Good morning, Canberra. There's a high chance of showers in the morning and afternoon today, with a top of 24 degrees expected. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.
Federal politics: Audits of billions of dollars of government spending are under threat of being cut next year due to funding constraints imposed on the watchdog.
Water safety: While most people are aware of the dangers of beach swimming, rivers are the leading locations of drownings in the ACT, NSW and Western Australia.
Property: Canberrans who bought a decade ago have likely seen some serious growth in house values, including in one suburb where values have skyrocketed nearly 300 per cent.
Videos | Summer of film: Science fiction, as broad a genre as you could imagine. Here are the classics worth a watch (or re-watch) this holiday period.
Analysis | Cricket: The stands were empty at the start of the year, and cricket was on the nose. But did some gritty MCG action change that, asks Chris Dutton.
