Exclusive: Welfare recipients who fail to update their employment or relationship status could become the subject of covert surveillance as Services Australia looks to engage private investigators to spy on claimants suspected of wrongdoing.
There are now 2823 active COVID cases in the ACT, a figure that has trended upwards over the past week. No deaths were recorded in the previous 24-hour period.
Subscriber: The main public sector union says the federal public service's parental leave laws have fallen behind the states and territories and private sector companies, and both partners should be able to access 26 weeks' parental leave.
Russia's strategic nuclear forces have held exercises overseen by President Vladimir Putin, as Washington accuses Russian troops massed near Ukraine's border of advancing and being "poised to strike" at any moment.
Amid concerns about the continuing politicisation of national security, the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader have united in condemning an "act of intimidation" from a Chinese warship which shined a military-grade laser towards an RAAF P-8A Poseidon aircraft just north of Australia.
Homelessness and the need for emergency accommodation spiked in Canberra over lockdown last year. Now services are scrambling to provide long-term options.
Tennille Marsh never expected to find out she had breast cancer when she was 34. But determined not to be defined by the diagnosis, and after five years of surgery, she plans to run her first marathon.
Students from regional Australia like Elsie Ford are being helped with the move to the big smoke - well, Canberra in this instance - by the Country Education Foundation.
Subscriber: The New Zealand international has had the coronavirus, making him eligible for a four-month medical exemption from vaccine mandates - but he's yet to decide on a course of action.
The Brumbies downed the visitors 29-23 at Canberra Stadium on Sunday, with Lonergan’s last-gasp try sealing the victory for the home team in the season opener.
