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17 new COVID cases recorded in ACT overnight

The ACT has recorded 17 new COVID-19 cases overnight, bringing the total number of active cases in the Territory to 45.

ACT lockdown extended a fortnight until 2 September

It was today announced by Chief Minister Andrew Barr the ACT’s lockdown will be extended a further two weeks until Thursday 2 September.

UPDATED: ACT records 19 new COVID cases, none in hospital

The ACT has recorded 19 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases in the Territory to 28.

Parliament in doubt as ACT outbreak grows, lockdown extended

Federal parliament is being urged not to return next week as the ACT's lockdown is extended for another fortnight. 

NT COVID-19 case travelled via Canberra

Parts of the Northern Territory will go into a 72-hour lockdown after a COVID-19 infected traveller spent four days in the community.

Duffy man facing court after multiple Chapman break-ins

A 30-year-old man has been charged with burglary and other offences after allegedly threatening another man in his Chapman home.

Witnesses sought to Lanyon Drive collision

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage of a single vehicle collision that occurred on Lanyon Drive on 4 August.

Lyneham High community to be tested after COVID case identified

The Lyneham High community have been informed a student attended school over a number of days while infectious with COVID-19.

‘Hollywood grade’ virtual production studio to be operational in Canberra early next year

A new state-of-the-art sound stage and virtual production studio primarily funded by AIE will be operational in Canberra early next year.

‘Cash is critical’: ACT COVID lockdown business supports

The ACT Government today announced a joint Commonwealth funded supports for Canberra’s small and medium businesses.

Man charged with assaulting police, lockdown breach

A 20-year-old Fisher man has been charged with assaulting frontline community service providers and nine other offences following an incident in Charnwood overnight.

‘Five-hour waits’: Canberra’s COVID testing lines boom

Canberra's COVID testing lines were seemingly never-ending outside the Weston Creek Community Centre with an active case in the ACT today.

Update: ACT to enter lockdown at 5pm 12 August

The ACT will enter a seven-day lockdown from 5pm today, Thursday 12 August, after a positive case of COVID-19, a man in his 20s, has been active in the Canberra community.

Panic buying hits the ACT, locals urged to ‘be kind’

Lines extend down the block from grocery stores across the ACT and across the border in Queanbeyan, as local residents panic buy in response to the announcement of a seven-day lockdown from 5pm tonight, after a positive case of COVID-19 has been active in the community.

One person dead after house fire in Ngunnawal

ACT Policing is preparing a report for the Coroner after a person was found dead following a fire at a residence in Ngunnawal earlier today, Wednesday 11 August.

Inquiry calls for ACT roadside corflute, gambling donation bans

A report tabled in the ACT Legislative Assembly yesterday has called for a ban on roadside corflutes, making them a thing of the past.

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