Canberra Now: Care advice ignored, a Paralympian looks to save lives
Good morning Canberra,
It's looking like another fresh, but bearable day, with a minimum of three degrees and a maximum of 12, with a 60 per cent chance of showers including a possible thunderstorm in the afternoon with the chance of small hail.
Here's some of what's making news today in the nation's capital:
Reardon sets sights on a new goal - saving lives
Paralympic champion Scott Reardon says losing two friends to suicide has been a bigger challenge to overcome than losing a leg.
"There was this sobbing silence. I could hear someone on the other end was extremely emotional,” he says of the day in 2014 that changed his life.
Scott Hannaford has the story.
ACT ignored advice to put palliative care out to tender
The Barr government ignored advice that it should retest the market for palliative care services, despite external consultants raising concerns about the accessibility of the system more than two years ago.
Assembly reporter Katie Burgess has the details here.
'Damoclean sword': Michaela Banerji is still fighting after five years
A series of tweets railing against Australia's treatment of asylum seekers took seconds to write, but the prolonged battle that followed between their author and the federal government has stretched for years.
Doug Dingwall speaks to the former public servant at the centre of a key High Court battle.
Panthers overrun Raiders yet again
"More than a little suspect."
That's how NSW Origin coach Brad Fittler called the pass that led to the winning try as the Canberra Raiders were again on the wrong end of the officiating.
Penrith five-eighth James Maloney's pass went a couple of metres forward to set up a crucial try in the 40-31 victory at Panthers Stadium on Sunday.
David Polkinghorne reports here.