Canberra

Hello, new to the Canberra area and in the need for a mechanic to service my VW Golf.

Can anyone recommend a European mechanic shop that specialises in VWs?

Thanks very much in advance.

From Term 1 next year, students in Preschool up to Year 10 will not be able to use their mobile phone, smart watch or any other personal communication devices at school.

A new telescope at Mount Stromlo will give researchers thousands of times more information.

The Quantum Optical Ground Station, where the telescope is housed, can provide high-quality video transmissions from space.

Professor Anna Moore of the ANU says it's a world-first in terms of global communication capability.

The regulation preventing new gas network connections to buildings in Canberra will begin on 8 December as part of the ACT Government’s plan to transition from fossil fuels.

A wombat has earned the nickname Ian Thorpe after swimming for nearly 40 minutes before being rescued from a Canberra pond after a thunderstorm.

The wombat was rescued from Yerrabi Pond in Canberra's north by a woman in a kayak on Monday evening

Brindabella Christian College will need to cease using its car park that was installed without development approval by next month, the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) has ruled.

The private school’s sealed car park on public land formed the basis of a dispute between the Lyneham Community Association (LCA) and the ACT Planning and Land Authority, which was heard in the tribunal on Monday and Tuesday (13 and 14 November) before a decision was made on Tuesday afternoon.

A Safe Work Australia report found engineered stone poses an 'unacceptable risk to workers' and should be banned.

The ACT government says its prepared to introduce its own ban if a national agreement isn't reached.

The CFMEU is calling on retailers like Bunnings and IKEA to stop selling engineered stone products.

A 43-year-old woman has been charged after allegedly running onto the tarmac and under a plane at Canberra Airport on Wednesday evening (1 November).

Footage shared to social media shows the woman – wearing black pants, slippers and a jacket – approaching the front wheel and cockpit of a QantasLink plane and trying to get the pilot’s attention.

The plane was reportedly bound for Adelaide, and witnesses claim the woman was trying to get the pilot to let her board.

They’ve been a peak Canberra experience for decades, but the paddle boats on Lake Burley Griffin have finally paddled their last.

The National Capital Authority (NCA) has announced the boats have “reached the end of their operational life and have been discontinued”.

The first of four Australian-made electric buses ordered for the Transport Canberra fleet has arrived in the ACT and is about to hit the road.

The new Custom Denning ‘Element’ low-floor battery electric bus (BEB) was on show today at the Belconnen Depot where the four will be based and two chargers have been installed.

Next time you visit your local shops or take a stroll through a park in Canberra, you may just happen across a book sitting on a bench.

It may look lost, but it's actually just waiting to be found and read.

Each week, award-winning author and playwright Maura Pierlot visits a different Canberra suburb and leaves books on the benches she walks past.