Good morning, Canberra. We're in for more rain today, with 10mm to 15mm predicted on the way to a top of 19 degrees. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.
Courts: Brittany Higgins was already planning to write a book about her alleged rape before being "blown away" by a $325,000 offer to put her experiences in Parliament House on paper, a court has heard.
ACT politics: All Canberrans should welcome public housing into their communities and stop standing in the way of government plans to build more homes for people in need, the ACT's Housing Minister has said.
Health: Epidemiologists are urging the public not to throw out the lessons of the pandemic as Australia embraces a sense of COVID reprieve with the easing of government mandates and falling case loads.
Opinion | Jack Waterford: If we want the best National Anti-Corruption Commission possible, why task the feds who haven't had much success detecting corruption while the force had the most skin in the game?
Science: Humans have taken plants to space before, and successfully grown plants in space, but they have never spread their roots to the moon. A new study could soon change that.
Business: Burgeoning electric car franchise BYD will open its largest "experience" store outside Sydney in the ACT in the next few months as it prepares a volume assault on the national EV market.
Courts | Sensitive content: The mother of a girl, 17, who died after being subjected to months of abuse says she will continue fighting for justice after the death was found to be intentionally self-inflicted in the context of domestic violence.
Sport: Cameron Hill was born to race at Bathurst. This weekend, he'll realise a lifetime dream when he becomes the first Canberran in 16 years to compete in Australia's Great Race.
Explore Travel: As tourist taxes become more commonplace in the post-pandemic travel landscape, it can be easy to cynically view them as nothing more than a new way to squeeze tourists for dollars. Bhutan begs to differ.
