Plans to let first-home buyers purchase a property with a smaller deposit won’t be a silver bullet, the housing minister concedes, with federal parliament set to pass the reforms. Labor’s Help to Buy ...

Mark Saturno, who plays the title role of Jack Maggs… this is no turkey-and-plum-pudding romp, but rather a reworking of Great Expectations. Charles Dickens is often credited with having invented ...

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Theatre / A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare. At Aunty Louise Brown Park (outside The Q, Queanbeyan), until December 15. Reviewed by ALANNA MACLEAN. The new Aunty Louise Brown Park ...

A high-tech subsea cable system with new landing points will securely pipe the highest possible volume of data from the US, Australia and Asia. As well as setting the nation up to be a data warehouse ...

Australians will be able to stay in China visa-free for one month, in a move the nation’s tourism industry hopes will boost the flow of travellers for both countries. The Chinese Embassy in Canberra ...

The new public transport ticketing system starts on Wednesday… Old MyWay cards no longer work. Canberra’s long-awaited new public transport ticketing system MyWay+ will be live from Wednesday. “The ...

ACT government impression of a light rail stop at Kings Avenue on State Circle… NCA approval still outstanding. If the appropriateness of light rail and better alternatives are not the National ...

Dan Russell tried 120 violins before settling on a new one, from c1730, reports HELEN MUSA in her latest Arts in the City column. Dan Russell, the artistic director of Canberra’s Phoenix Collective, ...

A looming social media ban for children younger than 16 would not isolate young people online but would protect them, an inquiry has been told As the federal government seeks to legislate the ban by ...

Music / Rachmaninoff Vespers: All-Night Vigil, Oriana Chorale, directed by Dan Walker. At Anzac Memorial Chapel Duntroon, November 24. Reviewed by SAM WILSON. As a celebrated a cappella choir prepared ...

Likening the coming season at Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre’s 2025 theatre program to a patchwork quilt, The Q’s artistic director and programming manager Jordan Best promised at the season launch ...