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Let's get up-to-date with the news for your Monday:
Bimberi use of force rises 133 per cent
The use of force at the Bimberi youth detention centre has increased 133 per cent in the past year as concerns come to light about poor record keeping inside the facility.
Internal documents show the ACT government mistakenly failed to complete 15 "use of force" records in 2016 and 2017 in line with legal requirements under the Children and Young People Act.
Steven Trask reports in efforts to fix the blunder - first detected in an internal audit - officials retrospectively created the 15 missing records on a single day, in one case almost eight months after the use of force had actually occurred.
Man facing charges as firearms seized
A Canberra firearms dealer is expected to be charged after police seized more than 40 guns from a Ngunnawal property.
ACT police retrieved 36 long arms and five handguns from a 60-year-old man's home on Friday.
Katie Burgess report the man is on bail in NSW for serious firearm related offences. He is due to appear before Griffith Local Court again on December 20.
Katy Gallagher a High Court test for Labor?
Labor won't consider a High Court ruling on Katy Gallagher's eligibility as a precedent for MPs under a cloud over dual citizenship claims, despite Malcolm Turnbull's view that other opposition MPs should resign if the ACT senator is disqualified.
The High Court said on Friday evening Senator Gallagher's case would go before the Court of Disputed Returns for the first time on January 19, asking for evidence and submissions in the case, and that of Labor lower house MP David Feeney, to be received before December 21.
Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus said on Sunday that even if Senator Gallagher was found to be ineligible to sit in Parliament, the opposition could seek further rulings to determine the cases of lower house MPs.
ACT could pay 'social cost' for carbon
The Climate Change Council has warned the ACT government not to buy carbon offsets as the territory moves towards zero net emissions.
Instead the council has urged government to set new targets for reducing carbon emissions and invest in abatement measures if it failed to meet them.
Bosom buddies doing good things for breast cancer
It was fitting that entertainers Todd McKenney and Nancye Hayes came to Canberra to support the charity Bosom Buddies as they'll be bringing their stage play of the same name to town in May 2018.
The town's busiest publicist Coralie Wood saw a great opportunity to raise some much needed funds for the organisation which works with breast cancer survivors, and guests at a luncheon were treated to a taste of what's to come.
Karen Hardy reports McKenney and Hayes have been working together for longer than they care to remember.