Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a mostly sunny Monday and a top of 21 degrees to start the working week. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.
Subscriber: Major investigations have been stalled or shelved in the ACT as detectives usually assigned to those duties have been transferred into COVID compliance and doorknocks.
Subscriber: The federal government is on track to rack up its highest yearly consultancy bill, with the total amount averaging more than $2 million a day since the financial year first began.
The ACT has stopped reporting vaccination rates over 99 per cent to avoid confusion and anomalies when its official figure exceeds 100 per cent in the coming days.
Subscriber: Regional communities built around traditional mining and manufacturing will die unless governments invest and support them through the clean energy transition, Labor's Chris Bowen has warned.
Canberrans will again be fined for speeding in residential areas after mobile speed cameras return today. The ACT government has also announced Canberrans will need to pay for parking in government-owned car parks from November 1.
Subscriber:Christian Leali'ifano is backing Noah Lolesio to fire when he returns to Super Rugby in a bid to reclaim his Wallabies jersey with an eye on the 2023 World Cup.
