Canberra news

A project to save the UK's last major bellfoundry has moved to the next stage, with the launch of a tender to find contractors for ... More

The rapidly expanding Six Senses business, recently acquired by InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) in a US$300m deal, has appointed IHG veteran Bryan Gabriel as chief ... More

Matt Carroll, CEO of the Australian Olympic Committee, has said the organisation will take a 'new direction', which will include using the power of sport ... More

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has today (26 June) unveiled the largest ever shortlist for its Building of the Year competition. WAF – one of ... More

With warming waters devastating parts of the Great Barrier Reef, the Australia Institute – a Canberra-based think tank – has predicted more than a million ... More

Swing School is launching a cardio fitness workout called SwingTrain with the backing of BBC Dragons’ Den investor Deborah Meaden. The fitness regime has been ... More

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has revealed the architects and buildings in contention for awards glory at this year’s event in Berlin in November. The ... More

A proposal to spend AS$800m (£409.2m, US$578.7m, €524.9m) on redeveloping the Canberra-located Manuka Oval to attract more elite sporting events has been put forward. A ... More

The National Museum of Australia in Canberra has relaunched its interactive Kspace exhibit, mixing gaming and augmented reality with a trip through the country’s history. ... More

At least fifteen world class architecture projects shortlisted for the Inside Awards 2015 World Interior of the Year are for leisure venues. I n the ... More

Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is to invest AU$10m (US$7.6m, £5.2m) in redeveloping the 5,200-capacity AIS Arena in the capital Canberra. First opened in 1981, ... More

Zoos South Australia (ZSA) has unveiled a 20-year masterplan for the proposed transformation of both its Adelaide and Monarto Zoos. The plans, drawn up by ... More

Australia’s Canberra National Zoo & Aquarium is about to launch a unique new hotel offering, allowing guests the opportunity to reside alongside sharks, bears, lions ... More

The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra is about to open a new space which, for the first time in the gallery’s history, will be ... More

Anolis ArcPad 48 LED fixtures are internally lighting artist Stuart Green’s gleaming 'Droplet' sculpture, a 6m tall, 3m wide stainless steel work which has been ... More

Australia is to have one of the worst years for drowning says Royal Life Saving who warn the summer holidays have been absolutely horrific with ... More

A horror year for drowning which claimed 302 Australian lives has prompted urgent calls from the Royal Life Saving Society - Australia for increased parental ... More

Plans to create a new permanent exhibition space to house thousands of artefacts from Belfast's maritime history in Northern Ireland have been handed a £624,000 ... More

The Comfyland Experience Toddler Areas are now opening in Indoor Play Centres in Canberra and Sydney with Melbourne opening soon in Docklands and more to ... More