Four arrested, 13 firearms seized in ACT raids
Four men have been arrested and 13 firearms seized during a week-long police crackdown on illegal weapons across Canberra.
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Savings of $31 billion earmarked by the federal opposition would be used to fund the coalition's plan to index income tax brackets.
Public servants copping abuse when footage of them is posted online cannot get video of them removed from social media, a senior official says.
MPs from across the political divide have paid tribute to Helen Haines as the independent recovers in hospital from an alleged attack outside her office.
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New recycling facility sparks plastics criticism
Construction has begun on Canberra's new recycling facility at Hume, but the ACT Greens have criticised the government's failure to include soft plastics recycling in the project.
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Fast treatment for urinary infections and birth control
Access to subsidised treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections and hormonal contraceptives will be expanded.
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Landry exit opens lower house path for Canavan
Nationals leader Matt Canavan could move to the House of Representatives by contesting Capricornia in 2028, following Nationals MP Michelle Landry’s retirement announcement, reports MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Race walker Rebecca Henderson has become the first Australian athletics world record breaker in a generation after breaking the marathon mark in Japan.
One in three Australian households have experienced food insecurity in the past year, Foodbank says, prompting calls for collaboration before it worsens.
A 34-year-old Braddon woman has been charged after allegedly driving at pedestrians, speeding along a footpath and fleeing police in Ainslie.
The ACT government has announced $120,000 in community grants to help reduce leaf litter pollution in Canberra's lakes, ponds, wetlands and creeks.
Several women were allegedly chased and threatened by a man outside a fitness studio on Northbourne Avenue, Civic, in two early-morning incidents earlier this month.
Four people have been hospitalised - including a young woman fighting for her life - after shots were fired from a vehicle near a venue hosting a boxing event.
Canberrans are being warned of an increased risk of thunderstorm asthma on Sunday, with high pollen levels, strong winds and forecast storms creating potentially dangerous conditions.
A young woman who grew up watching tulips grow in her parents' hot houses has her own blossoming business diverting tonnes of floristry plastic from landfill.
The massively blown-out Snowy 2.0 renewables project will be pumping power long after everyone retires, Energy Minister Chris Bowen insists.
A Greens senator facing a conduct probe has decided not to attend parliament as details surrounding his "leave" spark a public party rift.
Federal MP Helen Haines' condition has improved, a spokesman for The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne says, after she was critically injured when a car struck her outside her electoral office.
After a week of heavy rainfall, sodden Queensland is bracing for a further round of thunderstorms, with warnings that rivers could rise rapidly.
