Environment: The ACT could have its first electric crematorium within the next six years. However, the decision to build it near a nature reserve has received plenty of pushback from residents concerned about habitat loss.
Public service: The 2023 APS census results have confirmed the most and least-favoured government agencies to work at, as well-resourced entities surged ahead in the annual report cards.
Crime: Children were held in isolated custody for up to seven days for reasons of "health segregation", months after COVID restrictions had eased in the general ACT community.
Public Eye: Public awareness of the APS code of conduct shot through the roof this year, thanks to the robodebt royal commission and the inquiry into former Home Affairs boss Mike Pezzullo. There were plenty of other points of interest.
Jobs: The Australian National University will cut 42 jobs from its philanthropy department after several reviews found it was not ready for a major fundraising campaign.
Education: Australian National University students have called for the university to reverse its decision to close the Art and Music Library, a move they see as an attack on the arts school.
Mental health: When comedian Elliot Loney struggled with his mental health, it was Canberra tennis star Nick Kyrgios' support that helped him at his lowest point.
Online safety: Australian kids as young as 12 are being targeted by extremists who are infiltrating online gaming platforms, with a rising number of children being investigated for radicalised ideologies.
Opinion: We have to turn our outrage into action to build a safer country. Here's some of the steps the federal government is taking, writes Katy Gallagher.
World: The Pentagon says it is aware of reports regarding attacks on a US warship and commercial vessels in the Red Sea as Yemen's Houthi group claimed drone and missile attacks on two Israeli vessels in the area.
World: Israel forces have bombed wide areas of the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, as civilians in the besieged territory sought shelter in an ever-shrinking area of the south.
Tennis: Rising Canberra tennis star Charlie Camus should look no further than Alex de Minaur for a blueprint to success, an Australian tennis great says.
