Looking for something to do with your kids while it's hot? Here are five adventures, each finishing with an ice-cream.

It is expected a number of other independent candidates will nominate against Mr Abbott.

"I feel that his treatment has not been the same as mine."

At 4am, on an unpaid break these two women had a nap. They were sacked. Fair Work is now set to rule on the incident.

Good morning, Canberra and welcome to another hot Summer day. We're in for a mostly sunny day, with a top of 37. Here's what's making headlines today.

Within the walls of Breakr you can use a baseball bat to mercilessly destroy more than 30 of Breakr's glasses, plates, vases, tea pots, mugs and more till you feel like sunshine.

The new application is the latest chapter in Coles' long-running bid to get its proposed Dickson housing and shopping complex off the ground.

The military told Todd he'd be looked after when he left. But the volume of documents, the long and involved process and the wait all did harm.

Since Netflix launched in Australia in March 2015, prices for local users have only been increased once, and that was nearly two years ago.

The profession you can expect to work the least hours in, while still being among the highest paid.

OPINION: FuelWatch is the system the ACT government should be looking at to address Canberra's stubbornly high petrol prices.

The biggest effect on ice-cream sales could be our new year’s resolutions rather than the weather.

The bizarre arrangements to deliver services to the Jervis Bay Territory are leaving the remote community worse off.

Never underestimate Nancy Pelosi.

Analysis shows the government has announced more than $5.5 billion worth of projects and commitments, or more than $160 million worth a day, since the mid-year budget update.

The ACT government has ignored calls to immediately overhaul the city's ratings system to help ease the burden of rising rates on Canberra's apartment owners, owners say.

Good morning Canberra and welcome to another working week. We're getting another (slight) reprieve from last week's heatwave today, with a top of 33 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital this morning.

Stefanos Tsitsipas was born the year Roger Federer turned pro. His game looks like Federer's. On Sunday night it was better than Federer’s.

In a tough rental market, people are increasingly having to ask themselves: how much higher are they willing to go?