Secretary reshuffle hints at dissatisfaction
There are signs the relationships between ministers and their secretaries hasn't worked effectively.
There are signs the relationships between ministers and their secretaries hasn't worked effectively.
There is still a long way to go in the counting for the first election of the newly amalgamated council.
Auditor-General Maxine Cooper's decision to investigate the land swap between the ACT government and the construction union's Tradies Club is welcome.
Our resources boom ran for decades. In a well managed economy it should have provided the funds to future proof energy.
City watchers were given grounds for hope when following Mr Snow's appointment.
Concerns that respite care for ACT families has been compromised by the introduction of the NDIS are timely.
If we continue down this path and it ends in conflict then the Turnbull Government will be at least partly responsible for the unthinkable devastation that will follow.
Someone, somewhere, knew something about the abuse Bradyn Dillon suffered at his father's hands.
The ACT showed again that it is leading the fight for marriage equality.
Is the service delivery workhorse fit-for-purpose? The question is now urgent.
A new seat will help address the under-representation of Canberrans in politics.
When hiring decisions are dictated by ideology, there are few winners.
Several landmark sites face the prospect of falling into private ownership, which could set a precedent.
At what point, exactly, does pie-in-the-sky policy thinking turn into an evidence-based long-term policy agenda?
The rules around the removal of trees are excessive in the territory.
If the government's concern about harm reduction in the sector are to be believed, more must done.
The message of the program is about acceptance.
If the proposal, to allow a panel of "ordinary people" to control 20 per cent of the city services budget had been adopted it would have resulted in an act of abdication, not consultation.
Green belts are an integral feature of the Territory. Our unparalleled exposure to forested and rural views are cited by many residents as major contributors to quality of life in the "bush" capital.
When asking taxpayers to embrace a large project, getting the public onside is crucial to its success.
The latest Choice Quarterly Consumer Pulse Survey should be compulsory reading for all politicians, whether they be of the Federal, State or Territory variety.
The government and the Opposition must work together to resolve this impasse by agreeing to a referendum.
Canberrans should expect privacy in their own homes.
Pauline Hanson's stunt had nothing to do with national security. In fact, it achieved the opposite.
Andrew Barr would appear to be on the right side of history when he says the majority of Canberrans would support what he is doing and that marriage equality is an idea whose time has come.
Higher education already provides about 16,000 local jobs and injects an estimated $2.7 billion into the Canberra economy.
If the Government is so sure it is in the right it should make all the facts supporting its stand public. The only other acceptable course of action would be for Mr Joyce to resign.
If employers do find themselves exposed to greater union and government oversight and harsher penalties they will have nobody to blame but themselves.
Canberrans who use the least water will face the biggest price increases under new proposals.
Dog attacks are increasing in number and more needs to be done to stop it.