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Barr attacks Hanson as a coward after questions raised at estimates
Kirsten Lawson 8:24 PM Chief Minister calls Opposition Leader a coward after being asked what he was doing about the "smell" that hung over his government.
Newborn babies gifted bibs ahead of Red Nose Nose Day
![24-day-old Ivy-Rose receives a Sids and Kids's Red Nose Day bib.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/o/n/j/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gponjw.png/1466504462557.jpg)
8:21 PM A gift of 150 bibs has been made to newborn babies at Canberra's Centenary Hospital for Women and Children ahead of Red Nose Day.
Sepik sculptures donated by Attenborough now on display at NGA
![Sir David Attenborough embarked on the expedition to the southern hinterlands of the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea in ...](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/i/p/n/t/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gphx6j.png/1466504247022.jpg)
Sally Pryor 8:17 PM It was half a lifetime ago, on a perilous expedition to remote Papua New Guinea, that Sir David Attenborough acquired three abstract works of art.
Convoy combats PTSD stigma
![Vietnam War veteran and former Australian cricketer Tony Dell with the convoy on Tuesday.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/o/b/a/g/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpobdi.png/1466503884474.jpg)
Ashley Wick 8:11 PM The condition affects more than one million Australians.
'The bastards deserve 20 years': Canberra employee caught for ATM theft
![Salesi Latu Toumo'ua stole more than half a million dollars through a lengthy string of transactions during five months.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/j/z/a/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpnzzg.png/1466503750685.jpg)
Megan Gorrey 8:09 PM ATM technician who stole more than half a million dollars said the thieves deserved 20 years behind bars. Then he was caught for the crime.
Greens Senate candidate boycotts ACL event
![ACT Greens Senate candidate Christina Hobbs.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/8/2/u/f/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpol0x.png/1466502501907.jpg)
7:48 PM ACT Green Senate candidate Christina Hobbs has boycotted an event hosted by the Australian Christian Lobby and called on other candidates to do the same.
Canberra garbage truck drivers plan Friday strike
![Canberra's garbage truck drivers are set to strike again.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/r/j/h/k/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpontd.png/1466502177912.jpg)
7:42 PM Canberra's garbage truck drivers will strike for the fourth time in just over a month as an industrial dispute with the contractor SUEZ drags on.
Wild weather puts wind up district's sheep farmers
![Sheep in the rain.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/n/y/w/t/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpnvyo.png/1466501189548.jpg)
John Thistleton 7:26 PM Alert out for lambs and hungry sheep as more rain to come with wind.
What's on in Canberra June 24-26
![Pulitzer Prize-winning play <i>Disgraced</I> is on at Canberra Theatre Centre.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/o/1/e/5/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpmk3p.png/1466500977085.jpg)
Jil Hogan 7:22 PM Your guide to what's going on around the capital this weekend.
Cranes and new cafes show Canberra's job market on the rise
![Canberra Business Chamber chief executive Robyn Hendry said ACT exports grew 16 per cent last year.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/m/g/0/m/o/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpn6ld.png/1466500317049.jpg)
John Thistleton 7:11 PM Construction, retail, tourism and more public service contracting drive jobs growth in Canberra.
Affordable housing launched in Lawson
![A townhouse at CHC Affordable Housing's Lawson 9 development.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/o/b/r/p/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpohwt.png/1466492549789.jpg)
Rachel Packham 4:53 PM Low to middle income families will have the opportunity to settle in the sought after suburb.
Malfunctioning car leads to firefighters being called to Dickson car park
![ACT Fire and Rescue](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/a/i/q/k/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpocen.png/1466489351736.jpg)
4:09 PM Nine people were evacuated from a block of Dickson units after a car was billowing smoke in the car park.
ACT Policing to hold training exercise at CIT Bruce
![Police will conduct a training exercise at the Canberra Institute of Technology's Bruce campus this week.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/n/o/s/9/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpoco0.png/1466486904953.jpg)
3:28 PM If you see police swarm the Canberra Institute of Technology's Bruce Campus on Wednesday and Thursday, don't be alarmed.
Lyons man fights charge over Mr Fluffy dispute
![Leo Carvalho protesting outside his neighbour's home in May.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/t/5/x/i/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpnyhy.png/1466485073453.jpg)
Clare Colley 2:57 PM A Lyons man has pleaded not guilty to blocking a demolition truck from a neighbouring Mr Fluffy house.
Canberra house price growth slumps in March: ABS
![There are signs growth in Canberra will resume on the back of low interest rates and more investor interest.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/m/u/c/0/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpo8nc.png/1466481973120.jpg)
Emma Kelly 2:06 PM A year of solid growth did not shield Canberra from a quarterly slump in residential property prices.
