At the ACT government's health office in Woden, a team of contact tracers had been helping NSW deal with its worsening Delta variant outbreak. But last Thursday, that all changed. Meet the team working overtime to restore the capital to safety.
The ACT faces the prospect of a lockdown extension as health authorities grapple with two mystery COVID-19 cases and a possible transmission site at a packed nightclub.
Subscriber: A judge has dismissed giving anything less than jail time for a former bikie gang president who turned to trafficking and using ice every day to "numb his emotions" after his former partner committed suicide.
Work safety authorities are cracking down on illegal construction activity during the territory's Covid lockdown, warning those caught flouting the rules will face consequences.
Advice that a large number of Canberrans had left the ACT for the South Coast after the ACT announced restrictions contributed to NSW's statewide lockdown decision, Premier Gladys Berejiklian says.
Subscriber: An independent body is needed to deal with shocking sex abuse cover-up culture in Australian mines, say the Western Mineworkers Alliance union following a survey of workers.
Subscriber:There have been more than double the amount of potholes fixed in Canberra in the past year than in the 2019-20 financial year, leading to costly repairs for territory drivers.
Subscriber: Canberra Raiders hooker Tom Starling has been ruled out for the final three matches of the NRL season after fracturing his jaw in Thursday's loss to the Melbourne Storm.
