The Latest Breaking News from ACT

The chief executive of the Canberra Institute of Technology agrees to take leave until an investigation into the latest in a series of controversial consultancy contracts is completed.

There are 88 patients being treated for COVID in Canberra's hospitals.

Family members of Dr Evelyn Scott say it's an honour for a Canberra school to be named after the Indigenous activist.

The ACT government has announced plans to change the name of the criminal offence of engaging in a “sexual relationship with child or young person under special care” to “persistent sexual abuse of child or young person under special care”.

The final buttons to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate were pressed in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia on Monday. I wrote about the distribution of preferences in Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania on Saturday, and the climate activist’s David Pocock’s ACT Senate victory on Tuesday.

The ACT recorded 837 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours until 8pm on Sunday.

A strong rebound in attendance at events is stimulating Canberra's economy, the ACT government says.

Solar Victoria fielded 50% higher than usual number of inquiries into power storage amid cold snap across eastern states

New holland mouse enclosure could help boost threatened species numbers

Documents released by the government also appeared to show CIT wanted to award the contract without an open tender process.

Buttons have now been pressed to electronically distribute preferences for the May 21 federal election in the Senate for South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. I discussed the ACT and NT results that elected David Pocock to the Senate on Tuesday.