ACT politics: Greens MLA Johnathan Davis knows what it is like caring for someone with a severe drug addiction. Taking up the mantle of leading the party's response to drug harm minimisation, he faced a personal and political reckoning.
Public service: A proposed overhaul of parental leave for federal public servants would increase paid leave by four weeks for most departments and agencies.
Jobs: People with disability are twice as likely to be living in poverty, face much tougher odds to find a job and are paid far less than the rest of the population.
Tourism: More than 32,000 out-of-town visitors came to Canberra to see productions at the theatre centre in the last financial year, with a total estimated expenditure of $16.8 million in the ACT.
Innovation: Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best - and a Canberra company has come up with a simple but brilliant innovation which has now won it the country's sought-after award for good design.
Sport: There have been calls for certainty around centralisation and the future of Wallabies coach Eddie Jones as cashed-up international rivals circle a number of ACT Brumbies stars due to come off-contract next year.
Education: A group of leading literacy experts has called for an urgent overhaul of reading instruction to lift the skills of 1 million struggling students in an open letter to education ministers.
Opinion: The non-profit community sector plays an essential role in helping people and families affected by gambling harms to rebuild their lives, writes Devin Bowles.
Mental health: When Corey Lamb was a patient in an ACT residential mental health facility at age 18, he never imagined they would one day hire him because of that experience.
