'Banana republic': Canberra entrepreneur blasts Albanese govt

The man behind a $200 million plan to build a Hollywood-style film studio in Canberra has blasted the Albanese government for putting his expansion plans at risk. Dana Daniel reports the cut in international student numbers has infuriated the head of the Academy of Interactive Entertainment whose quota will be slashed from 248 to zero for 2025.

After the ANU's shock decision to cut jobs and merge some of its schools in the wake of eye-watering deficit blowouts, Sarah Lansdown wonders how the university's publicity-shy leader is addressing this crisis.

In ACT election promise land, Labor has said it will deliver 1000 extra public and community housing properties over the next eight years, Lucy Bladen reports. And Jasper Lindell writes the Canberra Liberals are the only major party to have not yet put forward their First Nations policies.

And in opinion, Jenna Price writes about the way babies' genders were revealed back when she was having them, and the big reveal didn't involve pink or blue smoke and any Commodores doing burnouts.

Our Friday will see a forecast top of 23 degrees with a high chance of evening showers possibly pushing into Saturday morning.

John-Paul Moloney, managing editor