Canberra News

Police confirm they are investigating a complaint against ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury, after the local greyhound industry referred him to authorities, claiming he failed to disclose allegations of misconduct within the industry.

Former University of Canberra law lecturer Arthur Hoyle will spend time behind bars, for raping one student and committing acts of indecency against others.

In order to get their children into their public school of choice, some Canberra parents are reportedly renting units in priority suburbs or using the same postal address as other parents.

A Canberra futsal player is found guilty of punching a man in the face during an "uncontrollable" brawl that left one man with facial injuries.

The head of the RSPCA in Canberra says she has been subjected to threats, harassment, and vexatious court action in the three years since she took up her post with the animal welfare group.

Canberra's historic railway museum has been forced into liquidation, with many historic train carriages set to go to auction next month.

Serving on a jury can be both an intensely satisfying and emotional experience.

Two decades after what was meant to be a safe, family friendly spectacle turned into a lethal event, the victim's family representative says there are still lessons to be learned.

A former volunteer for the ACT Greens says the party mishandled allegations she made that she was sexually assaulted by an older member during last year's federal election campaign.

Films that were too weird, too saucy, or simply too much for Australians at the time of their release are being revived as part of a film festival in Canberra.

ACT rangers spend the past two days searching for an emu that was shot with an arrow after a member of the public saw the injured animal near the Cotter River.

A house is sprayed with at least 27 bullets in what police believe is the second bikie-related shooting in Canberra's south this week.

A member of the Stolen Generations and a survivor of domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, unemployment and homelessness, Ali Cobby Eckermann will next month head to Yale University to receive the largest financial reward in the poetry world.

A referee describes a brawl which took place during a futsal game, leaving one player with facial fractures and serious damage to one eye, as "essentially uncontrollable".

Students at the Australian National University who have been sexually assaulted will soon have access to a full-time on-campus specialist counsellor.

Flyball is like drag racing for dogs and is equally exhilarating for their owners too.

Authorities swoop after members of the public report someone trying to sell potentially devastating exotic ants on the Gumtree website.

Farmer-owned fibre optic networks for high grade internet capability could solve farm connectivity problems, says engineering professor.

Did you know Canberra is home to the most powerful supercomputer in the Southern Hemisphere?

The Australian Federal Police pushed political propaganda on its criminal investigation database by inserting pop-ups on the internal system, the union says.

They could mean the difference between life and death, so are defibrillators near you and should there be more?

Some of Canberra's bravest vie for the title of the city's toughest tongue — gulping down increasingly spicy chillies as part of the World Curry Festival.

A man allegedly armed with a sword told his partner he would cut off her young daughter's head during a siege in the Canberra suburb of Wanniassa, a court hears.

Court documents reveal an email trail police say implicates two former employees of ActewAGL in a plot to steal thousands of dollars from customers' accounts.

The Reds pip the Brumbies with a one-point Super Rugby win in the fog at Lang Park, courtesy of a late Quade Cooper penalty.