Peter Brewer

It had all the ingredients for a major crash: heavy fog, low light, early morning, highway speeds - and the sudden appearance of a kangaroo.

A 35-year-old man has been charged and drugs, cash and stolen items have been seized following a traffic stop in Higgins on Monday night.

The ACT has extended its long, slow progress toward introducing offender-monitoring technology used interstate for years, allocating a further $214,000 to its feasibility study, funded by proceeds of crime.

But out of 405 inmates, there's only enough work for seven.

Police are investigating a third incident where a man was allegedly assaulted after he was lured to a location using a dating app used by gay men.

The sign in Latin above the door to the Canberra Hospital mortuary reads: Mortui Vivos Docent It means "the dead teach the living".