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Is summer over yet? Not quite... We're in for a sunny day with a scorching top of 34 degrees. Tomorrow will be even warmer with a forecast top of 35 degrees. But by Saturday we should get some relief both with a drop in temperature and some refreshing showers.
Here's what's making news this morning:
Death threats after Q&A appearance
Anyone who speaks on a panel on live TV about Islam would expect it to spark some conversation.
But when Yassmin Abdel-Magied isn't receiving words of support in response to her appearance on Q&A, she's receiving death threats.
Emily Baker explains how the woman lost her cool when Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie sat alongside her on Monday's Q&A panel and argued Australian Muslims practicing Sharia law should be deported.
Yassmin Abdel-Magied on the Q&A panel on Monday night. Photo: ABC
It's not too late to say sorry
The Coalition might be trying to soften its controversial Centrelink "robo-debt" policy, but the opposition is having none of it.
Labor frontbencher Linda Burney. Photo: Nick Moir
Prisoner slapped with 15-month sentence for escape
Remember the case that seemed to get more bizarre with every development: the detainee who got his partner pregnant after he escaped Canberra's jail and went on the run for eight days?
How could you forget?
Unfortunately for Jacob MacDonald, he will be behind bars when his baby is born.
Megan Gorrey reports how he will serve 15 months behind bars.
Growing Canberra's international reach
It was the announcement that took everyone by surprise - even the ACT government.
Now that it has had some time to let Qatar Airways' plans to begin flying between Doha and Canberra sink in, the government was probably slightly more prepared for this news.
Visit Canberra executive director Ian Hill has revealed the flights will start from February next year, Michael Gorey reports.
What a night for the PM's XI... so where were you?
The Prime Minister's XI shifted to cricket's most exciting format at Manuka Oval last night, but the T20 still wasn't enough for the Canberra crowd to buy in.
Only once in the past decade has the PM's XI crowd figure exceeded 10,000. Last night just 5484 were there to see the first ball bowled before the official crowd figure grew to 7120.