Crushing rent increases are becoming the new normal with lower-income earners and people on welfare priced out of the market, Anglicare Australia has warned.
When it comes to choosing themes, International Music Festival director Roland Peelman is notoriously cavalier. But for his final one he's adopted a more serious tone, titling the event “Mulanggari” (Alive), says HELEN MUSA.
"We are more informed and better educated today about... the harmful health impacts of smoke from wood heaters, despite what the wood-heating industry claims," says letter writer DARRYL JOHNSTON, of Tuggeranong.
"A good wedge gets voters off the fence. Voters become very much engaged and very much angry. Time to take that anger out at the ballot box," writes political columnist ANDREW HUGHES.
The government and opposition have rejected Elon Musk's claims an order by the eSafety Commissioner to take down graphic content amounts to censorship.
With property-related offences remaining at concerning levels in Canberra, crime prevention advocate Neighbourhood Watch Australasia has launched a security upgrade rebate program aimed at empowering residents to safeguard their properties.
Labor and the coalition are breathing down each other's necks on a two-party preferred basis in the run-up to the 2024/25 federal budget, two polls show.
A security guard was allegedly assaulted at Canberra Centre in Civic on Saturday morning by a man who had been banned from the centre earlier in the week.