Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a cloudy day with a top of 26 degrees to start the week. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.

Blood, syringes, 'snitches get stitches': Public housing residents fear for their lives

Subscriber: Vulnerable residents at an inner-city public housing complex say the place is littered with blood, used syringes and squatters.

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The sublime island of Tom Brady's success

Subscriber: In a landscape as fierce and ever-humbling as the NFL, Tom Brady finds ways to avoid being swept up in his own success.

Barr's big COVID budget: what you need to know

Explainer: Chief Minister Andrew Barr will hand down the 2020-21 ACT budget on Tuesday, about eight months after it was due.

Cousins United in dream W-League bid

Subscriber: Ivana Galic reckons she might have only seen her cousin Bianca three or four times a year when they were growing up.

Are our charity op shops getting too high-end?

Opinion: A reader was shocked to see a "crappy" dining suite for sale for $800 at his local Salvos, writes Megan Doherty.

Times Past

The Canberra Times' gift to the city was first turned on 42 years ago. Dominating the front page was the story of the Canberra Times Fountain. What began as a concept built of pieces of fencing wire and plumbing in the Lane Cove studio of Sydney artist Bob Woodward, is today a modernistic, stainless steel water sculpture. READ MORE