Parton questions $110m health record contract
The Canberra Liberals have welcomed the expansion of ACT digital health records to more GPs while calling on the government to answer questions over the management of a contract underpinning the system.
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About 65 voluntary redundancies will be offered across the ACT Health and Community Services Directorate as it moves to cut staffing costs and operate within its budget.
A rural shopper could face a 165km round trip to pick-up a package, while the national postal service dominates the parcel market, an inquiry has been told.
Australia's housing downturn is now deeper than at the same stage of the 2022-23 decline, putting it on track for one of the biggest falls on record.
Feature
ANU wins the student moot, but why does it matter?
The ANU team of Alexandra Fladun-Dorling, Rania Saud and Georgia Bowrey have won the grand final of the ACT Annual Intervarsity Moot against UC's team of Grace Huang, Grace Ferguson and Dakota Thorne. Legal columnist HUGH SELBY was there.
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ACT bushfire season begins with call to prepare
The ACT's 2026-27 bushfire season begins today, with Canberrans being urged to prepare their households for bushfires and other emergencies.
Politics
‘Angry’ Greens chief says Labor leaving voters in lurch
The new Greens leadership is looking to UK counterparts for inspiration as they echo pledges to "replace Labor", which they say has been marching to the right.
Homebuilding in the ACT is forecast to fall 15 per cent over the next five years, with Master Builders predicting the territory will fall about 2550 homes short of its National Housing Accord target.
Fatigue among air traffic control staff is being investigated by the transport safety bureau as a potential factor in recent near misses on airport runways.
A revered finance journalist has announced he is retiring after 31 years with the ABC, and a media career that spanned more than half a century.
New Greens leader David Shoebridge has promised to meet the political moment as Larissa Waters has made her first appearance since stepping down due to illness.
A 38-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving after allegedly fleeing police with a baby in his car.
Australia's headline inflation rate has a four in front of it again after a huge spike in fuel prices.
Controversy-ridden Australian National University slipped to its lowest spot in the latest Times Higher Education rankings, even as four of the six Aussie institutions in top 100 improved on their previous year's scores.
Canberra's public transport information needs an overhaul, with passengers facing inaccurate timetables, confusing service alerts and an unreliable MyWay+ app, according to a new report.
Four Canberra places spanning the city's pastoral beginnings, architectural development and growth of the public service have been recognised in new ACT Heritage Council decisions.
More than 70 per cent of Canberra general practices have signed up to a system giving them access to patients’ ACT public health records with their consent.
Canberra children aged up to eight will be able to access developmental support without a formal diagnosis or referral when the Thriving Kids program launches tomorrow.
The Albanese government is strengthening its defences against rogue AI activity in the wake of the OpenAI breach of a government website and ahead of the report from a taskforce it established to investigate the incident.
