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The future for an embattled Canberra school is unclear after an extraordinary move by the territory's Education Minister. Sarah Lansdown has the details as Brindabella Christian College moves a step closer to deregistration. After the last federal election turned into an independents' day, people our now calling for greater transparency about the selection process for independent candidates. Dana Daniel spoke to a Canberra group whose new discussion paper says opaque processes to choose independent candidates are not democratic. While the looming ACT election has been dominated, in recent days, by a tit-for-tat on a new stadium, the territory's grassroots sports don't want to get forgotten. Canberra's peak sporting organisations are calling on all political parties to set out their agendas for the future of community sport in the nation's capital, Karen Hardy reports.
Lanie Tindale talked to Kellie Jones about her time living from a car. The volunteer for homelessness service Orange Sky Australia is glad it wasn't Canberra, with its freezing nights. Did you think winter was well and truly done for 2024? Did you fall for the false spring? We're in for a very chilly start to the week, with the mercury dipping to almost minus 7 overnight. Keep an eye out for morning frost, as we make our way to an expected top of 17 degrees and a partly cloudy day. Have a great week. | 