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[Link] Former political staffer accused of three counts of rape committed to stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court
Read: 1/3/2022 www.abc.net.au
Alexander Matters, who is aged in his 20s, was sacked from the office of federal Labor MP David Smith after he was arrested on two charges of rape last year. Police began investigating in August when a woman went to police with a complaint about an incident that allegedly occurred in April.
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[Link] Defence allowed to vet evidence presented to inquiry into bushfire accidentally sparked by its own helicopter
Read: 30/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The Department of Defence will be allowed to vet evidence presented to a coronial inquiry into the ACT's Orroral Valley bushfire, ahead of formal court hearings in July next year.
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[Link] Massage parlour operators who threatened to kill families of underpaid staff breached workplace laws, court finds
Read: 20/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The Federal Court has found the former operators of a Canberra massage business breached workplace laws by underpaying their staff and threatening to have their families in the Philippines killed if they complained.
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[Link] Canberra woman who was shot in neck 'will never forgive' man responsible
Read: 13/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Michael Paul Forrest, 29, shot the woman at 8am in November 2019 as she sat in her car on Dominion Circuit in Forrest, in Canberra's inner south. The injured woman managed to escape, driving into Manuka Oval where security called an ambulance.
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[Link] ACT accuses Scott Morrison’s office of extensive media backgrounding on national cabinet
Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Andrew Barr has questioned the need for a federal bill protecting national cabinet secrecy and accused the prime minister’s office of extensive briefing of media about its deliberations.
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[Link] Scott Morrison granted Covid lockdown exemption to visit Sydney for Father’s Day weekend
Read: 6/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Scott Morrison travelled to Sydney over the Father’s Day weekend and returned to Canberra on Monday after receiving an exemption from ACT Health.
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[Link] Bidding on rentals could be restricted in the ACT as government moves to introduce tenancy reforms
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Bidding on rental properties could be restricted in the ACT after the government introduced a discussion paper on residential tenancy reforms on Friday.