AM edition, Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Good morning Canberra. We've got another day of showers (hopefully) with a small chance of a thunderstorm. Here's what's making news today.

The debate starts: how to treat Namadgi National Park after bushfire

With the big fire in the Namadgi National Park barely tamed, a fierce debate has been sparked over the park's future.

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Sport

Wighton a different beast a year on from switch

Subscriber only: Imagine what the Canberra Raiders' five-eighth can do going into the season full of confidence.

Why fans turned their back on Brumbies and rugby

If winning fixes everything, why are the stands still empty when the ACT Brumbies run on to Canberra Stadium?

Jackson wants action on women in coaching

Subscriber only: Basketball legend Lauren Jackson says there's still a massive underrepresentation of female leaders in sport.

Kuridrani backs Brumbies to continue fast starts

Subscriber only: The chance to create history and prove doubters wrong has sparked the ACT Brumbies' 2020 campaign.

Times Past

Reports of wild weather causing chaos made front page news on this day in 1959. The Canberra Times reported that almost every suburb of Canberra had flooded due to recent storm activity. Police alerted fire crews and ambulance officers at the height of the storm, predicting mayhem and emergency situations throughout Canberra. Visibility on the roads was extremely poor with motorists forced to abandon flooded cars and wade through the floodwaters to higher ground. READ MORE