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Four Canberra childcare workers will face court over allegations of physical abuse on children as young as one. It is understood police are also considering laying charges of failing to report against a…

An illegal immigrant linked to a large-scale cannabis grow house network operating in Canberra has been deported despite warnings he could never face justice for his alleged involvement. Ong Yap, 35, pleaded not guilty to participating in…

Police have been accused of conducting an “unlawful home invasion” and illegally detaining a Canberra woman twice in one day. The allegations were aired during evidence in a common assault case in the ACT Magistrates…

Lawyers say high costs and mandatory delays are hampering the effectiveness of the ACT’s new alcohol interlock scheme, which has been used by more than 80 drink drivers in the past 14 months….

Drivers on Canberra’s road who are involved in accidents, and attend a hospital for treatment, whether immediately after the accident or within the six hours following, can be charged and found guilty of…

A Canberra man who pleaded guilty to importing a commercial quantity of drugs to his front door has admitted taking a banned drug weeks before being sentenced. The solicitor for Christopher Walter Thorn, 38,…

The ACT government is trying to suppress the identities of kangaroo cull workers after they were mistakenly leaked to an animal rights activist earlier this month. But a magistrate has told them their…

The identity of a kangaroo shooter has been accidentally handed to an anti-cull activist, breaching the usual government secrecy designed to keep them safe. The names of the contracted professional shooters are often…

It is a sad fact but our DPP is in desperate need of an independent watchdog to review its decisions. Time and time again the ACT DPP is running matters that have little…

An activist who allegedly blew a whistle near the site of the kangaroo cull has been charged with hindering the leader of the annual shooting operation. Police have alleged that protester Christiaan Klootwijk, 70, repeatedly blew his…