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AM edition, Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Good morning, Canberra. We're expecting a partly cloudy day with a top of 24 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital.

ACT COVID-19 workers keen on Pfizer vaccine

Nurse Nikoletta Karagiannidis feels privileged to be among the first in the ACT who will get the COVID-19 jab.
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Drugged, drunk, speeding - or all three - in pandemic

Subscriber: Whether drug and alcohol affected, people just kept driving regardless through last year's pandemic.

Call for independent body to hear staffer complaints

The Liberal staffer who alleges she was raped in a ministerial office wants an independent body so staffers can make complaints.

Is the vaccine rollout working overseas?

Explainer: Almost 70 countries have begun to roll out a COVID-19 vaccine. So is it working and what problems have been encountered?

Comanchero bikie jailed for attack on home

Subscriber | Video: A bikie who shot up the home of a former chapter leader could be released from jail in three years.

Fears over Gungahlin pool repair time

Subscriber: All the tiles in the Gungahlin Leisure Centre's 50-metre pool will have to be replaced before it can reopen to swimmers.

Surge in student interest in arts degrees

Subscriber: Canberra universities have seen a surge in applications for arts and humanities degrees despite fees more than doubling this year.

Barnaby hijacks government bill for coal

Barnaby Joyce has hijacked his own government's bill to continue his campaign for coal-fired power.
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The television networks holding back the future

Opinion: If I offered you money for something, an offer you didn't have to accept, would you call it a grab, asks Peter Martin.

Why Brumbies star thinks Aussie rugby is on track

Subscriber: An Aussie championship has given the ACT Brumbies confidence that rugby union has turned the corner.

Great Scott's back after injury and legal dramas

Subscriber: Curtis Scott is out to show Canberra Raiders fans exactly why coach Ricky Stuart was so keen to bring him to the capital.

Fairy floss for breakfast? What a way to start day

Restuarant review: East Row Speciality Coffee is a great place to linger, enjoy that coffee, order a meal, and watch the world go by.

Hansen's chance 'just the tip of the iceberg'

Subscriber: An ACT Brumbies young gun has the chance to fill the shoes of a Wallabies flyer in the Super Rugby AU opener.

Times Past

Featuring on the front page of The Canberra Times on this day 45 years ago was a photograph of Mr Peter Ferrier, a Canberra bus driver, showing eight-year-old Adam Morris, of Turner Primary School, how to drive a bus. The purpose of Mr Ferrier's visit to the school was to encourage blind children to use buses for transportation.  
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