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Happy Tuesday. We're looking at a lovely 26 degrees today with a slight chance of a shower in the afternoon.
Here's what's making news this morning.
Ainslie shops explained
The ACT government has defended its decision to allow the owner of the Ainslie shops building to remove deadly Mr Fluffy asbestos insulation rather than demolishing the property.
Asbestos Response Taskforce executive director Chris Reynolds said the decision was made with cost in mind, citing the $307 million bill for the removal program in residential properties.
Mr Reynolds conceded there was no safe level of loose-fill asbestos in a property, but said the risk could be managed by the current health and safety laws governing workplaces and the handling of hazardous materials.
Read Katie Burgess's story here.
'I hope he's dead'
A Canberra killer who stabbed his neighbour to death plunged the knife into the man's neck with such force the blade hit the floor beneath the victim and damaged the tiles.
Scott Jamie Cole, 42, cut his own arms and face to make it look like he'd been attacked in the deadly confrontation with his neighbour Jason Hollingshed, 46, at Stuart Flats in Griffith the afternoon of February 29, 2016.
"I f---ing stabbed him," Cole, who will be sentenced next month, told police. "I hope he's dead."
Read Megan Gorrey's story here.
Citizenship crisis continues
The dual citizenship crisis could claim high profile independent senator Jacqui Lambie this morning - but Malcolm Turnbull has assured his party he's got everything under control.
Labor and the Coalition finally struck a deal on a disclosure regime that will require politicians to publicly disclose their citizenship history and status by December 1 in a move designed to bring the citizenship crisis to a head.
It was busy in the senate yesterday, with newly-elected senator Fraser Anning sensationally quitting his party, One Nation, an hour after being sworn in and joining the cross bench.
Read James Massola's story here.
Junk food hotspots revealed
I won't give too much away but should note that Canberrans spent the least on eating out in all of Australia.
Read Isadora Bogle's story here.