"In our capital, blessed with Walter Burley Griffin’s design of a garden city, green spaces are being replaced by concrete, glass, metal and other building materials promoting the Urban Heat Island effect," writes BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.
An independent review will look into the ACT government's progress in delivering recommendations aimed at addressing the over-representation of First Nations people in the justice system.
Police report that Lachlan Porreca, 27, who escaped from the Canberra Hospital's Adult Mental Health Unit on April 29 has been located and returned to the unit.
"The ACT government's public transport, city development and climate objectives could be achieved by a more rapid electrification of the bus fleet and increasing the frequency, comfort, speed and coverage of buses," writes MIKE QUIRK.
The ACT government has used its numbers to push the Health Infrastructure Enabling Bill 2023 through the Legislative Assembly, effectively taking over the Calvary Public Hospital from its long-term Catholic operators.