"With a minority government installed, we can look forward to the New Year in the hope a government that's more accountable to the Assembly will deliver better outcomes for all Canberrans," says an optimistic MICHAEL MOORE.
"What efforts have been made to save these gentle wombats from being run over when they attempt to cross the highway in a country area near Canberra?" asks letter writer SUSAN CRUTTENDEN, of Dalmeny, NSW.
Since 2020, young inmates at Bimberi Youth Justice Centre have been denied hugs from family members, a direction Custodial Inspector Rebecca Minty says "lacks humanity".
Two men have been charged after a Mercedes Benz S400 was allegedly stolen from a Gungahlin home in the early hours of Sunday, with one of the men also accused of assaulting a police officer later that day.
In a grovelling apology, Canberra Health Services has admitted its failings in the death of five-year-old Rozalia Spadafora at Canberra Hospital on July 5, 2022.