While we’re all debating the possibilities for censorship, it’s worth remembering that this is hardly the free marketplace of ideas either.
The Digital Duty of Care Bill was already mired in the noisy controversy about freedom of expression. That debate will now be intensified by the horrific attack on independent MP Helen Haines.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said this week that anonymity and the pace of social media have exacerbated rage and aggression, a phenomenon not confined to politics.
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The US ambassador has been quiet on the midterm election results and instead spent the week at Melbourne Cup and heaping praise on the city’s coffee and, er, laneways.
Despite repeated warnings and Senate findings, Canberra is yet to ban refined petroleum imports originating from Moscow’s crude oil.
ACT police say a woman was shot in the head during a robbery at a home in Isabella Plains on August 22, and are now calling for assistance to locate two alleged offenders.
A UN rapporteur has declared that human rights are the Commonwealth’s responsibility alone. He also urged the prime minister not to give up on the Voice.
Deakin house prices surge as prestige suburbs elsewhere decline.
A gap in the urban fabric of the national capital’s north is to be filled by a holding the ACT paid $385 million to acquire...
