Kirsten Lawson

Kirsten Lawson

Kirsten Lawson is the Chief Assembly reporter at The Canberra Times

An artist's impression of SHL's plans for the block on the corner of Ainslie Avenue and Cooyong Street, in the city.

Greens reject design of Cooyong Street apartment building as "completely unacceptable"

Caroline Le Couteur says earlier planning report looks like "greenwash" against final designs.

Project director for light rail Scott Lyall with Transport Minister Meegan Fitzharris in November 2016: Mr Lyall has ...

Light rail project director signs $740,000 15-month pay deal

The ACT government's light rail project director has just signed a contract that pays him almost $600,000 a year.

Kangaroos in Weston Park, Yarralumla, where the government has been conducting a kangaroo fertility trial.

Canberra roo fertility trial costs $612,000, treats 135 kangaroos

'Took a bit of practice' to get two shooters in sync, one with contraceptive and the other with marker dye.

Mohammad Hussain, who is is challenging the outcome of the ACT election in the Supreme Court.

Rejected candidate applies to Supreme Court to have ACT election declared invalid

Mohammad Hussain says he was wrongly denied the right to stand in Yerrabi.

Kangaroos at the Pinnacle nature reserve in Canberra.

No action on illegal use of silencers in kangaroo cull since 2009

Despite concluding that the use of silencers by government kangaroo shooters was illegal each year since 2009, authorities are taking no action against the shooters or the official who issued the permits. The government conceded last year that the use of silencers in the annual kangaroo cull was "was probably not in accordance with the law", which bans noise suppressors.