| Good morning, Canberra. There's a high chance of showers today as we head towards a top temperature of 29 degrees. Here are today's top stories. |
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| Life is returning to the Namadgi National Park even as endless acres of it remain a forest of blackened charcoal. |
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| The journalism you trust to keep you connected |
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| The head of the Prime Minister's Department, Phil Gaetjens, has broken his silence on the sports grants scandal plaguing the govt. |
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| When Dawn Waterhouse first laid eyes on this painting of the Sydney Building in Civic, she knew straight away she was one of the figures in it. |
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| At first, Aria Shelton thought there was something wrong with her insoles. The real problem was scarier, and scalier than she thought. |
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| Fyshwick could be shrugging off the shackles of its porn-and-fireworks stereotype and reinventing itself as the home of a vintage lovers' trail. |
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| The University of Canberra has asked about 380 students still in China to defer their studies for semester one. |
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| Linda Lau of Jimmy's Place in Dickson said in 18 years of trade this had been the "worst time". |
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| Red dress on, Ginger Gorman has been prepping madly in readiness to lead a conversation with literary legend Margaret Atwood in the ACT. |
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| Subscriber only: I hope you believe me when I say there are many more reasons to be excited about what's to come for rugby. |
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| Amid the cool, industrial-feel, Brooklyn vibe of the Kingsborough development in Kingston is a striking nod to the history of Canberra. |
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| Subscriber only: Marathon great fires shot at "self-serving" executives chewing up a huge chunk of Australian sport's budget. |
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| | Times Past Drought was biting very hard in the region on this day in 1968. A four-year-old Ian Brooke, of Gundagai, stood on a post looking out over the cracked surface of a fast disappearing Burrinjuck Dam. Graziers in the Yass were facing financial disaster, losing stock and being forced to hand feed and cart water. George Johnson, who had a 1400-acre property not far out of town, said: "It's the worst season I have had in 42 years. In my opinion, people are not realising the full seriousness of the situation. READ MORE
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