Good morning, Canberra. Cold enough? It got down to -5 overnight! And we're in for a top of 12 degrees today. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.
Health: Low-paid people may shun testing for COVID even if they think they've got it once free testing kits for concession card-holders ends at the end of the month.
Exclusive |Federal politics: Crucial Senate crossbench party, the Jacqui Lambie Network, has warned of voting difficulties in the upper house due to the largest ever office overflow into the House of Representatives.
Federal politics: The Albanese government's climate bill would lock-in a "weak" emissions reduction target which would be hard to raise, Greens leader Adam Bandt has warned, as a standoff which threatens to torpedo Labor's climate plan continues.
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Court: An arrest warrant has been issued for a man accused of assaulting a woman at EPIC during protest activities after a magistrate described the defendant's affidavit on Thursday as being "gobbledygook".
Law reform: The father of a young man who was killed in May is preparing a petition to the ACT Assembly calling for tougher sentencing laws for repeat driving offenders.
Property | Video: An unassuming Canberra home built on the site of a former Mr Fluffy house is in the running to win a national award for its heritage design.
Health: Nurses and midwives across Canberra are set to protest outside Canberra Hospital with a list of demands, as the country prepares for a spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations.
Court: A cocaine courier busted with drugs potentially worth a six-figure sum has complained that the judge who locked him up was "not properly informed" about his circumstances.
Court: Christian Porter has lost his appeal over hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal costs and the removal of his barrister in a now-settled defamation case against the ABC.
World: Fumio Kishida has blamed inadequate police protection for the death of former leader Shinzo Abe, who was shot while giving an outdoor campaign speech.
World: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has submitted a letter of resignation hours after fleeing to Singapore following mass protests over an economic meltdown.
Local government: All councillors in the Wingecarribee shire to the north of the ACT have been sacked from their roles and the council placed under continued administration until 2024.
