From a high-profile Civic arrest involving NRL players to broken fingers and a brain injury, there are a troubling number of instances of ACT police overstepping the mark of their powers. In a must-read series beginning today, Tim Piccione investigates how serious misconduct allegations against police are, by design of the system, almost always kept under wraps.

As Peter Dutton ducked back into Canberra to pack up his office, former Coalition minister Amanda Vanstone writes there's a downside for Labor from its thumping success.

It will be a brave, or foolhardy, Liberal leader who goes after public service job cuts as a vote winner any time soon. After Peter Dutton's spectacular electoral implosion, Canberra Liberals leader Leanne Castley has told Jasper Lindell she'd need every one of the ACT's public servants if she wins government in 2028.

A major Canberra tourist attraction is calling on the government to reinstate public transport to its site, saying the lack of transport is damaging its business and making it difficult to get staff. Lucy Arundell reports the costs of taxis for would-be visitors is hurting several of our city's best-known tourist sites.

The Raiders had the last laugh against the Storm on Sunday and Hudson Young is still laughing at suggestions he might've been to blame for the high shot on him that won the Raiders the game, Melanie Dinjaski reports.

After an overnight low of 1 degree, today should be a mostly sunny one with a top of 18.

John-Paul Moloney, managing editor