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There was a low of -3 this morning but things should defrost soon, heading for a top of 13 degrees.
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Canberrans pay respect to Eurydice Dixon at Haig Park vigil
The Canberrans who came to Haig Park on Thursday night were from all walks of life but united in their message.
About 400 people gathered in dignified silence to remember and pay respect to Eurydice Dixon, a young comedian killed as she walked across a soccer field in Melbourne on her way home in the early hours of Wednesday morning last week.
But they were also there to remember the 30 other women murdered in Australia so far this year.
John Lloyd under investigation, but inquiry could be dropped in August
Public service commissioner John Lloyd is under investigation for an alleged code of conduct breach as he prepares to leave the role in less than two months.
But the inquiry into the complaint will be dropped if it remains unfinished when Mr Lloyd retires on August 8.
A letter forwarded to a Senate estimates committee released on Thursday said the office holder who received the allegation, acting merit protection commissioner Mark Davidson, had decided an inquiry into the complaint should be conducted.
One of Canberra's largest ever kangaroo culls has finished
One of the largest ever kangaroo culls carried out in the ACT is over, with more than 3200 animals killed since May 7.
The number was in line with the government’s 2018 target, which included animals across 12 separate nature reserve sites.
The ACT government has carried out yearly kangaroo culls since 2009, in a bid to protect several threatened ecological communities throughout the territory.
ACT's plan for NAPLAN review still up in the air as ministers meet
The "high stakes" comparison of school NAPLAN results will be the focus of an ACT-led review into the controversial national testing regime, when it is put to a meeting of state and federal education ministers on Friday.
After its push for an Australia-wide review was approved by the Education Council late last year, the territory government drafted terms of reference, which are understood to have already drawn criticism from some jurisdictions ahead of their release.
The proposal to put public reporting under the microscope first could be thrown out by other states and territories.
Land agency board concerned about criticism of rural land banking
The board of the now-defunct Land Development Agency raised concerns with senior executives about the potential for "unfounded criticism" of the agency "land-banking" by buying up rural land across the territory last year.
Despite the board's concerns, the agency and its main successor, the Suburban Land Agency, have continued to buy $10 million worth of rural land, including some purchases resulting from unsolicited approaches from lessees.
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