Good morning, Canberra. After an early morning fog we're in for a chance of showers on the way to a top of 13 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital.
Exclusive: The Canberra Times asked all 151 federal MPs and 76 senators where they stood on laws which ban the ACT and NT from legislation on assisted dying.
Children in the ACT aged between 12 and 15 will from next week be able to book in for a Pfizer vaccination against COVID-19 at an ACT government-run clinic.
Mohammad Zaman Khadimi considers himself one of the lucky few. The ANU student arrived in Canberra last week from the Afghanistan capital of Kabul via a two-week hotel quarantine stint in Melbourne. But he holds grave fears for his wife, who was unable to flee the Taliban-ruled country.
Twins Roberta and Ava Vagnarelli were eager roll up their sleeves for a jab when year 12 students were given priority access to new Pfizer appointments. It's an uncertain time, with exams, formals and graduations up in the air for the class of 2021.
The ACT government is considering expected levels of NSW COVID hospitalisations as it forms a reopening plan for Canberra, saying it has to anticipate a flow of patients into the city's hospitals from surrounding districts.
Subscriber | Opinion: In the wake of increasing government pressure for vaccination, and in particular of recent vaccine mandates for health and aged care workers, it is prudent to consider what is at stake, writes Pashal Corby.
ACT health authorities have identified three detainees and one corrections officer as contacts of a positive COVID case that was detected upon arriving at Alexander Maconochie Centre.
Of the new cases, five were in quarantine, while at least nine were in the community for some time while infectious. The remaining case was still under investigation.
Subscriber: The Prime Minister's flying visit to Sydney at the Father's Day weekend has evenly divided Australians, but a majority believe he should live in The Lodge, new polling shows.