Snowy Hydro Southcare CEO Chris Kimball steps down
![Snowy Hydro Southcare cheif executive Chris Kimball is headed for a sea change.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/n/v/i/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpn1af.png/1466480975886.jpg)
Katie Burgess 1:45 PM A brush with cancer led former ABC presenter Chris Kimball to take up a post at the head of Snowy Hydro Southcare but now it's inspiring him to seek his next adventure.
'Would have had to have a little crane': Bronze fountain stolen from Canberra front yard
![A heavy, solid bronze water feature was stolen from a Yarralumla front yard late May, leaving tyre marks on the grass.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/n/g/3/q/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpnf8f.png/1466477571136.jpg)
Clare Sibthorpe 12:52 PM Owner 'sick to the stomach' when saw his beloved water feature had disappeared - and amazed at how the heavy fountain was stolen.
Music review
Chamber music works played by masters
![Kathryn Selby: Her concert series deliver the priceless experience of essential chamber music works.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/n/5/6/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpn4b7.png/1466476900121.jpg)
Reviewed by Jennifer Gall 12:41 PM A demanding program of chamber music was brilliantly played without gimmickry or flamboyance.
Canberra weather: a day's reprieve before rain returns
![Aneta Petreski's shot of a winter's day in Canberra.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/n/a/m/b/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpn80x.png/1466465495626.jpg)
9:31 AM The sun managed a peek through the clouds on Monday before predicted rain settles over the capital again after the weekend deluge.
'Work out a way to make the country better'
![Former Snowy Hydro Scheme worker Charlie Salvestro wants to see more investment in Cooma.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/c/7/8/e/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpc74b.png/1466468403826.jpg)
Katie Burgess 8:42 AM Charlie Salvestro helped to build the project that defined Cooma, but now he doesn't know where the town is going.
Canberra mornings: Traffic, weather and what's on in one click
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8:18 AM The news, traffic and weather to get you up to speed.
Public service ends epic 'Coon cheese' racism struggle
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Noel Towell 12:00 AM He said "I just like plain old Coon cheese". He got a five-year legal battle.
Namadgi's antiquity makes our lives seem frothy, bubbly
![Matthew Higgins posed in a brutalist-looking ACT place.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/n/h/l/6/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpn0lj.png/1466427409439.jpg)
Ian Warden 11:45 PM Â Readers, is Matthew Higgins, the man in our picture, posed at Belconnen beside the "brutalist" flanks of Geocon's mighty under-construction Wayfarer apartment skyscraper? Or is he out in the brutishly rocky wilds of Namadgi National Park?
Where will land be released across Canberra in the next year?
![Northbourne Flats public housing.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/2/r/j/9/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpnpr6.png/1466422200168.jpg)
Emma Kelly The rejuvenation of deteriorating public housing sites and the expansion of the ACT's newest suburbs will contribute to land releases in the 2016-2017 year.
Bus driver sacked after threatening 'another Columbine'
![The Fair Work Commission has found ACTION buses was right to fire one of its drivers.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/f/t/q/9/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpnjq7.png/1466461761775.jpg)
Noel Towell 12:00 AM 'If ACTION management touch me, this will be another Columbine'.
Canberra Airport officially welcomes Uber pick-ups
![Canberra Airport formally welcomed ridesharing platform Uber to the range of ground transport options on Monday.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/w/v/k/9/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpn4t5.png/1466416796196.jpg)
Clare Sibthorpe But it appears Uber drivers had been picking customers up from the airport despite the restrictions.
Zed Seselja criticises Barnaby Joyce over APS Armidale move
!["I don't believe it should happen": Senator Zed Seselja warns against moving public servants from Canberra to Armidale.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/m/u/8/x/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpmzre.png/1466416579260.jpg)
Henry Belot Plan to move public servants to Armidale causes friction in Coalition ranks.
Pledge to 'go hard' on cutting residential stamp duty
![ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr after releasing his budget this year.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/d/j/p/7/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpn0zt.png/1466416519385.jpg)
Kirsten Lawson 12:00 AM First focus is abolishing stamp duty for commerical property worth less than $1.5 million
Canberra man goes on trial over $5.7m worth of ice found in car
![Andrew John Connors, 37, has gone on trial in the ACT Supreme Court.](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/d/l/o/b/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpn4r8.png/1466416224584.jpg)
Megan Gorrey Police seized 28 kilograms of the drug ice stashed in a car.
Public service casuals thrown Labor lifeline
![Labor's Human Services spokesman Doug Cameron says his party would spend $75 million over four years to convert casual ...](/web/20160621113250im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/c/y/o/u/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpn72t.png/1466415827446.jpg)
Noel Towell 12:00 AM Poorly trained Centrelink casuals adding to customer misery, says Labor.