Two years in, 124,000 behind: housing target slips away
Australia now needs to build more than 280,000 homes per annum to meet the National Housing Accord target of 1.2 million new dwellings over five years.
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OpenAI's multiple apologies are only the start of repairing the damage caused by letting one of its agents hack a Medicare website, ministers have said.
Crowds have congregated at Bondi Beach to mark the moment when the deadliest terror attack Israel has suffered began three years ago.
Former ABC broadcaster Richard Morecroft has been remembered as a passionate environmentalist and great Australian.
Politics
Border blitz to come with coalition’s migration cuts
Boosting visa processing and dusting off a mothballed home affairs program will ensure tens of thousands of people are deported under a new coalition plan.
Police
Partner allegedly strangled, assaulted with belt
A 47-year-old man has been charged after allegedly strangling, suffocating and assaulting his partner at their south Canberra home last month.
Police
More than 150 fines issued over long weekend
More than 150 traffic infringements were issued and 15 drink and drug drivers caught on ACT roads over the long weekend.
Canberra Airport has proposed a new covered stadium near Commonwealth Park, arguing a city-centre venue could bring major sporting events, concerts and visitors into the heart of Canberra.
Plans for Light Rail Stage 2B have been revised following public feedback, with changes to the State Circle alignment, a proposed power substation and the Melrose Drive Bridge.
Nurse Practitioner of the Year Kate Reed-Cox is changing how people approach end-of-life care. She talks to DHWANI PATHAK.
There's "no end in sight" for Australian consumers stuck in a "cost-of-living nightmare" as rising interest rates and fuel prices squeeze household budgets.
The coalition will temporarily slash net overseas migration to a third of current levels if it wins the 2028 election in a bid to fight against One Nation.
Anthropic says it would not have waited to tell the government if one of its models had hacked a public site, but says Australian law is still lagging.
The Australian Defence Force has confirmed a soldier has died and five others have been injured in a vehicle rollover in a bushland training area.
The death of a 70-year-old man found inside his Watson home on Monday is being treated as suspicious.
Canberrans are being invited to suggest changes to the ACT's electoral boundaries and electorate names ahead of the 2028 Legislative Assembly election.
Falls and strenuous or repetitive work accounted for more than half of accepted workers’ compensation claims in ACT small businesses over two years, according to WorkSafe ACT data.
Former ACT Greens leader and minister Shane Rattenbury has been appointed CEO of Lifeline Canberra and will start in the role on Monday.
Police believe there may be more victims after a man allegedly burgled an Ainslie home and attempted to break into another nearby property last week.
