Bait and switch: power of the political wedge
"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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Recent national wastewater analysis has painted an interesting picture of drug use in Canberra and across Australia. For instance, ACT leads the nation in per capita consumption of heroin, writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
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In a new column, political commentator ANDREW HUGHES explains why Labor is the number one political act in town: "A nice presser by apprentice and wannabe Chief Minister Steel with some tough words and angry frowns for the Greens."
NOEL BEDDOE continues his occasional series reminding us why Canberra is the most beautiful place to live… this time he visits Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve.
"The ACT government has been in power for more than 22 years and is losing its ability to deliver what the residents of Canberra need," writes DR DAVID DENHAM, president of the Griffith Narrabundah Community Association.
"Two thirds of the Assembly apparently believe it's okay to screen calls with an answering machine. In a representative democracy, this is simply not good enough," writes MICHAEL MOORE, who phoned all 25 of them.
King Charles' recent cancer diagnosis will turn minds to the question of what happens if he becomes unable to fulfil his constitutional duties. ANNE TWOMEY explains what might happen.
We have two big pages of lively letters to the editor this week and a page of letters definitely not to the editor. They're part of a mischievous, cheeky column from HUGH SELBY.
New Zealand-bound, HUGH SELBY was sitting on the plane when he realised he'd been stung in a currency exchange at the airport. It didn't stop there…
CLIVE HAMILTON and MYRA HAMILTON critique the relentless tide of baby boomer bashing that implies it’s become a crime to be born in the 15 years after World War II.
The question of what to do with electric car batteries when they reach the end of their useful lives is being discussed in Australia as a deadline looms, reports JENNIFER DUDLEY-NICHOLSON.
"Volunteers might be just grist to the mill: here today and expelled tomorrow for good, bad or no reason", but legal columnist HUGH SELBY thinks they should have the right to a fair go when things go awry.
THE Queanbeyan and District Soldiers’ Memorial is an impressive 11 metres tall and, writes NICHOLE OVERALL, when the towering column of polished, volcanic stone was revealed a 100 years ago it was almost one-of-a-kind in the nation.
HERE, in one glorious publishing sweep, is the best of the best of everything we've published this year. From our columnists to our critics, everyone gets a go at reflecting how "CityNews" saw 2023. It's a helluva good read, too.
"The real snake in the Christmas stocking is the pernicious practice of plastic packaging. It is a worldwide blight. It drives formerly peaceable grandfathers into wild, demented beasts," bemoans columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
