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Canberra wine lovers: it’s time to keep tabs on your tastings

Visitors to the Canberra District’s popular cellar doors are now able to access ‘scratchies’ as part of a national DrinkWise campaign to help wine tasters track their intake.

Warning after recent high range speeding, drink driving incidents

Police are reminding the public of the dangers of speeding and drink driving following two recent high range incidents.  

Canberra drunk driver blows almost 7 times legal limit

A 43-year-old man will face court for high-range drink-driving after a member of the public assisted police in his apprehension last night, 1 September. 

Unlicensed drink driver stopped in unregistered car in Conder

A 31-year-old Merrylands, NSW man will answer to drink driving offences in the ACT Magistrates Court next month after police on patrol in Conder arrested him early this morning, Sunday 21 August.

Drink driving P-plater caught 63kmh over speed limit on Cotter Road

ACT Road Policing has stopped a 20-year-old P-plater who was drink-driving at 63km/h more than the speed limit with four passengers in his car.

3 men caught drink driving on ACT roads, 1 almost 6 times over limit

Three men face losing their licences and other penalties after being charged by ACT Policing with drink-driving offences.

Kambah woman blows 0.258 after speeding in Goulburn

A Kambah woman has been charged with high range prescribed concentration alcohol (PCA) on the Hume Highway, Goulburn.

Drink driver with child in car crashes in Downer

A 32-year-old high-range drink driver with her child in the car has collided with a set of traffic lights in Downer overnight.  

Disqualified driver records 0.210 alcohol reading after police chase

A 39-year-old Scullin woman last night recorded a blood alcohol concentration of 0.210 despite being disqualified from driving since 2020.

Disqualified drunk driver and speeding P plater caught on ACT roads

A disqualified driver has recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.226 while a P-plate driver under the influence of alcohol has been caught driving at more than twice the speed limit.

Ute driver hits tram and blows almost four times the legal limit

A 50-year-old McKellar man has lost his licence and will face court after driving through a red light and colliding with a light rail vehicle before returning a blood alcohol reading of 0.189. 

Ex-journalist jailed ahead of Melbourne crash sentence

An ex-journalist who admitted killing his friend in a crash after a daytime drinking session has been taken into custody to await his sentence.

Drunk driver records 0.194 after walking away from crash

A 43-year-old Taylor woman will appear in court today 28 June, after a drink-driving incident last night.

ACT police stop 2 drink drivers, 1 also speeding at 65km/h over limit

Two drink drivers - one of whom was also exceeding the speed limit by 65km/h - were stopped by ACT Policing officers in separate incidents last night. Both men registered a blood alcohol reading more than double the legal limit of 0.05.

11 drivers on ACT roads to face charges after long weekend blitz

A 30-year-old Queensland man more than five times over the legal limit is among 11 drivers summonsed to court for driving offences detected by ACT Policing's high visibility enforcement activities across the Queen’s Birthday long weekend.

36-year-old man caught drink driving twice in an hour

A 36-year-old man will face court after ACT Policing caught him drink driving twice in an hour earlier this morning. 

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