Digital edition July 25
"Following allegations of corruption and infiltration by underworld figures, the federal government has been quick to distance itself from the CFMEU. Not so in the ACT!" writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
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Political columnist ANDREW HUGHES predicts that 2024 is going to be different. He says: “It is likely two of the three party leaders in the Assembly now won’t be in 12 months. And the third. Maybe."
"As a dab hand at unfolding disasters, I can assure you the best thing to do is to forget what happened at the Canberra Institute of Technobabble and move on," Renewable Mistakes Minister Chris Catastrophe tells KEEPING UP THE ACT.
Four Canberra Grammar School students will show off their literary prowess at the 2024 Kids’ Lit Quiz World Final in Canberra on July 10. KATARINA LLOYD JONES has the story.
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Digital edition June 27
“It is appropriate that legal processes are available to anyone to be used for their protection, but it might be that the Integrity Commission legislation is too lenient in an area that seeks to root out corruption,” says MICHAEL MOORE.
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Digital edition June 20
"So much of what political communications has become about is making us believe fake is real. That what we are seeing, hearing and reading is the most accurate reflection of the world," writes political columnist ANDREW HUGHES.
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Digital edition June 13
"The Labor-Greens government in the ACT will be doing all it can to milk the pre-budget opportunity by announcing the amazing investments that they will make when re-elected." MICHAEL MOORE wearies of the spin around health.
"On a freezing night, the mother and baby, along with other mothers and babies, were left in a triage queue that snaked all the way to outside the door of the ED building." MICHAEL MOORE looks at the dark side of our 'liveable' city.
"The ACT’s hospital system has been deprived of the necessary beds and staff. Scarcity of resources is adversely impacting every part of the system." JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED revisit the state of public health.
Build apartments for families and they will come, says columnist MIKE QUIRK. Existing stock is dominated by one to two-bedroom apartments marketed to investors whose prime market is singles and childless couples who rent.
"For almost 60 years, the neat, red brick church has remained something of a divine secret in Queanbeyan. Most passers-by barely notice it". Yesterdays columnist NICHOLE OVERALL reveals all on Page 7.
Dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON takes in three very different eating experiences in Bowral and wine columnist RICHARD CALVER's been to Beechworth.
"It's difficult to justify the ACT's excess taxation when debt's rising, the hospital system is the country's poorest and services for disadvantaged groups are the nation's worst," write JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED.
Vanessa Jones loves living in Higgins, but tells reporter KATARINA LLOYD JONES she's “fed up” with the ACT government; the local shops have been abandoned, preventing residents from having a community-centred space to socialise.
"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 considerably lower per km cost of the Brisbane Metro compared to the Canberra Metro results from… investing not in rails but in what benefits the public, namely electric vehicles," writes BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.
"With the election not scheduled until October, the Canberra Liberals' transport policy is unusually early. However, it is an Exocet missile aimed directly at the most vulnerable point of the government," writes MICHAEL MOORE.
Former planner MIKE QUIRK says it's hard to get the right homes in the right places. "The community acceptability of redevelopments and the supply of social housing need to increase if housing inequality is to be reduced," he says.
"Over 20 years, there's been a 300% increase in rates compared to a lousy 30% decrease in conveyancing duty. No wonder you're feeling the pinch." MICHAEL MOORE says the ACT government's tax grab is taking Canberrans for a ride.
