If, like me, your air-con has just conked out or you're getting by with a fairly lazy fan, then I don't have good news for you today. We're in for another gruelling heatwave, reaching 35 degrees today before a forecast top of 39 tomorrow. From there, we're likely to get two more days of 40 degrees, and things aren't expected to cool down until Sunday.

The fire danger rating is also high and people are urged to check pets and wildlife have access to cool drinking water. As you consider your own survival plan, here's what else is making news this Monday morning:

The transformation of one of Canberra's most distinctive heritage sites into a precinct of restaurants, shops and art spaces could begin in the coming months.

While Doma Group won the redevelopment rights to the old Brickworks site almost two years ago, there were long delays with the project following the split of the Land Development Agency.

Now Doma say they are at last close to finalising contracts with the ACT government.

Katie Burgess has the story here.

But don't worry, Serena Coady reports furniture-making business Thor's Hammer has found a new home too.

The verdict is in: this long-awaited decision could settle five years of industrial conflict between Home Affairs Department workers and their bosses.

The Fair Work Commission has drafted a workplace determination setting conditions and pay for the department's public servants until 2021.

Sally Whyte combed through the 185-page decision to bring you this story.

This Good Food Month, local and international chefs invite you to eat your way through Canberra, serving up meals worth destroying your new year's resolutions over.

Serena Coady has a run down of what's on the menu come March.

The Canberra Capitals have won their first minor premiership in 10 years after taking down the Sydney Flames with an eighth straight victory on Sunday.

The most successful club in WNBL history will finish the season on top of the ladder for the first time since the 2008-09 season after bagging two road wins in the penultimate round of the season.

Eamonn Tiernan has more from the court here.

It's a trade so secretive many in the field won't talk about it - for fear their techniques will be stolen by others.

Scott Keogh started working as a taxidermist when he was 17 and let Andrew Brown into his studio (den?) for this report.

The Sunday Canberra Times has been having a peek into the day-to-day affairs of some of Canberra's most interesting jobs, from zookeepers to water-bombing pilots.

Meanwhile, down south ...