Good morning, Canberra. After a bit of a chilly overnight of minus 4 degrees, we're in for a top of just 10 today. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.
Property | Watch: A prominent Canberra lawyer has sold his architect-designed house in Griffith for $6 million, before he even got a chance to live in it.
Police: A public-private partnership has been foreshadowed as an option for a new police centre in the city which would release prime land in Belconnen worth hundreds of millions to the ACT government.
Federal politics: The Greens teamed up with the Coalition on Monday to delay a vote on Labor's signature affordable housing package, staring down threats of a double dissolution and pleas from the housing and homelessness sector.
Court | Sensitive content: An accused rapist allegedly forced his long-term partner to urinate in the backyard "like a dog" and not shower during a protracted period of sexual assault, a court has heard.
Health: The working conditions of junior doctors will be a focus of health spending in the upcoming ACT budget following a class action law suit for underpayment of current and former doctors.
Court: A man accused of trying to kill his neighbour claims he was "trying to be a hero" for a woman before he traded blows with the alleged victim while holding a pair of scissors.
Education: The public school teachers' union has blamed the widening gap between rich and poor for declining reading outcomes amid calls for an overhaul of reading instruction in the ACT.
Rugby league: Canberra star Xavier Savage has been encouraged to stay ready and keep challenging the NRL starters in front of him as he battles to break back into the lineup.
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