Tahlia Roy
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Kangaroo skin sculpture honouring 'every survival story' wins Defence art prize (opens the original)
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An Indigenous artist has won the 2026 Napier Waller Art Prize for the first time. Ron Bradfield Jnr's sculpture outshone about 150 other entrants and is exhibited at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The public can vote online for a people's choice winner who will receive $5,000. A sculpture that "culturally re-imagines Australia's military service and awards" has won the 2026 Napier Waller Art Prize. It is the first time an Indigenous artist has won the Defence exhibition, with Ron Bradf
Why the Canberra community is up in arms over an abandoned water park (opens the original)
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If you grew up in Canberra, you might have fond memories of the capital's only outdoor water park, Big Splash. It had been a public swimming pool in Macquarie in Canberra's north before it was bought by a family in the 90s and transformed into an attraction of slides. That family sold up, and for the past couple of years the water park has been an increasingly dilapidated husk of its former self. The state of the park, and several broken promises over its unrealised reopening, have caused frustr
Pocock slams multimillion-dollar report for Canberra precinct (opens the original)
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A federally funded multimillion-dollar report on the future of a precinct housing the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra has been met with mixed reactions. Some in the national capital had hoped the Bruce Precinct Master Plan would suggest a preferred site for a new Canberra Stadium, rather than listing two scenarios. The ACT government welcomed the report and said a decision on a new stadium would be made by the end of the decade. A new plan for the future of Canberra's Bruce precinct ha
'Not fair and quite sad': Cohort of workers being underpaid by billions (opens the original)
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Cash-in-hand is no longer the preferred strategy some employers are using to underpay migrant workers, researchers say. Those business owners are instead asking prospective staff to create an Australian Business Number (ABN) with the aim of avoiding paying entitlements under the Fair Work Act. The Department of Home Affairs has a temporary visa allowing people to remain in Australia longer to pursue workplace exploitation claims but there are concerns uptake is very low. International student Ma
Canberra childcare centre ordered to close as provider enters administration (opens the original)
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Topic:Early Childhood Education and Care Services Edge Early Learning centre in Charnwood is set to close for three months after the regulator delivered a notice of suspension. It comes as the provider goes into voluntary administration nationally but says its centres will still operate. Administrators for Edge Early Learning are able to appeal the Charnwood suspension. The childcare regulator has ordered Edge Early Learning in Charnwood in Canberra's Belconnen area to close for three months. Th
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