Unemployment rate climbs to near five-year high
Almost 40,000 new jobs were added to the economy in August, but a spike in people out of work caused the unemployment rate to edge higher.
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The 2026-27 ACT Budget has passed the Legislative Assembly, with new spending on housing, health and community services alongside cost-of-living measures.
The ACT government will introduce legislation to strengthen hate crime and vilification laws, including expanding bans on Nazi symbols and requiring courts to consider hate motivation when sentencing offenders.
The ACT government has introduced changes to its property developer licensing scheme that would remove individual directors' liability for serious building defects where developers take out compliant Latent Defect Insurance.
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AI ‘climbed over’ a fence, broke into Medicare site
An AI agent's hack of a government website was not revealed for weeks, Anthony Albanese says, as part of a breach that may have affected other platforms.
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Prescribed burn to begin in Bruce today
A prescribed hazard reduction burn is scheduled to begin at Gossan Hill Nature Reserve in Bruce today, subject to suitable weather and fuel moisture conditions.
Politics
Wood takes aim at ‘school yard’ political attacks
Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood has taken aim at political attacks on public institutions, warning they corrode trust and ultimately weaken productivity, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Three men have been charged after an allegedly stolen SUV collided with two vehicles and rolled onto its roof on the Barton Highway on Tuesday.
The Canberra Liberals will move for the government to investigate expanding paediatric cancer and blood disorder services at Canberra Hospital so more children can receive treatment closer to home.
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.
Anthony Albanese will continue to press the need for countries to put up guardrails on AI, despite Donald Trump urging acceleration of the technology.
Police issued 76 fines and 45 defect notices during a two-night operation targeting dangerous driving on Canberra's rural roads.
The coalition would ditch almost every part of Labor's energy transition plan under a sweeping overhaul that would favour fossil fuel use.
Claims of 'alliance' talks between senior coalition and One Nation MPs have been dismissed as figments of Barnaby Joyce's imagination.
The five suspended Sydney Swans players will return to the club's headquarters this week for exit meetings and are expected to address the playing group.
The US government has labelled upcoming social media reforms in Australia as censorship that would affect American companies unfairly.
A parenthood advocacy leader will call on the federal government to directly fund childcare centres, as the cost of raising kids climbs.
Two episodes of the ABC's flagship investigative program failed to meet the national broadcaster's editorial standards, an independent review has found.
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.
