Politics
ACT
GST changes 'should not be made lightly,' Barr says
The ACT government has told a federal inquiry that it does not believe calls that the GST system is broken.
- by Andrew Brown
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Music festivals
'Disappointed': Too late for off-site pill testing at Spilt Milk
The ACT has not had enough time to organise an off-site pill testing trial at this year's Spilt Milk festival, after the NCA's decision to quash it.
- by Daniel Burdon
Gender equality
What are the new rules of relationships between men and women?
With the #Metoo movement and high profile cases of alleged sexual harassment, the rules of engagement between men and women are unclear.
- by Steve Evans
Superannuation
One worker raised the alarm, and now AFP faces a $22m bill for super
It appears the AFP has been inadvertently underpaying superannuation, and the bungle could impact up to 3700 employees.
- by Dan Jervis-Bardy
Sexual assault
This isn't a story Greens MLA Caroline Le Couteur ever planned to tell
In a powerful speech to the ACT Legislative Assembly, Greens crossbencher Caroline Le Couteur revealed she had been raped.
- by Sherryn Groch
Cars
'Significant flaws' in proposed scheme to change ACT's CTP insurance
Bill Browne was one of 39 people involved in a scheme to work out Canberra's new compulsory third party insurance scheme. He's not happy with how it turned out
- by Katie Burgess
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Religious freedom
Schools will still be able to discriminate - with a catch
Canberra's schools will still be able to discriminate on the basis of their religion so long as they publish a policy proclaiming they plan to so do first.
- by Katie Burgess
Canberra life
Many happy returns in Canberra Theatre Centre's 2019 season
Dance, drama, comedy and music all feature next year and many popular companies and artists will be back as well as a new program of challenging works.
- by Ron Cerabona
Gambling
Less profits, bigger penalties: huge changes on the way for ACT clubs
Clubs will be required to surrender more of their poker machine profits and penalties for breaking gaming laws will be beefed up, in a suite of gambling measures to be introduced.
- by Katie Burgess
Canberra
ACT Planning Minister rejects conflict claims on Ginninderry exemption
ACT Planning Minister Mick Gentleman has rejected opposition claims he had a conflict of interest when he approved an exemption from an environmental impact statement for the Ginninderry housing development.
- by Daniel Burdon
Sexual assault
ACT urged to seek advice on ditching 'rapist's charter'
The common law defence could be scrapped, following the outcome of an inquiry into proposed changes to the ACT's consent laws.
- by Katie Burgess