Good morning, Canberra. We're expecting a bit of rain and possible thunderstorm as we climb to a top of 25 degrees today. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.
ACT politics: Growing pressure on the ACT's successful restorative justice programs will force the government to consider more funding for the scheme, the Attorney-General has said.
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Cost of living: Canberra families are likely to be tightening their belts further after the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted interest rates to 4.35 per cent in a bid to bring down inflation.
Court: A musician caught "enthusiastically discussing" child sexual abuse, and in possession of thousands of "depraved" files, is appealing his jail sentence.
Economics: Australia has become more a "me" than a "we" nation as rates of inequality and disconnection have surged, the Assistant Minister for Charities says.
Food & Wine: Without being dramatic, your whole dish hangs in the hands of these three words - season to taste - so important and yet so vague; an instruction as simple as it is complex, writes Danielle Alvarez.
Health | Education: Canberra universities suffered a drop in people studying nursing this year as students were lured to other states by financial incentives.
Melbourne Cup: Father-son duo Anthony and Sam Freedman have ended the family's 18-year Melbourne Cup drought, with a little-known ACT link helping set the platform for the triumph.
