What's on: The local fireworks company will be helping Canberrans ring in the New Year tonight, with two tonnes of fireworks exploding over Lake Burley Griffin at 9pm and midnight. Everything you need to know for the NYE fireworks
Health: Pressure is mounting on the Albanese government to reinstate COVID-19 testing requirements for travellers arriving from China to stop new concerning variants from taking hold in Australia.
Federal politics: Taxpayer-funded concessions for electric cars are likely to have "only limited success" in driving uptake and risk benefiting households which would have made the switch regardless, the government's economic advisory body says.
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Tourism: While many Canberrans clear out of the capital during summer, tourists are also flocking in for landmarks and getting a camp spot early for Summernats.
Entertainment: It's time to rethink Canberra's nightlife. The government, businesses and music industry are all in agreement about that. But ideas around how to kick-start the nighttime economy and put Canberra on the map diverge.
Hobbies: Charlie Adams, who restores old cars, believes Canberra is ideal for owning an old car now that new registration concessions provide 60 days of driving.
Cost of living: Australians aged 55 and over will be able to tip up to $300,000 into their super balance after selling their home under changes which start in the new year.
Opinion: Labor cannot be merely amused by the Liberals' spiral into Trumpian politics. An opposition off its game quickly affects the quality of government, writes Jack Waterford.
Police: A 35-year-old Goulburn man was caught with a 3D-printed single-shot pistol loaded with a .22 live round of ammunition when he was stopped by police in the Southern Highlands on Thursday evening.
Weather: Residents of the far west NSW township of Menindee could be inundated by record levels of flooding as emergency workers scramble to keep the community safe.
Sport | Watch: After the world was turned on its head in recent years from the pandemic, 2022 saw an uplifting shift back to pre-COVID times, with some cracking sporting tales to tell.
