Good morning, Canberra. It's another good day for a sleep-in under the covers after an overnight low of -2 degrees. Here's what's making news today.

'Racism is a pandemic, too'

Hundreds of Canberrans knelt for nine minutes on the lawns of Parliament House in the city's second successive day of Black Lives Matter protests.

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A glimmer of hope for crowds in Canberra

Canberra Stadium could open the gates and create a "dirty zone" for fans in time for the ACT Brumbies' season relaunch.

ACT's unsung heroes of the coronavirus pandemic

A dedicated group of Canberra medicos have continued to care for some of the city's most vulnerable people during the pandemic.

Nothing can stop the Raiders' Viking clap

Subscriber only: Canberra is doing everything they can to make Campbelltown Stadium feel like "home" against the Knights.

Driver Henry tale reveals guerilla warfare complexity

Focus: In this edited extract from his book Kill the Major, Paul Malone writes about the complexity of war.

Times Past

Making news in Canberra on this day in 1968 was a story of a little girl who became an accidental fire starter, who was lucky to have escaped unharmed. Two-year-old Catherine had been left in the car by her mother while at the Hughes shopping centre, when she found a box of matches in her mother's bag and started the fire. Her mother rushed from a nearby shop when she saw smoke coming from the car and dragged Catherine to safety. The fire caused serious damage to the inside of the car. Thankfully, Catherine was alright and both her and her mother were treated for shock by a doctor. READ MORE