The ACT Government is spending more than twice as much incarcerating First Nations people as it does funding Aboriginal community-controlled services, according to new figures raised in the Legislative Assembly.
Fiji Airways will continue flying to Canberra despite cutting services elsewhere in Australia as airlines move to manage rising fuel costs, reports SCOTT MAYMAN.
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council has partnered with national charity DV Safe Phone to collect old mobile phones for people experiencing domestic and family violence.
Three 14-year-old boys, including one who was subject to bail conditions, have been arrested in separate incidents involving alleged knife possession in Braddon and Oxley overnight.
The Canberra Liberals have created two new shadow cabinet portfolios focused on men’s and women’s health, in a move they say will strengthen policy responses across wellbeing, safety and social issues in the ACT.
Canberra’s historic Civic merry-go-round will close for a month from next week to undergo essential maintenance and restoration work.
"The decision to close our natural gas network doesn’t make sense. It diminishes household energy and heating security by effectively forcing residents to throw all their energy eggs into one basket with electricity," writes JOE PREVEDELLO.
Police have seized the cars of two young drivers – one an unaccompanied learner and the other a provisional licence holder – caught street racing in Greenway on Saturday night.
An 18-year-old Pearce man has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl following a house party in Molonglo over the weekend.
"Andrew Barr and Labor need to be more careful because the reality gaps are growing – in the economy, health, education, crime, small business, MyWay+, trams, a stadium…" ANDREW HUGHES on the dangers of messing with voter perceptions.
Independent MLA Thomas Emerson is calling for the chief executive of the Canberra Institute of Technology to step down, following questions over disclosures linked to her previous role.
Our brave Chief, in search of an urgent fiscal transaction from Queen Katy, finds himself at Expendia Prime in the Federal Cluster coming to grips with bewildering alien creatures and their strange concepts.
