Drugs: When Olive the dog started showing increasingly erratic symptoms, the last thing owner Kathryn Hind expected was a positive result for cannabis poisoning.
Public service: Experts have welcomed moves from the Public Service Commission to tighten control over the Senior Executive Service, including new protocols around hiring and managing the most senior bureaucrats.
Public service: A union for Australian Taxation Office staff will escalate a claim the agency has acted in bad faith in enterprise negotiations to the Fair Work Commission today.
Voice to Parliament | Watch: Canberrans were urged to look past misinformation about the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament at a "yes" campaign march yesterday.
Education: A Belconnen super school struggling with vandalism and disruptive students must refocus on consistent expectations for staff teaching and student learning and behaviour, a review found.
Floriade: As families marvelled at beautiful blooms, award-winning Australian gardener Jamie Durie shared his gardening tips for Canberrans - even those without gardens.
Opinion: I've come to realise that for too long, we have been talking to the people who already agree with us, writes girls' rights charity Plan International Australia chief executive Susanne Legena.
Community: A group of veterans and emergency service workers say their guitar group gets them through, but it needs a new location with storage. "It frightens me what will happen if we can't stick together," one member says.
Public Sector Informant | Public Eye: Ever heard of a workplace that's too nice? Turns out the constructive criticism part of a compliment sandwich is pretty vital, write Miriam Webber and Justine Landis-Hanley.
