Braddon is Canberra's most densely populated suburb but more of us are migrating north.
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Meanwhile, demand for property in Lawson shows no signs of abating, with one developer increasing the number of units in its project to keep up with the strong level of interest.
In other news...
- The ACT government could take four months to respond formally to a damning Auditor-General's report into Calvary Hospital's manipulated financial reports.
- The former Fluffy asbestos dump site in near Palmerston and Crace Gungahlin is believed to contain about 5550 drums, 1700 crates, shipping containers and a range of other contaminated materials buried when the loose-fill asbestos was removed from the ceilings of homes 25 years ago.
- Foreign embassies in Canberra are thumbing their noses at the Australian government's pleas to pay fines clocked up by overseas diplomats hooning around the capital.
- Australia's most senior public servants have called for freedom of information laws to be amended to conceal sensitive advice to ministers from public scrutiny.
- A Virgin pilot who failed a breath test before he was due to fly out of Canberra with 96 passengers has lost a bid to clear his name.
- Canberra and Singapore can learn from one another as "forward thinking" cities of trade and development, Chief Minister Andrew Barr said on Monday.
- To sport... ACT Brumbies forward Ita Vaea had already made one remarkable comeback and was on the verge of a dream Wallabies call-up when doctors told him he risked death if he continued his career.
- Alicia Coutts thought seriously about retiring more than once as injury took a toll. But she will have the opportunity to retire on her own terms after booking her place to the Rio Olympics.
9.27am: Looks like a gas pipeline incident outside the b on Mort Street in Braddon could be causing some issues in that area.
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.
Want to keep your kids active and entertained over the school holidays in a safe environment? The Australian Institute of Sport's school holiday program is on until April 22.
Using the National Museum of Australia's architecture for inspiration, children can design, make or draw their very own museum these school holidays. Until April 22.
Gather round the telly and bask in the glow of vintage ABC. From Play School to raunchy romps, see Australian life reflected on screen in Tuning IN: ABC TV 1964-76 at the National Archives of Australia. Free. Until May 15.
Celestial Empire: Life in China 1644-1911 is on at the National Library of Australia brings together culture and tradition from two of the world's great libraries. Until May 22. Free.
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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