Good morning, Canberra. We've got a top of 23 degrees today ready to welcome us to the weekend. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.

More fires, rising sea and extreme heat: Climate report predictions

The CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology have released their latest State of the Climate report and it shows extreme weather events are on the rise.

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Dark clouds over the environment debate

Explainer: The coming change in Washington has fired up the debate in Canberra. What does "net zero emissions" mean and how we get it?

Wighton learns how hard it is to win in Queensland

Subscriber only: Jack Wighton loves making it hard for himself. Which is why he knows better than most how tough Lang Park Origin is.

Canberra Capitals' injury crisis hits the Ruef

Subscriber only: The Canberra Capitals' injury crisis is threatening to hit breaking point ahead of back-to-back WNBL matches.

Tiny's shooting a movie in the Canberra suburbs

Charity impresario Goran "Tiny" Srejic is directing his first feature film, The Choice, and his house in Melba has become a film set.

Times Past

The front page of The Canberra Times on this day in 1963 described a fight between two rival groups, the "Surfies" and "Rockers" and a spoiled youth dance. The "City Stomp Dance" organiser, Leo Heimburger, accused "Rockers" of intentionally ruining the dance held at the YWCA hall, which he ended early at 10pm due to brawls.
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