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CANBERRA house rents have surged by more than $60 a week in the last year, as the ACT remains the most expensive capital city to rent a house or a unit. The territory’s house rents experienced a 10.5 per cent annual rise to $630 a week — a $60 increase in the last year and a $30 increase in the last quarter, according to the Domain Rent Report released today (July 8). The median asking rent for a unit reached a record high of $500 per week, an increase of $30 compared to the same time last year. Shadow housing minister Mark Parton says renters are feeling the pinch and are being left behi...

The Canberra Liberals have lambasted the ACT Government for focusing on issues that don't affect Canberrans and trying to turn...

Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee… “I am privileged to have such a talented and diverse team to fight for our community.” CANBERRA Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee has announced a reshuffled shadow ministry this morning (April 8) following the departure of Alistair Coe.  The former leader’s departure opened the door for James Milligan to return to the ACT Legislative Assembly filling Mr Coe’s seat in Yerrabi late last month. Mr Milligan will take back the portfolio responsibility for sport and recreation and has also been given new responsibilities, including  emergency services, dis...

“Our family’s experience of the interaction between the mental health and the justice systems for our family member was as traumatic as the incident that led to them being held in custody,” says our lead letter this week. WE write to echo concerns of racism in the Alexander Maconochie Centre prison expressed in Jon Stanhope’s column “The shameful politicians who don’t give a stuff” (CN March 4). As Canberrans, we struggle to get a voice to be heard, but how do we alarm those who put this in the “way-too-hard basket”? The case Mr Stanhope outlined was not an isolated incident...

Australian Capital Territory MP Mark Parton 'unwittingly' breached Western Australia's travel restrictions by briefly visiting New South Wales prior to flying west on a holiday.