Elizabeth Byrne

The Catholic Church wins a High Court appeal against rulings it was vicariously liable for the actions of a priest who allegedly sexually abused a five-year-old in 1971.

A Peruvian catfisher who committed sexual offences against two Canberra women, after luring them with a fake Tinder identity, is sentenced to nine months jail by the ACT Magistrates Court.

Richard Boyle first became an internal whistleblower in 2017, when he became concerned about operations in the tax office.

Lawyers for consultancy company Think Garden owner Patrick Hollingworth tell the ACT Supreme Court the Canberra Institute of Technology's cancellation of their almost $5 million contact breached that same contract.

A Canberra man invited home to drink alcohol and take drugs by a couple he'd befriended at the shops, is sentenced to more than 13 years behind bars, after he tried to kill one of his hosts.

A Canberra 18-year-old convicted of sexually assaulting his sister over several years, starting when he was 13, avoids jail after the court hears she made her statement believing she could withdraw it later, and "never wanted him to be charged".

David McBride has been in jail since May this year when he was given a nearly six-year sentence for sharing secret military documents with journalists.

The ACT Magistrates Court sentences Christopher Lichtwark to nine months in jail, suspended from today, with an 18-month good behaviour order.

In its final ruling the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal found overwhelming support for the conclusion pit bull cross Buddha posed a risk to the safety of the public and other animals.

Disgusted, angry and heartbroken is how the mother of a 10-year-old girl, molested by a family friend, has described her feelings as the man was sentenced to jail in the ACT Magistrates Court.