Master Plumbers ACT is calling on the government to be upfront about the costs Canberrans will face in transitioning off natural gas, as public consultation on the shutdown closes tomorrow.
The number of authorised poker machines in the ACT will be cut to no more than 1000 by 2045 under new gambling reforms that will also introduce mandatory cashless gaming and restrict access to cash at venues.
Belconnen Croquet Club members Garry Thorpe and Nerida Gill have contested the final of the 2026 NSW Croquet Bronze Brooch Competition, with Thorpe taking the title.
"Even given the worst possible outcomes for the accused, what possible significance could their schools be in investigations to allegations of events in a suburban alley and a private home," asks former school principal NOEL BEDDOE.
"The inadequacy of the dual planning regime was apparent in the approval of the Amberfield retirement village for 55 single-storey villas and 260 apartments on the Cotter Road, an 80 km/h arterial road," says letter writer MIKE QUIRK.
Public-sector pharmacists will stop work for two hours tomorrow in what their union says is the first strike by ACT government pharmacists in recent history.
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, a return to New York becomes a deeply personal journey of memory, friendship and loss for journalist SCOTT MAYMAN, who lived in the US at the time and lost colleagues and friends that day.