"Across the three financial years leading to 2025-26 the government spent almost $130 million on medical negligence claims." But that's not all, reports MICHAEL MOORE, there are millions lost to ACT Government incompetence every year.
First the iconic bus shelters are heritage listed, now our time-weathered chief has been heritage protected from removal, reports KEEPING UP THE ACT.
"The Greens had an opportunity to demonstrate that their concern about the ACT's finances was serious enough to sit across the table from people they disagreed with and find common ground. And they chose not to," writes GWYN REES.
"The latest awful idea to 'improve' our legal system is to use the recorded interview by police of adult sexual assault complainants as the evidence-in-chief at a later trial." Legal columnist HUGH SELBY explains the problems.
Impending changes to the law will make it harder for employers to impose non-compete clauses in employment contracts. But why, asks industrial lawyer RICHARD CALVER.
Unfortunately, it'll take more than yoga to stop the RBA lifting interest rates next Tuesday, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Australia wants to return to the UN Security Council in 2029, with Anthony Albanese promising to use the seat to champion the Pacific and press for UN reform, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"One Nation’s – Hanson’s – attack on Andrew Hastie as a 'traitor' was one of the more appalling examples of political leadership I have seen in 30 years of observing and analysing Australian politics," writes columnist ROBERT McMAHON.
"It emerged that the NCA had been having private meetings since September 2023 with developers... and the NCA’s proposal reflected the developers’ ambitions for high-density residential development," writes RICHARD JOHNSTON.
Most Australians want to be able to siphon from their superannuation before retirement to purchase homes as the coalition teeters on the issue.
Canberra Liberals Ed Cocks and Deborah Morris are calling for more police patrols in Molonglo and a delivery plan for a promised police station, saying residents have raised concerns about home invasions, and police response times.
Canberra Liberals Leader Mark Parton will move a motion in the Legislative Assembly today calling for continued funding of non-clinical, home-based palliative care support after funding changes affecting Community Options.
Chief Minister Andrew Barr has ruled out co-locating data centres with Canberra's public swimming pools ahead of an ACT Greens proposal to be debated in the Legislative Assembly this week.
Canberra are one game away from making a first NRLW grand final and despite not having one of their captains available, she's still helping the team.
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Most Australians want to be able to siphon from their superannuation before retirement to purchase homes as the coalition teeters on the issue.
Canberra Liberals Ed Cocks and Deborah Morris are calling for more police patrols in Molonglo and a delivery plan for a promised police station, saying residents have raised concerns about home invasions, and police response times.
Canberra Liberals Leader Mark Parton will move a motion in the Legislative Assembly today calling for continued funding of non-clinical, home-based palliative care support after funding changes affecting Community Options.
Chief Minister Andrew Barr has ruled out co-locating data centres with Canberra's public swimming pools ahead of an ACT Greens proposal to be debated in the Legislative Assembly this week.
Canberra are one game away from making a first NRLW grand final and despite not having one of their captains available, she's still helping the team.
The effectiveness of support for veterans leaving the defence force will come under further scrutiny, as suicide rates remain higher than for other Aussies.
Australia has joined more than 20 other countries in urging for greater protections against artificial intelligence as the technology rapidly expands.
Deaths will outnumber births in Australia by 2066, leaving fewer young workers to sustain an ageing population as women face choosing between career and family.
Canberra's frog saviour Anke Maria Hoefer has picked up a national Landcare award for her work bringing the green and golden bell frog back from extinction, reports DHWANI PATHAK.
"Across the three financial years leading to 2025-26 the government spent almost $130 million on medical negligence claims." But that's not all, reports MICHAEL MOORE, there are millions lost to ACT Government incompetence every year.
Australia wants to return to the UN Security Council in 2029, with Anthony Albanese promising to use the seat to champion the Pacific and press for UN reform, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
First the iconic bus shelters are heritage listed, now our time-weathered chief has been heritage protected from removal, reports KEEPING UP THE ACT.
"The Greens had an opportunity to demonstrate that their concern about the ACT's finances was serious enough to sit across the table from people they disagreed with and find common ground. And they chose not to," writes GWYN REES.
"The latest awful idea to 'improve' our legal system is to use the recorded interview by police of adult sexual assault complainants as the evidence-in-chief at a later trial." Legal columnist HUGH SELBY explains the problems.
Impending changes to the law will make it harder for employers to impose non-compete clauses in employment contracts. But why, asks industrial lawyer RICHARD CALVER.
Unfortunately, it'll take more than yoga to stop the RBA lifting interest rates next Tuesday, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
"I wrote to the ACT Revenue Office and to the Treasurer. I even included a revised pie chart. I received an obfuscating, non-answer. Three further times, I politely requested clarification. No response," says letter writer JOHN MILLER.
What can Australia learn from Canada's migration experiment? Migration expert ALAN GAMLEN explains why the answer lies in managing temporary residents rather than volatile migration flows.
"We have public finances that are debt ridden, weighed down by devouring interest beetles, so that once sound limbs (such as education, health, public housing, access to justice) are in danger of dieback.," but HUGH SELBY has an idea..
Diesel takes requests, the Japanese Film Festival turns 30 and the Sydney Symphony makes a long-awaited Canberra return in arts editor HELEN MUSA’s latest “Artsweek” column.
Beyond David Hockney's famous pools and colourful paintings lies a master of intimate portraiture. Art historian ALEX BURCHMORE explores the people and relationships captured in his prints.
A friendly garden monster named Bloombo is about to spring from the imagination of a seven-year-old Canberra designer into molten glass at Canberra Glassworks.
MICHAEL WILSON reviews bass-baritone Jeremy Kleeman and pianist-composer Jack Symonds tackling Michelangelo's tortured poetry in a demanding recital of rare intensity and beauty.
Cellist David Pereira, violinist Chris Latham, harpist Alice Giles and pianist Arnan Wiesel proved a special combination in a program of chamber music delights, reviews DAVID WHITBREAD.
Soprano Louise Keast's $43,000 scholarship win is something to sing about. It leads HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
"This concert was a breath of fresh air heralding in this spring season. The program included floral and nature-inspired baroque works by composers from Germany, Italy, and France," writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? That’s the question at the centre of a new Swedish-crime thriller Blood Sacrifice, which has become an immediate hit, writes streaming reviewer NICK OVERALL.
"The set may be a grand staircase and an even grander bookcase but the story of the Bennet sisters is being told by the female lower classes who scrub the floors and clean the loos," says reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
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Charles Spencer insists he is telling the truth after making a slew of damaging claims about the King in his memoir chronicling the life of his sister Diana.
The average Australian should expect to live into their mid-to-late 80s within the next four decades, but an older population will heap pressure on the budget.
Coffee doesn’t just make you feel more alert. EMMA BECKETT explains what else happens when you drink a cuppa.
A 10th-generation sock maker produces 40,000 pairs a year from a factory in rural Australia as the fashion industry looks to the past for a brighter future, reports STEPHANIE GARDINER in Crookwell.
Experts reveal the real reason behind the latest string of Aussie fashion brand failures and why the domestic industry could be structurally unprofitable.
Russell lupins, foxgloves and hollyhocks bring height, colour and old-fashioned cottage-garden impact to Canberra in spring, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
"A light shiraz with a lovely hint of cherry on the nose and in the finish. It didn’t overwhelm the flavour of the venison. Top marks." Wine columnist RICHARD CALVER enjoys a a 2017 Madman’s Gully Syrah.
