13+ hour, 42+ min ago   (808+ words) An independent fund should manage cash earmarked for community contributions collected from clubs' poker machines in the ACT to future-proof support for local sports clubs, the ACT Greens say. Rebecca Vassarotti, the party's spokeswoman on gambling, wants an independent fund…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (778+ words) You could only wonder if the next Cameron Myers was among them. Maybe even a future track star like Eddie Nketia, Lauren Boden or Melissa Breen. Stars of the future were on show during the 12 and under ACT track and…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (288+ words) The Prime Minister's defence of a generous $6 million grant to the Marrickville Golf Club in his own electorate has stretched credulity. Anthony Albanese claims ignorance of an honorary membership to the club, insisting he is a tennis player rather than…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (488+ words) Political allies including Pauline Hanson have leapt to the defence of One Nation's leader in Victoria after revelations of past drug use and drink drinking. Warren Pickering sensationally admitted on Tuesday to taking speed, ecstasy and marijuana in his 20s and…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (651+ words) Public servants working for the ACT government have rejected a pay offer that would have delivered 3 per cent increases each year for three years, prompting the main public sector union to warn of extensive industrial action unless a "reasonable" offer…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (644+ words) "I noticed one of my exes, and another guy who I'd gone on several dates with, but it didn't lead to anything," she said. "The next day, I went back on the app and I got a notice from Hinge…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (760+ words) Bean MP David Smith says he had little to do with an "invite-only" $1 million grant in his electorate, among half a billion doled out to safe Labor and marginal electorates in what critics describe as "serious pork-barrelling". Mr Smith, who…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (415+ words) Taming Australia's tobacco black market may require a more radical solution than slashing cigarette taxes, a former leading detective says. Scrutiny is ratcheting up on Opposition Leader Angus Taylor's plan to cut the tobacco excise by 80 per cent to reduce…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (701+ words) For most people, giving something back to a cause that has touched their family might mean hosting a morning tea, buying a raffle ticket or donning an apron for a charity sausage sizzle. For Andrew Danson, it meant becoming chairman…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (477+ words) Australia's peak property season has opened with a whimper, featuring low stock and lacklustre auction success rates. Capital cities hosted just 1462 auctions in the first week of spring - more than 30 per cent down on the figure for a year earlier....