Almost one-in-five ACT drivers tested positive for illicit drugs in 2023 while roadside drug testing continues to fall, according to new research by the NRMA.
There will be no seaplane flights landing on Lake Burley Griffin from Sydney this summer.
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The Safer Families Levy is not transparent or effective in informing the community how the levy is being used, says Auditor-General Michael Harris in a damning report on how the annual rates impost was being managed.
Yarralumla Beach East on Lake Burley Griffin will have a floating sauna by early next year following final approval by the National Capital Authority.
Published author NOEL BEDDOE continues his occasional series on some of the things that make living in Canberra so wonderful.
"With the new human right, a temperature assessment must surely become obligatory for all DAs, so no Canberrans discover that temperatures in their neighbourhood have suddenly climbed to unhealthy levels," writes BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.
"Will the ACT government have an epiphany and make planning decisions based on evidence?" wonders planning columnist MIKE QURIK.
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A portmanteau – or blended word – used in reference to the perceived duopoly of Australia’s largest supermarket retailers Coles and Woolworths, is the ANU's Australian National Dictionary Centre's word of the year.
KEEPING UP THE ACT shares a postcard to the cabinet kids from the Chief Minimalist.
"Control the narrative. Forget the why. Just get something out there. Something people talk about. For whatever reason. Trump’s team was brilliant at this," writes political columnist ANDREW HUGHES.
