Treasurer Spinocchio Steel won't shy away from spending what it takes to make Canberra the most progressive city in the world! It's KEEPING UP THE ACT.
A proposal to abandon the Westminster system of government in the ACT and replace it with a "government of territory unity" model has emerged from a public forum examining the future of self-government in Canberra.
Former ACT attorney-general Gordon Ramsay has been charged with seven additional offences relating to child abuse material and alleged sexual offending against a teenage boy.
The Ian Lindeman Memorial Winter Solstice Swim will celebrate its 10th anniversary this weekend, with hundreds of Canberrans expected to take part in the annual nude charity swim at Lake Burley Griffin.
Light rail services between Gungahlin Place and Alinga Street will be replaced by buses for the first weekend of July to allow construction work on Light Rail Stage 2A.
"The government has signalled that we are all best off as wage slaves depositing our compulsory 12 per cent into super and looking forward to a government-approved modest retirement," writes ROBERT McMAHON.
"With no macropods to eat it down, it is a firebomb just waiting to go off this coming summer. This is of concern to me, as my wife and I nearly lost our house up near Farrer Ridge in the 2003 event," says letter writer IAN MacDOUGALL.