Labor moves to stop 'unfair' appeals against ACT public housing

Residents would no longer be able to challenge development approvals for public housing and public health facilities under a Labor government plan intended to speed up projects. Jasper Lindell reports on Planning Minister Chris Steel's bill.

The Coalition's pre-election war on the public service rolls on with claims a Treasury assessment of one of its policies was politically motivated. Miriam Webber asks experts whether Peter Dutton and co have a point about a too-political APS or if it's just more bureaucracy bashing.

The Australian government has banned the use of Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek on government devices, citing concerns over data privacy and national security. Eleanor Campbell reports on the decision to block the chatbot.

And in sport Melanie Dinjaski reports on a first look at some emerging Canberra Raiders.

Today has a medium chance of a shower or two, and the chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. The forecast maximum is 31 degrees.

John-Paul Moloney, managing editor