Court: Lawyers for a teenager accused of killing a fellow patient inside Canberra Hospital's adult mental health unit are set to explore a mental impairment defence if he is found fit to plead.
War crimes: An ex-SAS soldier charged over the allegedly unlawful killing of a civilian in Afghanistan has received bail because of the danger posed by the Taliban and extremist Islamic inmates.
Institutions: Arts Minister Tony Burke has chosen Barrie Cassidy, the veteran journalist and former press secretary and senior adviser to prime minister Bob Hawke, to replace the outgoing chair Nick Minchin.
ACT politics: A team within the Dhulwa secure mental health unit was behind a leak of patient records to the nurses' union, Mental Health Minister Emma Davidson has revealed.
Public service: The Australian Public Service Commission will not provide a headline pay increase offer until after the May budget, as negotiations to improve conditions across the public service get underway.
Opinion: While still far from perfect, the deal to get the safeguard mechanism legislation through Parliament is a significant step forward on the nation's decarbonisation pathway, writes Tim Buckley.
Education: The 2020 financial report was published on last night after the first day of a hearing in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, where it was revealed the school's tax debt has mounted to $4.8 million.
World: A heavily armed 28-year-old has shot dead three children and three adult staffers at a private Christian school the suspect once attended in Nashville, Tennessee before police killed the assailant.
