ACT

Muhammad Ali is sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of indecently touching a child at the centre where he worked.

Canberra's food rescue charity which has been saving food bound for the bin across the ACT since 2008 is dealing with growing demand.

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann will take on Network Ten and the ABC in the Federal Court in Sydney today in defamation action over allegations he raped his former colleague Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019.

A wombat earns the nickname, Ian Thorpe, after swimming for nearly 40 minutes before being rescued by a woman in a kayak from Yerrabi Pond in Canberra's north after a thunderstorm.

A female intruder who invaded the Canberra home of a former friend she believed had killed her dog, smashing furniture and attacking the victim, is sentenced to a nearly four-year intensive corrections order to be served in the community.

We're in the grips of a surging COVID-19 wave but there's some good news — the new monovalent COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna will be up for grabs from December 11.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has called on Anthony Albanese to apologise and explain why he didn’t raise Chinese navy’s alleged harm of ADF divers with Xi Jinping.

The ACT Supreme Court found the man's so-called "hard extraction" from the cell involved an excessive use of force. 

RACGP President Dr Nicole Higgins says a review into the primary healthcare sector is an opportunity to address the health worker shortage in regional and rural communities.

An upgrade to the methane gas capture facility at the city's main tip is promising to be a win-win for the environment and the power grid.

Renewable energy generated from methane produced by Canberra's Mugga Lane landfill is expected to power 10,800 homes and further cut greenhouse gas emissions under an expanded capture project.

Most of the people we follow from the court run away from us. Not him. He stayed and chatted, happy to tell us he did it because he had felt he had to, writes court reporter Elizabeth Byrne.

The ACT government proposes changes to the territory's surrogacy laws, including allowing single people to access surrogacy and removing the requirement for the intended parent to have a genetic connection to the child.

Law and Corporate Governance specialist Helen Bird reviews the Senate Inquiry into Optus, saying CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin didn't restore the reputation of the company.

Between 1939 and 1996 the government hired dozens of photographers to document life around Australia.

Geoffrey Watson from the Centre for Public Integrity discusses protection for whistle-blowers after former military lawyer David McBride pleaded guilty to leaking classified information.

Former military lawyer David McBride has given up his fight against charges he broke the law by leaking classified material to journalists by pleading guilty to three charges.

Darrell Hudson is sentenced to fours years and nine months in prison for raping and choking a sex worker, and punching a hole in the brothel wall during what Acting Justice Peter Berman described as "a degrading series of assaults".

Greg Barnes from Australian Lawyers Alliance has called for an independent review of each case, expressing grave concerns on the new legislation that will monitor released detainees electronically. 

Former military lawyer David McBride gives up his fight against charges he unlawfully leaked classified documents to journalists, and pleads guilty to stealing and sharing secret military information.

The European Commission has approved the use of the controversial herbicide for another decade, with a spokesperson for Australian growers backing the decision as good news for exports.

Jean Morley was found dead by a health worker in her Canberra home in July this year. Police believe she was suffocated.

Between 1939 and 1996 the government hired dozens of photographers to document Australian life. Now many of their works of intimate nature photography, striking architectural shots and captured everyday memories are displayed in a new exhibition.

Cardiologists at the Canberra Hospital are confident offering a high-tech, minimally-invasive alternative to open-heart surgery will help attract and retain other surgical specialists from around the country.

Five ACT pharmacies will take part in a trial letting chemists resupply some oral contraceptives, but with tight requirements — including that patients have been prescribed the medication for over two years, are aged between 18 and 35, and are using it for contraceptive purposes.