Tahlia Roy
Tahlia Roy is an ABC News reporter in Canberra covering health, social affairs and women's experiences. She has previously worked as an ABC News producer in Sydney and as a regional TV reporter on the NSW Central Coast. She is a 2022 Our Watch fellow.
You can follow her on Twitter at @TahliaRoy or contact her at roy.tahlia@abc.net.au.
Latest by Tahlia Roy
Young Canberra man Joshua Stewart killed in car crash where 14yo boy was allegedly at the wheel
Police allege four young people were in a stolen car when it ran a red light, killing one passenger. They say the driver was just 14 years old.
Chemists expose three previously unknown recreational drugs after users put forward mysterious substances
Canberra's fixed pill-testing site encountered three drugs that staff could not identify. So, the substances were sent to chemists at the Australian National University.
Laura Haworth has not been seen for 16 years. Police think Canberra's Summernats community could crack the case
Canberrans and visitors to the annual Summernats car festival are being urged to think back to January 5, 2008 and whether they remember anything that might shed light on the whereabouts of missing woman Laura Haworth.
Doctor avoids jail after choking, threatening to send victim to mental health unit in 'cowardly' domestic violence attack
Dr Nathan William Dawe strangled his victim and hit her with a wedding photo album in Canberra last year. He avoided jail and received an 18-month good behaviour bond in the ACT Magistrates Court. The national health practitioner regulator says it's monitoring his case.
'Nothing is sexier than consent': ACT police and Tinder hook up for operation positive consent
Canberrans will be shown positive consent ads as they swipe on Tinder after ACT Policing pitched a promotion of territory laws.
'Rotating like a corkscrew': Initial findings released about crash that killed pilot and his three grandchildren
Investigators suggest a devastating light plane crash occurred after the aircraft went into a spin and lost engine power. Four members of the same family were killed in the incident.
Lisa Wilkinson says she's not a 'cheap, tabloid journalist' as she defends airing Brittany Higgins interview
Bruce Lehrmann is suing Lisa Wilkinson and Network Ten over a 2021 The Project interview in which Brittany Higgins alleged she was raped at Parliament House.
Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds sues the ACT government and its former top prosecutor for defamation
The WA Senator filed her latest lawsuit in Western Australia's Supreme Court on Monday and is seeking an apology and damages.
Second Melbourne man arrested over 1999 cold case murder of Canberra woman
Sixty-eight-year-old Joseph Vekony is the second Melbourne man allegedly involved in a violent 1999 Canberra home invasion with an elderly couple beaten before a woman died at the scene.
'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.
Brittany Higgins will today be cross-examined by Bruce Lehrmann's lawyers in his defamation trial
Bruce Lehrmann's lawyers will this morning cross-examine Brittany Higgins as she re-enters the witness box in Mr Lehrmann's defamation action against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.
The three findings that surprised this ANU researcher in a 'major' survey to unpack referendum votes
Almost 90 per cent of Yes voters think First Nations Australians should have a say in matters affecting them. This did not surprise researchers — until they learned 76 per cent of No voters agreed.
Uber blocks Canberra driver from a week's work after man reports 'horrible' early morning attack
Police are investigating reports Uber driver Harjit Singh was assaulted by passengers in Canberra on November 11.
The ACT Greens conducted an internal review into allegations made against Johnathan Davis. Here's what it revealed
Before former ACT greens backbencher Johnathan Davis resigned over sexual misconduct allegations, an internal review by a senior staffer into his alleged conduct revealed Mr Davis was "apparently ... known to have a preference" for younger adults.
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.
Man who waited more than 20 years for breakthrough in grandmother's murder case says more police are needed
The grandson of a woman violently murdered in her Canberra home in 1999 is calling for more ACT police.
As COVID-19 numbers rise, Canberrans like Pam are considering upping their precautions
The number of COVID-19 cases in the ACT is on the rise but the territory has lifted all restrictions, leaving Canberrans with autoimmune conditions to ensure they avoid the disease on their own.
Police to face internal standards investigation after Jack Wighton and Latrell Mitchell charges dismissed
Following the dismissal of charges against NRL players Jack Wighton and Latrell Mitchell yesterday, the ACT's Police Minister has confirmed an internal investigation into the matter.
Convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika wins High Court bid to restore his Australian citizenship
A notorious terrorist successfully challenges former home affairs minister Peter Dutton's 2020 decision to strip his Australian citizenship.
Katarina's dad starved himself over five 'brutal' weeks. She hopes proposed new ACT laws will prevent similar suffering
The ACT government introduces its voluntary assisted dying bill to the Legislative Assembly, after a decades-long fight to legislate on the issue.
Canberra's nation-leading drug-decriminalisation laws have begun. So, what has changed?
Don't get it twisted, drug decriminalisation does not mean hard drugs are legal. Here's what you need to know about the ACT's new laws.
The change means people found with small amounts of illicit drugs will get a fine rather than a criminal penalty.
Canberra set to become the first place in Australia to legislate the right to a healthy environment
The proposed new human rights laws will be introduced in the ACT Legislative Assembly today.
Michaelia Cash fails in bid to override drug laws in 'extraordinary intervention into the affairs of the ACT'
Federal Labor and the Greens are scathing of the shadow attorney-general's attempt to wade into ACT drug legislation.
Jasmine's mum works with earthquake simulations, caged lightning and robots. But the 6yo struggled to visit
The curated chaos of Claire's workplace features earthquake simulations, caged lightning and robots, which can be overwhelming for neurodivergent children.
Australians haven't seen a king on their coins in 70 years. That changes today with the unveiling of this image
For the first time in seven decades, Australian currency will feature a new monarch. The new effigy of King Charles III faces the opposite direction on coins to his mother and also sees the king without a crown.