Elizabeth Byrne

The High Court of Australia agrees to hear a special case brought by two teenagers challenging the federal government's upcoming social media ban for Australians under 16.

A Canberra man is sentenced to 10 years in jail for manslaughter, after the ACT Court of Appeal overturned his murder conviction for the death of his partner.

A decision in Bruce Lehrmann's Federal Court appeal to the findings in his failed defamation case against Network Ten will be handed down tomorrow — and whatever the outcome, there will be consequences for all.

Sovereign citizens are clogging up Australian courts, after the global financial crisis and COVID-19 spurred a surge in the group's numbers in Australia.

A court prepares to sentence a speeding, drug-affected driver who was on the wrong side of the road before a fatal crash.

A P-plater in an uninsured, unregistered and unroadworthy vehicle hit and killed a cyclist last year. Today, he was jailed.

In 2022, a woman died after being run over by a ute outside her house. The legal case about exactly what happened and who's responsible is now heading to the High Court. 

The mother of the 15-year-old boy who died in a car crash near Parliament House last year has spoken to one of the perpetrators involved during a court sentencing.

The 39-year-old will remain in custody after a judge rejected his request for bail to attend drug rehabilitation.

The lease was granted to Russia in 2008, but was withdrawn when parliament passed a new law citing ASIO advice that the planned embassy could pose a threat to national security.

An international student has been awarded $10,000 in compensation after a tribunal found she was unfairly evicted from her university accommodation after she made complaints about noisy students. 

A 17-year-old Canberra boy is behind bars after shocking allegations he developed detailed plans for public attacks and had equipment to create a bomb in his bedroom.

The Federal Court has found a Canberra woman was unfairly stripped of the value of her shares in two companies founded by former lawyer Ben Aulich, awarding her $500,000 in compensation.

Xiantao Shang went to an apartment seeking a woman who owed him money. When told she was not there, he and an accomplice forced their way in and assaulted the couple inside.

Charges against Canberra Raiders prop Josh Papalii have been permanently stayed after it was revealed police had been discussing the case in a group chat on encrypted messaging service Signal.

After a severe car accident, the victim spent a year recovering in hospital. Then one day he discovered his bank account was empty.

Survivors and lawyers welcome the nation-leading legislation, with legal action against churches, sporting groups and others to be affected.

A woman who used credit cards from the childcare centre where she worked to purchase personal clothes and cosmetics has been sentenced to jail.

A man who drove through the airport's perimeter fence three times in 2023 has been sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court.

An ACT defence lawyer has accused the Director of Public Prosecutions of wasting time and money running cases with "no reasonable prospect of success".

Canberra man Josh Fenwick, 29, is found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl he took home from Civic with her friend after a night out drinking.

Muhammad Ali, 31, who is already behind bars for a similar incident, has been sentenced to two years in jail for indecently touching a boy in his care.

Lawyers for a Canberra man charged with raping a teenager in 2022 have told a jury there is a real chance if found guilty he would be taking the fall for someone else.

A Canberra man has pleaded guilty to his part in a "cruel" and "premeditated" attack on a woman, helping trick her into a car before driving her around, hitting her with a baseball bat, choking her and demanding $10,000.

Jude Wijesinghe previously pleaded guilty to stabbing his co-worker Tshewang Choden to death in the kitchen area of the National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra, where they both worked, in 2023.