Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a partly cloudy day with a top of 28 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital this Sunday.

Canberra tradies kept busy with lockdown home improvement projects

With overseas travel off the cards for the foreseeable future, Canberrans were spending their disposable income on renovations and home improvements, making 2020 many tradies' busiest year ever.

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How do we fix a problem like Canberra Hospital?

Opinion: The concrete and glass are the easy parts. It's people that make complex institutions work, writes Jenny Stewart.

Maradona's loss felt all the way to Canberra

Subscriber only: Former Cooma coach Gaby Wilk met Diego Maradona when they were 12, forging a lifelong bond.

Seeing green: How plants make life more beautiful

Relax: People are appreciating, not just how beautiful plants look, but also how nurturing a garden can be quite therapeutic.

How Ricky Stuart can help improve the NRL

Subscriber only: Ricky Stuart and Graham Annesley were worlds apart in 2020. Now they could sit together on the NRL's innovations committee.

Times Past

Is THIS a recession? These were the words splashed across the front page of The Canberra Times on November 29, 1990 as Australia geared up for Treasure Paul Keating's report on September quarter figures. "The long-running argument about whether or not Australia is in a technical recession will be settled today," political correspondent Tony Wright wrote. READ MORE