Symonston man Jeffrey David Lee has been charged with murder.
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A man sat with his bedridden mother and allegedly confessed to killing her de facto partner as the body lay in the entrance hallway.
The woman last saw Neal Keith Wilkinson alive when she took a morning dose of medication about 9am on Tuesday.
She awoke to find Jeffrey David Lee in her bedroom and asked where her partner of 29 years was.
Lee, 45, is alleged to have responded: "He's dead. I killed him."
- Palmer United Party Senator Glenn Lazarus has announced he is quitting the party and will serve as an independent.
- Canberra house prices are expected to increase by up to 3 per cent in 2015, a new property report shows.
- The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet might compromise with its restive workforce in a bid to avoid an embarrassing industrial brawl.
- The Defence Department will attempt to use its graduate program to stem a large shortage of engineering and technical staff, but the fresh faces will be walking into an unstable workplace.
- Calvary Public Hospital's performance and financial management and data collected by ACT Health will bereviewed by the ACT Auditor-General.
- Court: A janitor accused of molesting two sisters never worked at a high school where one of the women said she was touched inappropriately.
- Australian teen jihadi Jake Bilardi was preparing to bomb Melbourne before he instead joined Islamic State in Iraq where he reportedly blew himself up in a suicide mission. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop cancelled the teenager's passport just months after he left Australia.
Robbie Coleman in training. Photo: Graham Tidy
ACT Brumbies fullback Robbie Coleman will consider sacrificing his immediate Super Rugby ambitions to chase an Olympic Games dream, admitting he's entertaining a switch to sevens rugby next year.
Coleman's manager is locked in negotiations with the Brumbies and the ARU about his next career move, with the Queanbeyan junior still weighing up the chance to chase Olympic gold.
- Wallabies great David Campese wants a recall for France-based Matt Giteau to the Wallabies line-up. His back line would have Bernard Foley at No.10. Kurtley Beale at No.12. And Israel Folau at No.13. "We've got to be creative," he said.
- State of Origin legends Petero Civoniceva and Bradley Clyde believe Josh Papalii will blossom in his shift from back row to prop, backing him to emulate his childhood hero Ruben Wiki and master both positions.
- The first Australian to wear the Tour de France's yellow jersey thinks it is "critical" Orica-GreenEDGE keeps rising stars Michael Matthews and Caleb Ewan on their books as they will "carry the flag" for Australian cycling over the next decade.
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The balloons are not going up today:
Celtic dance, music and song combine in Irish Nights at the Erindale Vikings' Auditorium from 6pm.
Graeme Connors will perform his first album North, followed by a mix of his hit songs at Canberra Theatre's the Playhouse from 7.30pm.
Heart-warming classic Mary Poppins is also centrestage at the Canberra Theatre Centre today until March 29.
Over at the Street Theatre play Handle It, the story of a teen whose life is thrown upside down after compromising photos of her are posted online, starts at 7.30pm.
Step back in time at the Hollywood Glamour Vintage Ball at the Albert Hall from 7pm.
Skyfire will light up the city with fireworks from 8.30pm Saturday.
Sunday morning is the last chance to glimpse the floating colour of the Canberra Balloon Spectacular from outside Old Parliament House.
The quarterly Handmade Market is back at its new location of EPIC from 10am on Saturday and Sunday.
The Art, Not Apart festival takes over New Acton from Saturday afternoon.
Find more weekend events here.
Coda Conduct. Erica Mallet and Sally Coleman
An up and coming Canberra all-girl rap duo have lashed out at Queanbeyan in a comical attack on national radio, calling the city a "wannabe" Canberra and "basically part of the ACT".
Coda Conduct members Sally Coleman, 23 and Erica Mallet 22, were invited to perform the rap, which has since spread across social media, as part of the weather forecast on Triple J's breakfast show Matt and Alex.
"Queanbeyan! What a wannabe! Copied our forecast, got it free. But it's not a shock, cos you're basically... just part of the ACT," the most offending line reads.
The rap – now named Is it a Quanger?! – goes on to give the city heaps over its residents' tendency to don socks and sandals, its opening hours, and oversupply of takeaway joints.
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Artist Hayley West, here with daughter Ramona Richardson, 5, will debut her work I Remember You, at the Art, Not Apart Festival. Photo: Tobias Richardson
Today: A cloudy day in Canberra with a forecast minimum 10 degrees and a top of 22 degrees.
The rest of the week: Saturday, cloud clearing - min 7, max 26; Sunday, mostly sunny - min 11, max 26; Monday, sunny - min 8, max 25; Tuesday, shower or two - min 10, max 26.
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