Canberra ratepayers face a higher average rates bill under the ACT government’s 2026-27 Budget, with the average residential bill, including levies, to rise by 5 per cent even after the health levy is scrapped.
While the budget investment in hospitals is welcome, AMA ACT president Dr Betty Ge says the real test will be whether patients receive care sooner.
While the ACT Government’s Budget stamp duty reforms are welcome, the Property Council warns that the significant increase in commercial rates will undermine confidence and cast a long shadow over Canberra’s commercial property sector.
The Canberra Business Chamber says there are no huge spending surprises in this year’s ACT Budget, but warns that many businesses are facing substantially higher tax bills next year.
A 33-year-old man has been charged after allegedly chasing, tackling and strangling his partner in Gungahlin on Monday night.
The final report of the Inquiry into ACT Health System Data, Demand and Processes, has found the number of people on the ACT elective surgery waiting list rose from about 5500 in 2020-21 to about 6800 in 2024-25.
A bottle shop attendant was threatened with a machete during an armed robbery at Kippax on Monday afternoon.
"We didn’t wear watches and we didn't have phones so there was no way for parents to tell us it was time to come home. Streetlights were a curfew warning you to be home in time for tea." A little nostalgia from PAUL DORIN.
It's the annual End of Year Fail as KEEPING UP THE ACT presents the hottest, budget-time discounts in the Assembly...
Andrew Lawson says school was a constant struggle, and that reading and retaining information required him to work much harder than his peers. And yet, he's just won a national learning award, reports DHWANI PATHAK.
Police are investigating a burglary at the Murrumbidgee Country Club golf course in Kambah after offenders allegedly used a sledgehammer to force their way into a building and steal a large sum of cash.
Master Builders ACT has questioned whether the ACT Government can deliver on its latest housing targets, warning the territory’s newly released land supply program falls well short on detached housing.
