Charlotte Gore

Canberra's Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) collection program was expected to be rolled out city-wide in 2026, but construction of an appropriate processing facility has taken a back seat to replacing the ACT's recycling centre.

The ACT State Emergency Service is urging Canberrans to prepare for fires, floods and storms as the severe weather season begins.

The co-founder of an organisation helping children experiencing serious injury or illness avoid missing out on school, Megan Gilmour, is named 2025 Australian of the Year for the ACT.

The man was found guilty last year of unauthorised camping on unleased national land after sleeping in his car in the National Rock Garden carpark near Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin. 

The Australian of the Year for 2025 is Neale Daniher, while the co-founders of social enterprise Cafe Stepping Stone are jointly named Local Heroes, a chemistry researcher is named Young Australian of the Year and the co-founder of Wheelchairs for Kids is Senior Australian of the Year.

The wait for two-year-old Lily to have her tonsils and adenoids removed in Canberra's public health system was up to 10 years, and a proposal to reduce agency staff is unlikely to see wait times improve.

A 16-year-old boy is accused of committing aggravated robberies against two separate men in Canberra within the space of an hour.

With six of Canberra Hospital's 14 orthopaedic surgeons declaring their resignation, the outgoing department head says he's not surprised by their decisions given changes to operational procedures he says "all of the directors of department hate".

After a tree branch that Canberra resident Terrylea Reynolds had repeatedly reported as being dangerous fell on her house, she's hopeful a law update will help stop the same thing happening to others.  

ACT residents will be voting for both their House of Representatives member and their two Senate representatives in the federal election on Saturday May 3.