Politics
ACT
ACT minister left schools in dark for months over graduations
ACT Education Minister Yvette Berry left some Canberra schools waiting more than two months for responses to invitations to attend graduation ceremonies last year.
- by Daniel Burdon
Latest
Test cricket
Sri Lankan war refugee to score the Manuka Oval Test
Rammanee Shivakkumar found peace - and cricket - in the Australian capital
- by Steve Evans
ACT government
ACT government rules against Canberra embassy in suburban stoush
The dispute was between the United Arab Emirates embassy and neighbours on a quiet residential street.
- by Steve Evans
Gambling
Deadline looms for clubs to surrender pokies for cash
Clubs and hotels have until January 31 to exchange their pokies machines for cash and other discounts, before the government starts seizing machines.
- by Katie Burgess
Planning and development
'It's unacceptable': Canberra is losing 3000 trees a year
Urgent action is needed to prevent the city's urban forest thinning out, the ACT Greens say.
- by Katie Burgess
Opinion
Pill Testing
Taking MDMA was 'a spur of the moment decision', says Shane Rattenbury
The reality is people do experiment with drugs. They shouldn't die as a result.
- by Shane Rattenbury
Public service
ACT public servants given go ahead on sex harassment inquiry
ACT government employees will be able to give evidence even if they have signed non-disclosure agreements.
- by Sally Whyte
Canberra life
Canberra Now: Boomanulla in govt hands; and heatwave prompts rethink
Plus politicians and their drugs, and the street names that might make you cringe.
- by Steve Evans
Trauma insurance
Labor foreshadows changes to compulsory third party insurance bill
However the changes don't go far enough to secure the support of the Greens. Yet.
- by Katie Burgess
Pill Testing
Which ACT politicians have tried cannabis, MDMA and acid?
Greens minister Shane Rattenbury has admitted to trying drugs in his lifetime - but he's far from alone.
- by Katie Burgess
Indigenous
'Charlie Perkins fought for it'; Indigenous community wants it back
It was first opened by Charlie Perkins in 1984, and for years afterwards served as a central meeting point for indigenous Australians travelling to, and living in, Canberra.
- by Daniel Burdon