Canberra mornings: Tuesday, August 23 2016

Val Jeffrey will be paid about $30,100 for his 11 weeks in the ACT Legislative Assembly after he stepped in for Liberal Brendan Smyth.

Val Jeffrey: Short career as a politician all but over. Photo: Graham Tidy

The ACT government has been ordered to pay more than $540,000 damages to a woman whose identity was stolen by overseas scammers who then secretly sold her Canberra house and pocketed the money.
Tens of thousands of federal public servants are set to walk off the job early next month with no end in sight to their three-year dispute over wages and conditions.
Low-cost airfares to Melbourne will again be available for Canberrans, after Tigerair confirmed it is reinstating its daily route between the two cities.
About 100 people have gathered for a smoking ceremony to farewell a Sydney construction worker who died in August after a tragic crane accident at the University of Canberra's public hospital work site.
Like Canberra has become the first minor party to announce a team of candidates for the October ACT election, with 10 candidates contesting the five seats in an election rife with minor parties and independents.
The Canberra man whose criminal record reads like a "Greek tragedy"will spend more time in jail for selling methylamphetamine to a cop.

TRAFFIC

Jardine Street in Kingston will be closed in both directions from Highgate Lane to Giles Street between 9am-4pm on periodic days until November 30.

WHAT'S ON TODAY

Calling all Doctor Who fans, a Canberra collector is trying to break the Guinness World Record with his collection. The Bigger on the inside: Collecting Doctor Who is on at the Canberra Museum and Gallery until November 20. Free entry.

In the first conversation of the Future Possible series, Gorman Arts Centre is partnering with Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre to consider radical approaches to design and psychology. On August 23, 6pm-9pm at the Ralph Wilson Theatre, Gorman Arts Centre. Tickets $15,