Good morning, Canberra. After a morning fog and frost we're in for a mostly sunny start to the working week and a top of 12 degrees. Here’s what’s making news.
Winnunga chief executive Julie Tongs says people who hold NAIDOC events but don't listen to the Indigenous community during the rest of the year are "hypocrites".
Subscriber: Most Australians would prefer $500 million in funding for the war memorial expansion spent on education, health and veterans' support services instead, new polling shows.
Beloved giraffe Hummer died at age 20 due to old age, the zoo said in a statement to its members on Sunday. "As he approached his life expectancy, Hummer was in good health for his age and his passing involved no suffering," the statement said.
Cameras able to detect foreign pests just a few millimetres in size are the latest weapons being used to stop biosecurity threats from entering the country, thanks to new technology coming out of the capital.
Explainer: Fresh lockdowns and new Covid outbreaks across Australia have led to calls to crisis-line services skyrocketing, even compared to the record highs experienced during the beginning of the pandemic.
Subscriber | Opinion: When Western politicians, academics and commentators conflate their criticism of CPC policies with a disdain for "China", they play into the CPC's strategy, writes Ciara Morris.
Subscriber: Canberra Raiders five-eighth Jack Wighton will partner Parramatta playmaker Mitchell Moses in State of Origin III after Penrith duo Nathan Cleary [shoulder] and Jarome Luai [knee] were ruled out through injury.
