Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson is the National Political Correspondent for The Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald
One former resident with a few reasons to return
Chris Johnson Some former prime ministers don't have a lot of nice things to say about Canberra, but Kevin Rudd is not one of them.
Unused 'embassy blocks' scattered around ACT
Chris Johnson Nearly two dozen vacant blocks of land in Canberra's diplomatic precincts are being held in reserve for foreign embassies, even though many of the nations holding onto them already have established...
Exodus: religious members leave club
Chris Johnson The Canberra Southern Cross Club has experienced an exodus of its so-called "religious members" since being forced to charge clergy for the privilege of enjoying its facilities.
Embassy projects to face scrutiny
Chris Johnson Plans to build nine foreign embassies on a controversial site at Stirling Park could be seriously impeded by the establishment of a high-level parliamentary inquiry.
Inquiry granted to probe ACT's embassies management
Chris Johnson Member for Canberra Gai Brodtmann has succeeded in initiating a wide-reaching inquiry into the management of diplomatic estates in the ACT.
Federal calling, but Zed denies plans to move
Chris Johnson, Michael Inman ACT Liberal leader Zed Seselja insists he has no plans to move into federal politics, despite party insiders suggesting that he does and political pundits saying that he should.
Priests, nuns required to stump up for club membership
Chris Johnson Priests will have to pay and nuns will have to get in the habit, too, if they want to remain members of their local Southern Cross Club.
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Brodtmann queries embassy enclave at Yarralumla
Chris Johnson Member for Canberra Gai Brodtmann is sceptical about what is being described by some as an urgent need for a new diplomatic enclave located in Yarralumla.
I'll be back: PM vows Lodge return as tradies (not Abbott) move in
Chris Johnson Prime Minister Julia Gillard is moving out of The Lodge, but she vows it won't be a permanent arrangement.
Slow NBN hook-up: ACT suffers fast-connect woes
Chris Johnson The nation's capital will take a back seat to regional Australia and marginal federal electorates in getting connected to the government's high-speed broadband scheme.
