Video: For most people who earn a degree, it comes at the beginning of their adult lives and opens the door to a career. For Ian Mathews, receiving his arts degree from the ANU came in his final days and with no less than a Nobel laureate at his bedside.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is under renewed pressure to deliver on his three-year-old promise to protect gay students from being expelled from faith-based schools, as the debate over religious freedoms intensifies.
Subscriber: The firefighters' union says the ACT government must refer the release of a spreadsheet with detail from nearly 30,000 workers' compensation claims to the Australian information commissioner and notify the people affected by the breach.
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Subscriber: Canberra property prices are predicted to fall by 10 per cent but not before the "phenomenal lift" in prices peaks in 2022, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia has predicted.
Subscriber: A climate change protester's bid for leniency for defacing a senator's office has been dismissed by a magistrate, who said consequences needed to have "real meaning" and not simply an "idle threat".
The Morrison government's controversial voter identification bill could be dead in the water, with a bipartisan committee flagging its implementation could water down human rights.
Legendary Australian rock band Midnight Oil will perform in Canberra next year at Stage 88 as part of its 14-date Resist tour on the back of its new album of the same name.
Subscriber: Jordan Rapana has apologised to Raiders fans for his off-season drink-driving misdemeanour on the Sunshine Coast, for which the NRL are still yet to hand down a punishment.
