The Latest Breaking News from ACT

BOM is predicting storms and flooding from NT all the way to Tasmania. Here’s a state-by-state breakdown of what you need to know

With the La Niña wet season wasting no time inundating the country with water, state emergency services say now is the time to prepare for flooding.

ABC News · Oct 4, 2022

Bruce Lehrmann’s trial for alleged rape of Brittany Higgins to begin in Canberra

Chief justice Lucy McCallum to preside over two-month trial in ACT supreme court which had been delayed due to pretrial publicity

The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2022

ACT government, National Disability Insurance Agency to streamline NDIS approvals to free up hospital beds

Janet spent a year in hospital waiting for changes to her NDIS plan to be approved and supported accommodation to be found. The ACT government wants to streamline the process so others can discharge faster.

ABC News · Oct 2, 2022

ACT Judge Says Brittany Higgins’s Twitter Followers Should Excuse Themselves From Trial Jury

"What I'm trying to flush out is anyone who has effectively indicated that... they're a champion of the cause."

Pedestrian.tv · Sep 24, 2022

Secrecy push despite Collaery charge drop

The attorney-general is pushing to further redact a court judgment which ruled the case of Bernard Collaery wouldn't be heard in near total secrecy.

AAP · Sep 24, 2022

Brittany Higgins’s Twitter followers may have to excuse themselves from jury, judge says

ACT chief justice says potential jurors who have seen Higgins speak publicly on the allegations must ‘search their souls’ about impartiality in case against Bruce Lehrmann

The Guardian - AU · Sep 23, 2022

ACT urges Tanya Plibersek to quash defence housing plan that would destroy critically endangered grasslands

Defence Housing Australia wants to clear nearly 16 hectares of natural temperate grassland in Canberra’s north-west

The Guardian - AU · Sep 22, 2022

Canberra man sentenced to more time in jail over 'depraved and premeditated' sexual abuse of daughter

A Canberra man who raped his own daughter during custody visits is jailed for an extra three years after the ACT Court of Appeal found his original sentence was "manifestly inadequate".

ABC News · Sep 21, 2022

Canberra doctors, opposition call for immediate change to hospital warning system for children

The calls follow the death of five-year-old Rozalia Spadafora, who was waiting in the hospital to be taken to Sydney for treatment.

ABC News · Sep 21, 2022

Calls for compulsory licences for Canberra tradies in bid to improve safety, quality of construction projects

Canberra's construction union has joined in an unlikely coalition with five construction companies to call on the ACT government to implement compulsory licensing for a range of on-site trades.

ABC News · Sep 21, 2022