TODAY'S TOP STORIES
- Adam and Toni Wind cannot wait to see the back of the ACT election. Five months ago, the couple invested in a restaurant hoping to sell lunches. Instead, they've been inundated with politicians spruiking for votes.
- Public servants are being offered the chance to grow "bigger minds" by joining a force of "free range employees" to move around departments in "targeted deployments".
- At least 250 visiting medical officers working in Canberra's public hospitals are facing a new contract condition that could allow ACT Health to terminate them without notice or pay.
- Labor's ambitious attempt to emulate one of the world's biggest festivals has been dealt a blow by the organisers of Texas' South by Southwest festival.
- Canberra Liberal MLA Giulia Jones was the keynote speaker for a conservative group vehemently opposed to same-sex marriage, abortion, and the "idea that all cultures are equal".
- The combination of strong winds and ground sodden with weeks of rain contributed to dozens of trees being uprooted across Canberra on Tuesday.
- In sport: Grand final hero Andrew Fifita is believed to be so disillusioned with being deemed ineligible for Kangaroos selection that he has threatened to quit the NRL.
TRAFFIC
Floriade is, weather permitting, still running! The blooming celebration of Spring in Canberra runs until October 16 in Commonwealth Park. Free entry. 9am-5pm weekdays, 9am-5.30pm weekends.
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History buffs should head along the National Museum of Australia to check out the eye-opening History of the World in 100 Objects exhibition, straight from the British Museum to the capital. The exhibition is running until late January next year, entry is $20 for adults, $8 for children and $15 for concession card holders.
The black-hat-wearing Texas Jewboy singer and one-time Texas gubernatorial candidate, Kinky Friedman, will play live at the Harmonie-German Club in Narrabundah, tonight from 6pm to 9pm. Tickets $45.
Parents and their children can get out of the rain and into some Floriade-inspired artwork with the children at the National Portrait Gallery during the school holidays. The gallery on King Edward Terrace is hosting "Art Cart:Bugs and Blooms" from 11am until 4pm. Contact the gallery for more details.
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WEATHER
Today: Mostly sunny. Max 21.
Friday: Partly cloudy. Min 9, max 23.
Saturday: Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower in the morning and afternoon. Min 10, max 22.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. Light winds. Min 5, max 22.
