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Online broker bites into parliamentary pay parking
Parkhound smells cash in residents’ driveways, basements.
Fear of axe over renewables sharpens solar stampede
Anger over bid for solar sunset.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Queensland and NSW lag on dwelling starts
By Paul Hemsley The quarterly ‘State of the States’ economic performance report from Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s securities arm, CommSec, has found that New South Wales and Queensland are falling…