The ACT is holding its position as the most expensive place to rent in Australia, but there's no need for anyone to sleep in the street in Canberra, says PAUL KAUFFMAN, who looks here at the challenges facing people seeking to rent.
Liberal Mark Parton is calling on leaders of the Legislative Assembly to condemn Federal Finance Minister and ACT senator Katy Gallagher for backflipping on her pre-election promise and to waive the historic ACT public housing debt.
THERE are no children 12 or younger incarcerated in the ACT, which makes Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury's decision to lift the age of criminal responsibility to 12 and not 14 an empty gesture, says indigenous leader JULIE TONGS.
"There are no children 12 or younger incarcerated in the ACT and in the years 2008 to 2020 a total of four children under 12 were held on remand at Bimberi, that is an average of one child every three years," writes JULIE TONGS.
The ACT's Integrity Commission has found that the Suburban Land Agency did not engage in corrupt conduct in it's process for the sale of residential lots in Canberra.