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Welcome to Tuesday. We're looking at a partly cloudy day with a minimum temperature of 10 degrees and a maximum of 24.
Grab your beverage of choice and we'll take a look at today's headlines.
Opposition to move censure motion
ACT Opposition leader Alistair Coe will today move a censure motion against Chief Minister Andrew Barr, expressing his concerns about Mr Barr's apparent hatred of the media.
Mr Coe will bring on the motion in the wake of Mr Barr's comments a little over a week ago that he "hates journalists" - a comment he has since backed away from publicly.
It should be noted a censure motion doesn't actually lead to a specific consequence for the government, but does give the Assembly a chance to condemn a specific policy issue or public statement, such as, "I hate journalists".
Read Daniel Burdon's story here.
Tathra suffers tragedies
Tathra is said to mean "beautiful country" in a local Aboriginal dialect. But the coastal town of about 1600 people has had more than its share of tragedy.
Sally Pryor has taken a look back at some of the tragic events in the town's history - the most recent, of course, the terrible loss of about 70 homes and businesses after a bushfire crossed the Bega River and tore through seven kilometres of bushland into the township.
Read more here.
ADFA cadet accused of raping ANU student
- there's some disturbing material related to sexual assault.
An Australian Defence Force Academy cadet allegedly raped a Canberra university student after they began a consensual sexual relationship, a court heard on Monday. The student says she told the cadet what sexual acts she was not comfortable with and that he failed to respect her boundaries.
But lawyers for 22-year-old Sebastian Crago Ellis told the ACT Supreme Court jury at the opening of the man's trial that the cadet denied any non-consensual sexual activity and that he had respected her refusals.
Alexandra Back has more.
$200,000 bollard spend
The last time we reported on the swish new Department of Social Services building, staff were complaining it smelled like - well, it was gross. Grey water vapours, if you know what I mean.
Now, Sally Whyte has found, the department has spent $236,000 on installing "necessary" bollards, a move welcomed by one security expert.
You could argue the smell was deterrent enough, but that's probably been sorted by now. Read more here.
Canberrans' CostCo purchases revealed
OK, so the number one item Canberrans purchase at CostCo is petrol. That makes sense. But number two? Cranberry capsules? Really?
New data has been released on our top purchases, and it's very revealing.
Bree Winchester works her magic here.