Australian Capital Territory

The Canberra couple were awarded $1,500 in non-economic damages after a real estate agent entered their bedroom while the wife was in bed asleep with her infant son.

Leith Dawes takes the office of the ACT's Work Health and Safety Commissioner to the Federal Circuit Court, alleging a breach of general workplace protections.

Winter has crept over the capital and federal parliament has risen for the mid-year break and it comes amid scenes of acrimony - both inside and outside the building.

ABC Political Lead David Spears says Senator Fatima Payman won’t be joining any Muslim community linked party.

With distinctive characteristics, Split Fin and Bent Tip are part of an orca family that has thrilled South Coast residents since being spotted more than 20 years ago.

Parents and former educators at Guardian Childcare and Education in Canberra tell the ABC about instances where children were forgotten outside, served mouldy bread and spoiled food, narrowly escaped anaphylactic reactions, and returned home in soiled nappies.

Defence Minister Richard Marles says the purpose built $2 billion cloud storage facility will keep data secure in Australia.

Protestors have scaled the front entrance to parliament, unfurling pro-Palestine banners

Laura Tingle spends a day with the Speaker of the House, Milton Dick, finding out more about his role in relation to Australian democracy and the rich traditions that infiltrate Parliament House.

Four years after it closed for refurbishment, the AIS Arena will soon reopen having received a $15 million federally funded facelift.

Australia's corporate watchdog, ASIC, isn't prosecuting enough white-collar crime and can't perform its full range of duties, so a Senate committee has recommended it split into two new, more streamlined regulators.

Labor frontbencher Anne Aly shows off her hand-made ball gown for the Midwinter Ball.

Police say the teenager stomped on the windscreen of a car as he left the scene of the alleged home invasion in Canberra.

Residents across South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania woke up to freezing temperatures and frost this morning. The conditions have sent weather records tumbling across suburbs and towns across southern Australia.  

Art lovers visiting the National Gallery of Australia can now smell the inspiration behind one of its new exhibitions thanks to a line of scented candles.

Anthony Albanese responds to reports that Fatima Payman may be aligning herself with the Muslim group organising candidates to oppose Labor at the next election.

Grassroots Labor members are warning the government it could face a backlash at the next election unless it strengthens its position on the Israel-Gaza conflict.

The man who stole international tennis star Nick Kyrgios's green Tesla at gunpoint has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years' jail.

The man who stole international tennis star Nick Kyrgios's green Tesla from the player's mother at gunpoint is sentenced to four-and-a-half years' jail in the ACT Supreme Court.

Tuck was sitting in the pool area of his own apartment complex when police arrested him, believing he was trespassing. He says it wouldn't have happened had it not been for his physical appearance.

Jaryn Timosevski is sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court after pleading guilty to three counts of rape and one act of indecency, after the girl reported the abuse to police. 

The ‘Outsmart the Offender’ campaign urges Canberrans to protect themselves and their belongings from opportunistic criminals.

With a new crime prevention program launching in Canberra, Georgia Wilson says she believes police must also take preventative action alongside residents.

Laws to phase out Australia's live sheep export trade by 2028 pass parliament, despite last-ditch attempts by opponents to put the brakes on the legislation.

Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt has failed to rebuke Senator Jordon Steele-John for comments he made linking the vandalism of the Australian War Memorial at the weekend to free speech.