After a long, rousing and somewhat uninspiring six-week campaign, polling day has arrived with Australia staring down the possibility of a hung parliament.
Subscriber: Andrew Thaler, an independent candidate, pleaded guilty in the Queanbeyan District Court to the charge that he intimidated a woman in 2018.
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The candidates are optimists you might think: despite all the evidence to the contrary, they believe it is still worth standing in an election which they are unlikely to win.
Instead of citizens being talked to (or at), they (we) get to tell politicians what's what - and which of them should keep a job and which of them should take the bus home.
Subscriber: The recommendation was made after ACT Integrity Commissioner Michael Adams QC told an annual reports inquiry that he may need to ask for extra funding.
Drag queens and bingo add bang to federal election
The big day has finally arrived and regardless of who will be elected to run the country, Canberrans are set to celebrate the occasion.
Health authorities are warning people to be vigilant after cases of monkeypox were confirmed in NSW and Victoria. The illness can be transmitted from person to person through air droplets, close bodily contact or sharing contaminated objects.
