Work Health and Safety Commissioner to the Federal Circuit Court, alleging a breach of general workplace protections.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Workby Patrick Bell
The trombone has played an odd, ongoing role in Jonathan Frakes life
The Star Trek star on playing William Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation, his approach to directing, and ... the trombone.
Duration: 23 minutes 48 seconds
Published: Source: ListenTopic: Science Fiction Filmswith Paul Verhoeven
Stories from Growing up Indian in Australia
Growing up Indian in Australia is a collection of first-person essays on the lived migrant experiences of Indian-Australians, and the editor behind this beautiful piece of work, Aarti Betigeri, joined Kate Midena on Mornings.
Duration: 22 minutes 54 seconds
Published: Source: ListenTopic: Books (Literature)by Kate Midena
Families and staff speak out about safety concerns at Guardian childcare centres in Canberra
Parents and former educators at Guardian Childcare and Education in Canberra tell the ABC about instances where children were forgotten outside, served mouldy bread and spoiled food, narrowly escaped anaphylactic reactions, and returned home in…
Published: Source: StatelineTopic: Child Careby Alice Matthews and Jade Toomey
Senate committee recommends major overhaul for corporate watchdog, splitting ASIC into two new regulators
Australia's corporate watchdog, ASIC, isn't prosecuting enough white-collar crime and can't perform its full range of duties, so a Senate committee has recommended it split into two new, more streamlined regulators.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Business and Industry Regulationby Nassim Khadem, Clint Jasper and Gareth Hutchens
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Stories from Growing up Indian in Australia
Growing up Indian in Australia is a collection of first-person essays on the lived migrant experiences of Indian-Australians, and the editor behind this beautiful piece of work, Aarti Betigeri, joined Kate Midena on Mornings.
Duration: 22 minutes 54 seconds
Source: ListenTopic: Books (Literature)by Kate Midena
Forget win or lose, let's celebrate the draw
When an AFL game ends, there's usually fanfare, sirens and the sound of the winning team's song piping through the stadium.
Duration: 7 minutes 52 seconds
Source: ListenTopic: AFLby Toby Hemmings
The trombone has played an odd, ongoing role in Jonathan Frakes life
The Star Trek star on playing William Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation, his approach to directing, and ... the trombone.
Duration: 23 minutes 48 seconds
Source: ListenTopic: Science Fiction Filmswith Paul Verhoeven
Builders are being targeted for copper.
Builders across North Canberra have told the ABC that their sites are being targeted for copper – causing thousands of dollars' worth of damage worth far more than the wire itself.
Duration: 6 minutes 45 seconds
Source: ListenTopic: Construction (Assembling)with Georgia Stynes
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Families and staff speak out about safety concerns at Guardian childcare centres in Canberra
Parents and former educators at Guardian Childcare and Education in Canberra tell the ABC about instances where children were forgotten outside, served mouldy bread and spoiled food, narrowly escaped anaphylactic reactions, and returned home in…
Source: StatelineTopic: Child Careby Alice Matthews and Jade Toomey
Police say they identified teenager allegedly involved in home invasion because he was wearing school uniform
Police say the teenager stomped on the windscreen of a car as he left the scene of the alleged home invasion in Canberra.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Courts and Trialsby Elizabeth Byrne
Making candles to honour an artist makes perfect scents for disability service provider
Art lovers visiting the National Gallery of Australia can now smell the inspiration behind one of its new exhibitions thanks to a line of scented candles.
Source: ABC IllawarraTopic: Visual Artby Justin Huntsdale
Man who stole Nick Kyrgios's Tesla and held his mother at gunpoint jailed for more than four years
The man who stole international tennis star Nick Kyrgios's green Tesla from the player's mother at gunpoint is sentenced to four-and-a-half years' jail in the ACT Supreme Court.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Armed Robberyby Peter Jean and Elizabeth Byrne
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Blak.. Loud And Proud with Loren Ryan
Join us on Sunday, 7th July for ABC Radio’s national NAIDOC Concert Special! Listen on your radio or the ABC listen app in the evening after the footy.
Published: Source: Listen
Woden, we want to hear Your Stories!
ABC Radio Canberra is stepping out of the studio and putting a spotlight on your neighbourhood in a series of special broadcasts. The first stop is Woden on Thursday 16 May with Mornings hosted by Georgia Stynes. Here's how to get involved.
Published: Source: ABC CANBERRA
Appendicitis left Jasmine with a brain injury, but then her recovery led her to swimming
A childhood brain injury left Jasmine Greenwood with left-side weakness and a tremor in her left hand and leg, now at 19 she's made the Australian Paralympic Swimming Team for a second time ahead of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Paralympic Games
Canberra couple awarded damages after wife awoken by a real estate agent in her bedroom conducting an inspection
The Canberra couple were awarded $1,500 in non-economic damages after a real estate agent entered their bedroom while the wife was in bed asleep with her infant son.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Law, Crime and Justiceby Charlotte Gore
Former WorkSafe ACT employee asks for $400,000 in compensation, arguing he was unfairly sacked
Leith Dawes takes the office of the ACT's Work Health and Safety Commissioner to the Federal Circuit Court, alleging a breach of general workplace protections.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Workby Patrick Bell
Whales were happier during the COVID pandemic when humans weren't around, scientists find
Scientists find eastern Australian humpback whales benefited from a reduction in human activity on the ocean during the first year of the pandemic, recording lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
Published: Source: ABC Radio BrisbaneTopic: Whalesby Kenji Sato
Daughter of man killed in suspected arson attack in Melbourne's west joins calls for information
Two Sunshine North men were killed when the factory they were sleeping in was destroyed by a fire that police believe was deliberately lit.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Arson
Five quick hits — Aussies spoil the Murray party, Kokkinakis fearing the worst, Fritz gives opponent a send-off after win
All the emotions come out at Wimbledon on day four, with Aussies spoiling the Murray party, Thanasi Kokkinakis fearing the worst after another injury, while American Taylor Fritz fires up at an opponent after his victory.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Sport
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Two major stories explain the rise of Labour in the UK: the first is Britons' disillusionment with the Tories
Amid a period of global instability, the apparent Labour landslide shows the UK has lurched to the centre-left while much of Europe is moving to the right. Two major stories are now emerging.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: World Politicsby John Lyons