"It is likely that light rail, in diverting funds from major unmet needs, is reducing rather than enhancing liveability and sustainability," says letter writer MIKE QUIRK, of Garran.
A 22-year-old Ngunnawal man – who, police say, was in the driver's seat but claims he was not driving – was caught drink-driving twice in a little more than three hours.
The ACT Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee has written to ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury urging him to establish a board of inquiry into allegations of interference in the Bruce Lehrmann trial.
Police have arrested a 42-year-old man after he failed to return to custody last month after having been when granted a conditional release to attend a funeral.
"A DPP is expected to understand the ins and outs of relationships with other key bodies, including keeping out of the media, negotiating deftly and being seen in court but not heard in public, " writes columnist HUGH SELBY.
Alleged attempts to smear police by the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold are "untested and currently subject to internal AFP mechanisms", says Australian Federal Police Association president Alex Caruana.