The Latest Breaking News from ACT

The ACT recorded 1,116 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Friday.

The record hospitalisation rate of COVID cases on Saturday is only one factor contributing to regular bed blocks across the ACT.

After a record 99 COVID-19 patients in hospital on Friday, beds remain full almost every day.

Rachel Stephen-Smith said the plan provided a holistic approach to maternity services.

The chief executive of the Canberra Institute of Technology agrees to take leave until an investigation into the latest in a series of controversial consultancy contracts is completed.

There are 88 patients being treated for COVID in Canberra's hospitals.

Family members of Dr Evelyn Scott say it's an honour for a Canberra school to be named after the Indigenous activist.

The ACT government has announced plans to change the name of the criminal offence of engaging in a “sexual relationship with child or young person under special care” to “persistent sexual abuse of child or young person under special care”.

The final buttons to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate were pressed in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia on Monday. I wrote about the distribution of preferences in Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania on Saturday, and the climate activist’s David Pocock’s ACT Senate victory on Tuesday.