Political news and analysis from the ACT and Federal Parliaments
CATHERINE CARTER says Canberra is coming of age with new colour springing from our special suburban character.
THE challenge for a political columnist is to find something to write about other than the bungles, incompetence and excessively ideological actions of the Federal Government. It is difficult to resist so much material as the Abbott Government seems so intent on providing, from foreign affairs to immigration and education! Calling someone a liar in [...]
OPPOSITION leader Jeremy Hanson has called for Labor MLA Joy Burch to resign as ACT Education Minister after retweeting an offensive tweet about her federal counterpart Christopher Pyne. Ms Burch retweeted a November 29 post by a Twitter user which labelled Mr Pyne “a c–t” and suggested he was “smugly loitering” during a press conference by [...]
Despite complaints of ministerial overload, the Chief Minister won’t appoint any more than six of the nine ministers she now has the power to enlist. MICHAEL MOORE explains why…
THE new Speaker, the Honourable Bronwyn Bishop MHR, favours “honourable members of parliament” over the “pejorative term – “politicians”. Bishop’s long-standing experience as a Senator and as a Member of the House of Representatives holds her in good stead for this important role. Furthermore, her understanding of the rules of parliament, the Standing Orders, combined [...]
A MAN allegedly robbed a Pearce supermarket at gunpoint today. Around 12pm, the man entered the Foodworks Supermarket and threatened a staff member with what is believed to be a firearm. The staff member complied, handing over a sum of cash before the man fled the store. The offender is described as dark skinned, aged mid [...]
CANBERRA students are continuing to perform well compared with the rest of the country, according to the latest NAPLAN results. Nationally one million school students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sat the tests in May which examine numeracy, reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation. About 17,800 students across the ACT took part. Results show [...]
THE ACT Government has moved to re-zone a vacant block of land in Chisholm to pave the way for it become the new Caroline Chisholm Park. The community’s wish to see the land turned into a park goes back to the establishment of the suburb in the 1980s, when the land wasn’t developed and a [...]
A 41-year-old Narrabundah couple have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a staff member and throwing an exploding bottle at a Manuka takeaway store after their card declined. Around 7.45pm, three people entered the Subway store where they ordered food. The debit card used to pay for the food was declined and the trio then left the store [...]
A 29-year-old homeless man has been arrested after he allegedly assaulted a couple with baseball bats in Canberra’s south yesterday. Around 9am, police arrived at a house in Bonython after the occupants reported they had been assaulted earlier in the morning by two men armed with baseball bats. The two victims, a 42-year-old woman and 38-year-old man, [...]
