Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a small chance of showers on the way to 10 degrees to start the working week. Here's what's making news in the capital.
Subscriber: Approval of the federal government's handling of the pandemic is at an all-time low while popularity for state and territory leaders has soared, polling shows.
Subscriber: Australian National University's new background check policy could lead to discrimination and have a chilling effect, staff and privacy advocates say.
Subscriber: Canberra Raiders star Jack Wighton is hopeful of playing Parramatta with pain-killing injections after picking up a nasty rib injury in Saturday's win against the Sharks.
Australia's haste to rapidly fund and get COVID-19 clinical trials under way has exposed gaps in the system and may have led to "taxpayer-funded research waste", new analysis has found.
Subscriber | Opinion: My age group is desperate to do its part - but it's difficult when we're being yo-yoed between fear and hope, writes Olivia Ireland.
