Planning: A board member resigned after a plan to demolish Thoroughbred Park was published, citing a "perceived conflict of interest" because he also works for the ACT government
Award: How on a lonely, freezing mountainside deep in the Namadgi National Park, a small search and rescue team saved the lives of three stranded trail runners.
Age of the Dragon: As with so many things in Australian defence policy, this obviously urgent action should have been taken years go. Yet it's not happening even now.
Cost of living: The prolonged wait for a government-led overwatch of fuel prices has finally ended with the NSW FuelCheck app introduced into the territory.