A 32-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly kicking and punching a dog in the face and back before attempting to pour petrol over it in Melba early on Sunday afternoon.
A short time later, police arrested the man in Evatt.
The man, who was on bail and subject to a good behaviour order at the time, has been charged with cruelty to animals and obstructing or resisting a territory public official.
More than 140 drivers were charged with drink or drug driving during a targeted impaired driving operation conducted across the ACT last month.
Polling shows the coalition and One Nation are neck and neck in the popularity stakes in the first public nationwide survey since the Bondi massacre.
The southeast of Australia is enduring some of its hottest temperatures in nearly a decade as a brutal mix of heat and wind prompts alarm from authorities.
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