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With grocery bills still biting and work schedules showing no signs of easing, more Canberrans are turning to batch cooking — and local nutrition services say the habit can stick if you start small.
New affordability data shows ACT tenants are forking out near-Sydney rents while first-home buyers face a purchase market that makes Geelong look like a bargain.
A 22-storey residential development approved for the city centre is set to add 180 units to a market that has barely kept pace with demand for three years running.
From free parkrun mindfulness warm-ups in Tuggeranong to drop-in sessions in Braddon, the capital's meditation scene has quietly expanded — and the research backing it has never been stronger.
Once defined by car yards and concrete, Mitchell is drawing a new generation of buyers priced out of Braddon and Dickson — and the numbers are starting to reflect it.
Free, timed and open to everyone from serious runners to those who just want to get off the couch, parkrun has quietly become one of the ACT's most-used fitness resources.
With gold clearing US$4,187 an ounce and the S&P 500 up 1.71 per cent, the ASX's climb to 8,844 is reshaping the calculus for public servants with CSC and PSSap balances sitting heavily in domestic equities and precious metals.
With the ACT vacancy rate hovering near historic lows and median weekly rents pushing past $650, both tenants scrambling for a roof and landlords managing rising costs are caught in a market that's running short on easy answers.
ACT Courts delivers judgment in Bourke v Styche. Case details, decision date June 18 2026, and access to full judgment text on official court website.
ACT Courts delivers judgment in Peter Wallace inquest. Read the full decision and case details from Canberra's official court records.
ACT Courts delivers inquest judgment into the death of Mr Deleman. Read the decision details and access the full court ruling from the official source.
Read the ACT Courts judgment in DPP v Murphy, delivered May 2026. Full legal decision and case details available from official Canberra court sources.
ACT Courts delivers judgment in DPP v Fabriczy (No 4). Read the full decision from Canberra's official court records and case details.
ACT Courts delivers judgment in Madders v Tiffen and Tiffen (No 1). Find the full civil court decision and case details from Canberra's official court records.
ACT Courts delivers judgment in Agius v Fed Consulting Services Pty Ltd and Agius v Stephen Gelo (No 2). Read the full decision and case details.
ACT Courts delivers judgment in inquest into the death of Donald Morley. Full decision date and coronial findings available from official court records.
While visitors queue for the War Memorial and Questacon, Canberrans are quietly logging kilometres on trails most guidebooks never mention.
Empty-nesters are quietly reshaping pockets of the inner south and north, snapping up townhouses and low-maintenance units while families wait in vain for that family home to hit the market.
The ACT Planning Authority has green-lit a 14-storey development on Cowper Street that will bring apartments, ground-floor retail and coworking space to one of Canberra's busiest inner-north corridors.
A new affordability crunch is forcing ACT tenants to weigh whether staying in Canberra's tight rental market still makes financial sense against buying in regional centres.
From Braddon delis to Tuggeranong farmers' markets, Canberra has quietly become a solid hunting ground for the fermented foods your microbiome has been waiting for.
Canberrans already have some of the best walking trails in the country — here's how to use them to genuinely calm a racing mind.
ACT Courts delivers judgment in DPP v Fabriczy (No 6). Read the full decision and case details from Canberra's official court records online.
ACT Courts delivers judgment in Madders v Tiffen (No 3). Read the full decision and case details from Canberra's official court records.
ACT Courts delivers judgment in KT inquest case. Read the full decision ruling, case details, and official court documentation from Canberra courts.
ACT Courts delivers judgment in DPP v Vekony (No 4). Read the full decision and case details from Canberra's official court website.
ACT Courts delivers judgment in DPP v Fabriczy (No 5). Read the full decision, case details, and official court documents from Canberra's courts.
ACT Courts delivers judgment in Alexis Saaghy inquest. Official court decision and findings from Canberra death investigation.
ACT Courts delivers DPP v MN judgment May 2026. Read case details, decision date, and access the official court ruling from Canberra.
Gross rental returns in the ACT are sitting below the national average, yet a tight vacancy rate and stable public service demand are keeping landlords in the game.
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