Source: Government of Australia Capital Territory
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From basic but tasty rolls made with eggs, bacon and sauce, to those with a little something extra: hashbrowns, cheese and greens – there’s something for everyone.
With a strong focus on clean, natural, and unprocessed ingredients, you will find healthy, delicious breakfast and lunch options at Eighty Twenty.
The café’s bacon and egg roll had lots of local’s votes for the best in Canberra. It comes with smoked bacon, fried eggs and tomato relish on a house made bun.
This breakfast and lunch café has become a Canberra institution. You can find one in almost every corner of the capital.
Great coffee and food – a lot of which is grown in the garden at their Aranda location – are just two of the reasons why these cafes are so popular.
Their bacon and egg roll comes with Swiss cheese, greens, barbecue sauce and aioli.
If you’re shopping at Westfield, stop in at this café to try the ‘Forrest Roll’.
It’s a bacon and egg roll with house-made barbecue sauce, cheddar cheese, pickled Spanish onion and garlic aioli.
Northsiders love the bacon and egg rolls at this lakeside café.
Stella’s is located right near Lake Burley Griffin, making it the ideal spot to enjoy a bite after a stroll or bike ride.
The bacon and egg roll comes with fried egg, cheese, spinach and house made tomato relish on a toasted milk bun.
The Irvine is located at Florey shops. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, pastries, drinks and more.
You can’t go past their classic bacon and egg roll. If you like something a little extra, they also offer a brekky burger with egg, halloumi, potato rosti, avocado with sriracha aioli.
This hidden gem is tucked away off London Circuit in Baileys Corner.
The café is well-known for their coffee, but it also offers delicious sandwiches, bacon and egg rolls and sweet treats including cookies and pastries.
The bacon and egg roll at this café is a little extra. Served on a milk bun, it comes with smoked bacon, a fried egg, cheese caramelised onion, tomato chutney and aioli.
If you’re not a fan of all the extras, order the ‘Morning Bun’ with bacon, eggs, hashbrown and barbecue sauce served on a Turkish bread roll.
Whether you work in the Barton area or you’re just visiting that side of town, this café is a great spot to grab breakfast or lunch.
It might be worth a visit for the bacon and egg rolls.
You can choose from a bacon and egg roll or wrap. For an extra cost, you also have the option to add extra bacon and egg, cheese and a hashbrown.
Find this Korean café on Moore Street. Seoul Sistaz offers a mix of traditional Korean dishes and some Australian classics, or a combo of both.
They have three bacon and egg rolls to try. Try the classic, or one with a little extra (hashbrown, lettuce, caramelised onion).
They also have one with a Korean twist – bacon, eggs, kimchi, American cheese, caramelised onion and Korean mayo.
This café is the perfect refuel stop for tradies.
It will also give them double the energy for the day, as it’s got double everything. Two fried eggs, two rashers of bacon, cheese, and topped with barbecue sauce and aioli.
The Knox is a beloved breakfast spot for Canberrans, you won’t often see an empty seat.
Next time you’re visiting, try the bacon and egg roll. It’s made with local eggs, two rashes of bacon, melted cheese and tomato relish.
This southside café is well known for its friendly staff and warm and welcoming environment.
Apparently, it’s also known for its bacon and egg rolls, which we’re told are a must try if you’re popping by.
The café is the perfect spot to refuel after riding your bike or going for a run at Stromlo – they offer bacon and egg rolls, pastries, jaffles, and a range of drinks.
For only $10, the bacon and egg rolls are made with egg, local bacon, tomato relish, mayo and dill.
Little Mez serves great Mediterranean dishes out of a food truck in Phillip.
You can grab a regular egg and bacon roll or if you’re feeling adventurous, try the Mediterranean-inspired version.
Village is located at Waramanga shops and serves breakfast and lunch.
Their bacon and egg roll is served on a potato bun, with the sauce of your choosing.
If you’d like extra potato (who wouldn’t?) add a homemade hashbrown.
Located at Chifley shops, A Bite to Eat offers all day breakfast and lunch items.
The café’s bacon and egg rolls are served on a potato bun, and come with tomato chutney, roquette and aioli.
If that’s not enough, you can add cheese for $1.
You might know Two Blind Mice as a European restaurant, but did you know they also offer weekday breakfast?
The bacon and egg rolls are recommended by locals – they’ve got cheddar cheese, pickles and smokey barbecue sauce.
Other local cafés recommended for their bacon and egg rolls include:
Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services
The Northern Territory Police Force is calling for information in relation to five male youths that absconded from a supported accommodation in Alice Springs last night.
At 7:30pm, the five youths aged 14, 15, 16, 16 and 17, allegedly absconded from the accommodation and removed their electronic monitoring devices. Police were notified and were dispatched to the scene.
