The forecast top is 21 degrees but there's rain in the air today and perhaps even a storm or two.

Grab a coffee and let's dive into today's main headlines:

ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury has suggested bringing pill testing to the city, as the government mulls future funding for the service.

Mr Rattenbury said testing could be delivered through the CBR NightCrew, a team run by St John Ambulance that currently roams Canberra in the wee hours on weekends offering water and help to those on a night out.

Katie Burgess has more.

That's the biggest number ever to catch public transport on a single day in Canberra.

But while the government is pleased with the new network's popularity so far, parents and schools are concerned students are being left behind at stops as packed buses sail past.

Katie Burgess and I looked into the rules on leaving students at stops in the ACT for this story here.

The martian embassy. The mushroom. The plum pudding. The flying saucer. The turtle. Becker House.

But you probably just know it as the Shine Dome.

Finbar O'Mallon paid the old dome a visit ahead of it's 60^th birthday celebrations and has the story here.

The Greens have pledged to recruit about 15,000 extra federal public servants and offer them pay rises of 4 per cent a year.

The party, which warns the public service has been pritivatised by stealth, also promisies to cut spending on consultants and protect bureaucrats' free speech.

Markus Mannheim has more.

Have you seen this latest piece behind the Canberra Centre on Cooyong Street?

Steve Evans tagged along to watch street artist Faith Kerehona in action for this story.

They're the Giant killers with inside knowledge looking to take down GWS on their home patch.

Giants defender Adam Kennedy says they're wary of Canberra products Jack Steele and Josh Bruce, who will line up against them for St Kilda at Manuka Oval on Saturday.

David Polkinghorne sizes up the two teams.