Good morning, Canberra. After a morning frost, we're in for a partly cloudy day and a top of 15 degrees today. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.
Transport: More than 100 motorists per day in Canberra are being detected using their mobile phones while driving, with one road in Belconnen the biggest hotspot.
Health: The ACT government has abandoned plans for an elective surgery centre at the University of Canberra Hospital precinct, with theatre capacity to be expanded elsewhere, it says.
Court: A "Jekyll and Hyde" home invader will spend the rest of the year behind bars over a terrifying intrusion that has left him feeling "utterly ashamed" of himself.
ACT politics: Vulnerable defendants before courts in the ACT will have access to specialist communication help later this year in an intermediary program a visiting international expert said would be world-leading.
Politics: Former Gold Coast City councillor Cameron Caldwell is heading to Canberra after winning the federal seat of Fadden for the Liberal National Party.
Environment: Canberra's pollen season began with a blast on Saturday. It's going to be a "very early, big pollen season," an Australian National University researcher says.
Sport | Watch: Football Australia is being challenged to convert the Matildas' World Cup momentum into support for the A-League Women's competition to add to the tournament's lasting legacy.
Tennis: Marketa Vondrousova has hailed her shock Wimbledon win as an "impossible" triumph after she became the first unseeded player ever to win the women's title.
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