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ACT Greens criticise road-focused ‘active travel’ budget

Jo Clay MLA criticised the government for including road projects in their $94 million active transport budget.

Canberra Liberals: Redacted TCCS staff survey ‘alarming’

The Canberra Liberals query why the 2023 Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate (TCCS) staff survey results were redacted.

Canberra’s adventures on the high seas

Land-locked Canberra is the nerve centre of the world’s largest search and rescue region – 53 million square kms (one tenth of the Earth’s surface) - and local response officers have just...

DonateLife ACT: The critical need for organ donor registrations

This year, DonateLife Week runs from Sunday 28 July to Sunday 4 August with Australians being encouraged to register as organ and tissue donors.

World Hepatitis Day: ‘It’s Time to Take Action’

As World Hepatitis Day approaches on 28 July, the urgency to address viral hepatitis in our community looms large.

Sustainable Australia Party a conscientious objector to ACT election

The Sustainable Australia Party will not contest the 2024 ACT Legislative Assembly election, and protests “an unfair electoral system”.

Young ones steal the limelight

The who’s who of Canberra’s scholastic art world mingled today over finger food and orange juice for the official opening of Step into the Limelight art exhibition at M16 Artspace. It could have...

Canberra Liberals: Mental health minister cannot answer questions

The opposition claims that mental health minister Emma Davidson could not answer questions about her own portfolio in Estimates Hearings.

Barr: Sustainable Household Scheme saved Canberrans millions

The ACT Government’s Sustainable Household Scheme (SHS) has saved Canberrans more than $46.9 million, Chief Minister Andrew Barr announced.

Bikies on the right side of the law, meet Canberra’s charitable chapter

The Canberra Chapter of the American Motorcycle Club (AMC) is living proof that even the toughest exteriors can have the warmest of hearts.

ACTCOSS: Cost-of-living crisis worsens

Canberra workers cannot buy food or pay power bills; homelessness is increasing; and cash-starved community services might go belly up.

ACT independent Fiona Carrick joined by support candidate

Independent candidate Fiona Carrick has announced that Marea Fatseas will be her support candidate in the ACT Legislative Assembly election.

Cardiology services at Canberra Hospital

Cardiology services at Canberra Hospital will move into the new Critical Services Building, which opens next month

‘Bureaucracy gone mad’: Construction company vs Icon Water

A Canberra construction company wants the ACT Government to take control of Icon Water, the ACT’s water and sewerage public utility.

C’mon! Calling all Aussie lexicon and larrikins

Maaaate! It’s hard yakka keeping a grip on the Queen’s English (or the King’s) at the best of time but sport brings out our most eloquent “strine” (“oi oi oi!”), so word...

Wild project for government-owned nursery

The bush capital is living up to its name, with Yarralumla Nursery venturing beyond its official ACT Government role of growing trees for landscape projects, instead growing trees for koalas. Normally (since 1914),...

Power complex: Progress on ACT big battery facility

The ACT Government’s Development Application to create a grid-scale battery in Williamsdale, Tuggeranong, has been approved.

Pedals in the garden suburb: More active transport for ACT

Work has begun on Canberra’s Garden City Cycleway, an active transport route connecting the suburbs of the inner north with the City.

Canberra Liberals promise more services for veterans

The Canberra Liberals have made an ACT election commitment to increase services and support for ACT veterans.

Bill Stefaniak will stand as Belco Party candidate

Bill Stefaniak – former Canberra Liberals MLA, minister, and leader of the opposition – will stand as a Belco Party candidate.

Community consultation for minimum rental standards in ACT

The government wants to hear from tenants, landlords, boarders, and granters, Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury announced.

ACT Confiscated Assets Trust: More funding for rehabilitation

A family counselling pilot in prison, greater access to ACT courts for Jervis Bay residents, and implementing electronic monitoring.

ANU: New clues to mystery of ancient human migration in Pacific

New evidence of human occupation in Indonesia 42,000 years ago offers clues about ancient migration routes to this region.

Pet of the Week: Tye the Bengal

In this edition of Pet of the Week, we meet Tye the Bengal, handsome, clever and slightly cheeky, what's not to love?

Rescue a Lonely Heart: Ally

CD's Lonely Heart column lets local hear from some creatures from local animal welfare organisations who are looking for forever homes.

Birth centre ‘expected’ for Canberra

The ACT Government is exploring the feasibility of a Birth Centre as part of the new northside hospital in Bruce.

Pedal Power’s four-point active travel plan for the next election

Cycling organisation Pedal Power ACT has released its Election Policy Platform, calling for more investment in active travel.

Public housing crisis: Strong Independents call for action

Strong Independents released their social housing policy: the next government must double social housing quickly to end homelessness.

ACT Book of the Year shortlist revealed

Six books have been shortlisted for the 2024 ACT Book of the Year award, including First Nations history, poetry, crime fiction, and horror.

ACT Confiscated Assets Trust empowers victims of crime

This year’s disbursement of funds from the ACT’s Confiscated Assets Trust (CAT) focuses on access to justice and supporting victims of crime.
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