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The ACT Government’s 2020-21 Budget is focusing on the expansion and improvement of mental health support services and programs in Canberra, providing over $15 million to the initiative. The Barr Labor Government is...

The ACT Government will spend $4.5 million under this week’s 2020-21 Budget to improve the health of the ACT’s waterways; to tackle weeds and invasive plant species; and to appoint permanent Ngunnawal rangers.

Social housing and homelessness services were a key election platform for the ACT Greens, but after a parliamentary agreement promise and roadmap to increase supply and services, the over-whelmed sector has received...

A healthy recovery in the ACT’s job market from peak COVID restrictions has seen the Territory hold Australia’s lowest unemployment rate.

The Canberra Liberals have a proposal to solve Canberra's rental shortfall - including releasing land, extending leases, and tax exemptions.

Dragon boaters will soon have a new home on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin; Gungahlin will get its first community tennis facility; and women rugby players will at last have their own changerooms – all thanks to $1.25 million from the ACT Government over the next couple of years for planning and design.

The pre-budget spending announcements are coming thick and fast ahead of next Tuesday’s ACT Budget; with the government allocating homelessness services their first $2 million of a promised $18 million over the...

Before the first Budget of the ACT’s new parliamentary term is revealed next week, the Government has recommitted to its election promise of extending PACER - Police, Ambulance and Clinician Early Response...

Up to 50 ACT public school teachers will undergo training to become teacher librarians under an ACT Government scholarship program.

A health investment of $63 million across COVID-19 pandemic management and health service support was announced by the ACT Government today.

Canberra households were likely to do “better than most” from the Budget because ACT incomes were higher than most other cities and regions, according to the ANU Social Research Centre.

Despite an uncertain art market, the cancellation of the visual art calendar’s major events and the loss of international tourist sales, already struggling Indigenous artists are among those to miss out in...

The Canberra Liberals have announced they will match funding from the Federal Government for infrastructure projects in the ACT, including $87.5 million for the Molonglo River Bridge, if elected. Senator for the ACT...

The Canberra Liberals want to fund their election spending slate by enticing “Canberra refugees” to move back from Queanbeyan and surrounds.

Economists have labelled yesterday’s economic update by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann “confusing”, saying the economic stimulus of the increased JobSeeker and JobKeeper payments had been successful in propping...

If you’re taking the opportunity to grow your own Mother’s Day gift (as per our DIY: Blooming brilliant Mother’s Day gift idea piece), why not create a one-of-a-kind plant pot to go...