Good morning, Canberra. We're heading for a maximum of 20 degrees today with rain and a possible storm on the horizon. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.
Energy savings: A group of apartment owners trying to find energy savings almost lost hope before discovering a perfectly timed government grant scheme.
Education: The expert panel has been tasked with giving recommendations on class, whole-school and system-wide approaches to improve literacy and numeracy in public schools.
Equality scorecard: The annual result, driven by an increase in the proportion of women in senior management and corresponding increases in pay, means that for every $1 men earn in Australia, women earn 78 cents.
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Federal politics: The entire Federal Parliament has been urged not to keep electoral reform in the "too hard basket" in the wake of a long-awaited report recommending the doubling of territory senators.
Taste of celebrity: International superstar Post Malone might be lured back to Canberra more often - he loved Raku's toasted sesame ice cream so much he personally emailed to ask for the recipe.
Sport: The Western Force have launched an audacious bid to poach another Brumbies star, just months after they lured ACT scrumhalf Nic White to Perth on a lucrative deal.
Opinion: So far, the Public Service Commission and the government is doing altogether too much to avoid detailing the circumstances of Mike Pezzullo's sacking, writes Jack Waterford.
Public service: Nationals senator Matt Canavan has slammed the government's decision to sack disgraced Home Affairs boss Michael Pezzullo, saying it would be naive to think other public servants weren't engaging in similar behaviour.
Public service | Editorial: Finally the axe has fallen. And now the fall from grace of one of the most powerful mandarins in the country should send a clear message.
World: Mediator Qatar says a truce between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza has been extended by two days, continuing a pause in seven weeks of warfare that has killed thousands and laid waste to the Palestinian enclave.
