An inquiry into the public service's skills also heard Australian businesses have reported missing out on lucrative government IT contracts to major multinational companies using their size to bid low and out-compete smaller players.
A diplomatic slight to the office of the ACT Chief Minister shows no sign of being fixed, more than 30 years after the territory was granted self government.
Of the 145 new cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday, 51 were in the community for the entirety of their infectious period and 25 were in the community for part of their infectious period.
NSW police chief Mick Fuller described the organisers as "anarchists" who, unlike Black Lives Matter protesters who took to the streets in June last year, did not formally register their rally.
Iranian asylum seeker Reza Berati, 23, was beaten to death by guards and other workers during a violent confrontation at the Manus Island detention centre in 2014.
Live blog: The 20-year-old Titmus triumphed in a titanic final on Monday, defeating the United States' five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky in the 400m freestyle.
The works that make up this year's National Photographic Portrait Prize have been revealed, including two works from The Canberra Times photographer Dion Georgopoulos.
Sofia Green is only 15 but she is already the CEO of her own cosmetics business, Apollo Cosmetics, its name an unlikely but meaningful nod to the Apollo 13 space mission.
