Good morning, Canberra. We’re in for a partly cloudy start to the working week and a top of 23 degrees this Monday. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.
A new COVID-19 threat has arrived in Australia, with NSW health authorities confirming two passengers who arrived in Sydney on Saturday after having been in southern Africa were infected with the Omicron variant.
The team responsible for the genomic sequencing of Canberra's outbreak say a recent Halloween house party in Wanniassa introduced a new "lineage" of the Delta strain in the territory.
After a hiatus during the COVID lockdown period, federal police forensics specialists will reinvigorate a program which will match the DNA remains of more than 500 unidentified bodies in an attempt to determine the potential fate of Australia's long-term missing.
Ask George Kambosos Jnr where he stands in Australian boxing history and his answer is simple: "Look at me. I'm the greatest fighter in Australian history."
