Canberra News

Australian Federal Police join forces with the Make-A-Wish foundation to grant an unusual request from a 12-year-old cancer patient, organising a day at a training village so he can "blow stuff up".

How did another group of protesters get past security, get on the roof, abseil down the front of the building and throw red dye in the front fountain?

Lawyers for two Canberra men charged with importing a marketable quantity of cocaine in 2014 urge a jury to find the drugs were for personal use.

The jury in the trial of Canberra woman Gabrielle Woutersz, charged with killing her mother in 2014, is told it has three choices — guilty, not guilty or not guilty by reason of mental impairment.

A truck catches fire just outside Canberra causing traffic delays for several hours on the Federal Highway.

A bad knee or a sore back is not going to prevent Australia's ageing population from experiencing the freedom of cycling.

It is one of the most secure buildings in the nation, with sub-machine-gun-toting police guarding the entrances. So how did a bunch of refugee protesters manage to force the suspension of Question Time?

Fire crews are trying to extinguish a large blaze at a recycling plant in Pialligo, the third fire in the area in the past two years.

Australian War Memorial director Brendan Nelson speaks of the institution's responsibility to remind people of the horrors humankind is capable of, at the opening of new exhibition telling stories from the Holocaust.

Close to 40 chanting pro-refugees protesters cause chaos at Parliament House after supergluing themselves to railings and suspending Question Time.

The National Library takes delivery of a letter written in 1824 by a young carpenter in Hobart.

An Australian Defence Force Academy cadet charged with raping a fellow student after a night out drinking is committed to stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court.

The Orbost Secondary College band gets a surprise when Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull becomes an impromptu conductor.

Police are investigating after an inner Canberra restaurant, which had previously operated as Avesta, is badly damaged by a fire that broke out early this morning.

A coronial inquest into the workplace death of 21-year-old Ben Catanzariti in Canberra in 2012 will reopen as the search for answers continues.

The works of Australia's top political cartoonists are exhibited at Old Parliament House in Canberra — with Fairfax's Cathy Wilcox taking the top gong.

A volunteer-based community group is helping improve the lives of young autistic girls in Canberra through inclusive social meet-ups.

A Senate inquiry into the retirement of coal-fired power stations recommends the Federal Government create a comprehensive energy transition plan to help with the ordered closure of the country's coal-powered plants.

An attempt to remove David Morrison as the 2016 Australian of the Year is defeated in Federal Parliament, as the controversy over his handling of the so-called Jedi Council sex scandal intensifies.

Heraldic beasts and floral emblems feature on an ornate vase created to celebrate the Queen's coronation in 1953.

Susan Kiefel has been announced as the first female Chief Justice of the High Court, and a strong showing during her nine years on the bench has prepared her well for the role, writes High Court reporter Elizabeth Byrne.

The time-honoured tradition of rolling down Parliament House's landscaped sloping lawns may be resigned to history in a bid to improve security.

In a surprise decision, Qatar Airways announces plans to start flights between Doha and Canberra, two months after the city's first regular international flights in more than 10 years began.