White makes DPP
CANBERRA-born Jon White has been appointed Director of Public Prosecutions for the ACT. Mr White, 52, is currently a senior assistant director and head of the prosecutions branch in the head office of Commonwealth DPP. He has, for several years, served on the ACT Law Society’s criminal law committee. Mr White will take up his seven-year appointment in mid-September.

Ruth wins award
Ruth Bayley, of training company Bayley and Associates, has been awarded the ACT Chamber of Women in Business’ Business Woman of the Year. Susan Vicki Berry, of Easycare Landscapes, was highly commended and also won the Outstanding Community Spirit and Caring for the Environment awards. Best new business was Inner Compass.

All-day cop shop
The Gungahlin police station will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week from January. Police Minister Simon Corbell says: “Twenty-four additional police and an extra two dedicated patrol cars will be stationed at Gungahlin from next year to provide Gungahlin residents with a permanent, full-time police station. This is in response to population growth in the Gungahlin area.”

Help on Daffodil Day
FRIDAY, August 22, is Daffodil Day – a day to celebrate the spirit of cancer survivors and help raise money for on-going research. The Cancer Council of the ACT is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help bring their Daffodil Day merchandise stalls to life. Interested volunteers should call 6257 9999 or .

Trees atop the hill
TWENTY-three new Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Bessoniana’ trees will be planted on City Hill as part of the ACT’s tree replacement program.
Territory and Municipal Services Minister John Hargreaves says: “The use of this robinia cultivar will enable the existing character of the site to be retained and provide plantings better suited to current environmental conditions.”

Ford gets a bouquet
THE Canberra-based Australian Automobile Association has congratulated Ford Australia for producing the first locally made vehicle to receive a five-star safety rating.
The 2008 Ford Falcon received the top safety rating from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) following a crash-test program conducted in line with recognised international protocols.

Correction
IN last week’s feature on Canberra’s best hairdressers, the section on award-winning Next Hair, in Braddon, unfortunately contained some outdated and incomplete information.
In particular, Next Hair is a full-service salon specialising in hair. Owner Adam Noble and his team offer a complete menu of styling, cuts, colours and treatments; however, the studio does not offer manicures or facials. And since January, Next Hair has been using Goldwell and KMS products.
In the accompanying advertisement Next Hair is described as “One of Australia’s top 10 hairdressers – again in 2008*”. The asterisk was to alert readers to the source of this claim, but the line was too small to comfortably read. It said: “Hair Expo Awards.”