Lily Nothling is a multi-platform reporter at ABC Canberra. She began her career in the Brisbane newsroom in 2017 and has also worked in Townsville.
Discarded fingernails, sequins, a pair of high heels, a beer can, and a dismembered Barbie doll have been used to capture the likeness of Australia's most celebrated drag queen.
Buyers of properties in this Canberra suburb say they have been left stranded as they grapple with incomplete works while locked in contractual disputes with the builder.
The teenager's 18-month suspended sentence has sparked outrage in the Canberra community.
A mother who experienced a traumatic birth at the Queanbeyan Hospital says her daughter could have died due to care failures during her labour.
An emotional service in Canberra for National Police Remembrance Day has honoured officers who have died in the line of duty, with new touchstones displaying the names of four officers added to the National Police Memorial.
The 2026 Lowy Institute Poll records the largest ever decline in support for cultural diversity in Australia, with some saying they live in fear of racist attacks even in the largely progressive city of Canberra.
The National Gallery of Australia will loan its most valuable artwork to a gallery in Western Australia, while the NGA undergoes major building works.
Nathan Beard captured a private moment while visiting his beloved aunt in Thailand earlier this year. She died before he this week won the National Photographic Prize.
The 2026 census will include questions about sexual orientation and gender identity for the first time to help build a clearer picture of Australia's LGBTQ+ population, and support planning for health and community services.
Homelessness services in Canberra are reporting an increase in demand for support as people struggle under cost-of-living pressures.
The Royal Australian Mint is encouraging people to check their change for the new 50-cent coin.
Canberra's bus shelters were described as "concrete monstrosities" when installed in 1975 but have since been noted for their brutalist architectural style and functionality.
Work is underway to preserve Papua New Guinea's collection of more than 1,300 film reels and tapes, stored at its small National Film Institute in Goroka, before climate change causes permanent damage.
Topic: Libraries, Museums and Galleries
Parents at Edge Early Learning in Higgins received an email last night advising the regulator had ordered the centre to immediately shut.
The NRMA is encouraging all states and territories to follow the lead of NSW in removing reduced speed limits for roadworks outside construction hours.
Lower Southern Arrernte woman Jenni Kemarre Martiniello creates glass artworks by combining a centuries-old Italian glassmaking technique with millennia-old Indigenous weaving practices.
Topic: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art
Captain Sidney Leonard Morse's achievements would have remained hidden were it not for a chance discovery by a volunteer historian collating family trees at the Australian War Memorial.
A woman's campaign for change after her own frightening experience being broken down outside Canberra will see NRMA roadside assistance contractors required to provide a code to customers to verify their identity.
For most, a trip to Antarctica is well beyond reach, but a new exhibition at the National Museum of Australia gives visitors the chance to explore life in one of the most extreme environments on Earth.
Topic: Libraries, Museums and Galleries
A 14-year-old boy charged twice in three days after allegedly leading police on stolen car pursuits is among several incidents prompting the federal police union to call for tougher bail laws in the ACT.
An ACT Supreme Court jury has found a Canberra man guilty of attempted murder after he stabbed his wife during a violent attack in the family's Gungahlin home.
Canberra soccer match officials say referee abuse is a "systemic issue" across all sporting codes, with increasingly hostile behaviour from spectators, players and coaches causing 44 per cent of Capital Football's referees to leave their roles after a year.
Australian artist Jane Allan, revealed to have previously copied another painter's work, is being accused of a second case of imitation.
Tapestries depicting the life of Saint Francis of Assisi will be displayed together for the first time since being commissioned in the late 1960s by Australian artist Arthur Boyd.
Topic: Libraries, Museums and Galleries
Women now outnumber men as attendees to Canberra Brave ice hockey games — thanks in part to a surge in popularity for the sport inspired by the recent shows Heated Rivalry and Off Campus.
