Good morning Canberra. What a difference a week makes - last Saturday's searing heat has been replaced by a rainy 20-degree day. Here's the news.

The monster from the south: How the Orroral Valley fire grew

Analysis: The ACT's first threatening blaze since the awfulness of 2003 began simply and unintentionally.

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'Special' Lolesio helps Brumbies quell Rebels

Maybe we'll look back in 10 years and remember this as the night Noah Lolesio announced his arrival to the rugby world.

Still wrapped in love, 17 years after the firestorm

Emily Rooney, who received a quilt after the Canberra firestorm, is now making blankets for victims of this summer's devastating bushfires.

NRL proves that speaking out can spark change

Subscriber only: Think about the lyrics to Advance Australia Fair and you can find fault in the second line, writes Caden Helmers.

Aussie expat kids raise fire funds in Washington

Kids from Canberra and Queanbeyan on a posting to Washington with their parents have raised bushfire relief funds by selling Aussie 'candy'.

Times Past

A snap announcement would set off a turbulent campaign in the election that was dubbed "unloseable" for Liberal leader John Hewson. The Canberra Times reported on its front page 27 years ago today that Prime Minister Paul Keating had called an election for March 13, five weeks away. "Ten years is long enough," Dr Hewson said. "I think most people feel that time is up for Labor." However, he was proven quite wrong five weeks later. READ MORE