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Woodside on track for targets despite outages - The Canberra Times
One broking analyst speaking off the record said to hit that target Woodside would need to get production ''spot on'' but added this should be possible. Citi analyst Mark Greenwood, managing director of energy research, said Woodside had had a ''soft ...
April 19, 2012


App explodes into multimillion-dollar drawcard - The Canberra Times
In fact it was on track to run out of money by May, and probably would have shut down by now if not for the wild success of Draw Something, according to two former employees who were familiar with its finances but insisted on anonymity because of ...
March 26, 2012


Teen shot by police in his own home - The Canberra Times
"He's all right," she said of her brother, but declined to give her name or speak further to media. More than 12 hours after the shooting, police remain at the scene and forensic officers have been examining items stacked up against the outside wall. ...
September 26, 2011


Long lease issue takes on urgency - The Canberra Times
A retired ACT public servant, who declined to be named, said territory land administrators grappled with the leasehold system in the 1980s, but it was hard to get anyone to focus on the issue of turning them over because their expiry dates were decades ...
August 28, 2011


Widow may fight cancer judgment in High Court - The Canberra Times
In 2009 Mr Evans's widow, who asked not to be named, sued the council and Amaca (formerly James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd) for negligence in the NSW Dust Diseases Tribunal. The tribunal was told that between 1942 and 1962 Mr Evans worked at the Lake George ...
August 20, 2011


Dead man suffered blows to the head: police - The Canberra Times
The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said the apartments door had been left wide open all morning, and forensic teams appeared to be combing through the unit yesterday. "I had a feeling something happened last night before I went to bed, ...
August 4, 2011


Unconscious man found after Civic assault - The Canberra Times
One employee, who refused to be named, said the store's CCTV cameras had captured the incident, but the footage was not clear. An ACT Policing spokeswoman said police were reviewing CCTV footage from the area, but said it was uncertain whether it would ...
July 25, 2011


Civic assault leaves man fighting for his life - The Canberra Times
One employee, who refused to be named, said the store's CCTV cameras had captured the incident, but the footage was not clear. An ACT Policing spokeswoman said police were reviewing CCTV footage from the area, but said it was uncertain whether it would ...
July 24, 2011


Lawyers get wake-up call - The Canberra Times
A Canberra lawyer, who asked not to be identified, said it constituted gross overcharging and should have been found by the society to be professional misconduct. Generally, lawyers charge about $200 to draft a will. The society's president, Athol Opas ...
June 5, 2011


Anger, confusion in ranks after outburst - The Canberra Times
A recent Duntroon commandant, who declined to be named, said today's cadets were too busy with their academic and military activities to get into trouble. ''If they have any spare time, they use it to catch up on their sleep,'' he said, ...
April 16, 2011


A mystery set in bronze - The Canberra Times
A caller, who asked not to be identified, emailed an image of the medallion in question and told us what is known about it: it was recovered from the scrap yard called MG Metals in Fyshwick 30 years ago. The man who retrieved it was Arthur McLaughlin ...
April 5, 2011


Inmates in rooftop protest - The Canberra Times
According to the woman who asked to remain anonymous there had been growing malcontent for several weeks among prisoners who say they are being unfairly ...
April 10, 2010


Boy, 15, surrenders over stabbing - The Canberra Times
The witness, who did not wish to be identified, said the woman shouted, ''Help me, help me, my boy's been stabbed''. Police confirmed the victim's mother ...
March 12, 2010


Stabbing near college shocks onlookers - The Canberra Times
The witness, who did not wish to be identified, said the woman shouted, ''help me, help me, my boy's been stabbed''. Police confirmed the victim's mother ...
March 9, 2010


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