Courtney Barrett Peters

Hate speech laws were passed in NSW after an explosives-laden caravan was found in Dural alongside a note referencing The Great Synagogue, since revealed to be a hoax. One MP says parliament was "completely misled".

More than 140 warnings remained in place in northern NSW late on Sunday night, while evacuation orders were lifted for the Lismore CBD, Murwillumbah and Mullumbimby.

Four arrested over alleged illegal manufacturing ring involving 3D-printed firearms

A Canberra doctor facing 20 charges including rape and assault committed against four young women has been suspended from practising in Australia.

Some Brindabella Christian College staff have not been paid their salaries on time, with the school's executive principal putting the blame on "timing challenges" related to the payment of school fees by parents.

Yass Valley is one of many local councils staring down a budget black hole. It blames the federal government for cutting funding but it's likely ratepayers will be the ones slugged to balance the books. 

Police are investigating the death of a 38-year-old Aboriginal man who suffered a fatal "medical episode" in Canberra's only prison just four days after a 73-year-old Aboriginal man died at the same jail while on remand.

A Canberra doctor accused of sexually assaulting four young women will walk from custody next week, on the condition he is not left alone with any female staff or patients.  

The Hellenic Club of Canberra is reprimanded and ordered to pay the ACT government $1.2 million after the death by suicide of a man who was in debt due to problem gambling using its poker machines.

A woman raped by a former friend has told the ACT Supreme Court she was completely traumatised by the assault, saying she felt used "like an inanimate object".