Despite not identifying any specific threat to the community, police say they have stepped up patrols at synagogues and Jewish community facilities around Canberra this week in response to incidents in other Australian cities.
A stolen black Mercedes SUV was involved in ram raids at the Bentham Street Pizza Bar in Yarralumla and the TSG tobacconist in Wright between 4am and 5.30am on Thursday.
In a report the Opposition Leader has described as "shocking", Auditor-General Michael Harris has exposed a $110 million technology misadventure by ACT Health.
The ACT has reached a major milestone in the transition to battery electric vehicles (EVs), with more than 10,000 EVs registered in the ACT as of this week, says the ACT branch of the Australian Electric Vehicle Association.