Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a partly cloudy day with a slight chance of rain and a top of 25 degrees forecast. Here's what's making headlines.
Canberra train driver John Kennedy has been named as one of the two people killed when a train travelling from Sydney to Melbourne derailed on Thursday.
A 40-year-old letter reveals how a Polish family hid two escaped Canberran prisoners of war. The writer wants to find their families.
Times Past
On this day 45 years ago, The Canberra Times reported that about 1000 blocks of serviced residential land, worth about $6 million, were lying idle awaiting allocation by the Department of the Capital Territory. The stockpile was expected to increase by about 40 blocks, or almost $250,000, a month until Australia's economic situation improved or Canberra's land development program was slowed. The pool service land was built up over the past few months as supply of new blocks had outstripped demand for the first time in 15 years. READ MORE
