12+ hour, 25+ min ago   (15+ words) The Canberra Times...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (225+ words) A man allegedly held a knife to his partner's throat, choked and threatened to kill her, and punched her in the face multiple times. The 36-year-old, who has not been named to protect the identity of the alleged victim, faced…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (632+ words) Cheap cigarettes could soon be used as proof to prosecute business owners selling illegal tobacco. An overhaul of customs rules introduced to federal parliament on Thursday will make it easier for law enforcement agencies to seize illegal tobacco. Under previous…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (586+ words) Shipping containers full of stolen cars from an Australian state are turning up overseas, with the global black market fuelling rampant thefts. More cars were stolen or broken into in Melbourne than every other capital city combined, analysis of Insurance…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (414+ words) Business owners who sell illegal tobacco products will be easier to prosecute under a fresh push to smash the trade, which includes using cheaper prices as proof of illicit trading. Laws being introduced to federal parliament on Thursday will overhaul…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (546+ words) Seatbelts - or rather fines being issued for failing to wear them - were again in the news this week, but this time for quite different reasons. A technical bungle has forced the ACT to stop issuing fines to drivers caught on…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (711+ words) For 15 years Ashley Martin dedicated his life to working as a corrections officer at Canberra's jail but when the psychological trauma of the job broke him, the system turned its back, his children have alleged. Mr Martin's family is calling…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (122+ words) UK actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke has ‌been charged with six sexual ‌offences, including two counts of sexual assault, the Crown Prosecution Service says. Clarke was charged after allegations by five ‌women ‌of ⁠sexual misconduct between 2007 and 2016, ​the CPS added....

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (602+ words) Robert Scott was expecting registration papers for his new vehicle. Instead, the Macgregor resident opened his mailbox on Monday to find himself stunned by a pair of ghosts from his past: two speeding fines from 2007, issued nearly two decades after…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (189+ words) A man has been shot dead in the car park of a community centre in what police have described as a targeted shooting. Emergency services were called to a community centre in southwest Sydney about 5.50pm on Wednesday, NSW Police said....