"Simple economics tells us where demand exceeds supply, prices increase. The practical on-the-ground effect is likely to be frenetic activity at property inspections, applications for properties and rising rents," writes ROBERT McMAHON.
LAUCHLAN McINTOSH says the public is entitled to ask a simple question: if the government collects more than $1m from a road safety levy, why suspend a $200,000 community road safety grants program that directly supports prevention work?
Members of Professionals Australia have begun indefinite protected industrial action after claiming the ACT Government failed to respond to a request for a hazard allowance for forensic scientists working in clandestine drug laboratories.
The Australian Masters Rowing Championships will return to Lake Burley Griffin for the first time in more than a decade under a partnership between the ACT Government and Rowing Australia.
Goodwin Village Downer has opened, marking the completion of more than 120 new homes for older Canberrans, including affordable rental options.
The ACT has fallen 1450 homes short of its National Housing Accord target ahead of its second anniversary, according to Master Builders ACT.
The Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia ACT has called on the ACT government to suspend sharp increases to firearms licensing fees, due to start on July 1.
A 14-year-old boy has been charged for the second time in a week after allegedly leading police on a pursuit in a stolen car through Canberra's south.
MIKE WELSH, drivetime announcer at 2CC in 2012, dreamt up a stunt to boost his ratings that may have changed the destiny of Australian politics, for which he apologises.
An estimated 8000 people packed Tuggeranong's South.Point Shopping Centre on Saturday for the AustIndia Fair, one of Canberra's largest indoor multicultural celebrations.
Two men who were already subject to bail conditions have been charged after police chased a stolen four-wheel drive through several Canberra suburbs before it crashed through locked gates at a Lawson construction site overnight.
"When community life weakens, the national mood becomes scratchier... More public argument takes place through suspicion rather than trust. Problems that could have been solved around a table are left to harden," writes ANDREW LEIGH.
