Good morning, Canberra. We're expecting a bit of rain today and a top temperature of just 10. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.

Finally, hope is in sight for Gina to come home

When the government started telling Australians to come home at the start of the pandemic, Canberra charity worker Gina De Ruytor made plans to leave the Philippines. That’s when her nightmare months-long ordeal started.

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What should we expect this bushfire season?

Explainer: While the start of the bushfire season has not come with the same ferocity as 2019, authorities are warning against complacency.

Stuart cops fine, regrets slip in standards

Subscriber only: Ricky Stuart says he let down his own standards when he threw a water bottle out of the coaching box window.

Does your boss trust you to work from home?

Opinion: The desire to work from home will be curtailed if productivity drops - and if management provides poor support, writes Jenna Price.

Brumbies bolster John I Dent Cup contenders

Subscriber only: The race to the John I Dent Cup is about to be blown wide open as a raft of Super Rugby AU champions return to club rugby.

Times Past

A photo of John Nicholls, 17, showing him conducting the Melrose High School orchestra, appeared on the front page of The Canberra Times on this day in 1975. Lunch time shoppers at Woden Plaza formed the audience for the premiere of an orchestral composition conducted by its composer when the Melrose High School Orchestra, under the baton of sixth former (year 12) John Nicholls, from Torrens, played Variations on a Theme by Rossini. The orchestra played in the Palm Court of the Plaza as part of the plaza's second birthday celebrations and as a contribution to Child Care Week in Canberra.
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