Detainee who fled from Canberra Hospital pleads guilty to escaping custody
An ACT prisoner has been charged after escaping from custody while receiving treatment at the Canberra Hospital's mental health unit on Tuesday morning.
An ACT prisoner has been charged after escaping from custody while receiving treatment at the Canberra Hospital's mental health unit on Tuesday morning.
The completed $46 million expansion of the National Capital Private Hospital was unveiled on Wednesday, with 42 new beds, three new operating theatres and 100 extra jobs.
The Great Moscow Circus and Cirque Africa have much in common as well as plenty of differences.
Chief Minister Andrew Barr has pushed back any high-density development of the Manuka Oval site for at least three years, clearing the controversial deal from the agenda in the lead-up to this year's election.
Victoria's former Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Kate Auty will take up the role in the ACT next month two years after quitting the Victorian post.
Nurse told not to call police, despite saying she believed a resident had been killed.
A stone scraper uncovered on Springbank Island has reinforced Canberra's status as a meeting place and suggests Aboriginal occupancy alongside early European settlers.
The Australian National Herbarium has gifted Papua New Guinea more than 100,000 records of plant and animal specimens.
How did a Scottish weed, useful to fill the belly when you'd run out of oats, become one of the most fashionable foods?
What's on in Canberra's arts scene from April 22
Canberrans have been warned the smoke haze hanging over the city could aggravate chronic heart or lung diseases.
Frank Abagnale jnr was an airline pilot, a lawyer, a surgeon, and a millionaire – all before he turned 21. How he did it is the subject of the Broadway musical Catch Me If You Can, which will have its Canberra premiere in May.
Cook man denied bail after returning to same nightclub where he met the woman he allegedly raped.
Neighbours heard explosion before northside home was destroyed by fire.
666 Canberra's tightfisted grip on the breakfast radio slot appears to be slipping.
Managers also need to 'swallow pride' and ask younger staff for advice.
Hazard reduction burns will be carried out in Weston Creek and the Molongolo Valley on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Anti-abortion protester fined for breaching buffer zone around Civic clinic.
Serafina was 7 when she helped her dad build a garage. Three decades later it is killing her.
Departmental bosses "desperate" to settle workplace disputes before election called.
The workplace unrest sweeping the federal public sector has spread to Australia's nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights in Sydney.
A committee hearing at Parliament House on Wednesday could be the final chance for people suffering Lyme disease to plead for help. The inquiry will be curtailed by the early election but the committee may have time to write an interim report.
A Canberra father who was found walking alongside the Monaro Highway with his infant son in a pram while his three other children were at home alone has faced court on child neglect charges.
Lawyers for the Pakistani government are fighting a builder's attempt to recover an alleged $1 million in debt.
The Australian National University has backed down on its plans to downgrade its Asian language academics to fixed contracts.
18-year-old Canberran left stranded in South Africa by decision to revoke his family's visas.
The uneventful dreariness of Lake Burley Griffin (an occasional theme of this gaiety-loving column) will be suspended this weekend thanks to the eventful gaiety of the Canberra Classic Boatfest
A battle scarred veteran of the Afghan war made its last landfall at EPIC on Tuesday morning. The Centaur, aka Chinook A15-202, is now being dismantled for road transport to the AWM's big store in Mitchell.
New courts architect says he wants to create "the ACT's court".