Lawmaker Taimus Werner-Gibbings', after 1.5 years in the Assembly, has taken the mighty step to reduce the number of peremptory challenges in jury selection. "This isn’t even tokenism. It’s just pathetic," writes legal columnist HUGH SELBY.
Insurance numbers constantly identify the ACT as a national hotspot when it comes to animal crashes, especially with kangaroos. Crashes involving wildlife spike in winter. MILAD HAGHANI explains how to avoid them.
"If I rue anything it is that artificial intelligence came so late in my life. How I envy my grandkids. They will have A1 tools beyond my imagination," writes columnist HUGH SELBY.
Amber Spice is a newbie, swinging its doors open in Kingston in late January. Dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON was there to support the team behind this new restaurant embarking on its new journey.
With age, the capacity to recall dreams decreases. Some studies suggest women are more likely to remember dreams than men.
Those ‘recycled polyester’ leggings are not as sustainable as you think, say textile experts CAROLINE SWEE LIN TAN and SANIYAT ISLAM.
The rate rises are taking their toll, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Would Pauline Hanson really risk a tilt at the lower house, asks political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
“I call it ‘a daughter’s promise fulfilled’… I want everybody to be on the same page and have a deep understanding of the person I want them to feel for," Lisa Simone tells arts editor HELEN MUSA.
As the Jewish community mourns the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack Israel's ambassador has visited the site, as Australia considers tighter gun laws.
Mushroom cook Erin Patterson intentionally poisoned four members of her estranged husband's family, a jury has found after a week of deliberations.
A coroner has found the death of a 19-year-old Warlpiri-Luritja man in a remote community was avoidable, and the former police officer who shot him was racist.
NSW Premier Chris Minns says women were targeted in the Bondi Junction mass stabbing but lengthy inquiries to come may never conclusively find a motive.
With women and children linked to Islamic State on their way to Australia, experts are warning they face a difficult transition into society.
Premium steakhouse Hunter & Barrel will open its doors at the Canberra Centre, 20 Scotts Crossing, on May 8, bringing its signature fire-led dining experience to the nation’s capital.
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Footloose: The Musical returns to Canberra in a new production – bigger, bolder and more explosive than ever before – at the Royal Theatre, May 8-10.
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The Australian War Memorial sits on a "fault line" in the national debate, its director says, as he reflects on how history guides its $580 million refurb.
With women and children linked to Islamic State on their way to Australia, experts are warning they face a difficult transition into society.
One-fifth of all gas exports on the east coast will be set aside for use in domestic markets under a reservation plan.
The ACT Government says it has strengthened fuel supply monitoring and consumer protections, with new legislation designed to improve transparency during periods of fuel market disruption.
Two men were shot in a targeted incident in Belconnen early on Anzac Day, police say.
Since they rose to premiership domination in 2020 no team have scored three consecutive wins over Penrith, but Canberra could become the first in round 10.
Grants will be handed out to help victim-survivors of sexual violence access grassroots services to support their healing and recovery.
A 68-year-old man is dead after his car collided with a wall at the underpass on Tambreet Street, Majura (under the parkway) late on Wednesday morning.
Those ‘recycled polyester’ leggings are not as sustainable as you think, say textile experts CAROLINE SWEE LIN TAN and SANIYAT ISLAM.
Canberra is on track to become one of the first cities in the world where every residential suburb has access to a publicly available defibrillator, thanks to a surge in philanthropic support for the StreetBeat initiative.
Would Pauline Hanson really risk a tilt at the lower house, asks political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"The reformed Support at Home program has proved in practice to be neither particularly supportive nor effective care for elderly Australians," writes columnist ROBERT McMAHON.
Lawmaker Taimus Werner-Gibbings', after 1.5 years in the Assembly, has taken the mighty step to reduce the number of peremptory challenges in jury selection. "This isn’t even tokenism. It’s just pathetic," writes legal columnist HUGH SELBY.
KEEPING UP THE ACT catches up with the latest pronouncements of Jim 'Bomber' Bombsley, the Grand Field Marshal of the Australian War Glamorial.
The ACT Government has opted to send light rail Stage 2B up Commonwealth Avenue to State Circle east, despite the NCA originally wanting it to go up Kings Avenue and through Barton. But RICHARD JOHNSTON says we should forget it all.
"The increase in locally renewably-produced energy would free-up oil supplies for use in areas where increasing electrification is more complex such as mining and manufacturing," says letter writer MIKE QUIRK, of Garran.
"Sally Dowling's extraordinary explanation is that the decision to do over the judge was made at a meeting attended by her, but at which she was preoccupied with her mobile phone to the exclusion of all else," writes HUGH SELBY.
These tough economic times are taking their toll, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
"A few, undeserving and awful people wield far too much power," says columnist HUGH SELBY. "They hold it for themselves. The rest of us are like scurrying mice, hoping not to be squelched."
Believe it or not, Shane Rattenbury's hung up his pith helmet and departed the Legislative Assembly. KEEPING UP THE ACT looks at what might be next for the wilting Greens leader.
BRIAN ROPE reviews the latest collection of artworks by the 2024 Canberra City News Artist of the Year, Hilary Wardhaugh, in a joint photography exhibition with David Manley in Belconnen.
CON BOEKEL reviews two portrait photography exhibitions Nanuma by Karlina Mitchell and Deadpan Artefacts by Melita Dahl.
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews Extra Padding, a collaborative exhibition of quilted works by eleven artists at Platform, Manuka.
“I call it ‘a daughter’s promise fulfilled’… I want everybody to be on the same page and have a deep understanding of the person I want them to feel for," Lisa Simone tells arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Canberra gets musical, artisanal and more in the latest Artsweek column by arts editor HELEN MUSA
If there’s one thing likely to inspire patriotic enthusiasm in a wide range of Australians, it’s our exceptional talent for invention, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
SAMARA PURNELL reviews the dance film Pointe: Dancing on a Knife’s Edge, which features dancer Floeur Alder.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
" This was an adventurous program from The Llewellyn Choir of two modern Easter masses mixed in with a couple of shorter choral works and two instrumental breaks from a string ensemble," writes reviewer GRAHAM McDONALD.
Insurance numbers constantly identify the ACT as a national hotspot when it comes to animal crashes, especially with kangaroos. Crashes involving wildlife spike in winter. MILAD HAGHANI explains how to avoid them.
"If I rue anything it is that artificial intelligence came so late in my life. How I envy my grandkids. They will have A1 tools beyond my imagination," writes columnist HUGH SELBY.
Amber Spice is a newbie, swinging its doors open in Kingston in late January. Dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON was there to support the team behind this new restaurant embarking on its new journey.
With age, the capacity to recall dreams decreases. Some studies suggest women are more likely to remember dreams than men.
May 9 marks the 125th anniversary of the opening of Australia's first federal parliament. NICHOLE OVERALL reveals some details of the the little known, so-called 'Father of Canberra'…
Gardeners can prepare plants for frost by choosing suitable varieties, improving microclimates, mulching well and adjusting care for indoor plants through the colder months, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
"The older wine changed a great deal over the course of lunch. It had obviously been stored well and its deep-red colour showed no hint of browning, a sign of a wine being over the hill," writes (well aged) wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
The science of cosiness: textiles expert REBECCA VAN AMBER explains feather down, bamboo and polyester duvets.
"My friend is a massive pizza lover. His oven-fired Toscana pizza on a house-made tomato base featured yum Fior di latte." WENDY JOHNSON enjoys an exciting addition to dining in Belconnen.
