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We're going to leave you with another little something from Paul Jurak's morning kayak on the lake this morning.
Here's a look at the top stories on the site this morning:
NSW Police has just tweeted that it is investigating the brawl between James Packer and David Gyngell, outside Packer's Bondi home on the weekend.
Despite earlier saying it was not looking into the brawl, which was photographed and filmed, NSW Police tweeted just minutes ago that it was investigating.
We'll have more on this shortly.
CT online producer Tegan Osborne, who is on the way to our office as we speak, is quite the fan of autumn in Canberra. We love a good photo in the morning sunshine.
Analysis conducted by Tim Bohm, the creative director at 2B Advertising, indicates that the Canberra Raiders have the most popular Facebook page in the territory, followed by the Brumbies in third place.
The Australian National University is ranked second with the University of Canberra settling for fourth place.
The story on Canberrans shunning AFL games is certainly generating a lot of discussion on the site this morning.
Is it the cold? The prices? The lack of a real local team?
Why is the turnout for local AFL games so low? David Polkinghorne has the story - head on over and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will be holding a community forum in Canberra this evening, in cooperation with the ACT Council of Social Services.
Royal Commission chief executive Janette Dines said the forum provided an opportunity for individuals and communities to learn more about the Royal Commission.
“We strongly encourage all survivors who wish to share their story, particularly in a private session with a Commissioner, to make contact with the Royal Commission by phone, email or in writing,” she said.
Entries are coming in thick and fast for our autumn photo competition this year.
With cash prizes up for grabs, you should get your entries in to us as well!
You can see some of our entries in the gallery below, and find out more at the competition page here.
ACTEW Water spokeswoman Angie Drake has said the burst water mains reported in Tuggeranong last night was most likely caused by a fault with pressure value systems.
Ms Drake said ACTEW Water believe the problem has been fixed and water has returned to usual quality standards, although investigations into the cause of the incident will continue.
She said the discoloured water reported on Monday night is normally nothing to be worried about but she encouraged people to avoid using their washing machines if their water supply is still discoloured.
Disturbing allegations of regular beatings, racist slurs and unwanted sexual advances by G4S guards on Manus Island have been made by a former Salvation Army worker.
Nicole Judge, a worker on the island, said she was "shocked and distressed" at the conditions on Manus Island when she arrived in September last year to work in a general support role.
In the three months Ms Judge was on the island, she claims in the submission to the Senate inquiry there was sexual activity in the so-called "rape dungeon" in one of the compounds and was told by the guards to carry a "rape whistle" whilse inside the centre.