Jade Toomey

More than a dozen staff at Genius Childcare centres in the ACT have resigned while others have taken stress leave amid allegations of ongoing pay delays.

After months of chasing thousands of dollars in delayed wages and unpaid superannuation, educators at embattled childcare company Genius Education are walking away from the jobs they love.

The average time patients spent being treated in ACT emergency departments has improved in the past financial year, new data shows, but Canberra Health Services still failed to meet all but one of its emergency wait-time targets.

The ACT Coroner is handing down his findings following an inquest into the 2022 death of five-year-old Rozalia Spadafora, who suffered cardiac arrest at the Canberra Hospital.

Three Genius Childcare workers have taken legal action against the company over allegations it intentionally paid wages late and failed to pay them thousands of dollars in superannuation.

With regular donors away or out of routine, the Red Cross Lifeblood Service often experiences blood shortages over the holidays, but this year demand in Canberra is at a 12-year high.

The annual Summernats car festival has roared into Canberra with organisers promising this year's event will be "safe, well-managed, wild and vibey".

A Canberra doctor has been accused of discrimination for cancelling a teenage transgender patient's GP appointment.

Two adults are in a critical condition and three children seriously injured after a mini-van rolled on a major highway between Sydney and Canberra.

A major clean up effort is underway across the ACT and surrounds after a severe thunderstorm on Wednesday night pulled down trees, flooded homes and cut power to hundreds of properties.