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Hi, hello. There's a chance of patchy morning fog today. It'll be partly cloudy and there's a small chance of rain with a top of 17 degrees predicted. Very different compared to Friday which has a 90 per cent chance of up to 6mm of rain.
Here's today's headlines.
Canberra Liberals promise to cap rates if they win the next election
As the ACT digests the contents of this year's territory budget, opposition leader Alistair Coe has made a pitch to those unhappy with rate rises.
He's promised to cap rates rises if the Liberal party wins government in 2020, after the government announced they would reach an average of $172 for houses and $135 for units from July across Canberra.
The average Canberra house now pays $2474 in rates, while the average unit pays $1472.
Katie Burgess has this story on the Liberals' promise.
Seselja to PM: fund War Memorial expansion
ACT Liberal Senator Zed Seselja is pushing for the government to fund the War Memorial's proposed $500 million expansion, writing to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull about the cause.
Draft plans for the proposed expansion include a large underground space to house aircraft, an area for quiet reflection and space dedicated to more recent military operations.
"I would like to put on the record my strong support for the memorial's plans to grow their exhibition spaces so that they may remain at the forefront of our national life and I urge the government to provide the resources necessary to facilitate their important work," he wrote.
Why the ANU walked away from the lucrative Ramsay Centre deal
The Australian National University has spoken out about its decision to withdraw from negotiations with the Ramsay Centre for a controversial new degree in Western Civilisation.
Vice-chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt has released a lengthy statement defending the back-down from the lucrative deal amid criticism from both John Howard, who chairs the centre, and federal education minister Simon Birmingham.
Six months of negotiation came to a halt last week over concerns about academic freedom.
Brothel operators must provide free condoms under new sex worker bill
Canberra brothel owners would have to provide condoms to sex workers under draft laws to be introduced into the ACT's Legislative Assembly.
ACT Justice Minister Shane Rattenbury will also bring forward a bill to rename the Prostitution Act 1992 to the Sex Work Act 1992 to reduce stigma for the industry.
The bill would also remove registration requirements for sole operators, and require brothel operators to provide sex workers with appropriate personal protective and safety equipment - including condoms, dams and sponges - free of charge.
Katie Burgess with this report.
Forced pokies surrenders postponed as trading scheme deemed a fizzer
The Greens have voted with Labor to extend by another year a deadline that would have forced clubs to surrender some poker machines.
Greens leader Shane Rattenbury has acknowledged the ACT's poker machine trading scheme has not worked as planned.
However, ACT Gambling Minister Gordon Ramsay plans to introduce separate new legislation before the deadline to ensure there are only 15 poker machines for every 1000 Canberrans.