Good morning, Canberra. Summer has hit a few days early with a top of 34 degrees expected today. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.

'You can't be what you can't see': ACT to grow pathway for women in construction

Emma Sckrabei would like to see a world where a woman going into construction is not extraordinary, rather it's a norm. It's why she hopes a new program for high school students will attract more ACT women to the trades.

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Yowie Man: Namadgi's mystery stone wall

Subscriber only: A bushranger's fort or a boundary fence? Sometimes the most complex of mysteries turn out to be somewhat simple.

Why Cormann is not the right leader for the OECD

Subscriber only: The ideas he represents are not the ones a chief engine room of economic recovery needs, writes Jack Waterford.

McKellar closure shows need for water reform

Subscriber only: Something must be done about the exorbitant water fees our sports are forking out, writes David Polkinghorne.

War on a board: The endurance of chess

Almost half a century on from its zenith, chess has been thrust back into the mainstream spotlight, writes James Buckley.

Times Past

Trees were to become firewood if the National Capital Development Commission went ahead with its idea of giving Canberra a formal vista between City Hill and Capital Hill. On this day 51 years ago, The Canberra Times reported that 79, (then) 40-year-old trees growing down the middle of Commonwealth Avenue, would go under the axe.
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