THE Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House will be closed this weekend.
The rare occurrence is attributable to work on the main electrical switchboard, parts of which, staff say, have been in place since former prime minister Malcolm Fraser was in the building in the 1980s.
This requires a full power shutdown across Old Parliament House.
MoAD and Old Parliament House will be closed from noon, Friday and will reopen at 9am on Monday.
The family of Naveed Akram has been stopped from visiting the accused Bondi Beach gunman in prison after police found "suspected contraband" in their parked car.
A slight uptick in inflation is a cause for concern for Treasurer Jim Chalmers, giving the Reserve Bank more ammunition for future interest rate rises.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe thunderstorm warning, which is likely to produce large hailstones, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and damaging winds in the warning area over the next several hours.
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