Around 4am this morning, the 14-year-old was located and arrested by police.
The other youths remain outstanding and are believed to be in the Alice Springs area.
Strike Force Viper have carriage of the investigation and are utilising extensive resources to locate the outstanding youths.
Police urge anyone with information regarding their whereabouts to contact police on 131 444, quoting reference number P25289074, or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Source: Australia Government Statements – Agriculture
28 October 2025
This notice is of interest to international vessel masters, shipping agents and importers of timber and timber products arriving from New Zealand.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) will commence its annual heightened surveillance regime for managing the risks posed by Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) beetles (Arhopalus ferus) on vessels and imported cargo…
Source: Australian Capital Territory Policing
27/10/25
The Victorian Government has opened the third and final round of the Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy grants program.
The program offers grants of up to $15,000 to support final year speech pathology and occupational therapy students to work in rural and regional Victoria following their graduation.
Over 400 grants are available to domestic and international graduates who commence work in regional or rural Victoria from 2024 to 2026.
The last round of applications is open for students who complete their studies in 2025.
Successful applicants are eligible to receive two instalments of $7,500. The first will support costs with relocation and settling into their new communities. The second will be paid if they remain employed in a regional, rural health or education setting after six months.
These grants are part of our commitment to strengthening allied health services in regional and rural areas to improve access to services for regional Victorians.
Applications close on 24 February 2026.
For more information on eligibility criteria and how to apply, see Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy Student Grant on the Victorian Government website.
Source: Australian Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry
Global ratings agency Fitch has reaffirmed Australia’s triple‑A credit rating.
This is another powerful endorsement of Labor’s responsible economic management.
We’ve made a lot of progress together on the economy and that progress has been acknowledged by the big ratings agencies.
It shows that under the Albanese Government, Australia has one of the best budgets in the G20.
In its latest report, Fitch acknowledged the government’s efforts in paying down Liberal debt, praised the government’s focus on boosting productivity and outlined the private sector recovery that was under way in Australia’s economy.
“Consumption will continue driving the recovery on the back of a still strong labour market and a steady improvement in real household incomes resulting from lower inflation, tax cuts, and declining debt service payments,” Fitch said.
“The government appears focused on productivity reforms after its re‑election in May 2025…
“Australia is likely to benefit from a larger role in critical mineral global supply chains, as signalled by its recent rare earths agreement with the US…”
We’ve turned two big Liberal deficits into two substantial Labor surpluses in our first two years, significantly reduced the deficit in our third year, and continued to pay down debt.
The Budget is $209 billion better over the three years to 2024–25 than the one we inherited.
Added together, our three Final Budget Outcomes have delivered a cumulative underlying cash balance of +$28 billion, compared with the more than −$181 billion we inherited.
The better fiscal position means gross debt in 2024–25 was $188 billion lower than the one left to us, avoiding over $60 billion in interest costs over the 11 years to 2032–33.
The budget is in much better nick because we’ve paid down almost $200 billion of Liberal debt, demonstrated spending restraint, overseen the creation of more than 1.1 million jobs and got real wages growing again.
While we’ve delivered a substantial budget improvement, we recognise that structural pressures are intensifying rather than easing and that’s why we’re taking decisive action to address some of the biggest spending pressures on the budget.
We’re delivering substantial reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme and aged care system, and we’re paying down Liberal debt which is saving us tens of billions of dollars in interest payments.
Australia is one of only nine countries to be rated AAA by all three major credit rating agencies and this was achieved for the first time under the last Labor government.
We are realistic about the challenges facing our economy including growing global uncertainty, but our AAA rating is further proof Australia is coming at these challenges from a position of genuine economic strength.
We’ve made real progress on productivity reform since our Roundtable in August and we’ll continue to do what we can to clean up the budget mess we inherited from the Coalition and to make our economy more productive and resilient.
Source: Australian Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry
Today the Albanese Government released the terms of reference for the Productivity Commission Inquiry into key factors that determine regional airfares.
Regional Australians deserve reliable air services at reasonable prices and that’s what this review is about.
That’s why in response to the Aviation White Paper, we tasked the Productivity Commission to look at regional airfares, including competition, pricing practices and whether profits along the supply chain are fair.
This will give state governments and the Commonwealth the nationally consistent data required to tackle the issue of regional airfares.
We know that safe, affordable and reliable air services are vital for regional and remote communities, not just for travel, but for access to healthcare, education and jobs.
More accessible regional airfares can help drive local economies, support tourism and boost productivity in regional Australia.
The Aviation White Paper found the average ticket price per kilometre was 52 per cent higher for flights involving regional airports than for flights between two capital cities.
