The Australian National University secretly hired outside consultants for $65,000 to "redesign" the way it dealt with the media, internal ANU documents obtained by The Canberra Times reveal, Steve Evans reports.

An expert has warned that "ghost stores" are becoming more common on social media feeds, with websites that could look legitimate at a glance, but are something else entirely, Lucy Arundell reports.

When it comes to entering the property market, new data shows that Canberra women are on average able to borrow $53,000 less than their male counterparts, Lucinda Garbutt-Young reports.

Owners of a closing sports bar on Northbourne Avenue say the light rail construction was the "straw that broke the camel's back" in the business's demise. That and ACT government taxes. "It's pretty dramatic what the ACT government charges," co-owner Ant Arena told reporter Lanie Tindale.

And in sport, nothing is stopping the Raiders on their run to the finals. The Canberra side defeated the Parramatta Eels in a dramatic finish in front of a huge home crowd on Saturday afternoon, Caden Helmers reports.

It's going to be another very cold winter's day in the capital today after an overnight low of minus 4.6 degrees, only climbing to a forecast top of 14 degrees later in the day.

Betina Hughes, The Canberra Times senior producer