Transport,city services director-general Emma Thomas departs Canberra

Transport,city services director-general Emma Thomas departs Canberra

The ACT Public Service executive has overseen Canberra's mammoth light rail project but will leave about a week after the service gets running.

  • byKatie Burgess

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'The confessional will not become the battleground for criminality'

'The confessional will not become the battleground for criminality'

Catholic Archbishop Christopher Prowse says new child abuse reporting laws that apply to adults mean priests don't need to break the seal of confession.

  • byKatie Burgess
Canberra population sprints past 420,000,new figures show

Canberra population sprints past 420,000,new figures show

The ACT's population grew by 8,900 in 2017-18 on the back of the second fastest growth rate in the nation.

  • byDan Jervis-Bardy
ACT lawyers call for inquiry into child protection FOI bill

ACT lawyers call for inquiry into child protection FOI bill

A senior ACT barrister has blasted the territory government over its child protection system.

  • byDaniel Burdon
Direct flights between Canberra and China on the cards with Barr visit

Direct flights between Canberra and China on the cards with Barr visit

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has flown to China with former opposition leader Brendan Smyth to convince a major Chinese airline to fly directly to Canberra.

  • byDaniel Burdon
Should Canberra allow dope-growing clubs to be set up?

Should Canberra allow dope-growing clubs to be set up?

'Cannabis social clubs'have been suggested as a way of solving the supply-side problem of the current bill to legalise cannabis before the ACT Assembly.

  • byKatie Burgess
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ACT minister who brought in cannabis notices says they should be axed

ACT minister who brought in cannabis notices says they should be axed

The former politician who decriminalised cannabis in the ACT says the fines for cannabis possession were born out of pragmatism.

  • byKatie Burgess
ACT government hands over 1000 public housing dwelling in renewal

ACT government hands over 1000 public housing dwelling in renewal

The ACT government has handed its 1000th redeveloped public housing dwelling over to Housing ACT.

  • byDaniel Burdon
Supervised work giving detainees skills and confidence out of prison

Supervised work giving detainees skills and confidence out of prison

Detainee Eddie Aldridge says he feels good when helping others as part of a program that sees low-security detainees complete supervised work in the community.

  • byJasper Lindell
ACT bid to legalise cannabis could lead to jail time for users:police

ACT bid to legalise cannabis could lead to jail time for users:police

Even if the ACT legalises the drug,cannabis is still outlawed in the federal criminal code which will lead to even bigger fines and jail time,police warn.

  • byKatie Burgess
Turf war brewing as plan paves way for major Kippax expansion

Turf war brewing as plan paves way for major Kippax expansion

Kippax Fair is set to expand over an adjacent sporting field after the ACT government signed off on a final masterplan for the Belconnen district.

  • byDan Jervis-Bardy