Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a wet, wintry day with a strong chance of between 15mm and 30mm of rain. Here's what's making news in the capital.

Year 12 students respond to uni fee overhaul

Subscriber only: Canberra's Year 12 students were sitting exams on Friday as Federal education minister Dan Tehan announced an overhaul to university fees that could profoundly impact their choices next year.

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Crowd return gives Manuka a Giant hope

Subscriber only: The ACT government and GWS Giants are speaking about spring-time AFL at Manuka Oval.

Justice is just impossible with secret trials

Subscriber only: The line between threatening national security and embarrassing politicians is becoming blurred, writes Jack Waterford.

W-League competition needs to be As One, too

Subscriber only: All eyes will be on Australia and New Zealand when FIFA picks the winning bid on Thursday. And rightly so.

Canberra's impromptu air shows of the 1940s

Subscriber only: Tim the Yowie Man: Stan Goodhew remembers a time when the skies came alive with the roar of foreign aircraft.

Times Past

"Free Willie!" was the headline on the front page of The Canberra Times on this day in 1977. Or at least it could have been if someone had had the foresight to build a time machine and travel back from cinemas around the country in 1993 to see Willie the Whale, an inflatable sperm whale sent out to protest whaling ahead of the International Whaling Commission meeting the following day. More than 200 people attended the protest, carrying the 14-metre long whale down to Lake Burley Griffin to make a statement. The next day, the IWC was set to hear allegations Japan was using loopholes to avoid regulations on whale sizes and protected species. READ MORE