Concerns about lengthy delays and “controversial” public hearings in investigations by the ICAC were raised in two NSW parliamentary inquiries into the watchdog, according to former member for Monaro Nichole Overall.
From today, Calvary Public Hospital Bruce will be known at North Canberra Hospital, following the ACT government's controversial take over of the privately owned hospital.
"The paper has abandoned the arts community and the arts community will abandon the paper." After 46 years reviewing for "The Canberra Times", leading art critic and author SASHA GRISHIN is sent packing as the paper dumps its reviewers.
NSW poet Penny Lane has claimed one of Australia's richest poetry prizes for "Remembering Mary", which honours an outback pioneer, reports STEPHANIE GARDINER.
Former planner MIKE QUIRK says the ACT government’s virtue signalling, reflected in the simplistic 2018 Planning Strategy, needs to be replaced by a strategy based on the analysis of potential urban futures.