Federal politics: Australians are being told the rise of the "missile age" and the threat from China to the global rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific is behind a radical "whole-of-nation" repositioning and speed-up of the nation's defence forces.
Court: A Canadian man has maintained his innocence after being charged with historical child abuse offences allegedly committed when he was an ACT resident.
Federal politics: A key military review has handed down its scathing report card of the Australian Defence Force, recommending a series of urgent changes to how it is structured amid rising regional tensions.
ACT politics: A crack between ACT Labor and the Greens has emerged over whether the territory government supports a proposed $10 billion federal housing fund, which the federal Greens have so far refused to support.
Comedy: Friends of Barry Humphries have labelled the Melbourne International Comedy Festival a disgrace for not celebrating the entertainment legend, who helped start the annual event.
Police: A man has been arrested in Western Australia following an investigation into two alleged physical and sexual assaults in Goulburn earlier in the month.
