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The forecast predicts a rainy Monday, saying there's a 90 per cent chance of a fall reaching 10-30mm. Expect a high of 23 degrees today.
It's been three days since the horrific attack killing 50 people in Christchurch. New Zealand's high commissioner to Australia, Dame Annette King, on Sunday said the relationship between the two countries remained strong and thanked the Australian people for their offers of support and acts of kindness. Jasper Lindell spoke to her about the mass shooting.
Here's what's been happening in Canberra.
More can sue for damages under amended CTP bill
It's more than 18 months after that experiment in democracy, the ACT's citizen's jury, was first announced to consider reforms to compulsory third party insurance. Soon a bill to make changes to the scheme will be tabled.
They can be described as ground-up changes and the Barr government in proposing them would allow injured children and workers to pursue common law damages in the scheme even if they don't meet the injury threshold.
The final bill will appear after backroom negotiations between the Greens and Labor.
School bus changes mean students could cross busy roundabout
There are concerns emerging about Transport Canberra's new public transport network, as parents say the changes will put students at risk by forcing them to cross dangerous roads.
In some cases, the changes to the network mean school buses have been replaced with convoluted possible trips involving multiple buses and either walking or bike riding.
The suggested route option for some kids to get from their home to school by 9am is to cross the congested roundabout at the intersection of Erindale Drive and Sternberg Crescent in Canberra's south, catch a bus to Woden and then get on a school bus service for the final leg.
Jasper Lindell and Katie Burgess with this story.
Minister warned of risks to light rail start date
You might remember the ACT government made repeated public assurances the light rail project would be completed on time.
Newly-released internal documents however show it was aware there were risks to light rail being completed on time months before the start date was officially pushed back.
They're heavily redacted, but the briefs and meeting notes obtained under freedom of information laws show the government had doubts about the timeline the consortium building stage one light rail, Canberra Metro, had set out.
'I was 10 the last time I remember feeling safe'
Following the Christchurch mass shooting, writer Sandra Elhelw Wright has written about the rise of Islamophobia. A summary won't justify them, but in this passage below, her words speak for themselves.
"For 17 years we watched the normalisation of bigotry," she writes.
"For 17 years we feared that one day it would no longer be about words and fear, but about life and blood.
"Friday felt like that moment in movies when the protagonist, running behind a moving train and out of breath, finally stops - acknowledging that the train is going too fast and their little legs can't keep up."
Raiders sink Titans in season opener
The early signs are good with the Green Machine keeping the Gold Coast scoreless in a 21-0 victory on Sunday night.
It's the first time Canberra have kept a clean sheet in six years - the last time against Parramatta in round 19, 2013.
Have the Canberra Raiders found their defensive starch?
David Polkinghorne reports on a match played in wet conditions.