Good morning, Canberra. After a morning frost and an overnight low of minus 1, we're in for a top of 14 degrees today. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.
Watch: Jackie French is extraordinary. She is one of Australia's most successful writers - and she's dyslexic. She's also an honorary wombat (part-time, she says).
Emergency services: The Emergency Services Agency has abandoned its long-running $6.6 million project to combine its communication centre across the ACT's fire and ambulance services.
Crime: Inmates at Canberra's jail will have easier access to condoms and water-based lubricants but hopes of a "modest" multi-purpose industry centre to curb acute boredom have been shunned by the ACT government.
Energy: Canberra households rushed to get their applications in for 10-year interest-free government-backed loans for rooftop solar systems this week, before the eligibility was tightened.
Good news: A birthday party was held on Friday afternoon for Hannah Deveson, who early last month fought off a bout of COVID with nothing more than extra oxygen as needed - and then turned the grand age of 103.
Sport: Nathan Lyon entered Ashes folklore by hopping out of the Lord's Pavilion and batting on one leg, helping Australia to finish the day needing six wickets to win the second Test.
Sport: A multimillion-dollar investment is poised to revive netball courts across Canberra and halt fears associations would have to start turning players away.
