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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Courtney Peters |Jamie McKinnell
A former NSW Police officer who admitted to repeatedly assaulting his former partner will not spend any further time behind bars, despite being handed a prison sentence. Jonathan Charles Bettles pleaded guilty to 14 charges, including five counts of common assault, six of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two of destroying or damaging property and one of perverting the course of justice.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Sarah Gerathy |Courtney Peters
NSW's counter terrorism chief has told an inquiry he expressed his suspicions that an explosives laden caravan was not a legitimate terrorism plot against a Sydney synagogue from the very beginning. NSW Deputy Police Commissioner David Hudson saidthe source behind the terrorism plot theory was not discredited until Febraury 21, the day after the NSW government had passed controversial hate speech and religious worship laws through parliament.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Courtney Peters |Lia Harris |Amy Greenbank |Paul Farrell
It's been a revelatory week in the intense, months-long investigation into those behind a string of high-profile antisemitic attacks that have had Australia's Jewish community living on edge. Police sources believe a businessman who fled overseas is a high-level suspect in a spate of antisemitic attacks across Sydney, but sources say the hunt for those pulling the strings continues. Sayet Erhan Akca was on bail while facing serious drug charges from 2022, when it's believed he left Australia.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Courtney Peters |Elizabeth Byrne
A woman raped by a former friend has told the ACT Supreme Court she was completely traumatised by the assault, saying she felt used "like an inanimate object". The case is the first to proceed to court after a major review prompted by findings ACT Police had the lowest rate for charging in alleged sexual assault cases in Australia. Angus McKay pleaded guilty to committing four acts of indecency and a single count of sexual intercourse without consent after raping his former friend in 2018.
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Dec 14, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Charlotte Gore |Courtney Peters
Earlier this year more than 40 traditional costumes "rich in cultural heritage" were stolen from the Slovenian Australian Association. Now the community is banding together and holding sewing bees to recreate the historically significant costumes. Canberra president of the Slovenian Australian Association, Natasha Kapusin, told ABC Radio Canberra the stolen costumes included dancing outfits and a wedding dress.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Courtney Peters
Residents of the Yass Valley have won their decades-long fight for reliably clean drinking water, awarded the balance of funding needed to replace their aging water treatment plant. The federal and New South Wales governments have committed to investing a combined $36.2 million towards the refurbishment of the plant and new treatment assets, after the Yass Valley Council was successful in receiving a National Water Grid Funding grant.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Courtney Peters |Peter Jean
The Canberra Youth Theatre will suspend its artistic program in 2025 due to funding issues. The company says its current programs have become unsustainable, but it will still offer some workshops. The theatre is seeking more government funding and will look at other options to become more sustainable. During her teenage years, actor Nathalie Morris spent most afternoons after school, weekends and school holidays at Canberra Youth Theatre (CYT).
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Courtney Peters |Emmy Groves
The latest data suggests a shift toward a buyers' market in Canberra this spring, but only for those who can afford to put a deposit together. The most recent CoreLogic report found home values in the nation's capital declined by 0.3 per cent in October, and 0.9 per cent over the quarter. In the past 12 months house prices in the ACT increased by 0.4 per cent, and properties spent an average of 43 days on the market.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Courtney Peters
An alleged fraudster has denied stealing more than $700,000 from a small Queanbeyan plumbing business she was working for. Rebecca Leigh Betts, 32, was charged with three counts of stealing property as a clerk and five of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception in October. The Latham woman is accused of taking a total of $736,778 while working as a clerk for Pro Plumbing and Gasfitting.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Victor Petrovic |Courtney Peters
Damien Brabender has owned and operated a restaurant in Canberra for eight years, but said he's never seen the sector in so much strife. "At the moment, 99 per cent of it's just horrifically sad news, people closing, people downsizing, people considering pulling the pin," Mr Brabender said. "Bankruptcies, it's become kind of the buzz word in hospitality at the moment."Mr Brabender said at his place, Otis Dining Hall, and across the scene, rising costs, skill shortages and cancellations are biting.
