A controversial climate commentator who's questioned the link between current bushfires and climate change will speak in Canberra tonight.

Danish political scientist Dr Bjorn Lomborg says while climate change is happening, it's not an emergency, and governments should not panic when developing policies.

He claims this summer's bushfires can't be...

The official State of Alert has been lifted in the ACT, with the Orroral Valley bushfire now being controlled.

The ACT ESA is now planning for containment operations, which will take place later this week.

The Orroral Valley fire remains at an ADVICE level for now, having burnt through more than 86 thousand hectares....

The man accused of shooting a woman in the head as she sat in her car in Forrest last year has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges.

Michael Paul Forrest is accused of firing a rifle into a car parked in Caberra's inner south on November 5, 2019.

The female victim was able to drive herself to Manuka Oval where she received first aid from security...

Police have shut down an illegal tobacco operation in Goulburn believed to be worth more than 13 million dollars.

ATO officers, with the help of NSW police, have located four acres of tobacco crops, along with four bales of tobacco, a hothouse and three kilns.

More than 10 tonnes of illicit tobacco have been destroyed, as part of the second seizure...