In what comes as no surprise, voters want politicians to think more long-term - at least beyond the next federal election.

As winter solstice approaches and daredevils prepare to skinny dip in Lake Burley Griffin, there’s one Canberran who wades into frigid waters every fortnight without fanfare.

As Himalaya Day approaches (commemorating Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay’s summit of Mt Everest) a Canberra man quietly mentions that he is the only Australian to have climbed all 14 of the world’s 8,000m peaks.

Canberra’s been the epicentre of political activism since Federation but something’s been missing at protests - a soundtrack.

A lot of thirsty Captains Flat residents are cheering the purchase of their long-closed pub – the 1937 Captains Flat Hotel – which was recently bought by Captains Flat-born Sharanne Witt.

A Canberra lawyer and an emerging filmmaker have made a world first, re-creating a long-lost scene from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that was left on the cutting room floor.

What do a contestant in The Voice, a 100m paralympic silver medallist and a wheelchair basketball player have in common? A Variety Heart Scholarship.

In a renovation that could have won reality TV show House Rules, Old Parliament House has just done the big reveal, showing off its $2 million refurbishment of the House of Representatives chamber.

It’s called the Matildas bounce – the surge of women spurred on by last year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup frenzy, who are signing up to join a soccer team.

It’s official. Bandit the cat is the ACT’s first feline to be accredited as an assistance animal.

Yet another dinosaur has been stolen from the National Dinosaur Museum – the third theft in seven years – and the raptor-nappers are still on the run.

May the fourth is special at Canberra Daily because we have a bona fide Jedi in our office - art director Phoebe Yiamkiati – and not only has she wielded a light saber in a Star Wars film, heartthrob actor Ewan McGregor called her “gorgeous”. True story.