A new Public Health Direction has been issued in the ACT this morning following the recent surge in coronavirus cases in Victoria.

Anyone identified as having been in one of Melbourne's COVID-19 hotspots will be required to quarantine in the territory for 14 days at their own expense, or return home immediately.

Passengers on inbound flights from...

Liberal MLA Mark Parton has been suspended from the ACT Legislative assembly over a series of videos on social media.

The Videos were posted to Tik Tok, a platform frequently used by younger Australians.

MLA's have to seek permission to film inside the assembly, Speaker Joy Burch reprimanded Mr Parton for failing to do so.

Mr Parton filmed one of the...

A 30-year-old Red Hill man will face the ACT Magistrates Court on fraud charges after he illegally obtained more than $700,000.

The man faces 156 counts of obtaining property by deception and 78 counts of false representation of a Commonwealth official.

Police will allege between 2016 and 2018 the man obtained the funds from a person known to him...

New laws being introduced to the Legislative Assembly today will make it easier for juries in Canberra to hear about a paedophiles' past sexual abuse.

Under the new laws, priests would also be forced to give evidence about anything disclosed during religious confession.

The legislation is the final part of the ACT's criminal reforms to come from...