Good morning Valued Subscriber,
Lap swimmers will have something to think about when they go to polling booths with Labor pledging a new public swimming pool to be built at Commonwealth Park. Jasper Lindell reports the pledge is for detailed designs for an aquatic park, including a 50-metre pool and splash park, that would be completed in the first half of the next term if Labor is re-elected.
An ACT coroner has expressed his condolences to the families of two teenage girls killed as passengers of a high-speed car crash, but made no major findings about the tragic case. Tim Piccione reports on the finding of the inquest into the deaths of friends Claire Sankey and Susi Kopysiewicz, who were 15 and 14 respectively, when a drunk teenage driver crashed a Toyota Camry at 200kmh on the Monaro Highway while trying to show off. Our old site in Fyshwick will come alive to the sound of dance music instead of the old rumble of printing presses this weekend. Three years after The Canberra Times moved from Fyshwick to Civic, Megan Doherty reports on a musical festival taking place there this weekend. In Panorama today, Steve Evans looks on the bright side of life with Eric Idle, while in Forum Lucy Baden asks if the repeated cost blunders and integrity questions will hurt ACT Labor at the ballot box. Today's weather could see some showers in the late afternoon and evening but with only up to 2mm predicted. The temperature should reach 18 degrees. Have a great weekend. John-Paul Moloney, managing editor | 