Happy Friday! We can expect more rain this morning and in the early afternoon, but the weather bureau predicts a comfortable maximum temperature of 21 degrees. Not a bad way to see out the week.

Grab a coffee and I'll talk you through the news of the day.

Canberra's safety watchdog has confirmed it will not launch a prosecution over a bridge collapse that hospitalised nine workers in 2010.

The incident - described by a bridge engineering expert as something that usually happens in developing countries - was the subject of damning reports after 15 workers were injured.

The ACT government said the decision to abandon litigation had partially been made as the statutory timeframe, which says a case must be commenced within two years, had expired. Unsurprisingly, Canberra's unions aren't happy.

Read Michael Inman's story here.

Don't read this one over breakfast. Daniella White shares that more than 100 people reported getting sick after eating at Belconnen favourite Ricardo's Cafe earlier this year.

ACT Health's annual report has revealed 90 cases of salmonella between January and March this year linked to just three food outlets.

At Ricardo's, 100 people reported gastro, and ACT Health confirmed 75 cases of salmonella.

Read more here.

Hundreds of staff at the Federal, Family and Federal Circuit courts and National Native Title Tribunal will strike for the first time today over a new workplace agreement.

Fed-up employees will walk off the job this afternoon after overwhelmingly voting down a pay proposal that offered courts staff a pay rise half that of other agencies and departments.

Doug Dingwall has more on the Federal Court's pay proposal here.

An Ainslie man who allegedly used his car to hit a pedestrian and a cyclist was on Thursday committed to stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court.

But the higher court will first investigate whether Ashley Paul Kelly is fit to plead to the charges - including attempted murder - stemming from the June 4 incident.

Mr Kelly, 33, was arrested on after he allegedly struck a cyclist and a pedestrian on Alexandrina Drive in Yarralumla.

Read Alexandra Back's story here.

Here's one weekend activity sorted.

The National Gallery will launch new exhibition Hyper Real today - and it sounds amazing.

NGA director Gerard Vaughan told Karen Hardy reactions so far to the 50 work-strong exhibition have ranged from tears to horror. There's plenty of nudity, too.

Read more here.