One hundred new mobile road safety cameras every year for ACT

Accident black spots and school zones targeted.

31 August, 2015

Revealed: cyclists’ crash hotspots in Canberra

Intersections and side-swipes cause the most injuries.

26 August, 2015

Federal Police launch dragnet for actors

Out of work actors police curtain call.

6 May, 2015

Asbestos danger ‘grossly mismanaged’ in NSW: local council peak body

NSW must learn from ACT’s asbestos nightmare.

11 November, 2014

NSW government must wake up to asbestos

Two inquiries set to uncover loose-fill asbestos in NSW.

4 November, 2014

Laws could place Canberra cats under 24 hour house arrest

“The scientific evidence is that it’s not cruel.”

16 October, 2014

Online broker bites into parliamentary pay parking

Parkhound smells cash in residents’ driveways, basements.

8 October, 2014

Fear of axe over renewables sharpens solar stampede

Anger over bid for solar sunset.

7 September, 2014

Light rail project would boost Canberra’s employment says Ernst & Young

Canberra may be facing big public service job cuts, but a new independent report from Ernst & Young points to the potential of light rail to generate new jobs – at least while it’s being built.

2 June, 2014

Canberra light rail momentum gains as Melbourne gets new Jumbo Tram

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Australia’s metropolitan revival of light rail and tramways is showing no sign of slowing down soon. As the nation’s capital, Canberra, finally makes tentative progress towards installing one of the tramways conspicuously drawn into the designer city’s original masterplan by Walter Burley Griffin a century ago, Melbourne this week […]

8 November, 2013

New warning that more than 12,000 public service jobs will go

By Julian Bajkowski The union representing Commonwealth public servants has hit out at the release of selected costings by the Liberal Party for the election, warning that Coalition estimates of savings totalling $5.2 billion by culling 12,000 government jobs no longer add up. The Community and Public Sector Union has called on Opposition Leader Tony […]

29 August, 2013

Fear of mass public service sackings grips Canberra campaign

By Julian Bajkowski Canberra may well be celebrating its Centenary this year, but locals are weighing the prospect of the public service designer city being partly depopulated. As the election looms, the threat of bulk federal redundancies under a Coalition government has again increased in value as prime political currency among voters there. Senator for […]

30 July, 2013

Outermost Canberra suburb plugs into NBN

By Paul Hemsley Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy’s race to plug-in as many towns as possible to the National Broadband Network (NBN) before the election has continued unabashed, with newbie Canberra satellite city of Gungahlin the latest to see the fibre optic light. Gungahlin is among the earliest suburbs […]

4 February, 2013

O’Farrell cracks down on nocturnal drunks

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski When the tragic death of Thomas Kelly in Kings Cross from a so-called king-hit made headlines across Australia, it was the final straw for the O’Farrell government. After several months of dramatic news reports filled with colourful identities and bikies parading their power, shootings in crowded streets and seemingly […]

7 January, 2013