Mirandi Riwoe’s Queanbeyan-connected novel, A Short History of Longans, will be prominent among the unexpected local and regional stories featured at the "biggest yet" 10th Canberra Writers Festival, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Teachers' union chief Angela Burroughs finds herself in a relentless loop of circular argument with the Minister for Education and Dark Arts Rachel Slytherin-Smith. It's KEEPING UP THE ACT!
Nurse Practitioner of the Year Kate Reed-Cox is changing how people approach end-of-life care. She talks to DHWANI PATHAK.
"Leaving it to senior public servants when the news is bad and fronting the media only when there is a great picture or positive news is gutless politics," growls political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
"The sort of complacency illustrated by the explosion of the rabbit population is endemic in ACT politics. Compare sitting on hands regarding rabbits, to sitting on hands regarding the budget!" writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
"Something basic is amiss when a national newspaper runs an error-ridden, unsubstantiated opinion piece that is intent on undermining community confidence in our judiciary," writes HUGH SELBY.
"More than a year after its walloping at the last election, the Coalition’s policy machinery looks positively anaemic; a policy vacuum," writes political columnist ROBERT McMAHON.
"Over the next five years the jobs forecast is for 500 new entrants through digital graduate and trainee programs, but with 1800 retirements. That creates a gap of 8190 digital government staff by 2030," say ALEX KOVACESKI & RICHARD CALVER.
"The founder and chief organiser of the Canberra Art Fair, artist Margaret Hadfield, may look as if she’s a one-woman band but this is far from the truth," writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
As the Jewish community mourns the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack Israel's ambassador has visited the site, as Australia considers tighter gun laws.
Mushroom cook Erin Patterson intentionally poisoned four members of her estranged husband's family, a jury has found after a week of deliberations.
A coroner has found the death of a 19-year-old Warlpiri-Luritja man in a remote community was avoidable, and the former police officer who shot him was racist.
NSW Premier Chris Minns says women were targeted in the Bondi Junction mass stabbing but lengthy inquiries to come may never conclusively find a motive.
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.
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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.
"Leaving it to senior public servants when the news is bad and fronting the media only when there is a great picture or positive news is gutless politics," growls political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
"The sort of complacency illustrated by the explosion of the rabbit population is endemic in ACT politics. Compare sitting on hands regarding rabbits, to sitting on hands regarding the budget!" writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
Teachers' union chief Angela Burroughs finds herself in a relentless loop of circular argument with the Minister for Education and Dark Arts Rachel Slytherin-Smith. It's KEEPING UP THE ACT!
"Something basic is amiss when a national newspaper runs an error-ridden, unsubstantiated opinion piece that is intent on undermining community confidence in our judiciary," writes HUGH SELBY.
"Over the next five years the jobs forecast is for 500 new entrants through digital graduate and trainee programs, but with 1800 retirements. That creates a gap of 8190 digital government staff by 2030," say ALEX KOVACESKI & RICHARD CALVER.
"Why worry if a woman in custodial care gets $100,000 medical compensation. It’s only other people’s money," says letter writer ANTHONY HORDERN.
Suddenly everyone's talking about data centres, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
"The latest political spin presents the Albanese government as leaders in managing the new Digital Age. But the sad truth is that this government, when given the ball, kicked it into the long grass," writes HUGH SELBY.
As we proudly salute five years of the innovative KEEPING UP THE ACT comic strip, its mysterious creator – Shush Capital – reveals how the strip is technically assembled and the intense human creativity behind it.
"While smart glasses offer genuine benefits in daily life, they also raise a challenging question: How do schools maintain fair examinations when AI becomes almost invisible?" Letter writer DONALD THOMAS raises an interesting issue.
Meet new columnist HAMOUDI AL-SAGHIR, a remarkable young Syrian refugee with a terrible story of survival. In his first column, he shares a glimpse of his confronting past and his youthful optimism as he thrives at studying law at the ANU.
Mirandi Riwoe’s Queanbeyan-connected novel, A Short History of Longans, will be prominent among the unexpected local and regional stories featured at the "biggest yet" 10th Canberra Writers Festival, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Sondheim meets social media, 114 short films hit Canberra screens and book lovers get a trail of their own in arts editor HELEN MUSA’s latest “Artsweek”.
In a new experience for ArtSound FM, the four finalists in its ACT Young Virtuoso Awards held last Sunday were all young males under 15 and all pianists, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews eight artists bringing Australian birdlife to GOST in Watson, from Tom Moore's whimsical glass creations to Greg Oakley's extraordinary lifelike paintings.
With what he said was his final novel due for publication later this month, former UK MP Lord Jeffrey Archer has died at 86.
"The founder and chief organiser of the Canberra Art Fair, artist Margaret Hadfield, may look as if she’s a one-woman band but this is far from the truth," writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"There was some very competent singing on display, including renditions of some of the canon’s most daunting arias and ensembles." MICHAEL WILSON reviews The Heroines, a performance by National Opera.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
HELN MUSA reviews Trauerode, a performance by the Canberra Bach Ensemble.
We're scaling new heights when it comes to interest rates, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
An idea for when the cost of fuel finally takes you over the top, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Mountain Laurel brings delicate pink spring flowers to the garden and is a tough evergreen well suited to Canberra’s cold climate, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
"The whole business of allocating a score as if the process of tasting wine as an objective exercise is flawed," says wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
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Historians ROSS FITZGERALD & DICK WHITAKER recall film star Katharine Hepburn's famous visit to Australia.
Overlooking the lake in Tuggeranong, there's a cafe with pretty views and loads of indoor and outdoor seating, sys dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
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