Former senior planner RICHARD JOHNSTON says a 'local planning panel' offers an open and transparent option that could easily be adopted by the ACT government.
Last year Jetstar increased its flights between Canberra and the Gold Coast to five days a week, but a recent scan of the airline's schedule sees services being pegged back to four days a week and sometimes just three.
An 18-year-old Greenway woman has been charged with four counts of obtaining property by deception after allegedly using stolen bank cards to make fraudulent purchases.
Chief Minister Andrew Barr has taken some public scorn and derision after a photograph showing his expensive electric car indifferently parked in a disabled spot over Easter came to light via the Australian Disability Parking Wall of Shame.
Traffic heading south on Northbourne Avenue through the intersection of Bunda Street will be monitored for speed and red light offences from the end of this month.
"For transport strategies to be more effective a better understanding of travel behaviour is needed. The choice of transport mode is influenced by convenience, comfort, time, income and cost," writes former planner MIKE QUIRK.