Emily Lynn Anderson

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Emily Lynn Anderson |James Tugwell

Every morning when Chris Lawler opens the doors of his Canberran pharmacy, he knows some of the customers won't be coming to purchase, but to steal. Mr Lawler has been running his pharmacy for 12 years and said theft was just a part of doing daily business. The pharmacy chain his store is a part of loses $150,000 per year to shoplifting across three stores. "It's something we see all the time — every day," Mr Lawler said.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Emily Lynn Anderson |Penny Travers

The Canberra Baptist Church has been expelled from its denominational association after almost 100 years for refusing to support a conservative stance on same-sex marriage. The New South Wales and ACT Baptist Association, which is governed by member churches, voted to disaffiliate the Canberra Baptist Church during its annual assembly in Sydney on Saturday night, with 65 per cent of the delegates supporting the move.