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• Canberra residents struggling to access shingles vaccine

  Some ACT residents say they have been facing long wait times to access the shingles vaccine. 2024-04-26 07:32:26

• Canberra massage therapist jailed for fondling a client's breasts five years after incident

  Canberra massage therapist Timothy Van Eyle was found guilty of committing an act of indecency after fondling a client's breasts in 2019, but was later cleared after a successful appeal. Five years after the events Van Eyle has been sentenced to ten months jail for the incident. 2024-04-26 07:07:14

• Canberra prisoners win right to sue government over alleged human rights breaches

  An Alexander Maconochie Centre detainee wins the right to sue the ACT government for allegedly breaching the Human Rights Act by denying him an hour of open air and exercise each day while in solitary confinement — opening the door for a dozen or so similar cases. 2024-04-26 06:17:27

• Bruce Lehrmann agrees to pay more than $4,000 to journalist Peter FitzSimons to cover costs incurred during defamation trial

  Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann is ordered to pay thousands of dollars to journalist Peter FitzSimons for costs incurred in Mr Lehrmann's failed defamation case. 2024-04-26 04:57:38

• Paul says shingles caused 'the worst pain' he's felt, but getting a vaccine is not simple in Canberra

  Paul Dowden has had shingles three times, and says it is ''the worst pain" he's experienced. He's urging people to get vaccinated, but as demand "far exceeds" supply in the ACT, that is easier said than done. 2024-04-25 20:42:46