The ACT's Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, says the time is right for a debate about the size of the public sector and level of taxes it collects. Jasper Lindell reports public servants were told before Christmas of a series of changes coming to the service in the ACT, including a reduction in the number of executives.
A new report by the ACT Council of Social Service shows a big increase in the number of households entering into hardship programs to pay their power bills. Lucy Bladen writes this has prompted the call for further changes for renters.
At 15, Zak Farag was a homeless school drop-out sleeping in a supermarket car park. As Lanie Tindale reports he spent the first 20 years of his life being told he was naughty and stupid before a diagnosis of ADHD.
And don't miss the second part of our special summer series, Chapter One, with the opening chapter of a selection of 10 new Australian novels. Today's edition is Special Delivery, by Leesa Ronald.
It is expected to reach a maximum of 31 degrees in Canberra today with clouds clearing for a sunny day.
