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Complaints a member of the Legislative Assembly had acted inappropriately overseas and that another member had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a younger person were both dismissed in the last year. Jasper Lindell reports that Ken Crispin KC, the Legislative Assembly's commissioner for standards, considered 14 complaints in the 2023-24 financial year.
Meanwhile, Miriam Webber writes that Parliamentarians have called for greater powers to scrutinise billions spent on Commonwealth leases, which fall outside the current remit of a committee established to oversee major projects. Megan Doherty has been writing on the ongoing saga over leases for the farmers in the Majura Valley for a while. She reports that they have read the fine print of the government's lease offer to them - and they're not happy.
While the Canberra Raiders' hopes of an unlikely finals berth have slipped into the realms of mathematically possibility, they put on one of their gutsiest defensive efforts to down title contenders Sydney Roosters. David Polkinghorne writes that the game was not without its controversy, though, with the opposing coach making an extraordinary accusation against Raiders captain Elliott Whitehead.
We're set for a windy day today, with an expected to of 14 degrees and a slight chance of a shower in the morning. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for much of eastern NSW, including the ACT. It expects wind to be particularly strong from the morning to mid afternoon. | 