Budget: Treasurer Jim Chalmers' first budget tonight will show the fiscal mountain has been more than halved since the $78 billion deficit forecast in the last Coalition budget in March. But there are tough times ahead.
Federal politics: The Canberra Liberals president who oversaw Zed Seselja's huge election defeat is set to keep his position, defying an internal push to oust him.
Budget: A battle is brewing between the major parties over the government's scrapping of a $1 billion regional infrastructure fund, which the opposition has described as a "slap in the face" for regional and rural Australians.
Inquiry: A senior officer allegedly told NT policeman Zachary Rolfe, formerly of Canberra, who shot dead an Indigenous teenager, he had been cleared to get back to work two days after the incident, an inquest has been told.
Sport: Wallabies veteran Michael Hooper is confident he has grown as a person and a player after stepping away from the team to address mental health struggles.
Theatre: In a way, The Wharf Revue is almost breaking news in theatre form given the way global politics changes so rapidly and ridiculously. And from tonight, Canberra audiences are in for a treat.
Sport: The Canberra Capitals are holding out hope the AIS Arena will reopen in time for the 2023-24 season after the federal government confirmed there will be funding for the venue in tonight's budget.
