Subscriber: Public servants have been told to rush back to the office as federal departments bring forward the end of COVID work-from-home arrangements.
There are seven people in hospital, including four in intensive care, all of whom are being ventilated. The number of people in hospital is unchanged from the previous day's figures, but there is now another person in intensive care.
A newly discovered COVID-19 variant that has alarmed overseas experts is unlikely to impact Australia's vaccine efficacy, according to the federal Health Minister.
There was minor flooding in Queanbeyan, and parts of Canberra recorded up to 50 millimetres of rain, as the latest downpour caused the record for November to tick over.
Dr Donaghue was first appointed in late 2016 and since then has served as the second law officer of the Commonwealth in High Court cases relating to public servant free speech and the section 44 citizenship saga.
Subscriber: A high-ranking Rebels bikie has been granted bail after a drug bust at his Braddon unit, where police allegedly found a large amount of cash, suspected cocaine and a set of knuckledusters.
Oyster production has been halted at one of Australia's largest suppliers in South Australia, and estuaries have been shut along the South Coast, leaving supplies of the nation's favourite mollusk stretched.
New Test captain Pat Cummins will embrace a new-age model of collaborative on-field leadership after getting his wish to have Steve Smith as his vice-captain.
Subscriber: The hardest part wasn't the agonising wait to see if he would be drafted to the GWS Giants - it was the lag between hearing his name called, and the rest of the Queanbeyan Tigers Club seeing it unfold on TV.
