Employment | Watch:The Canberra Times spoke to a range of businesses in some struggling sectors to hear what they wanted out of the Canberra jobs and skills summit this week. Here is what they had to say.
Public service: Speaking at the National Press Club today, the Prime Minister said he was "somewhat surprised" to learn high-ranking bureaucrats had been rehired as private contractors under his predecessor.
Court: A Gordon woman has narrowly escaped a jail sentence after a man was too "besotted" with her to report the full extent of his injuries to police.
Court: The woman, who is not named to protect the identities of the children, pleaded guilty to two counts of child neglect and fronted the ACT Magistrates Court today for sentencing.
ACT politics: The territory government has begun a process to reshape Exhibition Park in Canberra in a bid to increase attendance and revenue raised by festivals and events.
Transport: The crash during the Black Summer bushfires killed American crew members Ian H. McBeth, 44, Paul Clyde Hudson, 42 and Rick A. DeMorgan jnr, 43.
Economics: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is hoping this week's summit in Canberra heralds a new era of cooperation between business, unions and governments.
Space: The unmanned first stage of a three-part journey will take off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 10.33pm AEST, part of a mission that will see the first woman and first person of colour on the moon this decade.
Tennis | In depth: Australians rarely see Nick Kyrgios the mentor. It's a world away from the meltdowns that dominate the headlines, writes Cameron Mee.
