Good morning Valued Subscriber,
The dramas in the Legislative Assembly are still going. While Labor looks set to retain power, there are lots of questions left. In particular whether the Greens will join them. Jasper Lindell reports they will not enter into a coalition with Labor if the major party's plans for Canberra cannot be amended because the ACT "did not vote for business as usual". Emma Davidson is a former MLA, and so perhaps freed of her ministerial responsibility she made herself available for a fairly unusual shoot with our photographic editor Karleen Minney. Lucy Bladen reports on the erstwhile Greens MLA, who took a nice swing at her former coalition partners.
Matters of integrity have been at the heart of political discussion this week. And you won't be surprised to know Jack Waterford has some strong views about the NACC and the stoush over the PM's use of the Qantas perks.
Enjoy this weekend because in a few days' time we could be facing a world with Donald Trump back in the most powerful position. Eleanor Campbell looks at what a second Trump presidency would mean for Australia and what the public service is doing to prepare.
A woman who admitted using the dark web to plot to have her parents murdered was abused as a child by a "close family member" a court heard on Friday. Tim Piccione reports the woman stood to inherit a third of her parent's $8 million estates at the time she offered a man named "Juan" $20,000 to have them killed. For a lighter start to your day, Tim the Yowie Man enjoys the nostalgia of when Ginninderra Falls was a place where Canberrans could play and property reporter Lucinda Garbutt-Young taps into the psychology that makes for a good auction (for the seller). Today will be partly cloudy but otherwise nice with an expected top of 25 degrees.
Enjoy your weekend. John-Paul Moloney, managing editor |