Good morning Canberra. We're in for a sunny start to autumn with a top of 32 degrees forecast today. Here's what's making news in the capital.

Wine not? Salvaging a shocking summer

Subscriber only: Canberra region wineries are getting creative to supplement their income after smoke tainted grapes led to many having to scrap plans for a 2020 vintage.

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Jack's back. And so are the Raiders after trial win

Subscriber only: It might only be a trial, but geez Jack Wighton looked good in yesterday's win against the Bulldogs in Port Macquarie.

Why you shouldn't judge so quickly on social media

Opinion: Things need context as there is no room for mistakes in 'cancel culture', and that just breeds toxicity, writes Lucy Bladen.

Epoupa tasked with quieting former Caps hero

Subscriber only: There's no shutting Leilani Mitchell down in a WNBL decider, but you can match her with one of the world's best.

Lessons learnt from the horror of 2015

Five years on from the four murders that brought domestic violence to Canberra's attention, Kim Le Lievre looks at what's changed.

Times Past

Professor Donald Mathewson, the director of the Stromlo Observatory, remarked on the coincidence of the return of Halley's Comet during the Canberra Festival, after previously appearing above the city in the year it was surveyed. Comet fever was building up, The Canberra Times reported on this day 34 years ago, and the paper was to print a daily guide to the comet and how to see it in the sky above the capital.
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