Patrick Bell

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says there is a "high possibility" the country would not enter a conflict involving Australia and China, despite having signed a mutual defence treaty with its southern neighbour.

An unfair dismissal ruling has been upheld in the High Court today, after Helensburgh Coal sacked workers from its Metropolitan Coal Mine north of Wollongong in June 2020.

Police are investigating two complaints about thieves scamming Nepalese jewellers in Canberra.

A coal company that shed 90 workers at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic has lost a High Court bid to head off unfair dismissal claims.

The Federal Court hears it was not a "legitimate expectation" of witnesses at the inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann's prosecution that material they provided wouldn't be disclosed to media.

Walter Sofronoff's appeal against the ACT Integrity Commission's findings that he engaged in "serious corrupt conduct" has heard his actions were not "dishonest or malicious". 

Scott Alexander McDougall became the first convicted murderer in the ACT more than a decade when he was found guilty of murdering two people. 

The seat of Bradfield was won by just 26 votes. Now the defeated Liberal candidate has lodged a High Court appeal over 150 ballot papers that, she claims, could swing the result.

With the newly elected federal government set to return to parliament next week, what can ACT residents expect from it over the next three years? 

Man guilty of assaulting partner despite victim withdrawing complaint