At $543.19 per prisoner, per day, the ACT leads the nation in incarceration costs, according to the latest Productivity Commission Report on Australia's corrective services.
Leading indigenous spokesperson JULIE TONGS argues that cross-border justice co-operation with NSW would save money and help with prisoner rehabilitation.
Police believe an unsecured load fell from the back of a vehicle, which caused several other vehicles to brake suddenly and collide on the Tuggeranong Parkway on Monday morning.
"The obsession with light rail has more than likely been at the expense of the education and health systems and the adequate provision of social housing," writes former planner MIKE QUIRK.
"Who, apart from fragile government egos, benefits from continuing to pour our rates into the bottomless tram pit? Of course, the answer is the developers," says letter writer IAN PEARSON, of Barton.