Could you imagine your favourite gaming pastime taking you around the world? For a handful of Australians, their love of a card games has done just that.
A protester arrested outside the Indonesian Embassy is fined and released from police custody after being held for almost 24 hours, under what his defence lawyer describes as unusual circumstances.
The High Court deals a blow to Labor's foray into the case of embattled former senator Bob Day, rejecting a bid to widen the scope of a case examining whether he breached the constitution.
In the wake a violent Invasion Day protest in Sydney, ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr says the date of Australia's national day should be changed — but only once the country becomes a republic.
Electronic groups Peking Duk and SAFIA hold their own against some of the biggest names in the music industry, appearing a record four times during this year's triple j's Hottest 100.
Since the death of her daughter Clea in 2005, Francis Rose has inspired many Canberrans through the difficult experience that is being a victim of serious crime. Today her work is recognised in the Australia Day honours.
A trial of publicly funded home births in the ACT sees its first delivery, but critics of the program maintain it places mother and child at increased risk.
Anti-Islamic protesters call for the Canberra Theatre Centre to be destroyed after it displays an "un-Australian" image of two Muslim girls wearing hijabs celebrating Australia Day.
Australian women are outperforming men when it comes to keeping active across the country, with the difference starkest in Queensland, according to data from the Australian Sports Commission.
A prisoner who tried to escape custody by making a dash from a Canberra courtroom when his parole was revoked, injuring security officers in the process, is sentenced to an extra six months jail for the attempt.
Nicholas Marchesi and Lucas Patchett, who were named the 2016 Australians of the Year for founding the Orange Sky Laundry service for homeless people, tell the 2017 nominees to keep challenging themselves regardless of who takes away the award.
A woman who survived a bite from a venomous brown snake in Canberra heaps praise on paramedics and hospital staff, thanking them for their help during a "scary" time that had her questioning whether she could die.
Lawyers for former Family First senator Bob Day urge the High Court to reject evidence from two witnesses as the court considers whether he was validly elected.
Soils trampled by thousands of troops that left to fight in World War One from South Australia will feature in a new memorial garden project at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
Parents can feel uncomfortable talking about it and children often dread hearing about it, but how was sex education approached during the earlier part of the 20th century?
