[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] A woman who refused to check in at a Canberra store claims to be a 'sovereign state'

Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Elvira Shagabuddinova, who told the court her last name was actually Useinova, is facing three charges, including trespass and failing to comply with a health direction without a reasonable excuse.

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