Harry Frost
Harry is an ACT politics reporter based in the Canberra newsroom. He moved to the ABC after four years as a senior reporter and chief of staff at 9 News Canberra. Harry has also worked as a crime reporter for WIN News and a business reporter at Sky News in Melbourne.
Latest by Harry Frost
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr talks cost of living relief plan ahead of territory election
Speaking to Stateline, ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr says his last budget before the upcoming territory election will look to provide energy bill relief and another cut to stamp duty.
Canberra paramedic completes 17-year quest to return WWII dog tags to US soldier's family
Dan O'Sullivan found a set of dog tags belonging to US Army Second Lieutenant Benjamin Cox in a Honiara market and, recognising their significance, began a 17-year quest to return them to his family.
Canberra nurse awarded compensation after she was sacked for sharing confidential patient information with union
A Canberra nurse sacked for sharing confidential patient information with a union is awarded compensation, despite her employers having a "well-founded" reason for her dismissal.
Irish man accused of raping 16-year-old in Canberra arrested while preparing to leave Australia
The man allegedly sexually assaulted the teenage girl in the stairwell of a popular Canberra nightclub before allegedly raping her outside in a laneway.
'Watch us shine': Leanne Castley installed as Canberra Liberals' deputy leader after Jeremy Hanson dumped
Canberra Liberals member Jeremy Hanson loses the deputy leadership of the party to opposition health spokeswoman Leanne Castley.
ACT Greens leader defends handling of sexual misconduct allegations against Johnathan Davis
ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury has defended his office's handling of allegations of sexual misconduct made against backbencher Johnathan Davis.
ACT Greens politician Johnathan Davis stood down over sexual misconduct allegations
ACT member of the legislative assembly Johnathan Davis is stood down over allegations of misconduct, which a Greens spokesperson has confirmed are "of a sexual nature".
More Canberra home buyers to see stamp duty waived as government scheme expands
The ACT government's expanded stamp duty concession is likely to incentivise downsizing for older Canberrans, freeing up stand-alone houses for growing families, industry experts say.
Analysis
analysis:Hoping to overturn a government in power for 22 years, the Canberra Liberals are going back to basics
Elizabeth Lee promises to spend between $500,000 and $2 million on infrastructure upgrades in each ACT suburb if the Canberra Liberals win the 2024 election, with priority going to older, larger suburbs.
ACT raises the age of criminal responsibility to 14 with nation-first legislation
Children in the ACT under the age of 14 won't be charged, convicted or incarcerated for criminal offences — except in exceptional cases — from mid-2025.
Canberra mental-health patients abscond from secure units and 'return intoxicated', staff warn
Thirty-one patients absconded from mental-health facilities in the past year, and staff feel limited in how they can search wards for drugs.
Analysis
analysis:The ACT's new drug decriminalisation laws treat addiction as a health issue. How will that help users?
Next Saturday the ACT's new drug laws will come into effect, meaning people found possessing small quantities of illicit drugs like heroin, ice or cocaine will be cautioned, fined or referred to a drug counselling program instead of being charged.
Analysis
analysis:A year out from the ACT election, Andrew Barr is touting the silver linings of clouds over the territory
The ACT Chief Minister uses his State of the Territory address to celebrate Canberra's low unemployment rate, but not everything's rosey in the capital, writes Harry Frost.
Queensland man who goaded teenage son to ride Canberra Airport baggage carousel avoids fine
A 58-year-old man who admitted encouraging his 14-year-old son to ride a baggage carousel into a restricted area at Canberra Airport avoids a possible $15,000 fine.
Ehren wanted his own home, so his father set up a new kind of social housing for people with intellectual disabilities
Ehren Keys is one of 10 residents at the third social housing development in Canberra for people with intellectual disabilities, built by a not-for-profit social enterprise his father co-founded.
Education Minister 'doesn't think' she would have directed staff about outcome of school refurbishment tender
ACT Education Minister Yvette Berry tells an Integrity Commission she doubts she would have directed her staff that a local construction firm wasn't to get the refurbishment tender at Campbell Primary School because of union concerns.
Catholic Church representative tells Senate inquiry the ACT doesn't have a 'right' to self-government
Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Chancellor Patrick McArdle made the comments at a federal Senate inquiry into a bill that would effectively force the ACT government to hold an inquiry into its own takeover of Calvary Public Hospital.
Analysis
analysis:Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee will vote Yes in the Voice referendum, but her party is a different story
ACT Opposition leader Elizabeth Lee indicated her support for the Voice to Parliament while on maternity leave in June, but support in the local branch of the Canberra Liberals is far from unanimous.
ACT ESA Commissioner Georgeina Whelan steps down amid calls for cultural change within agency
Georgeina Whelan's resignation comes after two no-confidence motions in her leadership and a review that uncovered bullying and blaming in the Emergency Services Agency.
NSW man sentenced to more than 14 years' jail for daylight murder in Canberra CBD sparked by drug dispute
A 20-year-old New South Wales man has been jailed for 14-and-a-half years for a murder committed in broad daylight in a Canberra alleyway in December 2021.
Analysis
analysis:ACT government knows the cost of living is hurting Canberrans, but it needs Commonwealth help to fix it
With interest rate rises and years of slow wage growth, Canberrans are talking about how they're going to keep a roof over their heads. Yesterday's ACT budget aimed to address that issue, but the territory government's promises rely on federal support.
Remus is a renter, Tess is a mother of three — what's in the ACT budget for them?
The budget comes at a time of global economic uncertainty — so what local solutions are being delivered to ease the financial burden on households across Canberra?
ACT government to take over Calvary-run hospice Clare Holland House
Canberra's only inpatient end-of-life hospice, Clare Holland House, will transition to ACT government control along with the Calvary Public Hospital in Bruce next month.
ACT government considering how to attract and retain desperately needed healthcare workers
Health systems across the country are crying out for workers — and the ACT is no exception, with the government working out how to attract students to the capital and then keep them in its workforce.
ACT Supreme Court dismisses Calvary Health Care's bid to stop government's hospital takeover
The ACT Supreme Court halts Calvary Health Care's bid to stop the ACT government from taking over Calvary Public Hospital.