“An incoming president is now lucky to get two years before they have to start working on their re-election,” writes columnist CHRIS COLEMAN
The ACT Legislative Assembly election – final results With the completion of the distribution of preferences for the ACT Legislative Assembly election, the Electoral Commissioner, Phil Green, has announced the names of those candidates to […]
Usually a fence-sitter when it comes to politics, medical student JACK TARLINTON was inspired to write about some issues after attending the ACT Election Forum on Health
“A sensible voter who understands the critical nature of preferences will have significant influence on who gets elected,” writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE
“When work, childcare, after-school activities and shopping are all 15 kilometres apart, there are no pluses to buses and the tram is a very cold comfort,” writes Lowbrow columnist JOHN GRIFFITHS
“Anyone craving a new hospital, and don’t we all, from the Barr government will need to be cheerfully voting for a 24-year Labor government in 2020,” writes Seven Days columnist IAN MEIKLE
“Polling day in Canberra will be on National Mushroom Day. Given the line about mushrooms being kept in the dark and fed on something unpalatable, I won’t go any further,” writes columnist CHRIS COLEMAN
“The memory of all soldiers who have ever died in the name of freedom is being tarnished by governments of the corporates, by the corporates and for the corporates,” writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE
“Reaching out to the people and building a personal profile through such methods as door knocking, media, social media and community involvement are key to success,” writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE
WHEN the next ACT election comes around in 2016, the newly formed ACT Branch of the Democratic Labor Party has announced it will be on the ballot paper. The new ACT party is led by […]
AFTER weeks of anticipation, the results of the ACT Election were announced in early November. ACT Labor secured another four years in office after Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury announced his decision to support Katy Gallagher […]
ACT Electoral Commissioner Phil Green today announced the candidates to be elected to the Assembly and represent Canberra’s three electorates. Candidates to be elected, in the order in which they were successful in the count, are: Brindabella Zed […]
WHILE the Greens lick their wounds over the loss of three quarters of their Assembly representation, the only member to be re-elected, Shane Rattenbury, is wrestling with a decision as to which of the two […]
Failing at an election is a slap in the face for candidates who have worked their guts out for months, says MARK PARTON. He should know, he was one once…
With the usual uncertain outcome in the ACT election, there is a struggle for the high moral ground about who has the right to govern, says MICHAEL MOORE
POLICE will not act on a complaint of assault outside a polling booth this morning in Stirling until Monday or Tuesday, say Canberra Liberals. They claim that at 9.30, a white Subaru car mounted the […]
LEADING your party through an election campaign for the first time is “not small work”, says Chief Minister Katy Gallagher. “There’s a lot more pressure on the leader of a political party, I’ve got more […]
ACT Labor have gone one step further in their attack on the Canberra Liberals, launching a website which they claim is a “one-stop shop for Canberrans to learn about the Liberals’ lies and misinformation.” The […]
“BUDGET papers do not lie, at least the 2011-12 ones don’t. The figures show that rates would have to triple in order to abolish stamp duties,” says president of the independent Ratepayers Association of the ACT […]
PRE-poll voting for the October 20 ACT election opened today. ACT electoral commissioner, Phillip Green says pre-poll centres are open in Belconnen, Civic, Downer, Gungahlin, Tuggeranong and Woden. Electronic voting is available at each of […]
A GRASS fire burning at the intersection of Newcastle Street and Hindmarsh Drive in Fyshwick has been extinguished. ACT Fire and Rescue and the ACT Rural Fire Service responded to the emergency with about 400 […]
POLICE have arrested a 21-year-old man in relation to two aggravated robberies this week. Police allege that on Monday (February 11) the man threatened a member of the public with a knife in a car […]
A BUSY Phillip restaurant, full of adults and children, was disturbed when more than a dozen suspected Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) members attacked four men. The suspected gang members entered the restaurant at about 8pm on […]
THE Morrison government, politically-speaking, is trying to do a loaves-and-fishes exercise with the medevac legislation, over which the parliament defied the executive this week. It is attempting to inflate Labor’s support for a modest measure […]
“THE Canberra Times” is on the auction block again with news this week that Macquarie Capital has been commissioned to find a buyer for the paper and its associated titles in the former Fairfax regional […]
