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Imagine a grand central station packed underneath City Hill or an amphitheatre carved into a restored riverbed alongside Lake Burley Griffin. These may be pie-in-the-sky ideas, but Jasper Lindell reports on why some people are dreaming big for our city's architecture.
Canberra early childhood educators will get a historic 15 per cent pay rise to retain existing staff and attract workers back to the struggling sector. Sarah Lansdown reports on the landmark win for some of our important but least financially valued workers. A request by a Defence official that has sparked an ongoing corruption investigation for a bottle of champagne from major defence contractor Thales was a joke, Defence has told a powerful parliamentary committee. Connor Pearce reports on a grilling of Defence officials over a damning audit office report into the procurement of munitions. An Australian Defence Force member who admitted writing and emailing child abuse material to co-workers also photographed several children on school grounds, court documents have revealed. Tim Piccione reports the man, who has been discharged from Defence, allegedly took photos of unaware girls.
Today will be another cloudy day with a high chance of showers in the morning and afternoon. We could have a thunderstorm, and there's an expected top of 23 degrees. John-Paul Moloney, managing editor | 