Good morning, Canberra. It could be another wet one today with a steamy top of 30 degrees predicted. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.

The document that helped guide Australia through the COVID-19 pandemic response

ACT Australian of the Year Brendan Murphy chose his dog-eared and coffee-stained copy of Australia's pandemic plan to display in the National Museum.

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Capitals blocked out by Boomers in semi-final

Subscriber: Canberra's quest for a third-straight WNBL championship is over after succumbing to the Melbourne Boomers last night.

Police expect rise in shoplifting this Christmas

A number of uniformed and plain-clothed police will be targeting shopping centres right across the territory ahead of Christmas.

Golden gift marks Botanic Gardens' anniversary

Wattle you get for the garden that has it all? How about 50 golden wattle trees for the National Botanic Gardens' golden anniversary.

Diamond in the rough: Big netball plans for ACT

Subscriber: Netball ACT's new boss has outlined his blueprint, which includes producing Canberra's first home-grown international.

Times Past

A seismograph in a child's bedroom in Kambah was the first to detect a massive earthquake in the Philippines, The Canberra Times reported on this day 31 years ago. The seismograph belonged to eight-year-old Kenrick Leiba, the son of a research scientist at the Australian Seismological Centre, Dr Marion Leiba. READ MORE