"MUCH to the growing dismay of ratepayers, the City Renewal Authority continues to burn millions on pop-ups and other distractions in Civic, Braddon and more recently Dickson," despairs "Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN.
"A PERVERSE outcome of the ACT government’s fixation with high-rise development and its rush to densify Canberra will almost certainly be that the city's ultimate population will be much higher than ever envisaged," writes JON STANHOPE on Page 15.
Columnist PAUL COSTIGAN takes no prisoners in his dismissal of the NCS’s "stupid suggestion” to remove and replace Commonwealth Bridge.
DESPITE feigning affection for classical music, movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD finds himself teetering on the rapturous with his review of Elton John's biopic "Rocketman". It's on Page 27.
Experienced car dealer DAVID ROLFE reckons his company's rates in Phillip will have jumped 100 per cent in three years – a grinding rise that seriously threatens the Melrose Drive motor trade.
Rock band Foreigner is about to play Canberra. Before then guitarist Mick Jones will be feted with the inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Musical Achievement from the ANU, but there's more… on Page 10.
FORMER chief minister JON STANHOPE says, in politics, what goes around comes around and offers a warning for the risk-taking ACT government.
Singer-guitarist José Feliciano reveals some surprises to arts editor HELEN MUSA ahead of his Canberra concert.
OLYMPIC swimmer Alicia Coutts tells reporter DANIELLE NOHRA that the going’s been tough since she retired from competition, but she has a plan for the future.
DID she? Didn't she? Ada Bunfield found herself in the dock after her teacher husband met his untimely end, the victim of strychnine poisoning, writes "Yesterdays" columnist NICHOLE OVERALL
"HELL on the high water" doesn't phase veteran, local yachtsman Erik Adriaanse as he faces his 29th Sydney-to-Hobart Yacht Race. He explains why to TIM GAVEL.
THERE'S a lot of talented women in Canberra and this week, in our annual salute to the city's women in business, we feature 10 pages of professionals you can trust.
WITH six men dead on Manus Island, JON STANHOPE won't stop taunting both major parties for their "tragic" treatment of refugees and ROBERT MACKLIN disowns the "foreign object" that is Tasmania.
THE rule at the top of the list for our Y-registered vehicles these days seems to be "every man for himself", bemoans columnist CHRIS COLEMAN of his fellow drivers and, worse still, parkers!
"WHY, oh why, are we drip feeding the supply of land for detached houses so as to only meet the needs of the privileged middle and upper middle class?" bemoans former Chief Minister JON STANHOPE
POLITICAL columnist MICHAEL MOORE gives pollies a glimpse of what life would be like if we did to them what they do to us!
DIETITIAN CLARE WOLSKI reveals the key nutrients your immune system needs to fight off colds and flu. Meantime, wine columnist RICHARD CALVER warns vegans to check the labels of wine bottles.
"THE government insists that it has released 7000 sites more than there has been demand for. These claims demand serious examination," says JON STANHOPE in a fascinating look at the state of affordable housing.
"FROZEN caramel custard. Salted hazelnut praline. Chocolate parfait. Chocolate and cocoa fragments. Divine". Has dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON tasted dessert heaven?
