THOMAS IN THE NEWS

Community advocates and MLAs have slammed the ACT Government for using a letterbox drop to tick six actions off its strategic plan for Oaks Estate.

The chief executive of Canberra's Institute of Technology (CIT) has been recommended to the Public Sector Standards Commissioner over concerns her "overly litigious and combative" approach to inquiries about her appointment is inconsistent with...

Parents have watched the Edge Early Learning Higgins saga unfold and asked the same question: how many serious incidents does it take before a childcare centre is shut down?

The federal government has approved an amendment which will pave the way for the redevelopment of an area in Canberra's inner-south, despite some community opposition.

A long-vacant building in Canberra's inner north that was ravaged by fire almost a year ago will be demolished and a landscaped park will take its place before potential future uses of the site...

The Canberra Institute of Technology will begin a voluntary redundancy program in a bid to bring the organisation back to financial sustainability.

With affordable housing becoming one of Canberra’s biggest challenges, Budget Estimates has revealed 588 ACT public housing homes were sitting vacant at the end of June — including 188 homes ready to be allocated...

A farmer-led cooperative has won an expression of interest process to operate on Dairy Road in Fyshwick, creating a "local food precinct" with the possibility of greenhouses, a retail store and cafe or restaurant...

ACT Independent MLA Thomas Emerson has called for more transparency from energy provider ActewAGL after learning the company is not explicitly revealing the best deal customers could be on.

The ‘best offer’ listed on Canberrans’ electricity bills might not be the best deal available for their specific circumstances.

Reported gambling harm incidents in ACT poker machine venues have risen by more than 50 per cent in the past year, prompting fresh calls for the government to speed up gambling reform.

After a series of near misses involving children, dogs and vehicles at a blind corner behind the Downer shops, residents have launched a petition urging the ACT Government to make the area safer for...

The Canberra Institute of Technology has called in an outside investigator to look into its program to teach students how to fix electric cars. The probe will include whether assurances given earlier by the...

A new pedestrian crossing on Canberra Avenue, where two schoolboys were hit by a stolen vehicle in March 2025, is now operating, but debate rages on around what the speed limit for the area...

A Canberra mother had concerns for her daughter's safety at a childcare centre in the city's north-west for more than a year before the ACT regulator ordered it to shut.

A childcare centre in Canberra's north west has been banned from operating after the regulator found it failed to respond to a serious medical incident involving a child.

Pressure is mounting on the CIT board to decide the future of embattled CEO Margot McNeill, who remains on leave of unspecified duration.

Thomas Emerson MLA discussing the sale of CSIRO Ginninderra East to the ACT Government. 

It isn’t the dramatic hazards that worry Kidsafe ACT the most. It’s the everyday ones.

ACT students risk losing access to senior secondary language courses because of gaps in the public school system, a Legislative Assembly committee has found. This week, the Standing Committee on Social Policy released its...