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Sep 8, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Penny Travers

    Man charged with murder after Canberra woman found dead in house fire (opens the original)

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    A 27-year-old man has been charged with murder and arson after a woman was found dead in a unit fire in Canberra's north earlier this year. Emergency services were called to Wallcliffe Flats on Osborne Place in Belconnen about 6:40am on May 18, with crews finding a ground-floor unit alight. Kylee McHugh, 46, was found inside but could not be saved. After what police described as an "extensive investigation", officers yesterday arrested 27-year-old Canberra construction worker Jack Henry Curtin.

  2. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Penny Travers

    'Can't hide behind borders': Police arrest hundreds of DV offenders during blitz (opens the original)

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    ACT and New South Wales police have used cross-border operations to put domestic and family violence offenders "on notice". Fifteen men were arrested in the ACT, while more than 700 arrests were made across NSW for domestic violence related offences. Police are warning offenders that there's "no escaping" and that they "can't hide" across borders. Fifteen men have been arrested in the ACT, and hundreds more in New South Wales, as part of cross-border family and domestic violence police operation

  3. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Penny Travers

    Batemans Bay ED closing despite population hitting 80k over summer (opens the original)

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    Batemans Bay's hospital and emergency department will close next year when the new Eurobodalla Regional Hospital in Moruya opens, despite the region being a popular holiday destination with a growing population. Many local residents are concerned about the additional time it will take to travel the 30 kilometres from Batemans Bay to the new hospital's emergency department. The New South Wales government says the new hospital will provide "better, definitive care" to residents because it offers a

  4. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Penny Travers

    Real estate agent offers to repair 20 public housing homes for free (opens the original)

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    Jonny Warren, a Canberra real estate agent, wants to renovate or repair 20 properties in the ACT after experiencing homelessness himself earlier in his life. He is calling on the ACT government to support the pro bono project, alongside MLA Thomas Emerson and local homelessness organisations. The idea has been put to the ACT government, but experts say broader change is needed across the public housing sector. Canberra real estate agent Jonny Warren remembers all too well what it's like to be ho

  5. Article · Jul 6, 2026 · Penny Travers

    ACT's school language education plan 'not fit for purpose', committee finds (opens the original)

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    A Legislative Assembly committee has found the ACT government's plan for delivering language education in Canberra public schools is "not fit for purpose" and should be reviewed. The closure of an ATAR-level external language program has seen a decline in the number of senior students enrolling in language courses, the committee found. An ACT Education Directorate spokesperson says the government will consider the committee's report and respond within the required time frame. The ACT government'

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