Four ACT parties collected more in funding than they spent in election campaign

He's the man tasked with connecting ACT businesses with the world, but how effective has ACT International Engagement Commissioner Brendan Smyth been in that mission? Sally Pryor sat down with him to find out.

Jasper Lindell reports that four political parties collected more from the public election funding scheme than their declared campaign spending last year.

Eleanor Campbell talked to independent MP Andrew Wilkie about Peter Dutton's targeting of thousands of public service jobs, and he has concerns it could set the scene for another robodebt-style scandal.

Did you get a chance to give Canberra's own corpse flower a visit? Steve Evans went along to give it a sniff.

Tuesday will be cloudy with a slight chance of more showers and an expected top temperature of 27 degrees.

Scott Hannaford, deputy editor