New cemeteries are dead space, the ACT government has warned, as it moves forward with a proposal to start recycling graves. The government has released a survey asking Canberrans how they feel about the option of renewable tenure, as it looks to build a new cemetery in the city's south. A discussion paper released alongside the survey said the ACT's current model for cemeteries was "unsustainable in the long term". Katie Burgess has the story. $1 billion: The high price of dodgy building work in the ACT

Masters Builders Association of the ACT chief executive Michael Hopkins said dodgy construction work had cost the ACT economy almost $1 billion in the past eight years. Credit:Dion Georgopoulos Dodgy construction work has cost the ACT economy almost $1 billion in the past eight years, an industry group has estimated, as it calls for an urgent fix to the territory's "building quality problem". The Master Builders Association of the ACT says the territory government's failure to act on repeated calls to tighten building regulation has caused significant financial and emotional stress for industry and the wider community. The ACT government has acknowledged the high price of poor construction work in the capital, but said it was introducing reforms which would lift standards. Dan Jervis-Bardy reports.

Canberra is the city most at risk of an earthquake Lake George is the site of one of Australia's most active faults Credit:Jamila Toderas Canberra is the capital city at highest risk of an earthquake, because of its proximity to one of Australia’s most active faults, at Lake George. Sally Pryor reports while a quake is unlikely in our lifetime, senior seismologist at Geoscience Australia Trevor Allen said it always paid to be prepared.

'Mum, I can't reach!': Canberra invention could save parents' sanity Peta Stammell in front of The Toggler, which acts as a light switch extender for children or adults. Credit:Dion Georgopoulos 'Mum, I need the light on!' It's a sentence that rings out across Canberra households daily. But consider this: we train our children to use the toilet on their own, only to have to turn the bathroom light off for them once the flushing is complete. Two Canberra sisters, who both have dwarfism and thus "have problems that a lot of young kids have, just due to size", have invented a product called The Toggler that allows children to turn on their own bedroom and bathroom lights. Simple. And yet, there's nothing on the market like it.

Bree Winchester writes. ANU professor wins Australia's top prize for science Professor Kurt Lambeck, winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Science, at Parliament House on Wednesday. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen A professor at the Australian National University has won the country's most prestigious science prize for his work on the way the earth changes shape in subtle but highly important ways. Emeritus Professor Kurt Lambeck, who has been at the ANU since 1977, is globally recognised for his work to reveal how the earth changes shape every second and has done so since the dawn of time.

Steve Evans has the story. Today's cartoon The Canberra Times editorial cartoon October 18. Credit:David Pope Today's weather