The attack on independent MP Helen Haines has shocked Australia, but political violence is hardly new. JOSHUA BLACK and FRANK BONGIORNO examine its troubling history and what it means for democracy today.
"Some folks never learn to read the room… they hear someone’s pain that reflects their experience and say to the woman weeping at her miscarriage, 'that’s nothing, I had six of them'," writes Kindness columnist ANTONIO DI DIO.
"The ACT bank account is not just empty, but in the red to the tune of billions because of bad policy and reckless spending. But there's no sense the government is changing its modus operandi." JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED shake their heads.
It's the unanswered questions of the universe that inspire prize-winning ANU physicist Susan Scott. She tells reporter DHWANI PATHAK she hopes her career will inspire more young women to pursue science.
"The 40 per cent of ACT voters who put David Pocock as their first preference at the last election should be feeling very proud of his performance," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
A pair of enterprising musicians is taking up the baton for Parkinson’s research in a show they say will “shake it up”. And From a Diamond to a King is coming to Canberra, reports artys editor HELEN MUSA.
By arts editor Helen Musa In a coup for the ANU Film Group, Monument, directed by Bohemian Rhapsody and X-Men...
Greens leader David Shoebridge faces a growing party crisis after Jordon Steele-John publicly disputed claims he had agreed to take leave amid an investigation into allegations against him, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Letter writer and new Mawson resident DAVID ROBERTSON has written three times to his local MP David Smith after being "badly burned by the housing market’s budget reaction". But to no replies from the Member for Bean.
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.
The man accused of intentionally driving into federal MP Helen Haines with a four-wheel drive has remained quiet as he appeared in court.
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The man accused of intentionally driving into federal MP Helen Haines with a four-wheel drive has remained quiet as he appeared in court.
The ACT government will introduce legislation in the Legislative Assembly today (October 21) to guarantee a public holiday on Anzac Day, with an additional Monday holiday whenever April 25 falls on a weekend.
The central question for a probe into a closed-shop grants round is who made the calls on $560 million of taxpayer funding for Labor election promises.
As parliamentarians grapple with a violent attack on their colleague Helen Haines, an inquiry will hear how social media is driving Australians to extremism.
After being targeted with vile imagery, slurs and a co-ordinated letterbox drop, a political candidate says she will not run for parliament again.
The ACT Greens are pushing to extend overnight poker machine closures by an additional six hours a week, challenging the ACT government's decision to scale back its original gambling reform commitment.
Michelle Heyman says Canberra United have never been better placed to return to their trophy-winning ways after new owners rescued the A-League Women club.
Security services will brief politicians after independent MP Helen Haines suffered a life-threatening alleged attack outside her electorate office.
The Canberra Liberals are calling on the ACT government to identify gaps in Canberra's domestic and family violence services within six months, rather than waiting until 2028.
The attack on independent MP Helen Haines has shocked Australia, but political violence is hardly new. JOSHUA BLACK and FRANK BONGIORNO examine its troubling history and what it means for democracy today.
"The ACT bank account is not just empty, but in the red to the tune of billions because of bad policy and reckless spending. But there's no sense the government is changing its modus operandi." JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED shake their heads.
Letter writer and new Mawson resident DAVID ROBERTSON has written three times to his local MP David Smith after being "badly burned by the housing market’s budget reaction". But to no replies from the Member for Bean.
Canberra needs more homes and a government that stops getting in the way, says Canberra Liberals Leader MARK PARTON.
"Those who want to froth about the inadequacy of this sentence would do well to note that there is no rehabilitation in our ACT prison system. That is the fault of the current ACT Government," writes legal affairs columnist HUGH SELBY.
"Jim asks his acolytes to swap their livery for Nick Cave T-shirts and their rung on the ladder to be shared by those with fewer opportunities." writes Kindness columnist ANTONIO DI DIO.
"Once infrequent, there are now more motions passing through the ACT Legislative Assembly than through the portaloos at the Multicultural Festival," writes SHUSH CAPITAL in this week's KEEPING UP THE ACT.
Here's a new episode of KEEPING UP THE ACT's travel show Getting Away With It. This time your favourite host reports from his latest junket to the UK...
It’s Palestinian leaders who have refused Israel’s various generous offers of statehood and other peace-building initiatives, and who constantly commit or promote terrorism against Israel," says letter writer ALAN SHROOT.
Lowering the cost of living doesn't come cheap, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
"The selection of our judiciary is quaint. The community might reasonably expect that applicants demonstrate a capacity to write a decision prior to appointment. That doesn’t happen." HUGH SELBY has some ideas to speed up slow judgments.
A pair of enterprising musicians is taking up the baton for Parkinson’s research in a show they say will “shake it up”. And From a Diamond to a King is coming to Canberra, reports artys editor HELEN MUSA.
By arts editor Helen Musa In a coup for the ANU Film Group, Monument, directed…
Courtney Act takes centre stage at the National Portrait Gallery, while Canberra lights up for Japan and film festivals fill the screens, in the latest "Artsweek" column by arts editor HELEN MUSA
Canberra actor, director and producer Michael J Smith, founder of Greek Theatre Now, has made a successful foray into Perth with his production of Sophocles’ Oedipus the King at Kings Park Amphitheatre, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Five actors will take on 39 characters in a fast-moving production of Mark Brown’s adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days, directed and produced by Honest Puck Theatre’s James Scott, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
As part of both the BOLD and Craft + Design Canberra festivals, Liz Lea will be staging a double bill of dance works themed around design, dance, disability and dissent, titled ALTER, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
The promise of an afternoon of authentic French cabaret drew an appreciative audience of Francophiles to The Street Theatre only to be transported to the boulevards of Paris, reviews BILL STEPHENS.
Oriana Chorale's beautifully controlled voices, intricate harmonies and immersive soundscapes brought the magic of the aurora to life under Dan Walker, reviews DAVID WHITBREAD.
Here's HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
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Kylie Jenner has dazzled the audience at the Victoria's Secret fashion show by walking the runway wearing a $US50 million bra covered with 4410 diamonds.
Mouth ulcers can make eating and talking painful, but why do some people keep getting them? Oral health experts explain the common causes, treatments and warning signs that shouldn't be ignored.
Canberra’s native cut leaf daisy is a hardy, slow-growing ground cover that thrives in sunny, well-drained spots, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
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"I’m a great believer in avoiding disappointment by cooking what you want in the way you want it from fresh-bought ingredients; no more for me the admonition, I could have cooked this better at home," says wine writer RICHARD CALVER.
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