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Canberra Now: News in 90 seconds for Thursday June 15, 2017
By Georgina Connery
Good morning Canberra.
Expect a chilly start to Thursday with temperatures climbing from minus 3 to a top of 14 degrees.
There's plenty of fog out there and a cloudy day will follow, but rest assured a bit of cover will mean overnight temperatures are not predicted to be sub zero again until Monday.
Ready to tuck into the news?
Gungahlin apartments sold without an electricity meter
Electricity has remained the cost concerning most households. concerned.Credit: Paul Harris
Buyers of apartments in the Esque building on Flemington Road are being asked to pay for their own electricity meters, in a re-run of the debacle that beset the Ivy building just before last year's election.
Buyers are being asked to stump up $563 before next week if they want an electricity meter.
Kirsten Lawson's looks at how these mishaps happen again and again.
The question the ANU won't answer
Vice Chancellor of the Australian National University, Prof. Brian Schmidt.Credit: Graham Tidy
Former vice-chancellor Ian Young was paid between $970,000 and $984,999 in 2014 and 2015 and Professor Schmidt was predicted to earn a similar figure - if not more.
But the ANU has refused to be drawn on what Professor Schmidt earns.
Emily Baker has the full story.
One of Canberra's most gruelling jobs is up for grabs
ACT Parks and Conservation Service fire management field officers Rocky Simachila, James Thornburn, and Kirsten Tasker.Credit: Sitthixay Ditthavong
You have to walk nearly five kilometres with a 20-kilogram backpack before they'll grant you an interview for this gig.
ACT Parks and Conservation is recruiting up to 18 new seasonal firefighters for next summer's bush fire season - but it's not a job for the faint-hearted.
Katie Burgess found out more from officers that have made the cut.
Dendy: from boutique to behemoth
Dendy Canberra's new extension. Dendy Canberra's general manager Kyle Amor.Credit: Jamila Toderas
Dendy Cinemas Canberra, which a decade ago started as a boutique, arthouse venture in the Canberra Centre, is now the biggest movie theatre in the national capital.
Six new screens were unveiled on Wednesday night - part of a "close to" $10 million-extension.
Megan Doherty explains that now gives film-buffs a choice of 15 screens to see their favourite flicks.
Red-nose fun on June 30
Canberra's Emergency Services put best nose forward for Red Nose Day.Credit: Jamila Toderas
Have you spotted them on the road?
Canberra's emergency and transport services are again supporting Red Nose Day as the Red Nose organisation continues to care for families who have suffered the heartbreaking loss of a child.
Megan Doherty's story explains how 3200 children each year - double the national road toll - die due to health complications at birth.