Australian Capital Territory

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

The Australian Bureau of Statistics survey finds around 16 per cent of women have experienced some form of economic abuse. A leading women's advocate says it's a form of abuse that too often is flying under the radar.

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

The yellow-bellied sea snake, which usually lives off the continental shelf, intrigues locals but comes with a warning from wildlife rescuers.

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.

The Bombala community's success in raising $340,000 and securing a government grant will ensure an assisted living facility will reopen in early 2024 after the town lost its only aged care home.

Iconic artist Vincent Namatjira was the first Indigenous artist to win the Archibald Prize, with his bold portrait of Adam Goodes. Now, his vibrant portraits will be on display in a very special survey exhibition. 

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.

Police investigating suspicious fire that badly damaged a house in Weston Creek, ACT

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.

From the streets, to the courts, to the halls of power — school strikes may look smaller but students are finding other ways to fight for climate action and a better future.

After a near rainless September and October, and the prospect of the driest spring on record, November serves up a pleasant surprise: rain.

David Anderson says it's possible for the ABC to accurately describe the shocking attacks in Israel while also providing coverage of the shocking conditions being experienced by civilians in Gaza.

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

If last year's cyber attack failed to teach Optus a few lessons in handling massive tech failures, perhaps the public scrutiny of the Senate will force the system reboot the telco so desperately seems to need, writes Kate Ainsworth.

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.