ACT funds 30 new foster care places
Lisa Cox The ACT government has funded 30 new foster care places since a 2011 review identified serious failures by child protection services in its management of contracts.
Residents fear mental health facility
Lisa Cox The owners of a popular children's farmyard nursery have voiced their fears about the construction of a forensic secure mental health facility across the road.
ACTEW chief gets $140,000 pay cut
Noel Towell and Lisa Cox Outgoing ACTEW chairman John Mackay says the water utility's managing director, Mark Sullivan, has agreed to a $140,000 pay cut in a move that is hoped will ''take the sting'' out of the controversy...
Hanson fixed on assembly number
Lisa Cox The size of the ACT Legislative Assembly should increase to 25 MLAs across five electorates in 2016, an independent review has recommended.
Critics quick to hit slow-down moves
Lisa Cox The 40km/h zones in Civic, Belconnen and Tuggeranong will not be an effective road safety measure, the Canberra Liberals say.
Travel around the city to get slower but safer
Lisa Cox The ACT government is beginning work to slow drivers in the busiest parts of Civic, Belconnen and Tuggeranong.
Speed limits too high, says union
Lisa Cox Canberra's building union wants the speed on more territory roads reduced to 40km/h.
City-Lake blueprints go on show
Lisa Cox The ACT government is embarking on the consultation phase for its City-to-the-Lake plan, opening up an exhibition space in Civic where Canberrans can view the blueprints.
Marion gets her name on a view
Lisa Cox The ACT will rewrite a wrong by renaming the view from the top of Mt Ainslie Marion Mahony Griffin View.
Coe queries rail spending
Lisa Cox The ACT government has spent close to $1 million in 18 months developing its Capital Metro light rail project.
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Green bid to rein in development call-in powers
Lisa Cox Greens MLA will propose changes to the call-in powers used to approve the Brumbies development in Griffith.
Twice in one week: Corbell uses call in powers for development
Lisa Cox ACT Sustainable Development Minister Simon Corbell has used controversial call in powers to approve a four-storey office development in Bruce.
Wheelchair turns into chairlift
Lisa Cox ACT Parks donates all-terrain chair to be used around nation's capital.
Speaker rules 'senator elect' jibes out of order
Lisa Cox ACT MLAs have been warned not to call Canberra Liberals MLA Zed Seselja names ahead of his departure from the Legislative Assembly.
Beds deleted as mental health plans revised
Lisa Cox The ACT government is planning a larger forensic mental health facility after a review of its proposal for a 15-bed service.
Mental health plans an 'appallingly managed process': Opposition
Lisa Cox The government's revised plan for its forensic mental health facility is the latest stage of an "appallingly managed process", say the ACT Liberals.
Libs blast process of mental health facility
Lisa Cox The ACT 's revised plan for forensic mental health is an "appallingly managed process", Liberals say.
Workers let down as TAMS scrap maintenance deal
Lisa Cox Workers at a Canberra company that carries out urban maintenance in the territory's inner north face an uncertain future after the ACT Government ended their contract.
ACT set for an extra $20m in GST revenue
Lisa Cox The ACT is set to receive an extra $20 million in GST revenue in the next financial year, a meeting of the states and territories has confirmed.
Biggest Black Opal for 15 years
Lisa Cox Canberra's Black Opal Stakes has drawn its largest crowd in more than a decade, with more than 10,000 turning out for the event's 40th anniversary.
