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From July 1 short-term rental accommodation bookings of less than 28 days, made on booking services like Airbnb and Stayz, will pay a five per cent levy in the ACT.

Unplanned staff absences are being blamed for several closures of libraries in the ACT this year, leaving some library users concerned.

Former Christian Brother John Vincent Roberts, 83, has pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent assault which took place when he took his 15-year-old victim on drives to a forest.

The remains of two Moriori ancestors begin their journey home to New Zealand from the National Museum of Australia in Canberra as part a years-long repatriation process.  

Businesses on the western side of London Circuit, now off-limits for vehicles between Northbourne and Edinburgh Avenues, face a choice of adapting or closing as light rail construction work sees customers decrease.

Hundreds of snakes are moved from backyards, inside homes and other urban areas into reserves and bushland around Canberra each year — but until now, little has been known about what happens to snakes after they’re released.

ACT Treasurer Chris Steel unveils his first mid-year budget update, forced to reveal the bottom line is in a much worse position than was forecast.

A 20-year-old man who allegedly shot at four friends up to nine times in the space of 10 minutes at a farm near Canberra after they got into a verbal disagreement is granted bail.

Police say they also received a call from a university student who wanted their professor's contact details to request a deadline extension and a man who wanted a stray cat on his street to be arrested. 

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