Families have cleared out for holidays away, and MPs are off electioneering, but the ACT's still ticking over. We'll have a high of 24 degrees and a mostly sunny day today. Tomorrow, the maximum temperature will be the same, and there'll be some patchy morning fog clearing to a sunny day.

Here's our headlines, as we take you through the news from the national capital this morning.

Is there already a light rail effect for Canberra businesses? One of the most powerful real estate moguls in the Australian capital says so.

The chief executive of Colliers International in the ACT, Paul Powderly, has said business is already relocating because of the new network.

The company is on Marcus Clarke Street but will move to the new building on the corner of Northbourne Avenue and Bunda Street, just up from the central tram terminus.

Steve Evans spoke to him about the impact of light rail on business.

Maria Worner has lost count of the number of foster children who've come into her home over the years.

She's welcomed them in since her two daughters, Sharni and Nikki, were just four and two. When Nikki nominated her as the 2019 Barnardos Mother of the Year, she said her mum made it all look easy.

Worner was named the ACT winner and will now head to the national titles in Sydney on May 9.

Karen Hardy spoke to her about her experiences providing a safe refuge for children.

Cleaners at Canberra's public schools will be directly employed by the ACT government, as it brings the service back in-house.

From the end of January next year, about 300 part-time cleaners will be government employees. They're currently employed by four companies.

Previously 23 companies cleaned the territory's schools, but allegations of underpayment and sham contracting forced the government to condense the contracts and to introduce six-monthly audits on compliance with industrial relations and safety laws in 2017.

Katie Burgess explains the changes.

The former Stuart Flats public housing complex would become a precinct of more than 400 apartments, a childcare centre and medical facility under a proposed overhaul of the prime inner-south site.

Morris Property Group has unveiled its vision for the project, less than a month after it snapped up the land for $55.6 million at an ACT government auction.

The proposed estate, which the developer is spruiking as potentially "transformative" for the Manuka precinct, would include 414 units, spread across buildings ranging from three to six storeys in height.

Dan Jervis-Bardy looks at the $300 million plan in this story.

Jason Behrendorff is within reach of World Cup glory in England.

The Canberra export has been included alongside Nathan Lyon in Australia's 15-man squad chosen to defend the one-day World Cup from late May.

Behrendorff forced his way into the frame after key fast bowler Josh Hazlewood was left out of the squad following a run with injury.

Caden Helmers with this story.