A senior public servant has left her role on the board of a domestic violence support service after penning a letter supporting a family member convicted of abuse, describing the rapist as a "gentle giant", Tim Piccione reports.

New Opposition Leader Sussan Ley spoke with Dana Daniel about her time in the APS, growing up in Canberra, and her vision for the public service.

The latest Tax Office data has revealed the suburbs where Canberrans are getting wealthier, Brittney Levinson reports. While suburbs like Yarralumla, Forrest and Kingston are still out in front, residents in some outer suburbs actually had the largest increase in incomes for the 2022-23 financial year.

In Forum, Anne Cahill Lambert AM shares her thoughts on the $250 health levy proposed in the ACT budget. "Health levy double-dipping at best: the ACT would never do this to its people, I said. I was wrong," she writes.

And in sport, the Raiders are sitting at the top of the NRL ladder, following a win over the Newcastle Knights. It was the first time they had been in the number one spot at this part of the season since 2003.

It will be a cold yet sunny Saturday, with some early morning frost. A low of minus 5 and a top of 13 is forecast for the capital.

Betina Hughes, senior producer