Niki Burnside

The woman who was choked by Tongan man Seti Moala in April last year speaks of the trauma she experienced both during the attack and again as the case went to trial.

A Canberra father has applied in the Federal Court to compel the Australian Communications and Media Authority to ban alcohol advertising during televised sport, after his brother died at a young age as a result of alcohol abuse.

A man who was found guilty of choking a woman but not guilty of raping her in a Canberra motel room is jailed by the ACT Supreme Court.

Increased temperatures are leading to a higher number of ticks in the Canberra area, prompting warnings for pet owners. And there are fears ticks bites are occurring more and more in the ACT region, where previously they have been rare.

Emergency services are investigating a fatal light aircraft crash at Gundaroo yesterday, after it took off from Canberra Airport. Police say they believe a man and three children were on board.

The Australian National University apologises for an email sent to students, in which it claimed the ACT's upcoming drug decriminalisation laws would not apply on campus.

Police say the miniature steam-engine train derailed about 10am today, injuring several people.

For 24 years, ACT police have followed often false leads in their quest to find the two men responsible for the brutal killing of Irma Palasics in 1999. Now, they say one of those men is behind bars.

The federal Coalition will try to overturn the ACT's drug-decriminalisation policy, which reduces penalties for people possessing small amounts of illicit drugs, including cocaine, ice and heroin.

Rising interest rates, parliamentary sitting weeks and the ACT's tightly regulated rental market have all been posited as reasons for the sharp rise in short-stay accommodation over the 12 months to March 2023.

Fire authorities say the Queanbeyan and Canberra regions are set for a "busy" bushfire season, and property owners are being urged to cut back on vegetation sooner rather than later.

Researchers have found that El Niño and La Niña events could last longer in the future, due to changes in weather patterns above the Pacific Ocean.

Canberra's Catholic schools say strong NAPLAN results shed further light on the benefits of a newly adopted teaching approach.

Crowds gather to mark 50 years since troops were withdrawn from the Vietnam War, the longest 20th-century conflict in which Australians participated.

The former Liberal Party adviser says his life is "stuffed" and he may never work again after his high-profile rape trial was abandoned.

A public hearing will be held to examine whether the ACT government should hold an inquiry into its controversial takeover of Calvary Public Hospital.

The head of an inquiry into judicial fairness as part of the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann is now the one under the spotlight.

A statue of late Australian Army nurse Vivian Bullwinkel, who survived a massacre in WWII, is unveiled at the Australian War Memorial. But advocates have criticised the institution for failing to fund it.

The Canberra Hospital's obstetrics and gynaecology department is at risk of losing its training accreditation after a new report revealed it failed to meet five of six overview standards.

Researchers at the Australian War Memorial have identified more than 60 Indigenous men who served in the Korean War, and their sacrifice has been honoured for the first time.

Canberra's Lifeline book fair has become a haunt for book lovers, with rare first editions among the gems up for auction, and all proceeds going to those in need of mental health support.

Government workers have been driven at, verbally abused and threatened, and the rate of those incidents has only gone up, the ACT government says.

The scientists behind the project are aiming to grow plants on the lunar surface within four years, something they hope will in turn allow for the development of food, medicine and oxygen in the hostile environment.

New information from the Australian National University shows that first-home buyers could end up putting 40 per cent of their incomes towards mortgage repayments if interest rates rise twice more this year.

Despite criticism from the Catholic Archdiocese, Calvary Health Care confirms it was them who removed religious iconography from the North Canberra Hospital on a Sunday, not the ACT government.