Rosie King

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Rosie King

The wife of Canberra Raiders star Josh Papalii has been convicted of assault and handed a good behaviour order in the ACT Magistrates Court. Mesepa Selesa was charged with two counts of common assault after a rugby league match in Canberra last July. In CCTV footage previously shown in court, Selesa can be seen taking to the field and becoming involved in an altercation with a 17-year-old player, who she pushed, punched and then dragged by the hair.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Rosie King

A 28-year-old man has been encouraged to "make different friends" during his sentencing in the ACT Supreme Court for the assault of a man with an intellectual disability and a police officer, as well as his involvement in a prison riot. Jett Black was among a group of detainees who in late 2020 started fires in the north wing remand unit of Canberra's only prison, the Alexander Maconochie Centre.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Rosie King

For Leanne Castley, the push to criminalise coercive control in the ACT has always been personal. Growing up, the Canberra Liberals leader watched the insidious form of abuse strip power, freedom and independence from the two women closest to her. Warning: This story contains details of domestic violence and sexual assault. It was her mum Lorraine Castley's second husband who wreaked havoc on her childhood home. "Mum married him when I was in year six," Ms Castley said.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Rosie King

A former AFL umpire coach will spend four months behind bars after sexually abusing a teenage boy after training sessions in Canberra in the 1980s. 1800 Respect National Helpline: 1800 737 732Men's Referral Service: 1300 766 491Lifeline (24-hour crisis line): 131 114: 1800 819 817Full Stop Australia: 1800 385 578Michael Rigo was 30 when he met his 16-year-old victim in 1985, offering him a lift after the boy's bike got a flat tyre on the way home from a football umpire tournament.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Rosie King

The Australian War Memorial has confirmed it will make changes to its display commemorating Ben Roberts-Smith's Victoria Cross medal, in light of last week's Federal Court ruling. The full Federal Court in Sydney dismissed the Australian special forces veteran's appeal against his long-running defamation case against Nine Newspapers on Friday.