Public service numbers low and climate change ignored
The 2025 budget has few savings and surprises but it also ignores climate change, writes STEPHEN BARTOS.
- News
- Politics
Cartoon / Budget Dose of Dorin
PAUL DORIN aims his cartoon at the lot of Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.
- Politics
People want more. The default answer? Tax cuts
A ‘modest’ tax bribe, delivered against dark clouds of Trump-induced uncertainty is how politcal columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN sees the federal budget.
- Opinion
Is it too much to ask ACT Housing keep tenants safe and dry?
Columnist HUGH SELBY returns to the plight of little Dion and his gran and their dreadful life as ACT Housing tenants with a leaking roof, mould, jammed bedroom window, water-damaged plaster and a toilet cistern about to fall off the wall.
- Lifestyle
Ramadan feasting brings out interfaith harmony
As Ramadan (when Muslims fast from dawn to dusk) concludes, HELEN MUSA reports there's a distinctly Canberran angle on Iftar (fast-breaking) around the ACT in the ecumenical approach adopted by many organisations.
- Arts & Entertainment
From rubbish comes a wheelie funny circus show
Coming soon to Queanbeyan, where the humble shopping trolley has been deified in song, is a show inspired by an equally iconic object – the wheelie bin, reports HELEN MUSA.
- Opinion
Why we really have to avoid effects of US tariffs
"Tariffs generally are bad for world trade, especially for the weakest trading countries," says letter writer TIM WALSHAW, of Watson.
- Arts & Entertainment
Guys & Dolls doesn’t match the passion of a harbour grand opera
"Guys & Dolls is rarely seen on a football stadium-sized arena, and it could hardly match the power and the passion of grand opera on which Handa Opera was based," writes reviewer HELEN MUSA.
- Politics
Five things to watch for in Tuesday’s budget
Political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN lists the five things economist Chris Richardson says to look for in the budget – and explains why we really need another budget soon.
Update
Taxpayers to get $10 a week cut in pre-election budget
All taxpayers will get two rounds of cuts but only starting from July 2026, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers makes the case for a second Labor term.
News
Budget fails the ACT, says frustrated Pocock
Labor’s fourth federal budget has failed once again to deliver meaningful investment in the territory, despite the big promises made at the last election, said ACT independent senator David Pocock.
News
Labor bids for votes with ‘top-up’ tax cuts for all
Tax cuts are the centrepiece of the Albanese government’s cost-of-living budget bid for re-election in May.
News
Budget focuses on power bills, tax cuts and healthcare
Another two rounds of tax cuts, energy rebates, health and infrastructure spending are at the centre of this year's federal budget.
News
Big change for workers wanting to switch to better jobs
Millions of Australian workers looking to switch jobs or start their own business are expected to benefit from a plan revealed in the federal budget.
Winners and losers from the federal budget
Higher deficit locked in as storms cloud budget outlook
Tuesday’s CityNews headlines
Producer in Bruce Lehrmann TV tell-all sues Seven
Labor lays election groundwork with budget promises
Unlicensed driver ignores police order to stop
Lifestyle
Family doctor’s sharp focus is patient-centred care
Canberra Family Health Centre’s founder is Associate Professor Dr MARYSE BADAWY, whose medical passion has taken her across the globe. Now she is focusing her skills and expertise at a new practice in Canberra.
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Lifestyle
Journey through six decades of the Mint’s history
The Royal Australian Mint is celebrating 60 years of history with the Mint60 Exhibition, which takes visitors on a journey from the Mint’s humble beginnings as a sheep paddock to its $6.5 million museum refurbishment in 2024.
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Lifestyle
Individual pergolas that truly speak for themselves
The days of the standard rectangular, timber pergola covering the back verandah are gone. Today, there’s a multitude of choices with different materials, different colours and different shapes, says Canberra engineer ANDY STODULKA.
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News
Taxpayers to get $10 a week cut in pre-election budget
All taxpayers will get two rounds of cuts but only starting from July 2026, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers makes the case for a second Labor term.
Politics
Budget fails the ACT, says frustrated Pocock
Labor’s fourth federal budget has failed once again to deliver meaningful investment in the territory, despite the big promises made at the last election, said ACT independent senator David Pocock.
News
Public service numbers low and climate change ignored
The 2025 budget has few savings and surprises but it also ignores climate change, writes STEPHEN BARTOS.
Politics
Labor bids for votes with ‘top-up’ tax cuts for all
Tax cuts are the centrepiece of the Albanese government’s cost-of-living budget bid for re-election in May.
Politics
Budget focuses on power bills, tax cuts and healthcare
Another two rounds of tax cuts, energy rebates, health and infrastructure spending are at the centre of this year's federal budget.
Politics
Big change for workers wanting to switch to better jobs
Millions of Australian workers looking to switch jobs or start their own business are expected to benefit from a plan revealed in the federal budget.
Politics
Winners and losers from the federal budget
Taxpayers and students are the big winners from Jim Chalmers's fourth budget, while supermarkets and some bosses have come up short.
Politics
Higher deficit locked in as storms cloud budget outlook
Australia's federal budget is forecast to eclipse $1 trillion in debt for the first time in 2025/26, as global challenges threaten the nation's budget.
Daily Puzzles
PAUL DORIN aims his cartoon at the lot of Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.
A ‘modest’ tax bribe, delivered against dark clouds of Trump-induced uncertainty is how politcal columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN sees the federal budget.
Five things to watch for in Tuesday’s budget
What face would a Dutton government present to the world?
