This is the first time since 1917 two budgets had been presented in a calendar year, Dr John Hawkins noted.

The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) has welcomed the Federal Government’s $560 million investment in community services.

More funding for light rail and upgrades to the AIS Arena are among budget items for the ACT this week.

The Albanese Federal Labor government claims that its first Budget since coming to power, revealed on Tuesday evening, is a “responsible” one.

To general dismay, the Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s ever-popular Summer Prom, an open-air concert in the grounds of Government House, has been cancelled again, due to wet weather.

Last year, New Zealand cricket champion Chris Cairns suffered a spinal stroke that left him unable to walk, one of three life-threatening health crises. Today, he abseiled 18 metres down Canberra Hospital’s Building 8, thanks to a robotic exoskeleton being trialled at the University of Canberra Hospital.

The community sector urged the Federal and ACT Governments to act this Anti-Poverty Week. Here is their response.

Pokies at clubs are in the Canberra Gambling Reform Alliance’s crosshairs; their new strategy to minimise gambling harm wants tighter regulations and fewer gaming machines by the end of the decade.

Drugs decriminalisation is being debated in the ACT Legislative Assembly this afternoon. The amendments health minister Rachel Stephen-Smith made in June to her ACT Labor colleague Michael Pettersson’s motion are expected to pass. But the ACT Greens also want to make amendments, while the Canberra Liberals oppose the decriminalisation of hard drugs entirely.

Older Canberrans' rights and embedded utilities networks were debated in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday.

The Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre has received an ACT Government heritage grant to conserve and curate its bush schools collection.

To mark Anti-Poverty Week, 16-22 October, the community sector has published a grim snapshot of poverty and inequality in the ACT.