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Coroner James Stewart finds ACT's Education authorities had inadequate risk assessment policies to protect students when Adriaan Roodt died from a traumatic brain injury after being hit on the head by a log in 2018.

The court heard he broke into the two women's Ainslie home, assaulted and forcibly confined them, then forced them to shower to remove any of his fingerprints or DNA.

An ACT Magistrate says a woman who ran over a man on Mount Ainslie last year needs treatment, not punishment. 

Disgraced former Ainslie football coach Stephen Porter has been jailed for 20 years by the ACT Supreme Court after he admitted to child sex offences.

Disgraced former Ainslie football coach Stephen Porter has been jailed for 20 years by the ACT Supreme Court after he admitted to child sex offences.

Late last year, Allyson Flynn and Zoe Skyrianos asked their local footy club board to invest equal money into its men's and women's programs. This is how it went.

Body-camera footage of ACT Policing officers stopping a motorist suspected of drink-driving and forcefully arrest him.

A man who assaulted two women in their Canberra home then forced them to shower to conceal evidence pleads guilty to a raft of charges, ranging from assault to forcible confinement and burglary. 

Three couples prepare to build a small, sustainable co-housing community in Ainslie. The building's future residents say the project began to meet downsizing needs without the loss of environmentally conscious design.

Some locals in an affluent Canberra suburb objected to a proposed site for a home for older women and women escaping domestic violence. Today, the government approved the plans and implemented a clause to prevent further objections. 

ACT Supreme Court Justice Loukas-Karlsson reminds victims in the case, who had expressed feelings of shame as a result of the abuse, that "the fault lies with the offender, not with any of you".

A man has been extradited from New South Wales to the ACT after he allegedly broke into a home in Ainslie, assaulted two women and then made them shower and clean up any forensic evidence.

While playing with classmates at the base of Mount Ainslie, Adriaan Roodt suffered a traumatic head injury and died later in hospital.

Angus Gottaas-Hughes, who was first arrested by police in December last year, will face five additional charges, including two counts of rape.

Some individuals and retailers are being told their orders of rapid antigen tests have been delayed and the supply is being diverted.

Stephen James Porter pleaded guilty to three child sex offences earlier this year. He appeared in court today, where he gave his version of events.

The ACT Supreme Court hears graphic details of how former junior Ainslie Football Club coach Stephen Porter groomed and later molested a young boy.

This time around, the ACT's lockdown is different thanks to the infectiousness of the Delta variant, and it's most obvious across the hospitality industry.

Thousands of Canberra women experience homelessness, so this charity is building a home specifically to house the city's most vulnerable.

Before PAT the van, David Bryce had hardly ever been to the doctor. Now the medical lifeline is getting another permanent home in Canberra's centre — which means the Territory's most vulnerable will be able to access free healthcare services five days a week.