Good morning Canberra, we're looking at a top of around 21 degrees today, with more friendly firefighting conditions in NSW. Here's what's making news.
The much-maligned MCG centre square has passed its first test of the summer, with 10 wickets falling on Tuesday despite two rain delays.
Times Past
On this day in 1972, a survey provided a snapshot of the young cities progress and revealed the attitudes and priorities of Canberrans at the time, and it seems that generally, people were pretty happy. Of the two thousand residents surveyed, more than 80 per cent preferred the national capital to other major cities. Almost all of those surveyed were born outside of Canberra and around 60 per cent had been in the city for less than 10 years. READ MORE