"It was an awesome display of the power of the press, with the newspaper proprietors easily defeating an elected cabinet minister." Historians ROSS FITZGERALD and DICK WHITAKER recall how the Commonwealth Censor took on the media… and lost.
"Gen AI research points to a potential loss of human capital through undermining three important characteristics of a high-functioning workforce: critical thinking skills, subject knowledge and motivation," says Dr KAREN MACPHERSON
"The Canberra Liberals have reached the point where ideology must finally concede to pragmatism. They can achieve nothing in permanent opposition," writes GWYN REES.
A two-day Total Fire Ban has been declared for the ACT from 12am Thursday until 11.59pm on Friday, as weather conditions drive elevated fire danger across the territory.
A 54-year-old man has been charged after police allege a hidden camera was installed in a public toilet at the North Canberra Hospital.
"Uneven" access to sporting facilities across the ACT has prompted the Canberra Liberals to call for an independent audit of public sporting infrastructure.
ACT Greens have criticised the Labor government over cuts to rapid bus services in West Belconnen and delays in the rollout of MyWay+.
"The continued development of light rail should be based on more than an act of faith in a time of high and increasing debt and unmet community needs, including health, housing, childcare, sport and recreation," writes MIKE QUIRK.
Telecommunications fibre optic cables were damaged during an early-morning incident in Wanniassa, disrupting internet services to the area.
"Ultimately, a tunnel under Civic will also be necessary as traffic congestion inevitably increases," says letter writer RICHARD JOHNSTON as he showcases the new Melbourne Metro rail system.
It was disappointing that drivers continued to gamble with children’s lives by speeding in school zones, said superintendent of Road and Proactive Policing Alex Nicolson.
A Sydney PhD student has recreated cosmic dust in a laboratory bottle, offering new insights into how the building blocks of life may have formed billions of years before Earth existed.
