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Canberra has a daily newspaper, The Canberra Times, which was established in 1926. [295] [296] There are also several free weekly publications, including news magazines CityNews and Canberra Weekly as well as entertainment guide BMA Magazine. BMA Magazine first went to print in 1992; the inaugural edition featured coverage of the Nirvana ...
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory until 1938, is an internal territory of Australia. Canberra, the capital city of Australia, is situated within the territory, and is the territory's primate city.
Canberra is Australia's capital and its largest inland city. At the 2021 census, it had 452,670 residents. [1] This amounted to 1.8% of Australia's population. At the 2021 census, 32.5% of Canberra's population were born overseas, a large majority of which were born in Asia and Europe. The top three overseas countries of birth were India ...
Parts of Canberra formed the backdrop for Cold War espionage activity, highlighted during the 1954 Petrov Affair when a Soviet Union spy defected to Australia. Telopea Park in south Canberra was a known drop-off point for KGB spies based at the nearby USSR Embassy. This embassy was constantly monitored by ASIO agents based in the Kingston Hotel ...
City of Canberra, a Boeing 707 formerly operated by Qantas on display at the Qantas Founders Outback Museum in Longreach, Queensland City of Canberra (aircraft) , a Boeing 747-400 formerly operated by Qantas on display at the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society museum at Illawarra Regional Airport, New South Wales
Canberra is the capital city of Australia and is located in the Australian Capital Territory. Some articles which are listed under Category:Australian Capital Territory may also relate to Canberra. The city of Canberra occupies less than 40% of the land area of the Australian Capital Territory, but it contains over 99% of the Territory's ...
"Civic" is a common name for the district, but it is also called Civic Centre, City Centre, Canberra City and Canberra, and its official division name is City. [ 2 ] Canberra's City was established in 1927, although the division name City was not gazetted until 20 September 1928.
The ACT Labor Party has been in power since 2001, although with the exception of 2004-2008, have served in minority or coalition governments with the support of the ACT Greens. [ 8 ] At the 2020 Australian Capital Territory election , 10 Labor members, 9 Liberal members and 6 Greens members were elected.