Canberrans are still paying the equal highest rent in the country, with the median asking price for a house in the Capital $550 a week. Domain's latest State of the Market Rental Report shows Canberra rents have jumped by 8.4% in the past 12 months, to be on par with Sydney.

 

Rent prices for units in Canberra have also increased by 7.1%...

Canberra schools are rejecting recommended changes to anti-discrimination laws that would give religious schools the right to turn away gay teachers and students. A review into religious freedoms is calling for nation-wide provisions to allow pupils or teachers to be turned away based on their sexual orientation.

 

Principal of St Mary...

Canberrans can now access legal advice from the comfort of their own home. Two new services, the ACT Law Handbook and the Legal Aid Chatline have been launched to offer advice on all kinds of legal matters.

 

The online handbook includes civil law, family law and human rights, while the chat line connects Canberrans to a paralegal....

A report has shown that Canberra's poker machine regulatory system is the most lax in the country. The Monash University report, commissioned by several ACT and NSW community and reform agencies, has shown that the ACT's pokie tax take is lower than any other jurisdiction, while the actual number of machines per 100,000 residents was second...