Canberra City Insider

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

ACT house prices are 'flattening out' as auction clearance rates hit lowest level since 2020

Auction clearance rates in Canberra have dropped to their lowest level since 2020, and that, coupled with stalling growth in house prices, has led to predictions the ACT is reverting to a buyers' market.

CoreLogic data show Canberra's preliminary auction clearance rate fell to 51.2 per cent for the week ending July 3, its lowest point since April 2020.

CoreLogic head of research Tim Lawless said he expected clearance rates to continue falling.

"This is the third week over the past four weeks where clearance rates have been below the 60 per cent mark, and just going back to April earlier this year we were seeing clearance rates consistently around 70 per cent," he said.

Canberra man pleads guilty to running over police officer, admits he was high on methamphetamines

A Canberra man who ran over a police officer, driving with him on the bonnet of the car for 30 metres, has pleaded guilty to the hit and run in Queanbeyan Local Court.

Stephen McCracken, 30, and a co-accused were driving from police in two stolen vehicles in a high-speed police chase in Nimmitabel, near the Snowy Mountains, last August, documents tendered to the court revealed.

When police exited the car to arrest the co-accused, officers said he jumped into McCracken's vehicle, before McCracken drove the car into one of the two arresting officers, Senior Constable Jason Farrell.

Court documents revealed the officer remained on the bonnet for about 30 metres before he was thrown and landed face down on the road.

Japanese beer giant Kirin, linked to Australian brewers, cuts ties with Myanmar junta in what activists call an 'irresponsible exit'

Japanese beer giant Kirin has signalled it will make good on a promise to disentangle its business from the Myanmar junta after a military coup last year.

But critics say the way the company plans to withdraw from the conflict-riddled country — a share buyback scheme — is an "irresponsible exit".

Kirin is the parent company of Lion, which boasts Australian brews including Tooheys, Furphy, XXXX, Little Creatures, James Squire, James Boag, Hahn and White Rabbit, among others.

The Myanmar military overthrew the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1 last year, imprisoning senior members of the government, as well as Australian economist Sean Turnell.

Thursday, 24 February 2022

Common Moving Injuries – Causes And Prevention

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National Museum of Australia's latest acquisition depicts the Rainbow Serpent's wrath in the form of Cyclone Tracy

In 1975, in the wake of Cyclone Tracy's destruction of Darwin, Rover Thomas had a series of powerful dreams in which the spirit of his recently deceased aunty visited him.

Over many dreams, she told him that when she died, her spirit had surveyed the devastation the cyclone had caused and she had visited him to share the lesson she had learnt.

Her message propelled the renowned Kimberley artist into action, leading to the creation of one of his major works Jabanunga Goorialla (The Rainbow Serpent).

Face masks will not be required at most indoor venues from tomorrow and local businesses are getting ready

Many Canberra business owners have struggled to keep afloat since Canberra's COVID-19 health directions began in earnest last year, with the policing of face masks, density limits and check-in requirements being left to establishment staff.

Now the ACT government has announced that from 6pm on Friday, February 25, face masks will only be required to be worn in a select few indoor settings.

Masks will still be required on public transport, in rideshares, indoors at any school or childcare centre, at hospitals and other healthcare facilities, correctional facilities and the Canberra Airport.

Canberra man charged with attacking 11-year-old girl, strangling her until she was unconscious

Chilling details have emerged about an alleged attack on an 11-year-old Canberra girl, who was knocked off her bike and strangled until she was unconscious, on her way home from school yesterday.

A 23-year-old Canberra man was charged over the assault and choking in the ACT Magistrates Court this morning.

Magistrate Beth Campbell said the alleged attack was random, terrifying and "abhorrent", amounting to "every parent's worst nightmare".

The court heard the girl had rung her mother from school to say she would ride home through the Fadden Pines park.