The ACT Greens will move for a temporary moratorium on new data centres until the government finalises its Data Centre Framework, arguing stronger rules are needed to protect Canberra's water and energy supplies.
Police issued 76 fines and 45 defect notices during a two-night operation targeting dangerous driving on Canberra's rural roads.
Canberra Liberals Leader Mark Parton will move for a fresh inquiry into ACT fuel prices today after Canberra recorded the highest average petrol price of any capital city last week.
ACT Greens Housing spokesperson Rebecca Vassarotti will move a motion in the Legislative Assembly today calling on the government to introduce a portable rental bond scheme to reduce the upfront cost of moving home.
Canberra renters facing financial hardship will be able to apply for grants of up to $2500 when the ACT government's $5.2 million Housing Crisis Support Fund opens on September 30.
First the iconic bus shelters are heritage listed, now our time-weathered chief has been heritage protected from removal, reports KEEPING UP THE ACT.
“The more stories in my pocket, the more I can adapt.” Multilingual Angie Ouyang, the inaugural Canberra Region Tour Guide of the Year, shares some of her techniques with reporter DHWANI PATHAK.
Canberra Liberals Ed Cocks and Deborah Morris are calling for more police patrols in Molonglo and a delivery plan for a promised police station, saying residents have raised concerns about home invasions, and police response times.
Canberra Liberals Leader Mark Parton will move a motion in the Legislative Assembly today calling for continued funding of non-clinical, home-based palliative care support after funding changes affecting Community Options.
Chief Minister Andrew Barr has ruled out co-locating data centres with Canberra's public swimming pools ahead of an ACT Greens proposal to be debated in the Legislative Assembly this week.
"More than a year after its walloping at the last election, the Coalition’s policy machinery…
"One Nation’s – Hanson’s – attack on Andrew Hastie as a 'traitor' was one of the more appalling examples of political leadership I have seen in 30 years of observing and analysing Australian politics," writes columnist ROBERT McMAHON.
