Australian Capital Territory

Imagine handling objects worth millions of dollars and, on the rare occasion, smeared with the blood of a US president. It is all in a day's work for a conservator.

This week's devastating fire at Tarago that destroyed a home and burnt out almost 3,400 hectares was sparked when a bird flew near powerlines, firefighters say.

Aerial footage of where the fire ripped through more than 3,000 hectares of land around Tarago.

ACT Policing footage of the fire damage inside the Fyshwick building.

A clubhouse used by the Comancheros outlaw motorcycle gang is partially destroyed by a suspicious fire in the Canberra suburb of Fyshwick.

Thanks to milder weather, firefighters finally contain two big grassfires in southern New South Wales — one of which destroyed a property near Bungendore.

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts lobbied Australian diplomats in Washington for tickets to US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says.

Children love to see the stuffed teddy bears and honey pots at Pooh Bear's Corner, but who created this Clyde Mountain spectacle?

The past is being dug up at Triabunna on Tasmania's east coast at a site believed to have once been a British military barracks.

Canberrans living on the edge of the city are being urged to join volunteer town brigades, also known as Community Fire Units.

A 3,300-hectare grassfire at Tarago, north-east of Canberra, destroyed a rural home in the path of the blaze with "scary" speed, according to a farm worker who saw the devastation unfold.

The man responsible for the Hoddle Street massacre loses his bid for an extension of time to bring a case for damages against the Commonwealth.

Vision from the ground of the Currandooley fire.

RFS aerial footage of the Currandooley fire

The National Archives helps Canberra children learn about cooking in the 1950s and '60s.

Take a look behind the barbed wire at Cooma jail to see how the prisoners live and what the corrections officers have to deal with on a daily basis.

Former senator Rod Culleton says he will take a "self-imposed" moratorium from his job, after losing his place in the Upper House following a bankruptcy case against him, but he says he will stay in his electorate office.

Rock band British India will headline an Australia Day concert on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin, to replace the annual Parliament House event cancelled after a decision to make the Australian of the Year Awards invite only.

ABC Canberra's newest presenter Dan Bourchier looks back at how his career started washing windows at the Tennant and District Times.

A man is charged with a slew of offences after allegedly trying to smuggle ice and tobacco into the Goulburn jail during a visit to an inmate on Sunday.

A seven-year-old quad bike rider dies in Canberra Hospital after he was pinned under the bike in a crash in the New South Wales Riverina on Sunday.

Cicadas provide the soundtrack to Australia's summer but they can be hard to spot. Here's a guide to some of the most common varieties.

Across 2016 Curious Canberra looked into 47 of your questions - take a look back at the top 10 answers, and submit new questions for 2017.

A $250 million funding boost by the Federal Government to the nation's organ donation system has seen a 16 per cent increase in the number of Australians deciding to donate their organs.

Burgeoning small-scale farms and local produce markets are at the centre of a push towards food sustainability in the ACT and New South Wales south coast region.