The Latest Breaking News from Lorraine Walker

Raiders star Papalii has intimidation court case halted

A court has dropped proceedings against rugby league star Josh Papalii, who was charged with intimidating police during a late-night incident in 2024.

AAP · Oct 31, 2025

'We started a fire': ADF criticised over major blaze

A "systemic failure" by the Australian Defence Force has been partly blamed for a major Black Summer blaze sparked by an army helicopter.

AAP · Jun 13, 2025

Canberra man who sent intimate images of his partner to her teen brother avoids more jail time

The man pleaded guilty to a raft of domestic violence offences but the court was told he will not be restricted from returning to live with his victim.

ABC News · Apr 22, 2023

Three men who allegedly chased and rammed police officer's car after waiting outside his house face ACT Magistrates Court

ACT Magistrates Court hears the driver of the vehicle was a particular focus of a task force established to investigate dangerous driving, car theft and burglaries.

ABC News · Aug 18, 2022

Former Canberra Rebels bikie boss Ali Bilal jailed over expletive-laden threatening phone calls

Ali Bilal is jailed over a series of phone conversations, captured by telephone intercepts, during which he threatened to hurt several people.

ABC News · Aug 2, 2022

Canberra man who allegedly used Snapchat to track down girl denied bail

A man who allegedly had sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl, and committed acts of indecency against a 13-year-old girl is denied bail in the ACT Magistrates Court, with the magistrate saying the allegations were "highly concerning".

ABC News · Jul 7, 2022

Accused rapist who allegedly referred to himself as 'Spiderman' granted bail for the second time in ACT Magistrates Court

Seti Moala, who is charged with three charges of rape and one of strangling another person, is granted bail a second time in the ACT Magistrates Court.

ABC News · Jun 10, 2022

Construction company Better Building Holdings fined $450,000 for death of worker Thomas Magi in 2020

Construction company Better Building Holdings is fined in the ACT Industrial Court for failing to implement adequate safety protections on a Denman Prospect worksite where a worker died in 2020.

ABC News · Jun 9, 2022

RAR cranes fined over overloaded machine that toppled, killing 62-year-old worker Herman Holtz

A Queanbeyan-based crane contractor is fined $300,000 in the ACT Industrial Court over the 2016 workplace death of 62-year-old Herman Holtz.

ABC News · Mar 25, 2022