Good morning, Canberra. It looks like we're in for a mostly sunny day with a top of 26 degrees. Here are today's top headlines.

Blanche on Bob, Canberra and their life together

Subscriber only: Bob Hawke may have been a man of the world, but he always loved Canberra, his widow Blanche d'Alpuget says.

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Brumbies stars to rest less after policy change

Subscriber only: Rugby Australia will let Super Rugby clubs take charge of player workloads after binning controversial Wallabies rule.

Now is not the time for keeping mum about Scott

Subscriber only: We can empathise with victims while arguing climate inaction causes more severe fires, writes Jack Waterford.

'It's been a while': Comets relive the glory days

Sport: The sight of a former Canberra Comets batsman at St Edmunds College cricket training has been a timely one.

Bunk down among vines at Lake George winery

Subscriber only: Tim the Yowie Man soaks in the views from a tiny house at Lake George Winery.

Times Past

Oops. On this day in 1976 a red-faced ACT police force was admitting it had misplaced two revolvers. Deputy commissioner Reg Kennedy wouldn't say officially what had happened, but the newspaper's sources said the two weapons had gone missing after a high-speed chase that ended up in a Wanniassa Street. Nearby residents said the police had entered the house by the window but didn't have their guns with them. Someone it seemed decided to pick them up from where they'd left them and hightail it. Two days later the guns were recovered and a 23-year-old was charged with larceny. READ MORE