Compared to Tasmania, the ACT seems to have very few elected representatives. But it's debateable whether that's a fair comparison, and whether something should change.
Last year the ACT became the first Australian jurisdiction to decriminalise small amounts of illicit drugs. One year on, what has happened in the territory?Β
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On the eve of the election, ACT Labor is found in breach of electoral laws for running advertisements that were "inaccurate and misleading" when criticising the shadow health minister's position on abortion.
Staff at the Australian National University in Canberra have been asked to forgo an agreed pay rise amid efforts to get the university's budget under control.
Police say the man broke through the ceiling of a Canberra hotel lobby after allegedly hiding in the building's roof cavity in an attempt to escape arrest for stealing a bag containing several car keys.