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'People are crying to me on the phone': Taxi owners face bankruptcy
Changes to the ACT's cap on the amount of taxi plates could see Canberra's taxi drivers face bankruptcy, the head of an owners association has said.
The government is aiming to lift the cap from 338 to 500 plates, a move which the ACT's Taxi Plate Owners Association Phil Booth has said would render the value of existing licenses "worthless".
Mr Booth has said owners are calling him in tears and said there had already been one suicide.
If you find the issues raised in this report distressing, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
National Capital Authority quashes Spilt Milk pill testing
The National Capital Authority will not allow pill testing to go ahead at the upcoming Spilt Milk music festival, despite the success of an earlier trial in Canberra, due to a lack of legal framework.
The debate about pill testing has resurfaced after two people died with three more critically ill after attending Defqon.1 on the weekend, a music festival in Western Sydney.
But Canberra physician and pill-testing advocate Dr David Caldicott said there was clear support in Australia for pill testing.
Aerial shooting of brumbies an option for ACT government
The ACT government says it would resort to aerial shooting to kill brumbies that cross the border if the feral horse population in Namadgi National Park starts to significantly increase.
Environment Minister Mick Gentleman said NSW laws protecting brumbies from lethal culling in Kosciuszko National Park could result in increasing numbers of the animals moving into Namadgi.
Kosciuszko National Park is believed to be home to about 6000 feral horses.
Questions remain about witness protection ahead of ACT health inquiry
The ACT government has refused to say how witnesses in the upcoming inquiry into health bullying will be protected from reprisals without the powers of a board of inquiry, Canberra's equivalent of a royal commission.
ACT Health Minister Meegan Fitzharris has repeatedly rejected the need for a board of inquiry, saying "this matter of workplace culture does not warrant a royal commission" in Question Time on Tuesday.
Ms Fitzharris has promised that the review will be independent, its results will be published and witnesses will be protected.
35 schools, three huge nights: Dance Fest is back for 2018
Caroline Chisholm High School students are making a bold, four-minute statement on abuse and domestic violence in Australia - and they're using contemporary, hip-hop and jazz dance to do so.
The performance is part of Dance Fest, an annual youth dance festival, that starts on Wednesday night.
The festival is uniting 35 ACT high schools over three busy nights in the Canberra Theatre, with performances ranging from tributes to Beyonce and Michael Jackson to dance pieces on sustainability and social media addiction.
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