Judge slams police for 'cruel and humiliating' treatment of detainee

A judge has labelled the actions of a watch house sergeant "cruel and humiliating" for taunting an Aboriginal teenager about committing suicide in custody, Tim Piccione reports.

Newly revealed details of 2019 costings of the light rail stage 2 included the construction of a new bridge across Lake Burley Griffin, Lanie Tindale reports.

Canberra's housing sector is holding back the city, despite low unemployment and a high workforce participation rate, according to a new report on the local economy, Lucy Arundell reports.

And while some residents are up in arms over proposed changes to the territory's planning rules, some builders say those changes won't help them build more homes as approvals stagnate and government fees cut into profits, Lucy Arundell writes.

Thursday is expected to be rainy with up to 40 millimetres expected to fall and a top temperature of 15 degrees.

Scott Hannaford, The Canberra Times deputy editor