Good morning, Canberra. After some early frost, we're expecting a partly cloudy day with a top of 18 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital.

Former chief minister Jon Stanhope says ACT jail an 'appalling failure'

Subscriber: Jon Stanhope claims the Labor Party and the Greens have lost their way in caring for the community's most vulnerable citizens.

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Containing the dragon: Australia-China relations

Subscriber: China watchers have never seen things so bad for the Sino-Australian relationship. What happens next, asks Karen Barlow.

Tim the Yowie Man: Bailed up in bushranger country

Subscriber: Braidwood's bushranger history and its struggle to maintain law and order are explored in a new exhibition.

We too must take our knee off the Aboriginal throat

Subscriber | Opinion: There are obvious parallels between events in the United States and those taking place here, writes Jack Waterford.

Happy 150th for prop, uni student and charity worker

Subscriber: Canberra Raiders star Ryan James celebrates a milestone on the field tonight, but off the field his work ethic is just as strong.

Times Past

The front page of The Canberra Times on this day 56 years ago took readers all the way from Weetangera to the concert of halls of London. It was there a young classically-trained pianist was taking Britain by storm. READ MORE