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The Latest Breaking News from ACT

Lehrmann case dropped over 'unacceptable risk' to Brittany Higgins

The ACT's top prosecutor says medical evidence shows it is no longer in the public interest to pursue a retrial.

Newcastle Herald

Law on voluntary euthanasia by end of 2024: Barr

ACT Chief Minister spells out schedule.

The Canberra Times

The UN committee against torture has found Australia still has work to do

Content warning – this article discusses acts of violence, suicide, and deaths in custody.

The Conversation

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Territories free to make their own voluntary assisted dying laws, in landmark decision. Here's what happens next

Voluntary assisted dying will soon be an option for the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory, now the Senate has just passed a landmark bill.

The Conversation

No attempt to cancel contracts at The Foothills, Doma says

More details have emerged about the delays that led to the project's halt.

The Canberra Times

Barr outlines path to ACT's voluntary assisted dying laws

Senators voted to overturn a 25-year ban preventing the ACT and Northern Territory from legislating on voluntary assisted dying.

The Canberra Times

Federal parliament overturns 25-year-old ban on euthanasia laws in ACT and Northern Territory

The Commonwealth imposed the veto on the Northern Territory and the ACT in 1997, but the Senate has now voted to remove it.

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Change promised after 'hard-to-read' report uncovers raft of issues at Canberra's Dhulwa Mental Health Unit

A damning report into governance and policies at Canberra's secure mental health unit has listed assaults on staff and confusion about the facility's purpose among a number of issues that need urgent action.

ABC News

Canberra man Hayden Todkill has charges against him dropped over stabbing at Kingston Foreshore

The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions discontinues an attempted murder charge against 26-year-old Hayden Todkill after a stabbing outside a pub.

ABC News

Union rally calls for action on pay rises for low-paid ACT government workers

Union members also vowed to take industrial action to secure better pay and conditions.

The Canberra Times

Demand so high for Canberra's pill-testing service that 27 people were turned away ahead of Spilt Milk music festival

Billie* wasn't sure about the contents or purity of the MDMA she purchased, so she decided to see exactly what was in it. Hers was one of 106 samples tested at Australia's first fixed-site drug-testing service last week.

ABC News

Territories given euthanasia voting rights

Parliament has repealed laws preventing the ACT and Northern Territory from legislating on voluntary assisted dying.

AAP

ACT govt introduces new laws to give tenants greater rights

The ban on no-cause evictions would mean landlords would need a valid reason to evict a tenant.

The Canberra Times

ACT learner drivers will get access to online first-aid course

The ACT has taken up a suggestion of 2022 Senior Australian of the Year Val Dempsey.

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Stephen-Smith and Castley clash over health funding

Opposition health spokeswoman Leanne Castley called on the ACT government to explain why it had cut health funding.

The Canberra Times

Minister 'saddened and disappointed' as review finds unprofessional behaviour in govt body

The review found strained relationships present an "imminent risk to ACT heritage sites".

The Canberra Times

Police appeal to public to help find wanted woman

ACT Policing's Operation TORIC team have made numerous attempts to locate Natalie.

The Canberra Times

Summer rain needed to keep a lid on ACT's grassfire threat

Healthy summer rain is predicted - and needed - to keep the grassfire threat at bay.

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Welfare groups cheer Centrelink deal by David Pocock, although Jacqui Lambie is no fan

ACT Senator David Pocock will back the industrial relations bill, but demanded the government review Centrelink income payments

ABC News

Court staff have to keep fight from breaking out as Ameen Hamdan sentenced over death of teen Alexis Saaghy

Two families had to be separated by ACT court staff as Ameen Hamdan was sentenced for negligent driving, causing the death of 16-year-old Alexis Saaghy.

ABC News

Colleges and schools in Canberra's north and west becoming crowded as city's teenage population surges

ACT college enrolments are predicted to grow by 17 per cent in five years, stretching schools in Gungahlin, Belconnen and Woden that are already under pressure.

The Canberra Times

ACT 'running out of time' to head off spiralling bushfire threat

When the current green growth dries out, the bushfire threat to the ACT will be worse than ever.

The Canberra Times

Emergency services 'well and truly prepared' for more hailstorms this season

Emergency services are still responding to damage caused by a storm which hit parts of southern Canberra on Sunday evening.

The Canberra Times

Omicron cases were more likely asymptomatic than Delta in the ACT: study

Delta infections were more likely to result in hospitalisation, but lower vaccination rates might be the reason.

ABC News

Canberra man accused of raping woman at Westfield Belconnen granted bail in ACT Magistrates Court

A 28-year-old Canberra man charged with the alleged sexual assault of a woman at a retail store is granted bail at ACT Magistrates Court.

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