ACT government
Firies' overtime 'increased dramatically' despite plan to reduce it
ACT Fire and Rescue described its own spending on overtime as "unsustainable", but since putting a plan in place to reduce it, the annual bill has risen.
- by Blake Foden
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Petrol prices
Location, location, location: Canberra's site part of petrol problem
Canberra's inland setting means its residents are missing out on more than the benefits of living by the beach, according to fuel suppliers and retailers.
- by Blake Foden
Rates
ACT government works to re-design 'confusing' rates assessment notices
New-look rates notices issued last year made it appear as though the full year's bill had to be paid at once, rather than in instalments.
- by Blake Foden
Pets
Government decides 'It's Time' for cat containment in Whitlam
The new suburb will now be the 17th area in Canberra to have cat-containment laws.
- by Andrew Brown
Melbourne
ACT taxpayer dollars went into hosting 'tanking' Melbourne
The Demons were perilously close to their planned limit of four wins for the 2009 season when they arrived in Canberra.
- by Caden Helmers
Canberra
Barr slams delay to integrity commissioner search
The Chief Minister said the political associations of former chief justice should not have disqualified him from the role.
- by Andrew Brown
Education
'Unprecedented': Some evidence in school violence inquiry to be sealed
The opposition says the condition is a dangerous imposition on a committee already equipped to protect witnesses and undermines the democratic process.
- by Sherryn Groch
Gaming & wagering
Clubs to chip in thousands of dollars to new diversification fund
The fund was a recommendation on how to reduce the Canberra industry's reliance on poker machine revenue.
- by Katie Burgess
Trauma insurance
No compensation for anxiety, depression caused by car crash
Psychological disorders caused by a crash won't be covered by the new compulsory third party insurance scheme.
- by Katie Burgess
Light rail
Move to widen Commonwealth Ave Bridge, renew dam gets federal backing
The agency overseeing Commonwealth land in Canberra will prepare a business case to widen the thoroughfare over Lake Burley Griffin.
- by Doug Dingwall
Canberra
Public servants 'encouraged' to attend union rally in lunch break
The event has been promoted with the tagline: "change the government, change the rules".
- by Katie Burgess