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Canberra has been ranked as the world’s 8th smartest city in 2026 out of 148 cities worldwide. The World Competitiveness Center’s Smart City Index has been published for the year, which measures economic and technological aspects of smart cities and factors like quality of life, environment and inclusiveness. Canberra came in as the 8th smartest city out of 148, holding it’s spot from last year.

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Court today for a 36 year old Holt woman, after she was allegedly caught drink driving at more than eight times the legal limit. Between 5pm and 7:30pm yesterday, police received multiple reports of a grey Kia Sorento driving erratically on Wattle Street and Ginninderra Drive in Lyneham. The car was allegedly driving onto gutters, swerving across lanes, rapidly accelerating and deaccelerating, and on one occasion reversed into a parked vehicle.

Reactions continue to the news of the Integrity Commissions findings that the Deputy Chief Minister’s then chief of staff engaged in serious corrupt conduct. Master Builders ACT CEO, Anna Neelagama, has responded to the findings, saying they demonstrate that the procurement system in the ACT is not delivering value for money for the territory and an urgent review of all processes is needed.

Transport Canberra bus services will stop between 9.30am and 1.30pm Thursday July 30 to allow for all bus drivers to attend an important meeting. The Transport Workers Union is conducting the meeting, and say it is a necessary step towards finalising a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. Limited services will be available between 9am and 9.30am and 1pm to 1.30pm to allow for drivers to come off the road for the meeting and services to start back up.

The Canberra Business Chamber’s latest Business Beat report shows the Iran War, higher interest rates, inflation and the Federal and local budgets have all contributed to the decline. At the start of the year, 39 per cent of businesses reported feeling positive about business conditions, but that has now dropped to 32 per cent.

The ACT Government has released the next ACT Climate Change Strategy setting the direction for the next decade of climate action and reaffirming its commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2045. The strategy is comprised of an Overarching Framework and Action Plan 1 with more action plans to be added over the coming decade.

ACT Policing continues to target drink driving and defective vehicles in the territory, alongside ACT Vehicle Safety Standard Inspectors. The team are undertaking a joint operation at several locations across Canberra this week. On Tuesday, 372 alcohol screen tests were undertaken, with officers issuing 36 defects to unroadworthy motor vehicles as well as 12 infringements.

A 27-year-old Waramanga woman has been charged after allegedly deliberately lighting a number of grass fires in Fisher and Chifley yesterday. About 3:50 yesterday afternoon, police were called to Chifley following reports that a woman had deliberately lit a number of grass fires. It’s alleged that she used a gas-powered blowtorch to deliberately light at least four fires in Fisher and Chifley.

A community health hub in the city may be closed until August 7th as asbestos testing and remediation work continues. Infrastructure Canberra has provided an update on the temporary closure at at 1 Moore Street after asbestos containing material was found within the building. Preliminary results indicate that several occupied areas across multiple floors have been cleared of the material, with results from the remainder of the testing program still pending.