Why won’t Barr remove the failing health minister?
The message to Labor is take a stand or take a fall
Stop treating us with contempt on light rail costs
Dutton’s last steps to power will be the hardest
Views
Is it too much to ask ACT Housing keep tenants safe and dry?
Columnist HUGH SELBY returns to the plight of little Dion and his gran and their dreadful life as ACT Housing tenants with a leaking roof, mould, jammed bedroom window, water-damaged plaster and a toilet cistern about to fall off the wall.
Letters
Why we really have to avoid effects of US tariffs
"Tariffs generally are bad for world trade, especially for the weakest trading countries," says letter writer TIM WALSHAW, of Watson.
Opinion
Little Dion wants Uncle Andrew and Aunt Yvette to look at his place
Columnist HUGH SELBY heard from Little Dion recently. He wanted to tell Hugh about what makes his gran cry.
Opinion
Why do I grieve my childhood home now we’ve sold it?
Why would someone grieve a family house so much once it's sold? Psychologist LAUREN BREEN says it's normal to grieve a place, especially if it coincides with a parent dying or moving into residential aged care.
Opinion
Here’s where Adams has got it so wrong on Sofronoff
"The errors of judgement made by Walter Sofronoff have been compounded now by the errors of fact finding and inference made by Michael Adams." HUGH SELBY thinks the integrity commissioner has got it horribly wrong.
Opinion
Putin outsmarts Trump on Ukraine peace plans
Putin made Trump wait, then strung him along – it’s clear his war aims in Ukraine have not changed, says JON RICHARDSON.
Opinion
‘Disrespectful’ light rail: ‘The nation can and must do better’
JACK KERSHAW has written to the PM describing the stage 2 light rail route as disrespectful, destructive and failing to do justice to the capital and the ACT, and offering an alternative route. "The nation can and must do better," he says.
Opinion
Hot and sweaty? Your hypothalamus is kicking in
"Body temperature regulation is primarily controlled by the hypothalamus, a region of the brain that acts as the body’s thermostat." Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS wonders if hot-blooded people really are.
Arts
Daring concept honours a work that’s survived centuries
BILL STEPHENS reviews Opera Australia's production of Dido & Aeneas at Sydney Opera House.
Art
Small exhibition piques interest in Nolan’s stage designs
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews A Total Work of Art: Sidney Nolan and The Stage now showing at Canberra Museum and Gallery.
Poetry
McDermott’s out to prove that poetry is dead
In a change of pace, entertainer Paul McDermott, of Doug Anthony All Stars and Good News Week fame, is bringing his show Poems to Smith’s Alternative, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Theatre
From rubbish comes a wheelie funny circus show
Coming soon to Queanbeyan, where the humble shopping trolley has been deified in song, is a show inspired by an equally iconic object – the wheelie bin, reports HELEN MUSA.
Arts & Entertainment
Audiences to get their ‘just desserts’
Here's something different, a singing cook. HELEN MUSA has the details in her latest Arts in the City column.
Art
Margaret Hadfield a finalist for Gallipoli Art Prize… again
Fyshwick artist Margaret Hadfield's her oil painting, #lestweforget@Wimbie Beach, has been announced as one of the 32 finalists in the 20th annual Gallipoli Art Prize, of which she was the inaugural winner in 2006.
Music
A performance of satire, hedonism, innuendo and gay abandon!
BILL STEPHENS reviews the surprise musical package that was Berlin Electric, performed by tenor Brad Cooper and pianist Bev Kennedy.
Musical Theatre
Guys & Dolls doesn’t match the passion of a harbour grand opera
"Guys & Dolls is rarely seen on a football stadium-sized arena, and it could hardly match the power and the passion of grand opera on which Handa Opera was based," writes reviewer HELEN MUSA.
Music
Delightful plucking and scratching from Apeiron Baroque
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Pluckers and Scratchers, a concert performance by Apeiron Baroque at Wesley Uniting Church.
Lifestyle
Ramadan feasting brings out interfaith harmony
As Ramadan (when Muslims fast from dawn to dusk) concludes, HELEN MUSA reports there's a distinctly Canberran angle on Iftar (fast-breaking) around the ACT in the ecumenical approach adopted by many organisations.
Gardening
Garden colour lasts for months to come
With plenty of plants that come into flowering as the weather cools, strategic planting can give the garden a riot of colour for many months yet, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Lifestyle
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
The cost-of-living battle rages on. It's hell out there, reports cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Wine
When the ‘wrong’ rosé meets the gnocchi
"I mostly get the wine matching right, but on a recent occasion my friend’s wine was much better suited to the gnocchi I ordered than the wine I’d chosen to accompany the meal," laments wine writer RICHARD CALVER.
Lifestyle
Financial experts help manage cash during crisis
Canberra’s financial experts know exactly how to help locals get the most out of their money.
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Lifestyle
Real estate awards recognise best of the best
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has announced 20 Canberra finalists for the 20th National Awards for Excellence 2025.
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Dining
Rebel Rebel always dares to be different
Award-winning Rebel Rebel, in the NewActon precinct, always dares to be different, says dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Health & Fitness
Why it’s good to seek help for lost hearing
Avoiding a hearing test because you don’t want chunky hearing aids? KATIE EKBERG and BARBRA TIMMER look at the options.
Health & Fitness
How often should exercise clothes be washed?
Earlier this year, the French government caused a stir with advice about how often you should wash your clothes. For sports clothes, it recommends up to three wears before you wash them. CAROLINA QUINTERO RODRIGUEZ takes a closer look.
