Det [[Australian Federal Police|Australske Føderale Politi]] (AFP) er den udøvende politimyndighed i territoriet efter kontraktaftale med ACTs regering.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afp.gov.au/recruitment/faqs/frequently_asked_questions_sworn.html#general |title=Frequently Asked Questions |date=19 November 2009 |publisher=[[Australian Federal Police]] |accessdate=21 January 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103094447/http://www.afp.gov.au/recruitment/faqs/frequently_asked_questions_sworn.html |archivedate=3 January 2010}}</ref> AFP har oprettet en speciel afdeling, ACT Policing ([[Australian Capital Territory Police]]), der står for denne opgave.<ref name=afpact>{{cite web|url=http://www.afp.gov.au/act.html |title=ACT Policing |publisher=[[Australian Federal Police]] |date=16 March 2010 |accessdate=23 April 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127071930/http://www.afp.gov.au/act.html |archivedate=27 January 2010}}</ref>
People who have been charged with offences are tried either in the [[Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory|ACT Magistrates Court]] eller ved mere alvorlige forseelser i [[Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory|ACT Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.courts.act.gov.au/supreme/page/view/288 |title=History of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court |publisher=The Supreme Court of the ACT |accessdate=7 March 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160516215953/http://www.courts.act.gov.au/supreme/page/view/288 |archivedate=16 May 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> PriorFør to itsdet closurelukkede ini 2009,prisonersblev werefanger heldvaretægtsfængslet ini [[Belconnen Remand (detention)|remandCentre]] ati theACT, [[Belconnenmen Remandden Centre]]endelige infængselsdom the ACTblev butsom usuallyregel gaoledafsonet ini New South Wales.<ref>{{cite web | last=Laverty | first=Jo | url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/05/07/2563620.htm | title=The Belconnen Remand Centre |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=21 May 2009 | accessdate=23 April 2010 }}</ref> Et nyt fængsel, [[Alexander Maconochie Centre]], åbnedes officielt 11. september 2008 af den daværende Chief Minister [[Jon Stanhope]]. De samlede omkostninger for fængslet var $130 millioner AUD.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kittel |first=Nicholas |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2008/11/26/2430325.htm |archivedate=1 May 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501045814/http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2008/11/26/2430325.htm|title=ACT prison built to meet human rights obligations |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=26 November 2008 |accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref> CourtsDer sucher asogså amindre Smalldomstole, Claimssom Tribunalhåndterer andcivile a [[Family Court of Australia|Family Court]] exist for civil law actions and othersøgsmål, non-criminalfamilieret legalog matterslignende.<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.familycourt.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/FCOA/home/court_lists/Canberra/ | publisher=[[Family Court of Australia]] | title=Canberra Court List | accessdate=13 May 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.courts.act.gov.au/magistrates/TelephoneList1.htm | title=Court Listing | publisher=ACT Law Courts and Tribunals | accessdate=13 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502091554/http://familycourt.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/FCOA/home/court_lists/Canberra/|archivedate=2 May 2013}}</ref>
InI Maymaj 2012,thevar unemploymentarbejdsløsheden rate ini Canberra was 3,.4%, whichhvilket wasvar lowerlavere thanend thedet nationalnationale unemploymentgennemsnit rate ofpå 5.,1%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/1367.0~2012~Main%20Features~Unemployment%20Rate~9.4|title=1367.0 State and Territory Statistical Indicators – Unemplyment rate: ABS |date=12 June 2012|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|accessdate=6 July 2012}}</ref> AsPå agrund resultaf ofden lowlave unemploymentarbejdsløshed andog substantialmange levelsjobs ofi publicden sectoroffentlige andsektor commercialog employment,erhvervslivet Canberrahar hasCanberras theindbyggere highestden averagehøjeste levelgennemsnitlige ofdisponible disposableindkomst incomei ofnogen anyaf Australiande større capitalaustralske citybyer.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] | url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Previousproducts/D1427AE6A791C71CCA2570D700081161?opendocument | title=ACT Stats, 2005 |date=12 September 2005| accessdate=13 May 2010 }}</ref> TheDen grossugentlige averagebruttoløn weekly wage ini Canberra isvar [[Australian dollar|$]]1702 comparedAUD withmod thedet nationalnationale averagegennemsnit ofpå $1485.801486 AUD (Maymaj 2013).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] |date=15 August 2013 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/6302.0Main%20Features1May%202013?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=6302.0&issue=May%202013&num=&view= |title=6302.0 – Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, May 2013 |accessdate=4 November 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021044653/http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/Latestproducts/6302.0Main%20Features1May%202013?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=6302.0&issue=May%202013&num=&view= |archivedate=21 October 2013 |df= }}</ref>
The median house price in Canberra as of September 2009 was $511,820, lower than only Sydney among capital cities of more than 100,000 people, having surpassed Melbourne and Perth since 2005.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/29/2727042.htm | title=House prices surge as rate hike looms |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | accessdate=13 May 2010 | last=Janda |first=Michael | date=29 October 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
