Push to provide more places to shop in parliamentary precinct
Ross Peake A parliamentary committee will be given the green light to investigate the lack of shops in the parliamentary zone.
NCA to seek better services for parly triangle
Ross Peake The National Capital Authority will try to boost services in the parliamentary triangle as the thousands of workers in the precinct face paid parking.
Race is on to get hooked up
Ross Peake The race is on to see how many Canberra households and businesses will be connected to the national broadband network before an incoming Coalition government pulls the plug on the project.
Department looks to lock in new digs before election
Ross Peake Federal public servants working at Tuggeranong will get new digs, with the deal likely to be locked in before the federal election.
Head of Veterans Affairs to retire
Ross Peake Ian Campbell will leave his post as secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department next month for surgery and will not return to work after his recovery.
Piper's lament: too few bands for Anzac parades
Ross Peake On Anzac Day in villages around Canberra, Diggers have to march in silence because they do not have bands to keep time on their big day of the year.
Icons go orange for Harmony Day
Ross Peake Iconic buildings in the heart of Canberra will turn orange on Wednesday night as the national capital prepares for Harmony Day.
Department merge puts Nishi lease under cloud
Ross Peake The future of government-leased areas in the Nishi mixed-use development at Acton is again under a cloud after Julia Gillard announced on Monday the Department of Climate Change would effectively end.
Question over Nishi lease after climate merger
Ross Peake Staff at the Climate Change Department may not have to move out of their plush surrounds at the Nishi complex.
Liberals urged to clean up process
Ross Peake Canberra Liberals are being urged to put aside ''shonky'' preselection processes when they meet on Wednesday evening or risk earning a reputation as bad as the NSW Labor Party.
Libs could sack climate staff and sub-let offices
Ross Peake An incoming Coalition government might sack staff from the doomed Climate Change Department if they refuse to take redundancies.
Humphries' anger burns on but no challenge likely
Ross Peake Dumped Liberal Gary Humphries says he remains angry about the process used to replace him for the Senate race but will not contest any further preselection process.
$80,000 a year for dumped Humphries
Ross Peake Dumped ACT Liberal Gary Humphries should be entitled to a lifelong pension of about $80,000 a year when he leaves the Senate in September.
Libs meet on poll stoush
Ross Peake Canberra Liberal Party members attended tense branch meetings en masse on Thursday evening as the bitter battle for the Senate preselection went into a new phase.
Office move was 'to save taxpayers'
Ross Peake A federal government department is paying around $70 million to rent an inner city office block in Canberra, prompting ridicule from the Opposition.
Gungahlin the best connected town in ACT
Ross Peake More than 14,000 Gungahlin households are about to be connected to the national broadband network.
Cabinet Papers: 1984-85
Ministers braced for anger over closures
Ross Peake In April 1985 federal ministers considered closing Watson High School and three primary schools, along with increasing class sizes and reducing ancillary staff in ACT government schools.
Gungahlin in broadband superfast lane
Ross Peake Superfast broadband has finally arrived in Gungahlin.
Canberra gutting its heritage: National Trust
Ross Peake The ACT has more heritage locations deemed "at risk" than any state or territory.
Heritage protection is just a facade
Ross Peake The ACT has more heritage locations deemed ''at risk'' than any state or territory, according to the National Trust.
