Good morning, Canberra. After a morning frost we're in for a partly cloudy day and a top of 14 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital today.
The ACT will today adjust its restrictions to reflect an extended lockdown, as the government fights to combat a worsening Covid crisis that has reached an aged care facility and an inner-north high school.
Subscriber: An unemployed student allegedly held a samurai sword while blackmailing a man for thousands of dollars before telling the man's friend "snitches get stitches" after he went to police, a court has heard.
Daily rapid antigen testing at aged care homes is key to curbing outbreaks given fewer than one-third of the city's residential aged care staff are fully vaccinated, experts say.
Subscriber:Constitutional lawyer, academic and author Kim Rubenstein will take on the big parties by running as an independent Senate candidate for the ACT.
The director of the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance says the Delta variant of the coronavirus has "changed our thinking" on vaccinations in children.
At least six people have died at the chaotic Kabul airport, as thousands try to flee Afghanistan fearing a Taliban reprisal a day after insurgents captured capital.
Subscriber: The Royal Military College at Duntroon will undergo upgrades costing up to $75 million under plans to increase space for trainees at the facility.
As The Beatles sang in 1967, you get by with a little help from your friends. As lockdown takes hold of Canberra once again, that phrase couldn't be more true. For people like Kingston's Claire Bruen, that's how she is surviving isolation.
Subscriber: A man has been remanded in custody for allegedly showing "flagrant disregard" for COVID-19 health orders by refusing to wear a mask and get tested after he became a casual contact from visiting an exposure site.
Subscriber: NRL superstar Tom Trbojevic trained for Manly yesterday after scans showed no serious facial damage ahead of the Sea Eagles' crucial clash against the Canberra Raiders on Friday.
