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WEBThe latest news from Canberra and the ACT region. Featuring top opinion, business, property, food and wine, motoring, community and lifestyle stories.
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WEBThe latest news from Canberra and the ACT region. Featuring top opinion, business, property, food and wine, motoring, community and lifestyle stories.
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WEBNumber of Indigenous people in ACT prisons is up 28 per cent since 2021. 23 September | By Oliver Jacques. 23. Courts & Crime.
Greens renew calls to lower voting age to 16 after petition
WEBSep 9, 2024 · A petition calling for the voting age in the ACT to be lowered to 16 was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday (5 September), with Greens MLA Andrew Braddock expressing support for the reform to be made law. The petition was initiated by Parker Jakab-van Dooren, a student at University of Canberra High School Kaleen, and garnered 120 ...
QPRC election results are in and change is afoot | Riotact
WEBDec 24, 2021 · It took 17 days, but the results are in for the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council (QPRC) election. Labor has taken home the most seats, followed by the Liberals and the independent Group F. Bryce Wilson, Esma Livermore and John Preston will take their seats for the ALP, while the Liberals’ team will …
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WEBGovernment-run bank, poverty summit and rates freeze proposed in Canberra Decides election debate. News and analysis of APS, ACT public sector and diplomatic corp policy, politics and people.
Everything you need to know about the upcoming QPRC election
WEBNov 15, 2021 · A total of 124 local government areas will be holding elections on Saturday 4 December 2021, including the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council (QPRC). In QPRC, 75 candidates are competing for 11 positions on a council that oversees Queanbeyan, Jerrabomberra, Bungendore, and Braidwood. READ ALSO Council and three-quarters of public submissions ...
Enrolment numbers soar as federal election draws closer
WEBAug 23, 2024 · As at 30 June this year, 97.9 per cent of all eligible Australians are enrolled to vote – higher than the 96.2 per cent leading into the 2022 federal election (as at 30 June 2021). Enrolment of 96.8 per cent at the last election’s close of rolls was a record high. An estimated 92.9 per cent of Indigenous Australians are now enrolled to vote ...
Parents and staff 'distraught' over uncertain future of Canberra ...
WEBJul 30, 2024 · The previous day, on Wednesday afternoon (24 July), a representative from Canberra firm BAL Lawyers handed out letters to parents as they came to collect their kids, advising that the owners, Genius Childcare, had been given until 5 pm, 26 July, to vacate the premises due to unpaid rent. “A lot of parents were quite obviously distraught, and ...