Supporters of the Bali nine pair are overcome with emotion at a candlelight vigil as their executions are carried out. Photo: James Brickwood
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Eight prisoners, including Bali nine organisers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, have been executed in Indonesia.
The executions were carried out at 12.35am local time (3.35am AEST) on Nusakambangan prison island. But it took up to 27 minutes for all the prisoners to die, with a spokesman for the Attorney-General Tony Spontana saying they were "shot at 00.35 and died at 01.02."
The ninth condemned prisoner, Filipina maid Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, was given a last-minute reprieve from the firing squad.
A decision to prevent the Australian men from seeing their pastors in their final hours was overturned late last night. However, the pastors were not allowed to accompany them during the execution itself.
- "We stand with you" was the message Canberrans wanted to send to Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran as they held a vigil outside the Indonesian embassy in Yarralumla on Tuesday night. The grim outlook for the Australian death-row pair did not stop about 30 people who clutched candles as they made a last-gasp plea for Indonesian president Joko Widodo to stop the planned executions.
- Suburbs in the inner south are home to the ACT's highest earners and Canberrans are the nation's most charitable earners, Tax Office data has revealed.
- The Australian National University has topped the country for the number of top-ten globally ranked subjects in the latest and largest ever university league table.
- The controversial "stop the boats" policy of the Abbott government is in the sights of public servants in the Immigration and Customs departments as they move toward a strike over pay and conditions.
- Plans to flatten the landscape to allow a big extension of Yarralumla to the south appear "shameful and irresponsible", the Walter Burley Griffin Society says, calling on the ACT Land Development Agency to say precisely how much land it intends to carve off the ridges near Government House.
- An at-risk inmate was moved out of crisis support and left alone in an isolated, dangerously designed ward before he took his own life in the ACT's overcrowded prison, an inquest has heard.
- The Greens' Shane Rattenbury is not happy at the deal reached with the clubs sector for a voluntary code of practice on eftpos machines in clubs, saying they are clearly designed to get around withdrawal limits from automatic teller machines.
- The Australian embassy in Kathmandu has been transformed into an "Anzac Camp" for those stranded by the Nepal earthquake.
Canberra Raiders player Jordan Rapana shows off his swollen face. He had scans for a suspected fractured cheekbone on Tuesday. Photo: Rohan Thomson
Canberra winger Jordan Rapana says he's not a diver, and the unlucky Raiders flyer has medical scans to prove it.
Rapana will see a specialist on Wednesday for a suspected fractured cheekbone, which could potentially sideline him for up to eight weeks.
- Canberra's premier sporting teams want to bring an afternoon at the footy back to the nation's capital in a bid to boost waning crowds.
- Australian Wallabies veteran Ben Alexander will consider using his right to play overseas without sacrificing his Test ambitions, describing the ARU's eligibility backflip as a "smart move" to reward experienced players.
- It's the biggest rivalry in Australian rugby with Wallabies battles, lingering tension from homophobic slurs and 20 years of hatred, but Israel Folau says the NSW Waratahs-ACT Brumbies derby doesn't come close to a State of Origin cauldron.
There will be night time roadworks on Fairbairn Avenue and Morshead Drive due to construction works related to the Majura Parkway project.
Road closures will now be in place between 6.30pm and 5am each night until 5am Saturday.
Fairbairn Avenue will be closed between the Northcott Drive roundabout and Majura Road. Morshead Drive will be closed between Fairbairn Avenue and Pialligo Avenue.
Work has also started on a series of road safety improvements on Yamba Drive in Mawson, O'Malley, Farrer and Isaacs.
Drive safely on your Wednesday morning commute and let us know if you see any traffic problems on the roads, via @canberratimes but only when its safe to do so.
Marzena Wasikowska will discuss her photograph in the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2015, A study of history, myth and identity, at the National Portrait Gallery tonight. Free event, visit npg.gov.au.
The Perception Deception show at Questacon at 11am will explore how we perceive the world around us. The Trickle Down show will examine the explosive science of the liquid of life - water and the Murray-Darling Basin.
Katy Larkin is gearing up for her performance in The Crucible. Photo: Jay Cronan
Canberra Repertory Society's latest production, Arthur Miller's 1953 play The Crucible, will open on May 1.
The classic American play, directed by Jordan Best, will feature performances from local theatrical talents Duncan Ley and Lexi Sekuless.
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Artist John Olsen at the National Gallery of Australia for Betty Churcher's memorial service in Canberra on Tuesday. Photo: Graham Tidy
Betty Churcher brought countless people on an artistic journey, from prime ministers and artists, to gallery-goers and art novices, infecting everyone with her enthusiasm.
This was the main message that shone through the many words spoken at Ms Churcher's memorial service on Tuesday, where the former director of the National Gallery of Australia was remembered as a cultural icon and a pioneer for women everywhere.
Today: Mostly sunny. Light winds. Min 3, max 17.
Thursday: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers. Min 5, max 18.
Friday: Possible shower. Min 7, max 18.
Saturday: Cloudy and a shower or two. Min 10, max 19.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. Possible shower. Min, 9, max 20.