Despite overall growth in passenger numbers, the number of regional routes fell from 458 to 291 between 1989 and 2021 and the number of remote routes fell from 264 to 163 in the same period. Many routes are now serviced by only one airline.
We have asked the Productivity Commission to hold public hearings and to invite submissions from the public.
The Productivity Commission will provide a final report in about 18 months’ time.
The terms of reference are available on the Productivity Commission website.
We look forward to the Commission’s recommendations on how we can make Australia’s regional aviation network more competitive, reliable and affordable.
Source: Ministers for the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced up to $4.96 million in funding for Nextracker to deploy its proprietary robotic solar construction and integrated tracker technologies across multiple solar farms, including the Goulburn River Solar Farm in New South Wales.
Delivered in partnership with solar developers and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors, this project represents a step forward in automating large-scale solar foundation installation and aims to reduce project risks and overall costs of delivering renewable energy projects in Australia.
ARENA CEO Darren Miller said the project highlights ARENA’s commitment to supporting innovative solutions that lower costs of installing large-scale solar farms.
“Ultra low-cost solar is not the solar we know today. Current solar PV technology is sufficiently mature and cost-effective to deploy at scale. However, much cheaper solar is vital to help to decarbonise create green export opportunities and support the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors.”
The project marks the introduction of Nextracker’s NX Earth Truss foundation solution, a proprietary solar tracker technology, to the Australian market.
Vice President and General Manager of Nextracker Australia Peter Wheale said Nextracker was excited to partner with Australia’s leading developers and EPCs to demonstrate its solar tracker and foundation solutions technology.
“Simplifying and optimising the most labour-intensive phase of solar construction for any soil or terrain condition is a real breakthrough. With over 10 GW of solar trackers already deployed in Australia, we’re excited to bring technology innovation that not only cuts costs and build time but also enables projects to succeed in sites that were previously too complex or costly to develop.”
Unlike traditional piling methods that require a multi-step installation process, NX Earth Truss foundations are installed in a single pass, significantly reducing construction timelines, labour, equipment requirements and ground disturbance. This technology innovation helps overcome barriers to large-scale solar development on hard soils and challenging terrain, making deployment more cost-effective, faster to build and sustainable to scale.
Nextracker’s technology is directly aligned with ARENA’s Ultra Low-Cost Solar (ULCS) strategy, which prioritises the reduction of balance of plant costs through advanced automation. By demonstrating the effectiveness of NX Earth Truss in the Australian market, the project will provide critical data and best practices to accelerate industry-wide adoption of integrated tracker and foundation installation.
Read more about our Ultra Low-Cost Solar priorities.
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Source: Mental Health Australia
Female bus drivers in Sydney’s west have access to dedicated toilets for the first time as the NSW Government begins to roll out almost $18 million in new break facilities at 34 locations across the city.
Improved rest facilities were a recommendation of Labor’s Bus Industry Taskforce which heard concerning stories of drivers taking buckets on the road with them and hundreds of drivers sharing a single portaloo in Parramatta for 15 years.
Read the full media release here (PDF, 155.93 KB).
Source: South Australia Police
Police are seeking public assistance to locate a vehicle of interest in the investigation into the murder of Chris Robertson.
The vehicle, a grey Mitsubishi Triton utility XTF976, was seen at the Lonsdale premises on Sunday 28 September – the day after Chris was last seen alive while celebrating with friends.
Major Crime detectives have spoken to the registered owner of the vehicle, who is not believed to be involved in the murder, and they are assisting with the investigation.
Major Crime Investigation Branch officer-in-charge Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke said the vehicle has not been seen since Chris was located on Tuesday 30 September.
“We are seeking information from anyone who knows who may have been using the vehicle at the time of Chris’ death and the current location of this vehicle,’’ he said.
“We believe it is likely the vehicle was used to transport Chris to 55 O’Sullivan’s Beach Road at Lonsdale on the morning of Sunday 28 September.
“Locating the vehicle is crucial to the investigation as it could provide valuable forensic evidence that will assist the investigation.’’
A post-mortem examination has revealed Chris Robertson died as a result of injuries received after being severely assaulted.
Det. Supt. Fielke said the murder investigation was following several significant lines of inquiry.
“As a result of investigations since Chris was found and information received via Crime Stoppers we have spoken to a number of witnesses and this has helped us piece together his movements between 27 September and 30 September,’’ he said.
’’We are confident there will be a resolution in this investigation, and I would urge anyone in a position to assist us to do so.’’
Police urge anyone with any information on the vehicle or any information about Mr Robertson’s murder to contact Crime Stoppers immediately on 1800 333 000 or report online at www.crimestopperssa.com.au
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