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Andrew Leigh: Be alert during peak season for fake charity scams

Fake charity scams tend to peak during the months of December and January, warns Andrew Leigh MP, Assistant Minister for Charities, Competition, and Treasury, and there are a range of precautions Australians can take to avoid being scammed.

Bulk billing incentive tripled for Canberra doctors

From today, the Federal Government has tripled the bulk billing incentive for GPs (a 34 per cent increase in payments).

King Charles’s head: Australian coins to change by end of year

Ten million $1 coins bearing Charles III's head will be in Australians' hands by Christmas; other denominations will follow next year.

Canberra’s Big Swoop on collectable coin

The Big Swoop, a statue in Garema Place of a magpie pecking at a chip, features on a $1 collectable coin published by Australia Post.

Federal investment in ACT waterways

The Federal Government is investing more than $3.2 million to protect the health of ACT waterways, including the Jerrabomberra Wetlands.

Op-ed: Cut non-compete clauses and clear a creative path

New research from economist Dan Andrews at the thinktank e61 finds that 22 per cent of employees are bound by non-compete clauses.

Andrew Leigh MP op-ed: Good evaluation saves money

The Australian Centre for Evaluation will address a problem that a slew of independent reports has identified: evaluation in the federal government tends to be low-quality or non-existent.

Dr Andrew Leigh op-ed: Making it fairer for all

With the right competition rules, we can have a fairer society and a more dynamic economy, argues Member for Fenner, Dr Andrew Leigh.

A bumper year for Clean Up Australia Day in the ACT

Terry de Luca has organised his suburb's Clean Up Australia Day volunteers for 20 years - a local way to look after the planet.

Philanthropy at work: Vinnies launches workplace giving program

Canberrans will be able to donate to Vinnies Canberra / Goulburn from their salary, under the charity’s new Workplace Giving Program.

Labor announces community battery rollout for ACT

The ACT will receive three of the first 58 community batteries, delivering solar power to locals, Labor politicians announced today.

‘Well past time’: Territory rights bill goes to parliament

Alicia Payne MP and NT colleague Luke Gosling today introduced a bill to allow the ACT to legislate on assisted dying.

Q&A: Labor MP Dr Andrew Leigh on the election

Economist Dr Andrew Leigh was re-elected as Labor member for Fenner for his fifth term. He spoke to Canberra Daily about the election.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr welcomes Labor victory

Chief Minister Andrew Barr expects Labor's election will see a new approach to Commonwealth-Territory relations.

Labor promises better healthcare for Canberra families

A Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, Labor promises, would be an alternative option to the Emergency Department for sick or injured Canberrans.

Canberrans vote for shared power, say ACT Greens

The ACT Greens say Federal Labor's refusal to form another minority government with the Greens and Independents is anti-democratic.

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