They are three of Australia’s leading infectious diseases experts, all based in Canberra at exactly the time we need them most. But given the ever-changing, often contested nature of a pandemic response, they don’t always agree.
Subscriber: The ACT government has defended its rollout of its tough new 40km/h city speed limits, as new figures reveal speed cameras in the zone have raked in more than $5 million in a month.
Subscriber: A magistrate has slammed the "disgusting disregard" shown by a public pool pest who defecated in the water, stalked a woman and urinated in a supermarket during a bizarre, months-long crime spree.
Canberra drivers who cause damage to others will face tougher punishments, with the ACT government to introduce a suite of new penalties for dangerous driving.
Subscriber: The ACT Environment Minister has rejected community claims a plan to allow development on the Federal Golf Course will damage breeding areas for the gang-gang cockatoo and superb parrot.
Westpac and Commonwealth Bank will implement a workplace vaccination pilot, designed in concert with the federal government, beginning with the readily-available AstraZeneca jab.
Subscriber: A flamethrower was among the 355 firearms and 70kg of ammunition surrendered to police since the start of the national gun amnesty on July 1.
A free community food pantry has opened at the Lakeside Leisure Centre after staff noticed "an alarming increase in people living out of their cars and paying for showers on site".
