Canberra Now: John Hanna remembered in vibrant mural; Man who died after Tasering had 'big heart'

Happy Thursday. We're looking at a warmer day today with an overnight low of 5.8 degrees heating up to a top of 23 with slight cloud cover and light winds.

Let's take a look at today's headlines.

A bill that would allow Canberra's casino to operate gaming machines in exchange for redeveloping the site into a swanky hotels and restaurants would not stop Aquis from selling up before the development is complete.

But although the company could receive gaming machine licences ahead of the redevelopment's completion, they wouldn't be activated until certain milestones were met, the government has assured.

Katie Burgess reports the proposed legislation will likely be hotly debated when it returns to the ACT Legislative Assembly today.

Read her story here.

A Canberra man who died after being Tasered by police has been remembered by his daughter as a smart man with a big heart.

Anthony Caristo, who was in his mid-50s, died during a critical incident on Tuesday in his Waramanga home. Police said they found him self-harming and used a stun gun to prevent him causing further injury. After using the Taser he was unresponsive.

His daughter, Carley, told Sherryn Groch she was "numb with disbelief".

Read more here, or Steven Trask's story on the continuing Taser roll-out here.

The ACT government was negotiating the controversial sale of a Dickson carpark to the Tradies Club Group as early as December 2010 - up to two years before expressions of interest were called for the sale.

The deal, now under investigation by the ACT's Auditor-General, is likely to be a key focus of the opposition during debate in the Legislative Assembly today on its motion of "no confidence" in Chief Minister Andrew Barr.

Read Daniel Burdon's story here.

Canberra fashion icon John Hanna has been remembered in a beautiful three-metre mural in Garema Place.

Artist Christopher Toth said it took him much longer to complete than anticipated as so many people stopped him to share their memories of the late men's fashion retailer.

The mural will remain at the bottom of Bible House until December. Read more here.