It's when Jonathan Crowley believes life can't get any tougher, that another obstacle appears.
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A police bullet made the 48-year-old quadriplegic in 2001. Two years later his lost a compensation bid for $8 million. Now, he's $1000 a week worse off under the NDIS with his parents forced tap into their mortgage for medication money.
- Research intended to discredit Labor's negative gearing policy was commissioned after a meeting between Scott Morrison and a close friend and senior figure in Australia's property industry.
- Canberra's historic Sydney building is set to be transformed into a more thriving, pedestrian-friendly hub with plans for a large food court, a more vibrant laneway and a rooftop garden.
- Public servants working at the Finance Department's new upmarket building will be forced to pay for parking in the office block's underground car park.
- The ATO will review a controversial entitlement, which enabling politicians to receive travel allowance to live in their own Canberra homes while also deducting costs on their property.
- Former ACT attorney-general and opposition leader Bill Stefaniak is in a serious condition in hospital after suffering a heart attack while driving last week.
- It's inevitable that APS staff will be affected by domestic violence, the public service commissioner says, but APS victims are given all the support and help they need,he says.
- The Canberra CBD group has abandoned the city's hanging flower pots, directing the money instead to more lights in the city's trees.
- In sport: former Raiders captain Alan Tongue expects Blake Austin and the Bulldogs' Josh Reynolds to play with a point to prove when they clash on Sunday after NSW snubbed them for Manly's Dylan Walker.
- Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne has been taken to hospital for observation after a nasty fall at a race meeting on Monday.
- Seven Queanbeyan Blues have been named in the starting side of a Canberra region representative team looking to go one better in this year's country championships.
- Sally Moylan had no idea a trip to India was up for grabs when she took up an invitation to play in the Imparja Cup in February, now the Canberra cricketer is hoping the tour will springboard her return to top-level cricket.
If you see any accidents or have any info on the morning commute, let us know whenever it is safe to do so. Email morningblog@canberratimes.com.au or tweet us @canberratimes.
The National Film and Sound Archive will be celebrating reconciliation week by screening Indigenous films each night this week. On Tuesday, you can watch the 1950 production Bitter Springs from 2pm.
See 2015's best political cartoons at the Behind the Lines exhibition at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House.
Bush Capital: The natural history of the ACT at the Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG) shows the natural history of the Territory with specimens, illustrations, photographs, works of art and sound. From March 12 to June 26. Free.
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Today: Mostly sunny. Winds northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending westerly 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day. Max 16.
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. Patchy fog in the early morning. Light winds becoming northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day. Min 1, max 16.
Thursday: Cloudy. High chance of rain, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h. Min 5, max 14.
