Canberra News
Woman charged with mother's murder mentally ill, lawyers argue
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A Canberra woman charged with the murder of her mother in 2014 should not be held responsible for the crime because of her longstanding mental health conditions, defence lawyers will argue at her trial.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, crime, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia
Catholic churches look to app to modernise donations
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Two Catholic parishes in the Canberra region trial an app that will allow people to make donations via smartphone, potentially replacing the collection plate, in what the local Archdiocese believes could be a world-first.
Topics: catholic, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, canberra-2600, act, australia
Food and grocery sector jobs stall as gas price hikes hit hard
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While Australian food and grocery exports increase, there is grim news regional areas, where jobs growth across the sector stall completely.
Topics: rural, industry, manufacturing, food-processing, canberra-2600
Siblings killed in Dreamworld tragedy farewelled in Canberra
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Two siblings who died during a tragic accident at Dreamworld on Queensland's Gold Coast last month are farewelled at a funeral in Canberra.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, forrest-2603, canberra-2600, act, australia, brisbane-4000, qld
Motorcyclist dies in crash at Tidbinbilla, south of Canberra
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A motorcyclist is dead after a single-vehicle accident near Tidbinbilla to Canberra's south.
Topics: road, canberra-2600, act
What is it like for a blind person to navigate Canberra?
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Blind Canberra student David Saxberg relies on public transport to get around, but he says there is still a way to go before the system is fully accessible.
Topics: disabilities, health, road-transport, canberra-2600, act, australia
Video evidence allows domestic violence victims 'to only re-live assault once'
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The battle to curb domestic violence steps up a notch in the ACT with the first conviction using a video statement from a victim, captured at the time of the alleged offence.
Topics: domestic-violence, assault, courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act
Rare giant goannas caught on camera in Canberra
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Photos of a pair of rare giant goannas show the proud parents of a batch of hatchlings acting amorously near Canberra's city centre.
Topics: animals, endangered-and-protected-species, environment, ainslie-2602, canberra-2600, act
Former contractor jailed for stealing more than half a million dollars
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A man who stole more than $500,000 from the ACT Public Trustee Office between 2010 and 2013 is sentenced to four years in jail.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, crime, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act
Top Canberra public school teachers awarded
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With some of Canberra's top teachers being awarded for inspiring students, we take a look at what makes a good teacher.
Topics: teachers, access-to-education, public-schools, primary-schools, secondary-schools, awards-and-prizes, canberra-2600, act, harrison-2914, theodore-2905
Man arrested in $15m drug bust jailed for more than 13 years
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A man arrested in ACT's biggest ever drug bust is sentenced to more than 13 years in jail, after being caught concealing 28 kilograms of methylamphetamine in his car.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act
Neighbour heard 'almighty bang' before man's death in Canberra
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Neighbours say they heard a loud noise before a 37-year-old man was shot dead at a unit in Canberra's inner-north, in what police are calling a targeted attack.
Topics: death, crime, law-crime-and-justice, watson-2602, canberra-2600, act, australia
Police investigate suspicious death at Canberra unit block
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Police set up a crime scene and investigate the suspicious death of a man at a unit block in Canberra's inner north.
Gap between young and old closed by Canberra school program
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Students and "old people" tear down stereotypes and connect in a unique program at a Canberra high school.
Topics: secondary-schools, schools, education, older-people, health, community-education, canberra-2600, act, australia
Pet paintings take over the walls of the National Portrait Gallery
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A celebration of creatures great and small, and the special companionship they offer, is launched at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
Topics: contemporary-art, arts-and-entertainment, events, canberra-2600, act, australia
CCTV reveals arson attack on Canberra tattoo parlour
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Police release security footage of a fiery attack on a tattoo parlour in Tuggeranong, as detectives says the arson is thought to be linked to bikies.
Topics: arson, crime, law-crime-and-justice, tuggeranong-2900, canberra-2600, act, australia
Guide dog attacked by off-lead dogs in Canberra
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A guide dog is mauled by two other dogs in the centre of Canberra, the third such attack for the animal, prompting a warning from Guide Dogs Australia about keeping pets on a leash.
Topics: dog, animal-attacks, human-interest, canberra-2600, act
Prisoner's sentence extended after pleading guilty to abusing nephew
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A Canberra man currently imprisoned for the abuse of an 11-year-old boy has his sentence extended by more than two years for abusing his nephew in the early 1990s.
Topics: courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia
The Wiggles, Midnight Oil added to Sounds of Australia
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Iconic songs by Midnight Oil, Christine Anu and The Wiggles are among 10 new recordings to be immortalised in the NFSA's Sounds of Australia registry.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, history, popular-culture, library-museum-and-gallery, human-interest, canberra-2600, australia, act
New Canberra antenna likely to play vital role in missions to Mars
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A satellite antenna years in the making, which opens today near Canberra, could one day help track manned NASA missions to Mars, assisting in a "new era" of space exploration.
Topics: space-exploration, astronomy-space, science-and-technology, canberra-2600, act, australia
'Funny, quirky' slogan ideas welcome in Australian Public Service competition
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Australia's bureaucrats are being encouraged to "let their imaginations run wild" and come up with a catchy new rallying cry, but the Australian Public Service hopes to avoid a "Boaty McBoatface" incident.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, australia
Asbestos dislodged in Canberra warehouse, prompting exclusion zone
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An exclusion zone has been set up around a warehouse in the Canberra industrial suburb of Fyshwick, after bonded asbestos is dislodged from a roof space.
Topics: asbestos, fyshwick-2609, act, australia, canberra-2600
Man who upskirted women at Canberra shopping centres avoids jail
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A Canberra man who filmed up the skirts of women using a mobile phone in a bag is fined and sentenced to community service after pleading guilty to 19 charges in the ACT Magistrates Court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act, tuggeranong-2900
Canberra cafe pokes fun at botched burglary attempt
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A Canberra cafe broken into last week has the last laugh by releasing CCTV footage, complete with Benny Hill music, of the burglar bumbling around the store before escaping with nothing but first aid supplies.
Topics: crime, burglary, duffy-2611, canberra-2600, act
ACT shadow ministry announced, Jeremy Hanson loses health portfolio
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ACT Opposition Leader Alistair Coe unveils his shadow ministry, giving all Liberal MLAs at least one portfolio, including his predecessor Jeremy Hanson.
Topics: states-and-territories, elections, canberra-2600, act
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