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The bad run of weather looks set to continue today, with a 70 per cent chance of showers in the late afternoon and evening.
Northwesterly winds are forecast to pick up in the afternoon, and there is a forecast high of 14 degrees.
Here's the news.
ACT hospital has same cladding as Grenfell Tower
Panels on the facade of Canberra's Centenary Hospital must be replaced after they were found to contain the same combustible polyethylene core as those on Grenfell Tower.
The Grenfell fire, which killed more than 80 people in London in June, sparked an ACT government audit of territory-owned buildings.
Grave doubts at ABS over marriage survey
![ABS chief David Kalisch says he is confident the bureau can deliver the same-sex marriage postal vote. Photo: Andrew Meares ABS chief David Kalisch says he is confident the bureau can deliver the same-sex marriage postal vote. Photo: Andrew Meares](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-ct-migration/50f621f8-ca72-497e-812a-495640e58c9d/r0_0_1999_1332_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Rank-and-file officials at the Australian Bureau of Statistics have "grave doubts" that the same-sex marriage postal vote can be done properly in the time-frame ordered by the Turnbull government, the public servants' union says.
Noel Towell has more on this story.
Canberra fans celebrate The King
![Garry Buckley has been impersonating Elvis for 24 years. Photo: Rohan Thomson Garry Buckley has been impersonating Elvis for 24 years. Photo: Rohan Thomson](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-ct-migration/39dbb412-adfc-4822-9028-ea87392dad92/r0_0_2000_1334_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
On the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, we spoke to diehard fan and impersonator Garry Buckley.
Garry - who has impersonated The King for 24 years - described his act as a "personal tribute".
"In a funny kind of way, as soon as you put the suit on you start to take on a persona, you start to move like him," he said.
Bree Winchester has the full story with amazing pictures by Rohan Thomson.
Facebook solves mystery at reptile zoo
![Canberra Reptile Park owner Peter Child with the baby turtle which a Sydney man tried to steal by placing in his pocket. Photo: supplied Canberra Reptile Park owner Peter Child with the baby turtle which a Sydney man tried to steal by placing in his pocket. Photo: supplied](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-ct-migration/91caa01d-203e-4a99-9d05-7e7ef8975590/r0_0_1632_840_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The Canberra Reptile Zoo used the power of social media to nab a thief who stole a $400 turtle tank - and tried to steal a baby turtle.
Luckily, the baby turtle fell out of the man's pocket without him knowing and was retrieved by the staff unharmed.
The zoo contacted ACT Policing with the man's number plate but, when it appeared it might be days before officers could attend, the zoo posted CCTV footage of the man and his girlfriend on its Facebook page.
It wasn't long before the case had been cracked.
Megan Doherty has the full story.
Revenge porn laws get tripartisan backing
![ACT Liberals attorney-general spokesman Jeremy Hanson. Photo: Rohan Thomson ACT Liberals attorney-general spokesman Jeremy Hanson. Photo: Rohan Thomson](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-ct-migration/43cb2241-6ca8-4b03-9104-ba91da7da6c9/r0_0_2000_1334_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The ACT's three major parties have passed a bill that makes it a crime to share an intimate photo without consent.
People who publish, or threaten to publish, "revenge porn" now face up to three years in jail or a $45,000 fine, after the ACT's parliament moved to bring the territory's laws up-to-date with technology.
Katie Burgess has the details.
Today's cartoon
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