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"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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
"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.
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.
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…
