Simon Cramp in ICU. Photo: Supplied
6:57am: The man who allegedly king hit Sydney man Simon Cramp on a Sydney street on the weekend is due in court today, charged with assault.
A 24-year-old man from Haymarket turned himself in to the police station. He is expected to fight the charges.,
6:49am: Veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has undergone surgery to insert a pacemaker.
A spokesman for the 87-year-old naturalist, who was forced to cancel a sell-out speaking tour of Australia because of the "urgent" procedure, said doctors believed that the TV star was doing well.
"Sir David has now had the operation and his doctors are satisfied with his progress," he said.
Read more on the operation here.
Heart surgery: David Attenborough.
6:45am: One of the most passionate sporting events on the Australian calendar returns tonight with State of Origin I at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.
Queensland has won seven straight series - a record by some margin - which makes this year's clash even juicier. Can the wait finally be over for Blues fans?
Follow our live blog on the website tonight from 7pm, with the match to kick-off at 8pm. Also keep an eye out for Raiders stars Blake Ferguson (NSW) and David Shillington (Queensland).
In the meantime, there's a good preview piece here from Brad Walter, Fairfax's Brad Walter.
"Greg’s a great player and playing the best he has ever played so it would be silly for us not to get him the ball as much as possible, so we will be doing that’’: Billy Slater on Maroon's teammate Greg Inglis. Photo: Getty Images
Canberra Times, June 5
6:42am: And on the front page today, yep, you guessed it, it's all about the budget.
Chief Assembly reporter Peter Jean's comment piece on Treasurer Andrew Barr's budget is good read over your morning coffee.
Andrew Barr must have had two elections on his mind when preparing the budget - one to be held on September 14 this year, the other on October 16, 2016.
The first election will almost certainly see in a federal Coalition government and cuts to the Australian public service which hurt the ACT economy.
In the unlikely event the federal Labor government is re-elected, there will almost certainly be more cuts to the Australian public service which hurt the ACT economy.
And The Canberra Times' Editor at Large Jack Waterford has written our second front page piece on the ACT budget. It starts...
Three months from now, Andrew Barr, as a loyal member of the ALP suicide watch, will be telling ACT voters - and anyone elsewhere who will listen - that an Abbott Coalition government will be an economic catastrophe for the ACT.
There will be the spectre of John Howard and Peter Costello, the ''black hole'' cuts of 1996, and the ACT recession that followed, and, probably, for those with even longer memories, the impact of Malcolm Fraser's cutting off the tap in 1977.
6:38am: David Pope dabbles in the ACT budget...
6:34am: It's the morning after budget, and we've had a bit more of a chance to dig through the papers now.
Assembly reporter Peter Jean has all the details in his wrap up here. But the main points are, your rates are going to go up (probably by about 10 per cent) but you'll pay less stamp duty if you move. It's part of the government's move to eventually phase out stamp duty altogether, and spread the revenue load over all the community rather than just those who are moving homes. Whether you think that is a good idea likely depends on how often you move.
The budget nerds can download a pdf map of all the infrastructure projects. Or if you're really enthusiastic, you can read through all of Andrew Barr's speech here.
Treasurer Andrew Barr. Photo: Jay Cronan
6:32am Lucy Rickard: Morning all - we're back up and running with our live news blog on this cool Wednesday morning.
And it's the morning after the budget-night before - the ACT Budget that is.
I'll bring you all the major points that we learned yesterday, as well as a bit of a sneak peek at what we're looking into today.
At the moment, it's -0.7 in the capital.
Stay tuned - all the headlines, full weather and overnight news is on its way!
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