Education: Many students welcome the respite that a gap year offers between secondary and tertiary studies. However, research suggests "it is not the best option".
ACT politics: Encouraging developers to build more housing around Canberra's ageing shopping centres and allowing flats above more shops are top of the to-do list.
Electric vehicles: One of Australia's fastest-growing and most ambitious EV charging network providers quietly increased its recharging prices up to 42 per cent last week.
Beating the heat: Canberrans flocked to the water park on Sunday to make the most of the sun and the scorching heat before a cooler change for the start of the week.
Sport: Canberra United have reignited calls for VAR technology to be brought into the A-League Women competition after a decisive missed penalty in their narrow 3-2 loss to Melbourne Victory.
Sport: The Alex de Minaur of old might have looked on his Australian Open fourth-round defeat with little more than a shrug of resignation. But he promises he's "night and day" a different player these days.
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