Canberra building company Banyan Constructions is placed into liquidation with debts of more than $21 million, as industry figures worry about the secondary collapse of companies which were owed money.

More than 260 creditors were owed debts by the building company, with some owed in excess of $1 million.

A strata law firm says homeowners might have been misled about their rights to compensation for construction defects.

The completion of the new facility has been thrown into jeopardy.

Tougher policies and a ramp-up in police enforcement are flagged to address drink driving.

Police are looking into whether NSW Police Minister David Elliott broke the law, after a photo surfaced of him firing a submachine gun at a rifle range for prison officers.