Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a slightly cooler Sunday with a top of 19 degrees in store for today. Here's what's making news in the capital.

Hams up, lobsters down: what to expect on the table this Christmas in Canberra

Canberrans could be trading ham for lobster this Christmas as bushfires and border closures send pork prices up, while trade tensions with China send seafood prices down.

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Is Christmas simply better as a kid?

Opinion: It's a time to make memories, even if they involve KFC, Olivia Newton-John, and some warm KB beer, writes Karen Hardy.

Thompson flags further Indigenous problems

Subscriber only: Joel Thompson's Aboriginal flag tattoo has the former Canberra Raider wondering whether he should have paid copyright for it.

Canberra's secret garden is coming up roses

The rose gardens at Old Parliament House are flourishing after our good year of rain, Megan Doherty discovers.

Can the Greens really 'build a better normal'?

Analysis: The Greens now make up a third of the ACT cabinet. But can they deliver what they promised, writes Daniella White.

Times Past

"It's terrible". "He looks doped". "It's a crime on the public purse". "Oh, come on". "Well, it looks a bit like him, I suppose". These were some of the reactions to a controversial new portrait of Governor General Sir John Kerr, according to the front page of The Canberra Times on December 6, 1978. READ MORE