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30/05/2026

A NSW woman has been arrested after staff at a Canberra photo printing business allegedly discovered child abuse material she tried and failed to print due to a machine malfunction.

A NSW woman is arrested in Canberra after staff at a photo printing business allegedly discovered child abuse material she tried and failed to print due to a machine malfunction.

29/05/2026

A Canberra driver accused of repeatedly ramming and shooting at another car has been refused bail.

The 20-year-old man from Spence appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court charged with discharging a firearm at a car and furious driving.

The 20-year-old's defence lawyer said his client was needed at a barber shop, but Magistrate James Stewart said his circumstances did not meet the threshold for bail.

28/05/2026

Warning: This story discusses child sexual abuse.

A man who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl after a "chance encounter" at a Canberra shopping centre has been jailed, with the judge finding he took advantage of an "extremely vulnerable" child.

A man who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl after a "chance encounter" at a Canberra shopping centre has been jailed, with the judge finding he took advantage of an "extremely vulnerable" child.

28/05/2026

The ACT government has proposed new laws to make coercive control a standalone offence in the territory.

Coercive control refers to a pattern of controlling and manipulative behaviour, and the legislation will allow police to lay charges without evidence of physical abuse.

The government's bill does not detail specific coercive control behaviours which it says is deliberate.

28/05/2026

Police say the death of a woman in a unit fire in Canberra's north earlier this month is being investigated as a homicide.

ACT Policing is treating the death of Kylee McHugh, 46, as a homicide and calling for people to come forward if they had recently seen her.

28/05/2026

A Link Airways flight bound for Newcastle lost a wheel during take-off from Canberra in January, forcing the aircraft to turn back with 19 passengers and three crew members onboard.

Damage to bearing parts meant investigators could not determine what caused a wheel to separate from a Link Airways-operated flight departing Canberra for Newcastle.

28/05/2026

A Canberra man has become the first person in the ACT to be charged with exit trafficking, which is a form of human trafficking and modern slavery.

Police allege the 35-year-old fraudulently cancelled his wife's Australian visa application and blocked her phone number while she was overseas.

The man, who left his wife in India and did not return for the birth of his son, is the first person in the ACT to be charged with the crime.

28/05/2026

The controversial chief executive of the Canberra Institute of Technology, Margot McNeill, has given a spirited defence of the institute, categorically rejecting allegations that student mechanics worked on electric vehicles from Hertz car hire without the company's knowledge.

The CEO of the Canberra Institute of Technology has strongly denied allegations that student mechanics worked on Hertz hire cars without the company's knowledge, insisting the claims are "factually incorrect" and "offensive" to staff and students.

27/05/2026

A revamp of Belconnen Basketball Stadium, which will include a convertible show court with seating for 1,800 spectators, will receive nearly $38 million in the upcoming ACT budget.

The expansion will increase the number of courts at the north Canberra facility from four to seven, and add change rooms and toilet facilities, more parking, and solar panels and batteries.

Construction timelines are yet to be confirmed, with planning work expected to continue through the second half of this year.

27/05/2026

A man who indecently abused a woman he met on a dating app will not spend time behind bars.

The ACT Supreme Court heard the man was concerned only with his own sexual gratification when he abused his victim.