And as thanks, your Wednesday will be sunny and dry with light winds. A top of 31 degrees is expected today (once this fog clears).

Enjoy the warm one while you can and maybe hang your washing out today - it's expected to rain again tomorrow and be fairly cool for the next week.

Now for some news...

ACT Liberal Elizabeth Kikkert has stepped up in the most public of forums to detail her childhood marred by family violence.

Her moving legislative assembly address formed part of a debate in the ACT parliament on new laws to cover protection orders.

Kirsten Lawson's outlines the haunting recollections she shared in the chamber and the vision for new provisions.

Canberra's youth detention inmates were taught to box before a brutal May assault which left an employee unconscious.

The information has given rise to further questions about the facility, procedures and safety after it was revealed six staff members at Bimberi are under investigation in relations to three separate incidents.

Steven Trask has more.

Young patients at Canberra's Centenary Hospital for Women and Children were thrilled by a royal visit on Tuesday.

There were plenty of chats, some cuddles - and several questions about whether Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein of Jordan was in fact Elsa from the film Frozen.

Read my story on the visit here.

Electricity bills for the average Canberra household are set to rise by $191 per year.

Its a weekly hike of $3.71, tantamount to giving up the cost of a latte every week.

Katie Burgess explains how in spite of the proposed increases ACT Sustainability minister Shane Rattenbury said Canberrans will have some of the cheapest bills in the country.

Alexander Maconochie Centre inmates set for a fashion overhaul. But it might not be 'new look' shopping as you know it.

As the theme for this new wardrobe - timeless black.

Steven Trask has the scoop on what's on the government's shopping list.