Rosie King

Canberra is still the second most expensive city to rent – behind only Sydney – but the capital’s rental prices were flat in 2023, bucking the national trend which saw the median cost rise by 13 per cent.

A publicly-funded home-birthing scheme in Canberra has now successfully delivered more than 100 babies, and is set to expand.

Former national rock-climbing coach Stephen Mitchell, who is already behind bars for persistent historical sexual abuse of six girls between 1994 and 2008, is found guilty of an act of indecency against a woman in Canberra in 2010.

Have you ever wondered what the hook used to pull a brain through the nostrils of a person being mummified looks like? Or an actual mummified body, itself? Now's your chance to see both those things — and over 200 other ancient Egyptian artefacts, right here in Australia.

ACT Greens backbencher Johnathan Davis resigns as a member of the Legislative Assembly after allegations of sexual misconduct came to light last week. 

The ACT government has thrown its full support behind the push for a national ban on the use of engineered stone, and says it will implement its own prohibition if the federal government doesn't take action.

A 68-year-old Melbourne man is expected to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court tomorrow charged with the 1999 murder of Irma Palasics after an extradition hearing in Victoria today.

A 71-year-old woman who helped her son defraud the Department of Defence of close to $100,000 is fined $2,000.

Juvenile arthritis is one of the most common chronic diseases affecting Australian children, but a scarcity of specialists is making diagnosis and care a challenge.

Best friends Claire Sankey and Susi Kopysiewicz were killed when the car they were in veered off the Monaro Highway, crashing into two trees, in October last year.

Sarah Fisher wants to bring new life into the world but her fertility journey has been less than easy. Living off disability payments, she is struggling to pay for treatment and has spent thousands of dollars already only to be unsuccessful. 

The daughter of a man shot dead by his wife tells the NSW Supreme Court that the image of her father's injured body haunts her every time she shuts her eyes.

It was a Sunday afternoon in Port Arthur in 1996 when the three people Walter Mikac loved most were brutally taken from him.

The ACT government remains steadfast in its planned takeover of Calvary Public Hospital as national executives for the Catholic-owned facility follow through on threats of legal action.

Controversial legislation enabling the ACT government to take over Calvary Public Hospital is passed in the Legislative Assembly.

A recently released report has highlighted serious barriers to accessing health care for transgender and gender-diverse Canberrans.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, living costs increased by 2.6 per cent for working households in the December 2021 quarter. For age pension households, that figure was 3.4 per cent.

Lily Withycombe is expecting a baby girl in just a few weeks, but she's experienced 'a spectrum of anxiety' being pregnant during Canberra's Omicron outbreak.

Murrumbateman wineries recovering from two years of poor yields due to bushfire smoke and drought have been severely damaged by a hailstorm that swept through the area.

Former Wallabies captain David Pocock announces he will be making a career change — foraying into politics. 

A placenta brought two clinician-researches together at Canberra Hospital 15 years ago. Now the pair are encouraging fellow doctors and nurses to take up research opportunities in the field. Warning: This story contains medical images.

The ACT government says it will soon be hard to justify calling the ongoing pandemic a public health "emergency", and wants to move away from that language.

In 2003, Michelle Banfield left an emergency department untreated and without a mental health diagnosis. Now, she's establishing a 'Safe Haven' for people to talk about their own mental health.

Donna Penny has endured two miscarriages and given birth to a stillborn son. Now she is joining growing calls for the ACT government to legislate a paid leave scheme for public servants who experienced miscarriage or stillbirth.

Canberrans tired of slow internet speeds are calling for changes to the ACT's NBN connections, which experts say vary depending on which suburb you live in.