BIZARRE: 35 - What They Never Told You

Record 85.7% of Greens preferenced Labor at federal election; electoral reform proposals

Under compulsory preferential voting, all formal votes must eventually preference one of the major parties over the other. The electoral commission has released preference flow information for all minor parties, This means we can tell, for example, how many Greens voters preferred Labor and how many the Coalition.

The Conversation · Jul 26, 2022

ACT Ambulance Service to get more paramedics to meet 'significant demand' under $27m funding boost

The ACT Ambulance Service is set to get more intensive care paramedics thanks to a $27.6 million funding injection as part of the upcoming territory budget.

ABC News · Jul 26, 2022

Labor backs conscience vote on territories

Labor has agreed to a conscience vote on a bill to restore territories' rights, which will pave the way for voluntary euthanasia in the NT and ACT.

AAP · Jul 25, 2022

Canberra hospitals on cusp of amber alert as COVID-19 outbreak and patient numbers grow

Patients infected with COVID-19 took up 15 per cent of the city's hospital beds earlier this week — the highest level recorded during the pandemic.

ABC News · Jul 22, 2022

Recommendations for work safety prosecutions in Canberra released 10 years after Ben Catanzariti's worksite death

New recommendations for the prosecution of workplace accidents are released 10 years since 21-year-old Ben Catanzariti died when a concrete boom collapsed on him and two others.

ABC News · Jul 21, 2022

Federal government under pressure to increase EV uptake after ACT announces petrol car ban

Electric vehicle advocates and auto industry say Australia needs nationally mandated fuel efficiency standards

The Guardian - AU · Jul 21, 2022

Pill testing program urged for SA

The Greens in South Australia have called on the state government to follow the ACT's lead and establish a pill testing site.

AAP · Jul 21, 2022

After The EU, Australian Territory Moves To Ban New ICE Sales In 2035

The Australian Capital Territory government wants to lead Australia’s transition to EVs.

Motor1 · Jul 20, 2022

ACT's electric vehicle strategy to overhaul registration fees for Canberra car owners

Some Canberrans could face higher car registration fees as the ACT government's push for a transition to electric vehicles ramps us.

ABC News · Jul 20, 2022

Australia's first fixed-site pill testing to open in Canberra in bid for harm reduction

A fixed-site pill and drug testing clinic will open its doors in the ACT this Thursday in an Australian first.

ABC News · Jul 19, 2022