Environment: A child born today is likely to experience three to four times as many extreme climate events in their lifetime as their grandparents did, a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has found.
Health: Police have been asked to investigate a serious breach of privacy involving patient records being illegally shared by staff from Canberra Health Services.
Police: A former special forces soldier, accused of murdering a man in Afghanistan, has become the first Australian to face a war crime charge of murder.
NSW election: The Nationals candidate for Monaro is tough. She has to be in the age of foul online rage where abuse is rampant and apparently grown-up men say literally unprintable things, often about women.
Court: A woman who has accused her former partner of multiple rapes has described "running for my life" in nothing but a T-shirt to escape him during one of several allegedly violent incidents.
Health: There will be a renewed push for the ACT government to establish a permanent gynaecological cancer surgery unit from the territory's opposition.
Transport: Motorists will need to brace for extra congestion on Parkes Way from Wednesday morning's peak, with a key off-ramp for southbound traffic to close.
What's on: Some of the country's best comedians are in the capital this week. And let's face it, we could all use a good laugh amid the current climate, right?
