Labor's last stand
Noel Towell Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan's sixth budget has no big election-year sweeteners.
Comcare set to sideline agencies
Noel Towell Commonwealth departments could be sidelined from managing public servants on workers' compensation.
Counting the cost of 'argy bargy'
Noel Towell An outbreak of ''argy bargy'' at army headquarters in Canberra three years ago has left a legal officer with a military conviction on his service record and a legal bill for tens of thousands of...
Contractor on ASIO building to be wound up
Noel Towell Administrators will move to wind up a Queanbeyan building company caught up in the disputes over ASIO's new building.
Ousted Greens move on from life in the Assembly
Noel Towell Just five months ago, they were the high-profile casualties of the ACT Greens' darkest day.
No relief in sight for users of Parkes Way
Noel Towell Canberra commuters face more months of traffic misery on Parkes Way with a building company collapse and bad weather blamed for the delay.
Canberra Liberals battling money troubles
Noel Towell The Canberra Liberals have admitted that they can no longer afford to employ full-time staff as the party struggles with debts in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Libs liken city revamp to failed office tower plans
Noel Towell, Stephanie Anderson, Lisa Cox The Canberra Liberals say they doubt if the ACT Government’s grand designs for the rebirth of Lake Burley Griffin’s west basin will ever come to fruition.
Late pay and long hours, workers say
Noel Towell Dozens of foreign workers in Australia on 457 skilled visas have allegedly been exploited by a Canberra company on building sites around the capital.
Former ACT Lib Senator now eligible to vote in preselection
Noel Towell Former ACT Liberal Senator Margaret Reid has finally qualified to vote in the party’s Senate preselection battle, on her fourth attempt.
Fifty shades of Libs at the Rex
Noel Towell In the end, it was a shade over 300 Canberra Liberals who showed up to their preselection showdown on Wednesday night at Braddon's Hotel Rex.
Zed ahead: Libs end Senate row
Noel Towell The Canberra Liberals have settled their internal Senate preselection feud decisively with the party voting on Wednesday night to allow the nomination of Zed Seselja to stand.
It's (back) on: Libs to hold new preselection meeting
Noel Towell, Lisa Cox The ACT Liberals will hold a new divisional council meeting to thrash out the bitter Senate preselection process that has divided the party since Zed Seselja's win over incumbent Gary Humphries last...
Nishi's builder in financial collapse
Stephanie Anderson, Noel Towell, Larissa Nicholson The building contractor on Canberra's troubled Nishi development has collapsed, allegedly owing millions of dollars to local subcontractors.
Nishi builder's woes hit capital investors
Noel Towell, Larissa Nicholson Hundreds of investors in two Canberra apartment projects face a nervous wait after the financial collapse of a building contractor halted work on more than 375 apartments.
Nishi developers reassure investors
Noel Towell The developers of the Canberra’s stricken Nishi complex have sought to reassure investors that the project will soon be back on track.
Raiders eye $80m Braddon revamp
Noel Towell The Canberra Raiders have unveiled their vision for the transformation of the rundown Braddon Club site.
Leading women join Seselja preselection challenge
Noel Towell, Lisa Cox Members of the Canberra Liberals' Women's Council have joined the internal revolt against the preselection process that installed Zed Seselja as the party's No. 1 Senate candidate.
Builders caught up in ASIO dispute
Noel Towell ASIO secrecy is being blamed for locking up at least $6 million owed to Canberra builders for work done on the spy agency's giant new headquarters.
Warning on ACT's collapsed builders
Noel Towell Canberra's collapsed building companies are the "canaries in the coalmine" of the ACT economy, according to the territory's leading property industry group.
