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We have a classic crisp winter day on the cards for your Monday. After a minus 2 degree low, things are set to warm up to 15 degrees and reveal a clear, sunny afternoon.
It's a formula you can expect throughout this week. But make the most of the sunshine as the bureau has forecast potential showers over the weekend.
Let's see what's making news in the capital.
Shorten calls for cladding inquiry after deadly London disaster
Bill Shorten is calling for an urgent parliamentary hearing into the cladding material used in Australian buildings after London's deadly Grenfell Tower fire.
Fairfax Media last week revealed the Australian Building Codes Board had been aware of the safety threat since at least 2010.
The opposition leader feels urgent action is needed to prevent similar tragedies from occurring.
Former PM&C boss pushes back against decentralisation
One of Australia's most respected public servants has drawn attention to potential snags with the government's decentralisation push.
Former Prime Minister and Cabinet boss, Terry Moran, has urged the government to take a strategic approach, warning regional cities could be too small to support transplanted workers.
Political reporter Tom McIlroy has the full story and with the help of Doug Dingwall has put together extra coverage with a clever map showing the spread of staff in various departments.
Triad kingpin deported
An alleged kingpin of the notorious Triad crime family is finally set for deportation 20 years after the Immigration Department's first bungled attempt to send him home.
The case of Mr Guo, now 60, brings to light extraordinary new details of Australia's underground Asian crime networks.
Steven Trask's story details the decades-long fight by police to expose them.
Farrer fire engulfs a house and several cars
Neighbours and fire crews rushed to the scene on Lambrigg Street just after 11pm on Saturday night to find several cars, as well as parts of a house, engulfed in flames.
ACT Emergency services are investigating the fire they suspect was deliberately lit.
Sherryn Groch has the full story.
Breakfast with Neil 'Wilco' Wilcock
Kristen Henry said she "felt like The Bachelorette for about two weeks" as MIX 106.3 in Canberra auditioned male presenters to make sure new they had the right chemistry.
And it was Neil 'Wilco' Wilcock who got the proverbial rose.