Courtney Durran and Arizona, 4, at the park near their home in Weston Creek. Photo: Rohan Thomson
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Preliminary results of an Education Directorate inquiry show that staff acted appropriately in an incident in which three pre-schoolers were hospitalised after ingesting sleeping tablets. So says the national operator of Conder Early Childhood Centre.
The directorate said the investigation had not been finalised and the childcare regulator would not release specific information on complaints about individual services.
- The spending habits of top public servants are "flying under the radar", according to one expert, but they could soon be in the spotlight in the wake of the Bronwyn Bishop expenses scandal.
- Victorian Liberal Tony Smith and South Australian Liberal Andrew Southcott have emerged as the most promising chances to fill the void left by disgraced former Speaker Bronwyn Bishop, who is now likely to face a challenge in her seat of Mackellar.
- The ACT government paid a top price of $2.73 million for one Fluffy house, with a median price of $637,500.
- Gun ownership in regional towns on the fringe of the ACT has surged by close to 25 per cent during the past five years, according to police statistics.
- Tony Abbott has rejected a proposal from the country's most respected Indigenous leaders on how to proceed towards constitutional recognition, saying it could lead to "something akin to a log of claims that is unlikely to receive general support".
- An investigation has been launched into just why there was a man-made hole within the grounds of Goulburn's maximum security prison.
Sia Soliola was forced to drive home from far north Queensland after breaking his cheekbone. Photo: Getty Images
Hearing your season could be over is bad enough, let alone being forced to drive 24 hours to get home.
Air expands while flying at altitude. With a cheekbone fracture, air within the injury can expand and cause further damage.
- A freak goal got Gungahlin United midfielder Shane Murray more than 151,000 hits on YouTube, but he's hoping to be part of something even bigger against Sydney Olympic in the FFA Cup on Tuesday night.
- The ACT Brumbies are setting up a rugby program at Arizona State that they believe will give them access to the largely untapped market of US athletes
- The ACT Brumbies are in discussions to bring Argentina scrumhalf Tomas Cubelli to the club next season.
- Canberra Darters defender Keely Rodrigo gives away 12 centimetres in height, but says she'd embrace the challenge if given the task of guarding star goal shooter Romelda Aiken in Tuesday's clash with Jamaica at the ACT Netball Centre.
- Three Canberra products are one step closer to the AFL after Belconnen junior Chris Jansen, Ainslie's Tom Faul and Eastlake's Brydon Hodgson were selected for state combines.
- Australia could drop the leading wicket-taker in this Ashes series, Josh Hazlewood, so Trent Bridge specialist Peter Siddle can stiffen their attack for the fourth Test.
- AFL Chairman Mike Fitzpatrick has spoken out about the ongoing treatment of Adam Goodes, saying the booing campaign against him was racially based and could not be condoned by the league.
10.15am: That earlier crash on Gungahlin Drive has all been cleared. No one was injured.
9.15am: There has been a three car collision on Gungahlin Drive in Kaleen, about 2km south of the Barton Hwy. The cars are stuck on the road, and police say two lanes on the Ginninderra Drive exit are closed. We're told motorists can expect about a 10 minute delay.
The Academy of Science will host a public talk on invisibility cloaks and bending light. Tickets are $6 and the talk is at The Shine Dome. 6-7pm.
Rug up and embrace winter with a degustation dinner, wine tastings performances and more at various Canberra region venues as part of this year's Fireside Festival. Until August 31.
From a pinecone fashioned in 1923 out of clayey soil turned at the site of provisional Parliament House to porcelain bowls which celebrate Canberra's native plants and hills, A Potted History Of Canberra celebrates the diverse ceramics created in the region at Canberra Museum and Gallery until August 30. Free.
Canberra Brick Expo chairman David Boddy and the expo's Stephen Calder. Photo: Jamila Toderas
Towering at 2.3 metres high and 4.5 metres long, the mosaic of more than 165,000 Lego pieces captured The Lego Movie characters mid-action as they charged toward onlookers amid an array of explosive colours.
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Lulu Turner with her dog Xavi, artistic director Damien Ryan, and Marcella Zankin with her dog Muka. Photo: Jamila Toderas
Saturday: Partly cloudy with light winds. Min -4, 13,
Sunday: Chance of a shower. Another partly cloudy day with light winds. Min -3, max 12.
