Jade Toomey

Detainee George George, 33, pleads guilty to arson over his involvement in starting a riot in Canberra's jail, which the court heard was sparked over COVID restrictions and because prisoners weren't given cigarettes or dessert.

Lucy Walton is among many Australian women investigating fertility testing in the so-called panic years. But experts warn against cheap, at-home testing kits.

Police say the 39-year-old secretly removed the condom he had agreed to wear when engaging the services of a female sex worker, an act the ACT became the first jurisdiction to criminalise in 2021.

A 14-year-old Canberra boy who was allegedly driving a stolen car at the time it collided with another vehicle, killing a 19-year-old man and injuring two other boys, is facing charges of culpable driving causing death, driving a motor vehicle without consent, and culpable driving causing grievous bodily harm.

Majura Valley farmers say they've been in a constant battle for certainty regarding their properties in Canberra's agricultural heartland.

With allegations of price gouging levelled at the major supermarkets and an inquiry ongoing, more Australians are seeking other ways to get their groceries.

Nineteen members of Australian-Palestinian Rema Al-Nabieh's family have been killed over the course of the Israel-Gaza war, and throughout the conflict she's also had to face ostracism from her high school peers. 

The WA Senator filed her latest lawsuit in Western Australia's Supreme Court on Monday and is seeking an apology and damages.

Anthony Kenyon has pleaded guilty to pushing the 12-year-old off her bike, dragging her through a park and strangling her as she was riding home from school in 2022.

Antonius Van de Zandt, 72, will only serve six months of a three-year prison sentence behind bars for sexually assaulting his teenage niece in 1986, due to his age and poor health.

Single father Peter Voelker is fighting to find out why his daughter Ellie, who has severe disabilities and needs constant care, suddenly lost $26,000 of support.

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

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.

More than 1,800 Australians lose their battle with brain cancer each year, as advocates decry a survival rate which hasn't budged in 30 years.

A Canberra man convicted of violently attacking his girlfriend, including hitting her with a horse-riding crop on two separate occasions, is sentenced to more than 13 years in prison.

An ACT Supreme Court Justice labels the task of sentencing a man cleared of rape as an "extraordinary injustice" after fresh admissions he had sex with the victim despite previously denying all allegations.

Ngambri woman Leah House says she supports a "progressive No" vote as those for and against an Indigenous Voice to Parliament rally in the nation's capital.

At least 2.8 million cranksets globally are set to be the subject of an inspection and review program launched this week by Shimano, the largest manufacturer of bicycle components in the world.

A Croatian soccer team in Canberra removed social media posts of players unwittingly posing underneath a portrait of Croatian fascist Ante Pavelić, who was responsible for war crimes, including genocide, during World War II.

Australia's war-fighting capability is being compromised by "near-persistent" demands to respond to domestic emergencies, according to findings from a parliamentary inquiry.

ACT prosecutors have been forced to abandon charges against a man accused of a violent robbery because police officers incorrectly gathered the evidence used to identify him.

Abhishek Timalsina admitted to having sex with the woman in a Westfield Belconnen art store in November 2022, but argued it was a consensual interaction because "her expression, her face and her body language" showed she was "willing".

The court saw CCTV footage from the supermarket, showing staff removing use-by and best-before date stickers and replacing them with extended dates.

Westfield Belconnen store employee Abhishek Timalsina allegedly closed the security shutters of his workplace, encouraged a woman inside to enter a staffroom and raped her in November 2022.

Hardened rugby union referees are walking away from the game amid a dramatic surge in abuse, prompting Rugby Australia to dish out tougher sanctions to offenders.