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Frightful sights: from the grave to truly bizarre

My recent scare in a bush cemetery prompted several readers to recount their own brushes with the macabre at graveyards around the region and further afield.

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ESA commissioner Georgeina Whelan resigns after damning review

The ex-Army officer has led the agency since 2019.

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Repairing a crushing system harming the families it hopes to heal

How to value human life as a court looks to leave a 'disastrous' past behind.

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ESA executives need to go to allow agency overhaul: paramedics' union

It was 'obviously a recipe for failure' if the executives stayed.

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'We need to do something': Coroner's push for resources, recognition

Reform advocates, an ex-coroner and an eminent lawyer back Ken Archer's call.

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Look what I found on my travels!

While readers continue to reveal more historic Annis and George Bills water troughs around Australia, I was thrilled to track one down during our trip to England.

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Buck passed on ESA as Gentleman defers to public service to fix agency

The minister would not say whether he remained confident in the ESA commissioner.

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'ESA staff are hurting': Barr should step in to drive change, union says

The opposition said another minister should be appointed to oversee change at the ESA.

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ESA review finds blame culture, bullying and calls for 'cultural shift'

The review made 18 recommendations agreed to by the government.

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Crikey’s silence deafening as Guy Rundle launches new book

The site hasn’t published anything by its correspondent-at-large since he was roundly condemned for a piece about Brittany Higgins. Plus: News Corp at odds with the press council

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From fairies to folklore, I'm spellbound by magical Araluen Valley

At the height of the goldrush, this idyllic valley was home to 15,000. Now, if you listen carefully, you can hear the beat of fairy wings.

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Keeping bears at bay and round-the-clock daylight: A grizzly mission fighting fires abroad

A Canberra firefighter has returned from battling blazes in Canada.

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Police probe Russian dead possum attack as diplomats make noise complaint

Farce or spy novel as drop the dead possum story has a twist?

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ACT govt has taken over Calvary's Bruce public hospital

The hospital came under government control at midnight.

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Watch as Calvary Hospital crosses come down ahead of takeover

The transition officially begins on Monday.

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ACT's long-planned $6.6m triple-0 call centre change reversed

A 'one ESA ComCen' project has been abandoned after seven years.

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Rush on ACT's interest-free solar loans before rule change

Up to $14 million in loans was expected to be approved in a final rush.

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Winter festival to bring thousands to the city

With real, 'fresh snow' this time.

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Ever heard of the Bowning pheazel?

The origins of this mysterious 'creature' date back to a cold wet Monday afternoon in the mid-1980s when a larger than normal crowd had gathered in the Bowning Hotel.

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Shuffling the deck: Canberra Times drops 101-year-old bridge columnist as part of cost-cutting drive

Len Dixon, who has served the newspaper for 55 years, is the latest victim of a round of drastic cuts. Plus: Warnie biopic ridiculed by viewers

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Russian ambassador calls Australia ‘vindictive’ after dead possum thrown over embassy fence

Aleksey Pavlovsky also says the Australian government had engaged in a ‘theatre of the absurd’ over contested future embassy site in Canberra

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'Rotten to its core': Hanson likens ACT govt to last days of Joh

Mr Hanson will give his budget reply on Thursday afternoon.

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How Canberra universities fared in world rankings

ANU is no longer the highest-ranking institution in the country.

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So much for a handover: Barr decides he's not going anywhere

After a change of heart, the Treasurer's 13th budget certainly won't be his last.

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MUJI's last days 'busier than Black Friday' as fans flock to the store

The store's final day isn't far away.

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