The 12 kilometre tram line from Gungahlin to the city will cost ACT taxpayers $939 million in today's dollars, including operations, capital and financing.
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- The poorest public service pensioners are bearing the brunt of the government's $465 million cuts to their income payments, new official figures reveal.
- Treasurer Scott Morrison has denied there is a black hole of as much as $35 billion in the government's own claim that Labor has a $67-billion, four-year black hole in its budget costings.
- Truck drivers will not collect rubbish from homes and businesses in the inner-north on Friday as they continue to campaign for better pay and conditions.
- A Canberra couple are recovering and reflecting on a difficult and emotionally testing summit of Mount Everest, just days after an Australian academic died from altitude sickness.
- A plea from the Human Rights Commission for the Coalition government to relent on its hard line on specific domestic violence leave for public servants has been rejected.
- A man who slashed a woman's throat with a machete in a violent rampage in Canberra's north spent four years at an immigration detention centre and had been in the midst of a family dispute, a court heard.
- In sport: Canberra Raiders back rower Josh Papalii was named on the bench in the Queensland side for Origin I.
- ACT Brumbies prop Scott Sio believes Tevita Kuridrani's battle with Israel Folau for the Wallabies No.13 jersey will bring out the best in his teammate.
- The WNBL and Basketball Australia is "hopeful and confident" two teams will be saved from extinction, as the sport chases a landmark broadcast deal similar to netball.
- Royal Canberra Golf Club insists the final stage of their 27-hole redevelopment isn't on the scrap heap, despite postponing the upgrade of the final nine holes for at least a year.
8.15am: That crash in Red Hill involved two cars, a tow truck has been called, but there's no real traffic impact beyond the immediate scene, which you're best to avoid.
7.55am: There's been a crash on La Perouse St, Red Hill. We'll find out more on what's going on there.
7.11am: There's been a crash on the Kings Highway, near Mulloon. One report said a truck has rolled over.
7.05am: NSW Traffic reports there are traffic lights out just over the border on Canberra Avenue, at the Kendall Ave intersection. It recommends caution.
If you see any accidents or have any info on the morning commute, let us know whenever it is safe to do so. Email morningblog@canberratimes.com.au or tweet us @canberratimes.
The Canberra Wind Symphony will perform at The Street theatre on Childers Street from 7.30pm. Adult tickets are $45 with children at $10.
It's the final night of Cirque Africa, a two-hour high energy African circus production at Exhibition Park in Canberra. Tickets are $30.
See 2015's best political cartoons at the Behind the Lines exhibition at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House.
Bush Capital: The natural history of the ACT at the Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG) shows the natural history of the Territory with specimens, illustrations, photographs, works of art and sound. From March 12 to June 26. Free.
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Today: Partly cloudy. Areas of fog and frost in the early morning. Max 16.
Tomorrow: Cloudy. High (70%) chance of rain. Winds northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the evening. Min 5, max 14.
Friday: Cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower. Light winds . Min 3, max 13.
