The Latest Breaking News from Canberra

As Australian cricket greats like Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning face off England in the Women's Ashes Test from Thursday, there will be potential future players cheering from the stands.

England go into the clash in Canberra looking to become the first England team to win a Test match Down Under this winter

Sue Salthouse has received a posthumous Australia Day honour for service as an advocate for people with a disability, and to the prevention of family violence

1972 was the first time many saw First Nations people confront the establishment. Now elders say it’s a legacy for future generations

The first Indian-born person elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly will be awarded an Order of Australia medal on Wednesday

It’s the first time in the award’s 62-year history a person with a disability has taken out the top gong

A Covid-19 outbreak on an Australian warship threatened to disrupt Tonga eruption aid efforts Tuesday, as survivors of the deadly volcanic blast described how they fled with only the clothes on their backs. The January 15 eruption generated huge tsunami waves and blanketed the Pacific kingdom in toxic ash when…

Outgoing Australian of the Year Grace Tame has met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Canberra.

Grace Tame, the 2021 Australian of the Year, has been snapped giving Prime Minister Scott Morrison the side-eye during an awkward encounter in Canberra.