New Year's: Whether it was post-COVID relief, or a desire to be together again, Canberrans turned out in their thousands for the lakeside New Year's Eve fireworks.
Health: COVID will remain a threat in 2023 and having multiple variants in circulation has made the virus more unpredictable, but health experts say the end of the pandemic is nearing.
2002 cabinet documents: The ACT government was the strongest backer in 2002 for an East Coast Very High Speed Train, but the project with "significant benefits", costed at up to $59 billion, was killed off in that year by the Howard government.
Court: A 41-year-old man's Christmas ended in prison after he allegedly threatened to kill his mother and chased her husband down the street with a knife.
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2002 cabinet documents: The Howard government's "difficult" relationship with Indigenous affairs has been laid bare in cabinet papers released today after two decades.
2002 cabinet documents: Cabinet documents of 20 years ago, released today by the National Archives of Australia, show clear resolve and confidence in the Australian officials on the ground after the Bali bombings.
Environment: Almost half of Cobargo's main street commercial infrastructure was destroyed by fire on New Year's Eve three years ago. Facing economic ruin, a town cooperative has fought back, purchasing and repurposing the land with an objective to build the street back better.
Opinion: It is time for a resurgence of the collective over the consumptive. The plural over the personal. The social over the self, writes Mark Kenny.
NSW politics: A dispute over land values for a huge swathe of prime Bungendore central land will go to the NSW Land and Environment Court, with the Queanbeyan-Palerang council, which owns and manages the land, claiming it has been short-changed by $3.8 million.
Movies: TV couldn't kill the cinema experience. The advent of VCRs couldn't kill it. Nor could DVDs, Blu rays or even streaming. Even the shutdowns caused by COVID-19 were temporary, writes Ron Cerabona.
Sport | Watch: The WNBL has been urged to investigate an incident involving Sydney Flames coach Shane Heal and Canberra Capitals assistant coach Angus Bourke at the conclusion of Friday night's clash between the two sides.
