First year university students Nicol Brodie,18, Nishanth Pathy,18, Liam Rankine,18 and Fergus Little,19 are among the high number of iGeneration who call the ANU campus in Acton home. Photo: Melissa Adams
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Canberra really is young at heart.
Acton is home to Australia's highest concentration of iGenerationers - tech-savvy millennials aged eight to 27 - according to Australian Bureau of Statistics data released this week.
With thousands of Australian National University students, in 2014, Acton had the lowest median age in Australia at 23 years, with iGenerationers making up 75.9 per cent of the population.
- Tony Abbott has unleashed a fresh parliamentary assault on the ALP, hoping to blunt claims of bias by his trade union royal commissioner, tag the opposition for job losses from stalled resources projects and brand Labor "xenophobic" for supporting a union scare campaign against the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement.
- The Australian Federal Police dumped a $145 million plan to fight crime using software developed in the Middle Eastern flashpoints of Gaza and the West Bank after an intervention by Finance Department boss Jane Halton.
- Australian Medical Association president Brian Owler has ramped up calls for the federal government to intervene in Medibank Private's bitter dispute with Calvary hospitals.
- The CSIRO has raised the prospect of selling its massive Ginninderra field station to make way for a new urban area on Canberra's northern outskirts.
- The National Gallery of Australia has removed from display all works acquired from the disgraced art dealer behind the looted Dancing Shiva, but decisions on whether to return them to India won't be made until at least the end of the year.
- An Australian-paid guard at Nauru is accused of falsely claiming an asylum seeker violently assaulted him then perjuring himself in court, before confessing to the lie in a secret recording made by a colleague.
- The inaugural ACT Scientist of the Year is helping to stamp out pesticide resistance and is tackling some of the most debilitating diseases in the world - now Dr Colin Jackson wants to improve science literacy in the next generation.
Former Australian star Mike Hussey will captain the PM's XI against New Zealand on October 23. Photo: Brendan Esposito
A "Michael" will be captaining the Prime Minister's XI, but it won't be recently retired Australian skipper Michael Clarke.
Clarke's former teammate, Michael Hussey, will get a second chance to captain the PM's XI when he leads the invitational side against New Zealand at Manuka Oval on October 23.
- Donna Vekic, the 'girlfriend' at the centre of the Nick Kyrgios' storm has spoken publicly for the first time since the infamous sledge.
- AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan knocked back the nation's capital getting its own team, but he says "success in Canberra is inevitable" on the back of GWS on-field glory.
- Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou won't be putting any pressure on Tom Rogic to make an immediate impact after the exciting Canberra product was recalled to the national team for Australia's World Cup qualifiers.
- Outgoing Test captain Michael Clarke says the way Australia performs in the Ashes-ending Test at the Oval will say a lot about the character of the players, as he predicts a team overhaul to rival the exodus of greats after the 2006-07 home series against England.
- Three goals in the final 20 minutes has ensured Sydney FC leaves Canberra with a confidence-boosting win ahead of their FFA Cup round of 16 clash.
9:14am: Police say the crash on Coppins Crossing Road has been cleared, with traffic able to turn on and off William Hovell Drive.
8:30am: There's been a two-car crash on Coppins Crossing Road at William Hovell Drive. Police say one turning lane onto the road is closed but it's not clear which one at this stage.
7:25am: There are reports of a broken down truck on the Kings Highway between Queanbeyan and Bungendore wreaking havoc.
There will be temporary changes to traffic arrangements near the Arboretum in coming weeks as the ACT government starts to harvest pine trees along the Molonglo River Corridor as part of the Barrer Hill Box-Gum Woodland Restoration Project.
Logs will be hauled from the site between 4am and 8am with temporary traffic arrangements in place to allow trucks to safely exit via River Road and Forest Drive, west of the Tuggeranong Parkway.
There will also be restricted access to several walking trails and cycle paths in the areas around Barrer Hill, south of the Arboretum and a small section of forest south of the Zoo.
National Portrait Gallery director Angus Trumble will explore the portraits Dame Nellie Melba commissioned of herself from well-known Australian artists in this year's EY Annual Lecture: Melba!
Canberra Symphony Orchestra continues its Llewellyn Series with 15.3 Brahms at Llewellyn Hall, Australian National University tonight.
Canberra Theatre Centre presents Harold Pinter's Betrayal until August 22. The State Theatre Company of South Australia performance stars Canberra's own Alison Bell.
Bare: Degrees of Undress remixes the National Portrait Gallery's collection around nakedness, with portraits of some of the country's most recognisable faces in various states of undress. Until November 15. Free.
Experience a pre-historic discovery trail exploring the world of dinosaurs and Mesozoic plant fossils at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. During National Science Week until August 23. Includes weekend guided tours: 11.30am, 1.30pm and 6.30pm. Guided tours from $12.
National Gallery director Dr Gerard Vaughan and Tom Roberts curator Dr Anna Gray. Photo: Jamila Toderas
The National Gallery of Australia will mark its renewed focus on Australian art with a summer blockbuster exhibition featuring the works of painter Tom Roberts.
In what's been described as a "fundamental" change, the gallery is rehanging its entire national collection, to be unveiled when the Roberts show opens on Friday, December 4.
The exhibition will bring together 133 major works from public and private collections, from Roberts' early days studying at London's Royal Academy in 1883 until 1931.
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Nathan O'Keefe and Mark Saturno in a scene from Harold Pinter's Betrayal at the Canberra Theatre Centre. Photo: Jamila Toderas
The Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter's critically acclaimed play Betrayal has come to Canberra Theatre Centre and is promising to make audiences "squirm in their seats".
The State Theatre Company of South Australia presents one of the English dramatist's major works, which according to actor Nathan O'Keefe is "about actions, reactions and consequences, just not in that order".
Today: Cloud clearing. Patchy fog and frost in the morning. Light winds. Min -1, max 16.
Friday: Partly cloudy. Areas of frost in the morning before a late shower or two. Light winds. Min -1, max 18.
Saturday: Cloudy with possible rain. Light winds becoming northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning, before becoming lighter in the afternoon. Min 6, max 20.
Sunday: Cloudy with a high chance of showers. Light winds. Min 4, max 17.
Monday: Cloudy with showers. . Min 8, max 17.
Tuesday: Cloudy with a 60 per cent of showers. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the morning. Min 5, max 15.
Wednesday: Cloudy with a medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning. Min 2, max 13.