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Canberra's only top-flight football team has been saved from folding after the ACT government offered an extra $200,000 in funding.

Five Australians are among 37 individuals who have been arrested in relation to an alleged global phishing scam that targeted tens of thousands of people, the Australian Federal Police said today.

The discrimination and bullying reported by non-binary trainee doctors in the latest Medical Training Survey is double the average for their male and female peers, and they are more likely to be considering dropping out.

The club's future in the A-League Women competition has been uncertain for months due to a lack of funding.

Donald Morley pleaded guilty to suffocating his 92-year-old wife, Jean Morley, with a pillow last year. A Canberra court today heard he was suffering from terminal skin cancer.

The 15-year-old driver of the vehicle remains in a critical condition after the crash, which occurred on Adelaide Avenue in the early hours of this morning. 

For the first time in five years, northern corroboree frogs have been detected in Namadgi National Park. Almost 40 of the critically endangered species were spotted across the park by government ecologists.

Barnaby Joyce's 2016 decision to move Australia's pesticides regulator to regional NSW "caused massive chaos and disruption", according to Agriculture Minister Murray Watt, who has decided to ignore calls to move it back to Canberra.

A senate inquiry intro Australian retailers comes at a time when growers call for the toughest approach possible, to rein in what they say is an abuse of market power.

The fallout from Justice Michael Lee's finding in the defamation case has begun.

67-year-old David Brooke had been accused of touching a 16-year-old female referee's breast during last year's Kanga Cup in Canberra. 

Legal experts are calling for reform of Australia's defamation laws to better protect survivors, journalists, and media publishers producing stories about violence against women, in the wake of Bruce Lehrmann's defeat in the Federal Court.

Following a stabbing attack by a 16-year-old that left two injured, and a subsequent riot that injured two police officers and left dozens injured, state and federal politicians and faith leaders have joined together to stand against violence.

Former Olympian and Australian Federal Police commander Danielle Woodward is disqualified from driving for six months after crashing her car into a tree with a blood alcohol reading nearly three times the legal limit.

The case's unexpected detours and collateral damage were acknowledged by Justice Michael Lee, in what he described as "an omnishambles", writes Jamie McKinnell.

Yesterday, Justice Michael Lee ruled that Bruce Lehrmann probably raped Brittany Higgins that fateful night in March 2019, after the pair arrived at Parliament House in the small hours. But an expert says it's unlikely a second criminal trial will go ahead.

After a year of record-breaking heat, a devastating story has been playing out in the world's oceans. Scientists working along the most breathtaking reefs show what led to climate agency NOAA calling a global bleaching event for only the fourth time in history.

For the first time, a court has made findings against Bruce Lehrmann, but the dust from Monday's judgment in his defamation case has yet to settle.

Federal Court judge Justice Michael Lee has found, that on the balance of probabilities, Bruce Lehrmann did rape Britanny Higgins in Parliament House in 2019.

A Federal Court judge has found that on the balance of probabilities, Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins.

Justice Michael Lee has pointed out only one man and one woman know exactly what happened on the night in 2019.

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson over coverage of Brittany Higgins's rape allegation has failed. Here are the five key takeaways from Federal Court Justice Michael Lee's judgment.

Justice Michael Lee has delivered his judgment in the defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson, ruling that the evidence had proven Network Ten's substantial truth defence.

The Federal Court finds, on the balance of probabilities, that Bruce Lehrmann did rape Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019. Look back on what happened.

A federal court judge is set to deliver his long-awaited decision in the defamation case brought by former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson. Here's what they stand to gain — or lose — from the outcome.