What's on: There are three separate live music stages this year at the Commonwealth Park site. There will also be "roving entertainers", from circus acts to musicians. Thursday and Sunday's theme will be "unwind" while Friday and Saturday will be "invigorate".
Development: A total of 19 new retailers will be added to the centre and a skywalk bridge will connect the new level with the existing south mall. A new indoor children's playground is also in the works.
Transport: Canberrans will be able to get live updates from Canberra's main roads with new traffic monitoring systems aiming to ease disruption caused by the construction of the Woden light rail extension.
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History: The War Memorial will expand its recognition of the frontier wars as part of its expansion, after years of calls for the institution to do more to tell the story of Australia's violent colonial past.
Police: Emergency services raced to the scene in Charnwood last night after passers-by alerted triple zero to the noise. ACT Ambulance Service paramedics treated the badly wounded woman at the scene before she was taken to hospital.
Police: A 15-year-old allegedly carried an imitation handgun on a bus and showed his friends the firearm before entering a busy shopping centre yesterday afternoon.
Court: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced the appointment of Justice Jayne Jagot to the High Court today. Justice Jagot will be the seventh woman appointed to the court and 56th overall.
Review: Without a hint of irony, the creators of the new Swimming with Sharks have committed the predictable big-studio crime of taking source material and stuffing it with so many added extras and updates, writes B. R. Doherty.
Vale: James Martin was a renowned coach and teacher, particularly in Queanbeyan, but his career took him all around NSW and the ACT, including Penrith where he famously taught Blues coach Brad Fittler.
