Good morning, Canberra. We're in for another wet day with up to 25mm on the cards on the way to 17 degrees. Here's what's making news in the ACT today.

GP clinics split their operations to deal with COVID vaccine demand surge

The move is intended to allow doctors to administer vaccines to patients at risk of COVID, while keeping their doors open for other patients.

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Raiders hold on to drown Cronulla Sharks

If it wasn't for Chad Townsend's wayward kicking from the tee, the Raiders wouldn't have made it five wins in a row against Cronulla.

Should this man hold the power to end life on Earth?

Opinion: The UK has taken a good look at itself in the mirror and seen exactly what it wants to see, writes Nicholas Stuart.

Wheeler has injury fear as Monaro books spot in final

Subscriber: Monaro is through to next weekend's NSWCRL Country Championships final but the win could come at a major cost.

Canberra to host The Dismissal - again

Canberra will once again be the host of The Dismissal, but this time it's the world premiere of a Sydney Theatre Company production.

Times Past

Henry Lawson's The Loaded Dog, a humorous plot concerning three goldminers and their dog, and the consequences of leaving a bomb cartridge unattended, was brought to real life in an article featuring on the front page of The Canberra Times on this day 36 years ago. An unidentified golden retriever and four Department of Territories road workers narrowly escaped serious injury when a homemade "bomb" the dog had retrieved from the creek exploded on the road just seconds after he dropped it. READ MORE