Good morning, Canberra. There's more rain on the way today with a top temperature of 14 degrees. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.

Taking back the power: What does a female majority in the ACT Legislative Assembly mean?

The 14 women who take up their roles as MLAs will do so when Australia is fighting its way out of a recession that has had an outsized effect on women.

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How the Raiders made Lee grand-final ready

Subscriber only: He's the newly crowned Dally M medallist and now Jack Wighton's brilliance has played a role for the Melbourne Storm.

Why not have a very Canberra advice column?

I've got a crush on a guy but he's only an ASO5 and I'm an acting EL1, what should I do? These are the questions
Karen Hardy could answer.

The fighter walking 500km inside a hotel room

Subscriber only: Canberra Muay Thai fighter Josh Tonna had just lost his title shot. But rather than wallow in despair, he had a charitable idea.

The future's so bright for Wil Anderson

The former UC student returns to host a talkfest about the future to celebrate the University of Canberra's 30th anniversary.

Times Past

"Not misplaced - but premature, perhaps" was the way one army officer described Canberra's newest pedestrian crossing at Russell in 1969. An article on the front of The Canberra Times on this day 51 years ago featured the crossing, which ran from a soaking-wet lawn at one side of the road to a roughly 10-foot-high bank on the other. In the space of five minutes, The Canberra Times' reporter saw three pedestrians get drenched on the lawn among all the sprinklers. READ MORE