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Nicholas Fuller

Nicholas Fuller

ACT residents urged to prepare for summer bushfires

ACT residents are the Australians most concerned about bushfires, but are also the least likely to have prepared, according to the NRMA.

ACT teens want to vote, but Greens bill fails

ACT Labor and the Canberra Liberals voted down a long-standing ACT Greens motion to lower the voting age from 16 to 18.

ANU boosts security after on-campus stabbing

Staff and students at the Australian National University are reeling from a savage attack on campus yesterday.

Canberra Liberals’ Freedom of Information bill fails

Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee wanted to make the government release cabinet documents within 30 days, rather than after 10 years.

Labor MLAs’ Indigenous and neurodiversity motions

Labor MLAs Paterson and Pettersson are recognizing Indigenous heritage in Weston Creek, and pioneering a Neurodiversity Strategy and Office.

Motion to exempt ACT GPs from payroll tax fails

A payroll tax on general practitioners is devastating Canberrans’ ability to access essential healthcare, Elizabeth Lee says.

Senate bill to overturn ACT drug decriminalisation fails

Shadow Attorney-General Senator Michaelia Cash introduced a private senators’ bill to overturn the ACT's drug decriminalisation laws

Michael Long retraces Long Walk two decades on for the Voice

Former Aboriginal footballer Michael Long OAM arrived in Canberra today on his ‘Long Walk’ from Melbourne to raise support for the Voice.

Canberra Liberals motion to delay drug decriminalisation fails

Jeremy Hanson MLA’s motion to delay the decriminalisation of hard drugs until after next year's election was defeated.

RZ1 zoning changes aim to provide more housing options in ACT

The ACT Government has released updated district strategies, the new Territory Plan and new design guides which it says will give Canberrans access to more housing choices.

Will drug decriminalisation in the ACT reduce harm?

The ACT will decriminalise hard drugs next month - some say the reforms will improve health, others that they will increase crime.

Two-year high in ACT golden staph infections raises alarms

For two years running, the ACT was the only Australian jurisdiction to exceed the national benchmark for golden staph in public hospitals.
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