The detainee reported to have died at the Alexander Maconochie Centre on Sunday is believed to have been held in a single cell, subject to hourly welfare checks by prison officers.
Smoke and flames may be visible while a prescribed burn is underway in Coree, west of Canberra this afternoon.
The annual Enlighten Festival sparks up around the parliamentary triangle on Friday, but the irrepressible news snapper ANDREW CAMPBELL stayed up late to take these beautiful preview photos.
A cyclist was knocked unconscious and sustained multiple injuries after colliding with another cyclist in Turner.
GOOGONG Foreshores will be closed on Sunday due to a total fire ban that has been declared for the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area in NSW.
A car slammed into a house in Palmerston late on Friday night. The homeowner was inside but uninjured, police say.
A 34-year-old man, recently released from prison and subject to a good behaviour order, faces 32 charges after allegedly stealing a vehicle, assaulting his partner, damaging her property, fleeing the scene and ramming a police vehicle.
After 50 years of supporting patients, visitors and staff, today (February 24) is the final day of operations of the Canberra Hospital Auxiliary Committee.
Canberra's population will boom to nearly 800,000 people by 2060, according to updated population statistics issued by the ACT government on Thursday.
BUSTER the Bulldog, from the UK, will be a featured new entrant in this year's Canberra Balloon Spectacular, which begins on March 11.
Canberra Business Chamber CEO Graham Catt has resigned and will leave the role in April.
There's been a single-car accident on Launceston Street in Lyons this afternoon.
