An Aboriginal health operator is "walking away" from a $12 million drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre for Indigenous clients after ACT Health officials admitted they "were not clear enough" about the facility not offering clinical services. Katie Burgess has the story.

And officials at the pesticides authority have revealed on-time product approvals have slumped to a fresh low of 42 per cent, as Doug Dingwall reports.

And in sport:

The Raiders will be missing key stars including Blake Ferguson, Mitchell Pearce and Dylan Napa when they try to win their first game in the capital since 2010. Chris Dutton has the details.