The 2026-27 ACT Budget has passed the Legislative Assembly, with new spending on housing, health and community services alongside cost-of-living measures.
The ACT government will introduce legislation to strengthen hate crime and vilification laws, including expanding bans on Nazi symbols and requiring courts to consider hate motivation when sentencing offenders.
The ACT government has introduced changes to its property developer licensing scheme that would remove individual directors' liability for serious building defects where developers take out compliant Latent Defect Insurance.
A prescribed hazard reduction burn is scheduled to begin at Gossan Hill Nature Reserve in Bruce today, subject to suitable weather and fuel moisture conditions.
Three men have been charged after an allegedly stolen SUV collided with two vehicles and rolled onto its roof on the Barton Highway on Tuesday.
The Canberra Liberals will move for the government to investigate expanding paediatric cancer and blood disorder services at Canberra Hospital so more children can receive treatment closer to home.
The ACT Greens will move for a temporary moratorium on new data centres until the government finalises its Data Centre Framework, arguing stronger rules are needed to protect Canberra's water and energy supplies.
Police issued 76 fines and 45 defect notices during a two-night operation targeting dangerous driving on Canberra's rural roads.
Canberra Liberals Leader Mark Parton will move for a fresh inquiry into ACT fuel prices today after Canberra recorded the highest average petrol price of any capital city last week.
ACT Greens Housing spokesperson Rebecca Vassarotti will move a motion in the Legislative Assembly today calling on the government to introduce a portable rental bond scheme to reduce the upfront cost of moving home.
Canberra renters facing financial hardship will be able to apply for grants of up to $2500 when the ACT government's $5.2 million Housing Crisis Support Fund opens on September 30.
It's 2031 and humans no longer remain on earth. Amid the debris, tiny Lego people are creating a new society, building new homes inside the waste left behind. That's the premise of a record-breaking, new exhibition, reports HELEN MUSA.
