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AM edition, Friday, February 21
Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a partly cloudy day with a top of 27 degrees predicted. Here's what's making news in the capital today.

Multicultural Festival stall with 220kg of spuds

Every fridge at Canberra's Czechoslovak Australian Association is filled with potatoes, all in preparation for this weekend's National Multicultural Festival. 

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Canberra Airport set for more overseas flights

More direct flights to China and New Zealand from the capital could be on the cards by 2028, as Canberra Airport looks to grow.

Bikie crime in the ACT overstated: report

Outlaw motorcycle gang members commit less than 1 per cent of reported crimes in the ACT, a new report claims.

Mr Fluffy homes a 'target' under new laws 

Proposed laws forcing Mr Fluffy owners to display management plans for asbestos outside their homes may make them a target for vandals.

Jobs surge in Canberra, drop elsewhere in Oz

New figures point to a booming ACT job market, with both growth in job ads and a fall in the unemployment rate bucking the national trend.

Two dead in Sydney to Melbourne train derailment

The Sydney to Melbourne XPT has derailed in Victoria, with at least two passengers dead and a nearby truck stop used as a triage area.

Accused soccer club fraudster granted bail

A former Gungahlin soccer president will have to keep his distance from the premises while he is on bail facing 108 embezzlement charges.

Sport

Bateman kneeds more time for frustrating injury

Subscriber only: Injured Raider Luke Bateman has the perfect tonic to ensure he hasn't gotten down in the dumps.

Griffin reignites her Olympic Games dream

Subscriber only: Kelsey Griffin could abandon her Opals ambitions to reignite her dream of winning Olympic Games gold.

Manuka Oval helps Erin's T20 World Cup fire Burn

Subscriber only: Manuka Oval was a stepping stone to the World Cup. Now Erin Burns hopes to play a part there against Bangladesh.

Illness a mump in the road for Brumby Irae

Subscriber only: Irae Simone felt it before he saw it. So he made the call to the ACT Brumbies' doctor, then coach Dan McKellar.

Times Past

Canberrans lauded a visit by polar explorer, Lincoln Ellsworth, on this day in 1936, a month after he was involved in a dramatic rescue. During a trans-Antarctic flight, Mr Ellsworth's plane was forced to land four times before it ultimately ran out of fuel, stranding he and his passengers. Australia, among other countries, came to the explorer's aid using it's nearby ship, the "Discovery". Mr Ellsworth came to the national capital in February 1936 to thank the government for its rescue efforts. A story on the front page of The Canberra Times described the explorer as a "hero".  READ MORE
 
 
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