3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (618+ words) Electric trail bikes, climate-risk planning for charities, and multicultural education workshops are among the projects funded in the first-ever round of the ACT Government's Communities Climate Action Grants Program. The grants fund projects that empower community groups to reduce emissions…...

10+ hour, 35+ min ago  (685+ words) A journalist's code of ethics can sometimes get in the way of a good story, so a former political journalist has written a black comedy about former PM Scott Morrison based on fact " but with a little poetic licence. Tom…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1076+ words) One of the things I will always be grateful for about growing up in my family, is that the opportunity to listen and learn from others, was not only welcomed, but actively encouraged and facilitated. As a little girl, I…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (424+ words) Dingoes may be shot during the ACT Government's aerial pest control program, despite moves to recognise them as a native species. The annual Thermally Assisted Aerial Control Program (TAAC) is underway this week across ACT parks and reserves, including Namadgi…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (168+ words) A 51-year-old man has been arrested after a woman was killed at a residence in O'Connor this morning. About8: 45am this morning, Thursday 14 May, police and emergency services were called to a residence on Dryandra Street in O'Connor following reports a man…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (345+ words) Tax hikes on property investors are projected to ease home price growth but hurt the government's primary focus of boosting housing supply. Scrapping negative gearing and the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount is forecast to cause home prices to…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (715+ words) Young people entering the housing market face such significant difficulties that the government needs to break a major election promise on controversial tax changes, Treasurer Jim Chalmers insists. A raid on investment properties, trusts and other investments forms the centrepiece…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (356+ words) Australia's gas export tax take is set to crater, despite a surge in liquefied natural gas prices driven by the Iran war. Higher commodity prices are set to boost company tax receipts by $6. 7 billion in 2026/27, according to fresh estimates released…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (503+ words) An 87-year-old jar of earth has been re-discovered in a shipping container at the back of CSIRO " a time capsule if you like " during an inventory of 19, 000 unidentified historic soil samples. This little piece of the Simpson Desert (ironically named…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (193+ words) A 23-year-old Crace man has faced court today on drug and firearms charges following a five-month investigation into his alleged involvement in drug trafficking. In January 2026, detectives from ACT Policing's Gungahlin Major Crime Squad commenced an investigation after receiving information…...