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A day after government cost figures led to criticisms of a gold-plated football stadium, Chief Minister Andrew Barr has reached for airline terminology to try to dampen those fears, promising an "economy or premium economy" stadium. What that means only time will tell, but Chris Dutton and Jasper Lindell report Mr Barr still thinks a stadium build can come in under $1 billion. Elsewhere in news, politics and public service reporter Connor Pearce writes how an independent report into an over-budget and delayed parliamentary expenses management system is itself over-budget and delayed.
In a harrowing story from courts, Tim Piccione reports on the sentencing of a serial family violence offender who raped his ex-partner hours after being released from prison. And don't start your day without reading Sally Pryor's feature on the booming industry building around pet deaths. She meets the owner of Canberra's only pet crematorium, who among several amusing tales told Sally how she once cremated a friend's Siamese fighting fish for "shits and giggles". After an overnight low of 4, today will be a sunny day with a top of 16. John-Paul Moloney, managing editor | 