The Latest Breaking News from Canberra

Raiders shuffle backline with Savage on the sidelines

Veteran Jordan Rapana will get first crack at Canberra's fullback role left vacant after Xavier Savage suffered a broken jaw in last Sunday's NRL trial.

AAP · Feb 15, 2023

Canberra killer Frederick Tuifua will remain behind bars until at least 2031 after Crown appeal of 'manifestly inadequate' sentence fails

A man in jail for murdering a Comanchero bikie boss in public in 2020 will remain eligible for parole in eight years' time after a Crown appeal was thrown out.

ABC News · Feb 15, 2023

Canberra GP clinic asks defence veterans to pay for treatment, saying white card funding too low to recover costs

A Canberra surgery has told patients it will refuse Department Veterans' Affairs cards as payment, as it doesn't cover its costs.

ABC News · Feb 14, 2023

Swedish queen-in-waiting spearheads Aussie trade talks

Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and husband Prince Daniel are making an official visit to Australia, with stops in Canberra and Sydney.

AAP · Feb 12, 2023

Ciraldo starts Bulldogs era with win against Canberra

Canterbury, in their first hitout under coach Cameron Ciraldo, have turned in a stellar first half to beat Canberra 34-18 in their NRL trial game in Moruya.

AAP · Feb 12, 2023

Canberra United defeat Sydney in A-League Women shock

Canberra United have defeated Sydney FC for the first time since December 2018 after an 87th-minute Ellie Brush header lifted her side to a 2-1 ALW win.

AAP · Feb 11, 2023

Painkillers, cash and Ferrari seized as Canberra car dealer faces money-laundering and drug-trafficking charges

Nicholas Kozac, 24, faces charges of drug trafficking, money laundering and possessing property suspected of being stolen.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2023

Senators Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Malarndirri McCarthy share truths of alcohol abuse amid Alice Springs crisis

A political whirly-whirly has spun from Central Australia into Canberra's Parliament House – now Australia has to once again reckon with the hard reality of alcohol abuse in the nation's red centre.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2023

Arrest where Iranian protester sustained serious injuries referred to Australian Federal Police integrity unit

Hamid Sotounzadeh was taken to the Canberra Hospital after being arrested by an AFP officer while protesting outside the Iranian embassy.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2023

Protester in hospital after Iran embassy police tackle

A video posted to social media shows a protester outside the Iranian embassy in Canberra being thrown to the ground by police after a verbal altercation.

AAP · Feb 10, 2023