How Canberra paid parking carries a tax warning for Turnbull
Illustration: Toby Wilkinson This is a tale of the law of unintended consequences — and it starts in the carparks of Canberra.It’s a cautionary story about any change, especially at a political level, and how our policymakers sometimes have little idea of what they unleash with seemingly innocuous reforms. It’s also a warning for Malcolm Turnbull about tax reform.For many years I’ve carpooled my way to Parliament House in the nation’s capital. Once acclimatised to my driver’s love affair w..>> view originalCanberra weather: ACT records hottest February morning in 2016
Leigh Baguley of Lyneham, cools off on Sunday, enjoying a run on his wakeboard, in the Molonglo River. Photo: Graham Tidy Canberrans spent much of Valentine's Day looking for ways to cool off and beat the heat as the capital sizzled through its warmest February morning so far this year on Sunday.For those who may have struggled to sleep through Saturday night due to the heat, they weren't imagining it, as the mercury dipped to a low of just 15.6 degrees.Weat..>> view originalCanberra private school fees increase in 2016
The final year at Canberra Grammar will now cost $21,860, in tuition fees and charges. Photo: Graham Tidy Canberra's two most expensive private schools charge more than $20,000 in annual fees for Year 12, but it has been a relatively good year for families across the ACT non-government sector with most schools charging modest fee increases – the majority below the cost of education inflation.The final year at Canberra Grammar will now cost $21,860, in tuition..>> view originalWhooping cough cases more than double in Canberra
Whooping cough cases in Canberra surged last year, but authorities say the rise is consistent with historical patterns. The ACT struggled through a dramatic rise in whooping cough last year.Figures reveal there were 487 whooping cough cases recorded in the ACT last year, more than double the 233 cases recorded the previous year.There have 26 cases of the disease, which is also known as pertussis, recorded in Canberra so far this year, according to data from t..>> view originalCanberra mornings: February 15, 2016
Canberra mornings: February 15, 2016 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull endured a rocky first sitting fortnight for the 2016 parliamentary year. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen A summer marred by ministerial crises and the prospect of a higher GST has taken the shine off the Turnbull government, sending the Coalition's share of the vote below that achieved by Tony Abbott at the 2013 election High income earners are reluctant to part with their tax breaks in part beca..>> view originalCanberra Capitals fall to SEQ, but stage set to farewell WNBL icons ...
Stars 81 Capitals 76 Capitals Coach Carrie Graf will farewell the club against Bendigo on Saturday. Photo: Jay Cronan The stage is set for the Canberra Capitals to farewell two WNBL icons next week after they fell just short of a second win in three days against South-East Queensland on Sunday.Buoyed by a first win of their campaign against Perth on Friday, the Capitals were looking to throw another spanner in the finals works at Logan, but succumbed 81-76.C..>> view originalCanberra Greyhound Racing Club lobbyist attempts meeting with ...
The Canberra Greyhound Racing Club, including secretary Debbie Collier pictured with trainer and breeder Jason Platts and Cupcake the greyhound, hope to meet with the RSPCA to defend the sport after calls for a ban in the ACT. Photo: Jamila Toderas A lobbyist working for the Canberra Greyhound Racing Club has denied trying to ambush the RSPCA into meeting with representatives from the embattled sports body after calls for a ban in the ACT.Kel Watt said he app..>> view originalMikaela Mbonzi-Geach proof Canberra TRYathlon is worth it
Finish line: Australian swimming sensation James Magnussen and Mikaela Mbonzi-Geach, left, hand out medals to competitors. Photo: Jamila Toderas Canberra teenager Mikaela Mbonzi-Geach says the TRYathlon event kick-started her ambition to chase an Olympic Games dream.Mbonzi-Geach returned to the junior event on Sunday to inspire a new generation of budding athletes seven years after she competed in her first TRYathlon.More than 1500 children converged on the A..>> view originalLifeline Canberra bookfair raises more than half a million for crisis ...
Lifeline Canberra bookfair raises more than half a million for crisis service Bookfair Photo: Graham Tidy The Lifeline Canberra bookfair over the weekend raised more than half a million dollars for the crisis service."We've definitely beaten our previous record for the February bookfair, both in terms of numbers of people through the door as well as funds raised," Lifeline Canberra CEO Carrie Leeson said late Sunday."Knowing that every dollar we raise goes ..>> view originalNDIS Canberra rollout improves but numbers underestimated ...
The rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the ACT is on track with complaints slowing down. NDIS Canberra rollout improves but numbers underestimated: quarterly report exitAfter shaky beginnings, the rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the ACT is on track with complaints slowing down.But the number of Canberrans deemed eligible remains higher than expected when the scheme began in the ACT in July 2014, the National Disabil..>> view original
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