Good morning Canberra. Unfortunately the wind and dust is back today with a top temperature of 20 degrees. Here's what's making headlines in the capital.

$1billion of interest-free loans, cash for roads unveiled in drought stimulus

A bush stimulus package including concessional loans for small businesses and money for community infrastructure projects will be unveiled on Thursday.

Sport

'It's just beautiful': Langer backs Manuka deal

Justin Langer loves Manuka Oval and if the Australia coach had his way it would become a permanent part of the cricketing landscape.

Cavalry clean up with Hoover signing

JJ Hoover has 290 games of Major League experience in his arm and he'll be busting that arm for Canberra trying to get back there.

Caps prepare to take down golden girl

Paul Goriss means it in the nicest possible way when he says former Capitals title-winner Leilani Mitchell is a "pain in the arse".

Charley hopes USA follows Australia

Canberra United import Simone Charley says the FFA's move towards pay parity for the Matildas and Socceroos is an amazing step.

Times Past

The long-distance aviation question many are asking themselves is how the heck they'd cope with a non-stop flight from Sydney to London or New York. The question being asked on the front page on this day in 1928 was how soon such a trip could be done by airship. The world was caught up in the excitement of luxury trans-continental flight by airship during the late 1920s, and no more so than after the Graf Zeppelin completed its return trans-Atlantic trip and landed back in Germany. READ MORE