Canberrans are being warned to prepare for a stronger grass pollen season in 2025, according to the Canberra Pollen Count and Forecast.
"Jumbunna has identified systemic racism and the lack of cultural safety in government as significant drivers of the over-representation of Aboriginal peoples in the criminal justice system," writes Aboriginal leader JULIE TONGS.
"Surely, for a project like that of the extension of light rail to Woden, the public has the right to hear from a truly independent expert about the extensive impact this project has upon their life," writes BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.
The ANU's full leadership team should not assume that the Canberra community, which includes many concerned ANU donors, will remain committed to supporting ANU getting to wherever it is being driven to, says letter writer SUE DYER.
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At 46, Jason Day is in his fourth year as an apprentice sprinkler fitter. Despite being the oldest in his class, he loves the job: "I’ve done a million different jobs but never done one where I jump out of bed in the morning like this.”
From 56 entries, four books have been shortlisted for the 2025 ACT Book of the Year award that showcase storytelling across memoir, non-fiction and historical reflection.
A 33-year-old man from Ngunnawal was caught speeding at 133km/h in a 90km/h zone on Caswell Drive near Aranda.
S&P Global Ratings has lowered its credit rating for the ACT government to AA from AA+ with the "expectation that ACT will incur large deficits after capital accounts and its debt will be structurally higher than in the past".
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All prison staff need training, says the ACT Human Rights Commission, after the ACT Supreme Court found on Thursday that the human rights of a female detainee had been seriously breached.
A suspended 29-year-old man's allegedly high-speed driving burst through Narrabundah, Fyshwick and Queanbeyan early on Thursday morning came to halt when he ran into a mob of kangaroos.
