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Unions ACT protest about Geocon's sexualised advertising outside Geocon's building site for Tryst.

ACT govt vows crackdown on 'sexist' ads amid Geocon dispute

The national advertising standards bureau last year cleared Geocon of any breaches, even finding some of its material depicted woman as confident and comfortable

  • Dan Jervis-Bardy and Cassandra Morgan

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Feral horses on the Currango Plain in the Kosciuszko National Park, just a few kilometres from the ACT border.

Protected wild horses chew ever-closer to Canberra's water sources

Controversial "heritage status" was granted for NSW's wild brumbies last year, posing a threat to the quality of the ACT's water supply.

  • Peter Brewer
Emergency Services Minister Mick Gentleman, who is supporting proposed changes to the ACT's fire safety laws.

'Safer buildings in Canberra': Minister supports changes to fire laws

Mick Gentleman's support for changes to fire safety laws comes weeks after an internationally renowned expert's warning about heightened danger.

  • Blake Foden
A Brushtail Possum.

New Fyshwick centre to help treat Canberra's injured wildlife

Volunteers have blamed the rise in the number of wombats brought to ACT Wildlife on the hotter climate and Canberra's building boom.

  • Finbar O'Mallon
A section of grassland damaged by wild horses near the Tin Mine Track along the NSW and Victorian border.

Feds ignored ACT's request to meet on feral horses

ACT environment minister Mick Gentleman asked environment minister Melissa Price to intervene on feral horse issue.

  • Finbar O'Mallon
A view of the wetlands in the valley below Mount Gingera in Namadgi National Park.

Canberra's drinking water catchment now 'endangered' area

The wetlands that provide Canberra with 80 per cent of its drinking water have been declared endangered due to the threat of feral horses across the ACT border.

  • Finbar O'Mallon
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ACT planning minister Mick Gentleman, pictured above, has moved to allay fears Downer could soon be swamped with high-density housing developments

Downer won't be swamped with high-density housing, minister says

Mick Gentleman said the majority of Downer would be untouched by the government's urban infill agenda

  • Dan Jervis-Bardy
Wild horses - brumbies - flee from a helicopter in Mount Kosciuszko National Park.

Dark water: how brumbies will destroy everything Canberra was built on

Canberra's park rangers are concerned green lighting a feral horse population in NSW will one day see the capital's water catchment collapse.

  • Finbar O'Mallon
Camera systems officer Petri Miniotas, Senior technician James Kagel, and Pilot of Firebird 100 Morgan Ford.

The eye in the sky that's the new weapon against Canberra bushfires

The Firebird 100 helicopter will be able to track blazes from more than 10 kilometres away and livestream footage to crews on the ground.

  • Andrew Brown
Labor ministers consider supporting push to legalise cannabis

Labor ministers consider supporting push to legalise cannabis

Labor ministers are considering a push from their backbench to legalise cannabis for personal use in Canberra.

  • Katie Burgess

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