KEEPING UP THE ACT reveals how the ACT Inactivity Commission's Operation Kingfisher took only five years to land a couple of big fish.
The unprovoked and purely gratuitous bashing of a compliant, naked, handcuffed Aboriginal man in an ACT police cell is surely the last straw, says JULIE TONGS.
Evan Mann and Richard Bush have been leading locals in the revegetation of Curtin’s Radburn precinct, an experimental town planning layout from the early '60s, reports TIA PRIEST-WILLIMOTT.
The Belconnen Community Council is urging ACT MLAs to oppose a proposal to rezone community land in the Belconnen Town Centre, arguing it would reduce land needed for future community facilities before key planning studies are completed.
A teenage boy has been charged after a bottle shop employee was allegedly struck several times with a baseball bat during an aggravated robbery in Woden on Monday evening.
Hindmarsh Drive in Phillip has been named Canberra's worst crash hotspot, with nose-to-tail collisions the most common type of accident, according to the 2026 AAMI Crash Index.
ActewAGL has acknowledged customers may be able to negotiate a cheaper energy plan even if their bill says they are on the retailer's "best offer", prompting criticism from independent MLA Thomas Emerson.
"While the conventional wisdom seems to be that Hanson’s rise has been a function of mass disillusionment with the major parties, I suspect there is more to her popularity than mere protest," writes ROBERT McMAHON.
"Perhaps the government should concentrate on demonstrating value through sound financial management rather than reminding ratepayers that using a service funded by their taxes has saved them money," says letter writer DAVID EVERED.
Havelock Housing will hold Canberra's first memorial vigil for people who have died while experiencing homelessness, marking the opening of Homelessness Week next Monday.
Chief Minister Andrew Barr has unveiled a reshuffled ACT Cabinet following Yvette Berry's resignation, appointing Rachel Stephen-Smith as Deputy Chief Minister and promoting Brindabella MLA Caitlin Tough to the ministry.
A Giralang woman has been charged with drug driving after police stopped a car being driven erratically in McKellar on Sunday night.
