Emma Sckrabei would like to see a world where a woman going into construction is not extraordinary, rather it's a norm. It's why she hopes a new program for high school students will attract more ACT women to the trades.
Almost half a century on from its zenith, chess has been thrust back into the mainstream spotlight, writes James Buckley.
Times Past
Trees were to become firewood if the National Capital Development Commission went ahead with its idea of giving Canberra a formal vista between City Hill and Capital Hill. On this day 51 years ago, The Canberra Times reported that 79, (then) 40-year-old trees growing down the middle of Commonwealth Avenue, would go under the axe. READ MORE