12/09/2026
Canberra Times Weekly Wrap 🌯
Five and a half years at The Canberra Times and I reckon this was officially my busiest week yet.
I was flying solo all week and somehow managed to squeeze in a bit of everything — from community stories and portraits to sport, politics, health, housing and a few very early starts.
This week took me to Lonsdale Street to photograph the owner of Wurrumay Collective for a story on rising rents, and on a tour of a new apartment development.
I photographed a woman whose husband recently died after being passed around the Canberra health system, a story looking at the growing impact of AI, and the owner of Pitch Black Cafe, who is concerned a proposed church development nearby could take away from the community around his business.
There were conversations with a tradie about his experiences in the construction industry, a Belconnen resident speaking out over plans for public housing instead of extending parkland, and a visit to UC for a story about a new Canberra Times subscription partnership.
Then came the sport — 12-and-under athletics at the AIS, junior rugby league grand finals and junior basketball grand finals.
There were also stories about St John Ambulance ACT CEO Martin Fisk, who is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, a young Canberra author, young farmers, and a family caught up in the proposal to make St Clare’s College co-educational.
I photographed a portrait of the head of Home Affairs, wandered through the Floriade media preview, and met a man whose bees had been stolen.
And then, to finish off the craziest week I’ve had at CT, an early morning memorial bike ride for two people tragically killed by a car, with hundreds of cyclists coming together to remember them.
A huge week, plenty of kilometres, very little downtime — but plenty of stories worth telling. 📸
