Good morning, Canberra. It won't be as wet today but there's still a chance of showers as we head towards a top of 13 degrees. Here's today's headlines.

'A slap across the face': Why a 10-acre venue is allowed just 20 visitors

Subscriber only: The owners of the 10-acre Tulip Top Gardens in Bywong have been told by NSW Health they can only welcome 20 visitors at a time to abide by coronavirus restrictions.

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Any Charnze you could help him out: Stuart

Subscriber only: Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has challenged his team to give Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad a hand.

Here's an easy way to start a baby boom

Opinion: Babies and work do go together, but only with the right policy recipe, write Marian Baird and Daniel Dinale.

Canberra author's new kids' book a vote-winner

It may not sound like the most obvious choice for a kids' book but Canberran Krys Saclier's latest release is about preferential voting.

The red pill or the blue pill: a complex political matrix

Opinion: How a Biden government or a second Trump term deals with China will impact Australia significantly, writes Charlie Edel.

Times Past

Planes flying into Canberra were cancelled as an inch of rain fell on the city amid widespread snow in the region, The Canberra Times reported on this day 65 years ago in the midst of the atomic age. The Brindabella Ranges recorded the heaviest snow for three years on the third consecutive day of wild weather, while the worst blizzards in the Southern Alps for a decade meant two ambulances, a snowplough, a tractor and two bulldozers were needed to bring a seriously injured worker from Tumut to Cooma. READ MORE