“In the current cost of living crisis, individual households and businesses are having to tighten their belts to deal with rising costs – and it’s time the government looked seriously at doing the same," says Chamber boss Greg Harford.
Treasurer Chris Steel has bowed to pressure from the Greens and reduced the Labor government's threatened $250 annual "health levy" to $100 this year, but only for residential and rural property ratepayers.
The ACT government seems to think money grows on trees, says letter writer MURRAY MAY in his reaction to the latest ACT budget: "The whole thing is a debacle, with the lack of foresight and prudent financial management very evident."
ACT taxpayers should be questioning the absence of Chief Minister Andrew Barr's third overseas trip in the last four months, just days after his government delivered a horror budget for Canberrans, says Opposition Leader Leanne Castley.
A 22-year-old woman and her 20-year-old brother have been charged with serious assault offences after a 14-year-old boy presented to hospital last week with significant injuries.
A 31-year-old Deakin man has been charged with drink driving after his van failed to take a bend and ran into the front of a Throsby home early this morning. No one was injured.
An 18-year-old Florey man has been charged over the alleged thefts of goods being sold via online platforms. Police say he is on bail for similar alleged offending.
Two of Australia’s best known fashion icons were at the National Gallery to celebrate a special acquisition of 80 fashion items from Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson’s personal archives.