Foreign affairs: Canberra is a long way from Martha's Vineyard but two friends who have spent many a summer there met up in the national capital yesterday.
Finance: Inflation rose by 6.1 per cent over the past 12 months, its highest level in over two decades, as the Treasurer warns some Australians are being forced to choose between "vegetables and rent".
Water: The taste in Canberra water has differed, which manager of environment and sustainability at Icon Water Ben Bryant said could come for a variety of environmental sources.
Watch: Protesters gathered outside Parliament House to greet newly sworn-in representatives this morning, calling on Australia to declare a climate emergency.
Courts: The new federal Attorney-General has been urged to provide "a silver lining to the otherwise sorry saga" of Bernard Collaery's prosecution by allowing "a significant win for open justice" to see the light of day.
Environment: Chris Bowen has declared Labor's climate legislation is "simply the beginning" and the work to slash Australia's emissions starts now, as he introduced the government's signature bill to Parliament.
Opinion: If and when Australia next faces conflict, it'll still be critical infrastructure that's hit first. But in the modern world, critical infrastructure isn't just pipes and ports, writes Robert Lindsell.
