Patrick Hartigan and Joanne Mangan with their son Jack Hartigan aged 11 who has filed civil action against the ACT Government after he was mauled by dogs at a Housing ACT property. Photo: Melissa Adams
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Jack Hartigan's first playdate was a milestone that turned into a nightmare when he was savaged by two American pit bull terriers.
Jack was set upon by the dogs – who ripped the skin from his head and exposed his skull, damaged his eye, and tore open his face – when his hosts visited a friend's Griffith home in late 2010.
- The Abbott government has opened up another front in its war on renewable energy by pulling the plug on investments in the most common form of alternative energy, rooftop and small-scale solar.
- Hundreds of public service jobs are now being advertised in what has become a mini jobs boom since the Commonwealth halted its hiring freeze.
- The government has been told it can cut senior management from the fire service to save money, and replace firefighters with trained civilians in the triple-0 call centre to solve cultural tensions.
- The total stamp duty collected on house sales in Canberra has remained stable over three years despite the ACT government's insistence that the tax is being phased out.
- Engineers union Professionals Australia has called on ACT Auditor-General Maxine Cooper to resign after documents have revealed her office shut down an investigation into a whistleblower's public interest disclosure days after it opened without telling the man who blew the whistle.
- One of the coldest fronts in years already dubbed as an Antarctic vortex brought snow to Canberra's doorstep on Sunday and smiles to the faces of many children.
Sam Williams of the Raiders. Photo: Getty
The Canberra Raiders chances of making a top eight charged copped a major blow when scans revealed Sam Williams will miss five to six weeks with a partial pectoral tear suffered in Friday's 36-22 home win against Newcastle.
- Not even the great Roger Federer could prevent history from repeating at Wimbledon. For the second consecutive year Novak Djokovic has denied the world No.2 the honour of becoming the most successful player in Wimbledon history.
- Michael Clarke believes the 169-run defeat to England in the first Ashes Test was a much-needed "kick up the backside".
- Melbourne Storm's winless run continued as they fell to a Shaun Johnson-inspired New Zealand Warriors in Auckland on Sunday.
- Nick Kyrgios has fired a shot at Pat Rafter in defence of fellow player Bernard Tomic, accusing him of being "negative" after Rafter returned serve to Tomic's verbal outburst following his exit from Wimbledon.
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The royal commission into trade union corruption starts today in Canberra. The commission will hear from nearly 40 witnesses during the next three weeks.
Canberra's school holiday fun continues this week with Pixel play, pixel fun tile workshop at Canberra Glassworks. Visit canberraglassworks.com
Kspace is an interactive children's area the National Museum has reopened with its new discovery space program. The program transforms visitors into time-travelling robots and takes them to one of eight mystery locations in Australia's past. Phone 1800 026 132.
Click here for our full school holiday guide.
Oil paintings from Archibald finalist Margarita Georgiadis, Sydney based Susie Sierra and local artist and designer Athi Lamech are now on display at Aarwun Gallery in Gold Creek Village. The exhibition is on until July 17.
Alpaca farmers Joe Banhidi, his daughter Gina McGeoch, and his wife Betty. Photo: Jamila Toderas
Knowing the logistics of aircraft engineering maintenance helped Joe Banhidi switch, in semi-retirement, to knitting alpaca garments so delicate he was asked to make a wedding outfit.
More than once the alpaca farmer has cast his mind back to his engineering days with Qantas ground staff, doing orderly inspections through parts, to help diagnose a problem with a woollen garment, un-picking it and fixing the fault.
TODAY'S CARTOON
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Snow at Corin Forest near Canberra. from left, Lisa Hills of Sydney and Josh Hill, 9, having a snowball fight. Photo: Jeffrey Chan
One of the coldest fronts in years already dubbed as an Antarctic vortex brought snow to Canberra's doorstep on Sunday and smiles to the faces of many children.
Hundreds of Canberrans packed into cars to sample the snow on the Brindabellas with a Bureau of Meteorology spokesman reporting snowfall down to 800m.
For four-year-old Ella Feuerheardt, her first time seeing snow at Corin Forest was a mixture of excitement and confusion.
Today: Cloudy. High (70%) chance of showers, most likely in the early morning. Min -1, max 12
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers in the early morning. Min -1, max 9.
Wednesday: Cloudy. Areas of frost and patchy fog in the morning. Slight (30%) chance of a shower. Min -4, max 10.
Thursday: Cloudy. Areas of morning frost. Areas of morning fog. Medium (60%) chance of showers. Min -3, max 10.
Friday: Cloudy. High (70%) chance of showers. Min -2, Max 11.
Saturday: Cloudy. High (70%) chance of showers, most likely during the morning. Min -3, Max 11.
