Showgrounds could move for light rail route
Peter Jean Canberra's showgrounds and the Thoroughbred Park racecourse could be moved to make way for development along the Capital Metro light rail route.
Clash over dam costs
Peter Jean ACTEW boss Mark Sullivan has clashed with Liberal MLAs over expenditure on the Cotter Dam.
The culling fields: battle lines drawn on annual roo kill
Tom McIlroy, Peter Jean and Lisa Cox When the territory government moved to cull 400 kangaroos living in grasslands around the Belconnen Naval Transmission Station in March 2008, opposition from animal rights campaigners made...
Canberra Liberals reveal new front bench
Peter Jean and Lisa Cox Opposition Leader Jeremy Hanson has announced a reshuffle of his front bench following the departure of former leader Zed Seselja.
Not-for-profits doing it tough
Peter Jean Camilla Rowland is not alone in sometimes feeling gloomy about the future of the not-for-profit organisations that provide a variety of services to the Australian community.
Call for Canberra child sexual abuse hearings
Peter Jean Royal Commission urged to hold hearings in Canberra to encourage local victims to tell their stories.
Light rail risk set to weigh on taxpayers
Peter Jean ACT taxpayers could carry the financial risk under a public-private partnership model for a Canberra light rail network.
More to our city than public service
Peter Jean The long-dreaded announcement last month that Ford will close its local manufacturing operations in 2016 sparked a flurry of lobbying by Geelong's civic leaders.
Graphic instructions for shooting roos ahead of annual cull
Peter Jean and Stephanie Anderson The ACT Government has issued regulations setting out details of how kangaroos can be culled, including instructions on how joeys are to be euthanased, as protesters lodge an appeal against the...
Big rises in rates worry chamber
Peter Jean Struggling Canberra businesses which have already been forced to lay off staff will be hurt by rates increases announced in the ACT budget, the Chamber of Commerce says.
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Barr puts election wheels in motion
Peter Jean Andrew Barr must have had two elections on his mind when preparing the budget - one to be held on September 14 this year, the other on October 16, 2016.
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Barr battens down the hatches
Peter Jean ACT Treasurer Andrew Barr has warned Canberrans to prepare for tough economic times as he handed down a deficit budget which included a $139 increase in household rates.
Budget cut to stamp duty to stoke property market
Peter Jean Treasurer Andrew Barr will embark on the second wave of his tax reforms when he hands down his budget on Tuesday.
Seselja set for big campaign and even bigger clan
Lisa Cox, Peter Jean and Tom McIlroy Leaving the ACT Legislative Assembly to campaign for the Senate isn't the only challenge Zed Seselja is taking on.
Seselja resigns from Assembly
Lisa Cox and Peter Jean Former Canberra Liberals Leader Zed Seselja will leave the ACT Legislative Assembly next week to ramp up his campaign for the federal Senate.
Forecast surplus is doubtful, says Smyth
Peter Jean The ACT opposition has criticised the government for failing to build up a budget surplus.
Discount on licence for safe driving
Peter Jean Canberra motorists with blemish-free driving records will receive a discount on licence renewals.
Opposition slams ACT Government on 'failed' surplus
Ewa Kretowicz and Peter Jean The ACT Opposition has slammed the Government for failing to build up a budget surplus to be drawn upon when the territory faces tough economic times.
$12,500 for first home buyers
Peter Jean and Lisa Cox Grants to first home buyers will rise from $7000 to $12,500 in September as part of efforts to boost the ACT's flagging residential construction sector.
Priest to face child indecency charges
Michael Inman, Peter Jean and Christopher Knaus A Canberra Catholic priest has been charged over historical acts of indecency on a child in the 1990s.
