Good morning, Canberra. After a morning frost we're in for a mostly sunny day with a top of 14 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital.

Canberrans receive Queen's Birthday nods

Michael Banyard, Rosanna Kobiela-Horn, Margaret McRae Cornwell and Professor Bruce Chapman were among the Canberrans recognised.

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'We played like children tonight': Raiders coach

Subscriber only: Ricky Stuart didn't miss his team after they were thoroughly outplayed by 34-18 by the Newcastle Knights on Sunday.

It's this simple: lions don't belong in zoos

Opinion: No matter how you try to justify it, it's not natural for wild animals to live in captivity, writes Laura Weyman-Jones.

What to do in Canberra this Queen's Birthday

Struggling for some ideas on how to spend your second successive Monday off in the nation's capital? Here are a few tips.

ACT brigadier honoured for military, rowing work

A retired brigadier in the Australian Defence Force has been made a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Times Past

Dominating the front page of The Canberra Times 43 years ago were three pictures of an ACT police traffic supervisor's car equipped with its new $2800 Crash-Lite. The powerful beacon floodlight, fitted on the roof on the ACT police traffic-division supervisor's patrol car, was able to illuminate a radius of up to 16 metres and elevate itself above the roof of the vehicle by about three metres. READ MORE