The ACT gets the raw end of the prawn a fair bit. Roundly sneered at for its round-a-bouts and public service, it seems the rest of the nation could well look to their smallest counterpart on one issue: stamp duty.
George Orwell would have had a field day with the Liberal party's volte face on the Australian Asian liquefied national gas deals that are now under fire.
With Canberra's population growing at numbers not seen since the 1960s and the 1970s questions need to be asked about where we are going to put all the people and how to get equitable representation in the Senate.
"No jab, no pre-school policy" makes eminent sense from a child safety point of view
When all else fails, a distraction will do the trick. Such it is that this week, after years of reports and solid indications that some long-term planning was needed around Australia's energy market, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared it a "crisis".
Halting the development of the village because of concerns about the water supply is concerning.
The Coalition seems to be hell bent on corporatising public housing while ignoring the vexed question of making home ownership affordable for young families.
Supporters of the "let's enhance Canberra, not destroy it" school of urban planning are expected to take heart from the National Capital Authority's decision to set its own benchmarks for the redevelopment of Manuka and other significant precincts across the city.
There is a darker reality that underlies the jovial, uninhibited greetings at bars and clubs around Canberra and the nation. A reality manifest in reports and statistics detailing emergency department presentation, physical and sexual assault figures.
The ACT government should follow the NCA and review planning in the territory.
The Church's troubles have been well documented and most are of its own making.
Twenty-five years and six weeks after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its final report, Steven Freeman died in Canberra's Alexander Maconochie Centre.
Barnaby's slash and burn approach to the relocation of the APVMA is not the hallmark of an administration that governs for all Australia.
Will governments ever learn that the savings they promise from welfare crackdowns such as Centrelink's robo-debt fiasco never live up to expectations?
Andrew Barr is trying to blame a lack of interest from the Federal Government for the demise of Canberra's long delayed new convention centre. Is he telling voters the whole story?
Universities grappling with allegations they are covering up sexual assaults on campus could look to ADFA for leadership.
Our society is losing the battle against domestic violence when even convicted murderers such as Marcus Rappel won't admit they have committed a heinous crime.
Calls are again being made to widen cat containment areas.
Both Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard would have been able to warn Malcolm Turnbull that when you are the prime minister you have to defend yourself against enemies from without and within your own ranks. Turnbull has more to fear from his own backbench than from Bill Shorten and Labor.
The pain of Thursday's decision to slash weekend penalty rates will fall on some of the lowest paid workers in the country.
Australia's energy sector has been mired in politics for too long. It's time for governments to set aside short-term point scoring and act in the national interest.
The lake is cleaner and more swimmer-friendly than it's been for years.
Dennis Richardson should acknowledge that at least some of the responsibility for the blow-out is his.
There is a very real danger that if Trump continues to fail thanks to arrogance, ignorance, unwillingness to take advice and his fast and loose relationship with facts, he may bring America down with him.
The community support provided to those affected by the grass fire at Carwoola is overwhelming.
Angus Taylor, we just want to wish you well.
ACT planning authorities were right to reject plans for a mini-skyscraper redevelopment of the Curtin shops which has been strongly opposed by the local community. The critical question is "what will happen next?"
Our Attorney-General's presumption of ACT bail perfection needs to be tested by a public inquiry.
Accurate, reliable data. It's one of the fundamental ingredients that should go into the mixing bowl when formulating good policy. But, it seems, after a data-doctoring scandal going back to 2011 and a series of internal, external and out-sourced reviews, ACT Health is still unable to get the basics right.
Renewables are here to stay, despite what big coal and the Turnbull Government would have the voting public believe.