Environment: Several weeks into the ACT's plastic straw ban many cafes have not made the switch, with stakeholders asking the government to aim higher.
Education: Canberra's casual relief teacher system needs a complete overhaul as hundreds of absences are not being filled daily, a landmark report on the public school workforce shows.
Property: All new Australian homes would need to meet strict energy efficiency requirements - which would save home owners money and reduce emissions - under national changes being pushed by the ACT government.
Employment: Pay parity needs to be embedded into the architecture of future and emerging industries in order to avoid gender inequality in a net zero economy, advocates say.
Court: A Hackett man who used a tracker to stalk his former partner has tried to justify his actions by saying he was trying to get back the car he had given to the woman.
Federal politics: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to receive advice from the solicitor-general on whether Scott Morrison breached any rules after he secretly appointed himself to five portfolios.
Opinion: We need to start thinking of cyber warfare not simply as a strategic resource, but as a highly tactical one that determines the outcome of conflict on the ground, writes Nicholas Stuart.
Rugby league: "You've got 40 minutes to save your season," Ricky Stuart said in the sheds during the half-time break. And that's exactly what his Green Machine did.
