Kate Midena

Construction workers are calling on the ACT government to speed up the approval process for development applications amid an ongoing housing crisis.

From the streets of Colombia to the schoolyard in Canberra, Lauren Cannell has spent the past decade using art to educate and empower others — and now she's been recognised as the ACT's 2025 Woman of the Year.

The National Library's latest exhibition, Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive, comprises around 150 photographs that illustrate moments in Australian history from the 1890s until the late 1940s.

Canberra residents are recovering this morning after a severe thunderstorm made its way across much of the ACT and surrounding regions yesterday afternoon, knocking out power to around 1,100 households with golf ball sized hailstones and downfalls of 30 millimetres recorded in some suburbs.

Between July and December of 2024, Canberra Health Services saw a jump in patient visits of 85,000 compared to the first six months of the 2023 financial year, and Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith has today announced plans to inject $227.3 million to meet demand.

Newly-elected MLA Thomas Emerson caused some furore when he turned up to day one of the ACT's Legislative Assembly sans-tie, with the speaker warning of a "dramatic decline" of dress standards. But is it time to get with the times, and ditch the tie altogether?

Some commuters found they were unable to tap on and off their regular public transport routes this morning, with the ticket validator machines at some light rail stops displaying error messages.

The new BAPS Mandir in Taylor is an important meeting place for Canberra's growing Hindu population — and it was the personal sacrifices from those within the community that have made this dream a reality.

While Canberra is one of the least-religious states and territories in the country, for those who adhere to a faith, it's the most important thing in their lives. So what does that look like?

It's played host to everything from nude swimmers and the Queen of England — not at the same time — to hot air balloons and giant Murray Cod. As Canberra marks 60 years since the inauguration of Lake Burley Griffin, let's take a look at how far it's come.