ACCC chairman Rod Sims said the alleged conduct mainly concerned the capital's concreting and scaffolding industries. Photo: Nic Walker
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Australia's competition watchdog will probe allegations of cartel conduct in Canberra's construction industry as the royal commission heard further allegations of price-fixing in the scaffolding sector.
Thursday was the final day of three weeks of public hearings of Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption in the capital, with private hearings to take place on Friday. Meanwhile, a witness at the royal commission who was arrested in Canberra on Wednesday night has been granted bail.
- An 18-year-old former Radford College student who disappeared while jogging near Bendigo on Wednesday afternoon has been found alive by police.
- More than 25,000 public servants around Australia will be put out of work by government digital advances in the next 10 years, according to Deloitte Access Economics.
- Speaker Bronwyn Bishop will almost certainly face a no-confidence motion when Parliament resumes despite belatedly apologising for chartering a taxpayer funded private helicopter ride, with the opposition dismissing her contrition as too little, too late and insincere.
- For the ACT government and Liberal opposition, Canberra's latest international tourism figures represent a tale of two cities.
- Remnants of a badly damaged suitcase have reportedly been found close to where plane debris, suspected of being part of missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, has been recovered on Reunion Island.
- Local supermarkets opposed to a new Woolworths at Giralang shops have argued the withholding of an economic impact report undermines the decision of the ACT planning minister to give the project the green light.
- Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will meet her Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi next week in a sign that relations between the two countries are warming after the schism wrought by the execution of the Bali nine duo and boat turn-backs.
There will be ramifications for individual careers after Australia crumbled for the second time in 24 hours to be on the cusp of defeat early on the third day of the third Ashes Test, although England's joy at taking a 2-1 series lead will be tempered by a side strain suffered by their first-innings hero, James Anderson.
England, hammered by 405 runs only 11 days before, have all but completed the most stunning of turnarounds.
- The Canberra Raiders are the surprising bronze medallists when it comes to their away record this season. And they'll be drawing on it in a bid to upset the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville on Saturday.
- The Wallabies love it when a plan comes together. Michael Hooper has been hit with a suspension for his shove on Pumas playmaker Nicolas Sanchez but will serve it via the Shute Shield, not the Bledisloe Cup opener in Sydney next weekend.
- The three match officials at the centre of abuse allegations by Andrew and David Fifita will not return to the field this weekend with two unlikely to officiate again as Andrew met with the NRL for the first time on Thursday.
- The rose-coloured view of history shows that Nicky Winmar's stance against racism in 1993 was received respectfully and considerately and sparked positive change in football and society. The truth is something else.
- Tuggeranong Hawks stalwart Gerrit Wanganeen hopes the turmoil surrounding Sydney Swans legend Adam Goodes doesn't stop young indigenous footballers from standing up to racism in the future.
- Canberra Racing will inject more than $250,000 of "Capital Cash" to make some races at Thoroughbred Park richer than provincial races at Wollongong's Kembla Grange.
9:40am: All lanes are clear and traffic is flowing around Kingsford Smith Drive and Southern Cross Drive, after a prang at the intersection earlier this morning, police say.
8:50am: A four-car crash at the the Kingsford Smith Drive and Southern Cross Drive intersection is slowing traffic in the area so, best to find an alternative route for now.
Police say the collision has blocked cars from turning right onto Kingsford Smith Drive, while there is a build up of traffic in the area.
8:44am: Watch out for a crash at the Kingsford Smith Drive and Southern Cross Drive intersection at the Florey and Latham border.
The ANU Drill Hall Gallery will present a Gershwin Concert performed by Carl Rafferty. Show starts at 8pm. Tickets $50.
The National Museum of Australia will host "A Night at the Museum: Mystery". Entry costs $10 and the event runs from 6pm to 9.30pm.
There is also two days of free ice cream in Canberra this weekend. And film festivals, swing dancing, theatre and a special day at the National Portrait Gallery. Get the full wrap in our weekender guide.
The sibling subjects of new documentary The Wolfpack, from left: Mukunda, Bhagavan, Govinda, Narayana, Jagadisa and Krisna. Photo: The New York Times
Filmmaker Crystal Moselle has to believe in fate.
How else to explain how she crossed paths with six young brothers on a New York street who eventually turned out to have an incredible story – they had been locked away in a small apartment for years by a reclusive father.
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Cranleigh School student Grace Tillott tries the new eye gaze technology as her parents, Matt and Janine, and teacher Lizabeth Lipscombe watch on. Photo: Jamila Toderas
