Canberra Girls Grammar students with Nobel Prize winner Brian Schmidt at the opening of a science wing at the school in 2012. Photo: Melissa Adams
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The exclusive Anglican boys school announced on Tuesday it was casting off 87 years of single-sex history to take girls years 3 and 4 next year, and into years 7 and 11 from 2017.
- The hunt for the killers of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and her daughter Khandalycehas moved to the ACT, as police discover the pair were last seen in 2008 in Charnwood.
- Chief Minister Andrew Barr extended the Fluffy buyback and demolition scheme on Tuesday to include some properties that share a wall or roof with a contaminated house.
- An Assembly inquiry has recommended scrapping the $250-a-day limit on ATM withdrawals in clubs, but wants it replaced with a $250 limit on the amount that can be pre-loaded into a poker machine.
- The ACT government has rejected expert calls to privatise ACTION, instead promising to improve services and increase public transport use by combining buses and light rail in a new stand-alone transport agency.
- Dumped FM 104.7 presenter Scott "Scotty" Masters has broken his silence, saying his sacking while on holidays came "as a complete surprise" and he was gutted not to be given the chance to say goodbye to his listeners
Frame this: The Wallabies players pose for Tevita Kuridrani.
They're the big happy Wallabies family of jokers, posers, veterans and humanitarians trying to win back respect for Australian rugby and now their mission is to bring back Bill.
The Wallabies have a chance to create history by becoming the first team to win the World Cup three timesif they can beat arch-rivals New Zealand at Twickenham this weekend.
- Opals and Canberra Capitals star Lauren Jackson says there has not been a day during her horror injury run where she has not considered retirement.
- Having never lacked the appetite for battle during his celebrated playing career, Lleyton Hewitt believes the young, talented and versatile Australian team he has inherited has a "fighting chance" of winning its first Davis Cup in 13 seasons in his debut year as captain.
- Greater Western Sydney will play Port Adelaide in one of their three home games at Manuka Oval next year and a Giants spokesman said their other two AFL games in Canberra were against "two big Victorian clubs".
- Canberra Raiders front rower Shannon Boyd is confident he can remain as devastating in attack despite playing lighter in an effort to adapt to the NRL's new interchange rules. Boyd signed an upgraded contract on Tuesday which will keep him at the Raiders until the end of 2018.
8.35am: Belconnen commuters be aware - there's backburning in the Bruce region today.
Majura Road southbound between Mustang Avenue and Spitfire Avenue will be closed between 9am and 3pm today for asphalt resurfacing.
Tharwa Bridge will be closed for maintenance form 9am to 4pm from today until Friday.
If you see any accidents or have any info on the morning commute, let us know whenever it is safe to do so: morningblog@canberratimes.com.au or tweet us @canberratimes
The ACT Emergency Services Agency will test its emergency alert system around the Black Mountain region today. More than 25, 000 Canberrans are expected to get a call or a text.
Tonight's installment of the fortnightly series Culture Reels at Gorman Arts Centre in Braddon will screen the documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work (2010). From 7pm to 9pm. Tickets $5. More information here.
The Turkish Embassy in Canberra invites you to the live performance of painter Hikmet Cetinkaya, famous for his paintings of poppies. Tonight from 6pm until 8pm. Free entry but bookings essential. More information here.
The National Film and Sound Archive has thousands of hours of magnetic tape footage and audio that needs to be digitised. Photo: Melissa Adams
Public servants experienced in salvaging parts of Australia's history fear they will one day see what they have spent their careers trying to prevent: the large-scale loss of historical material.
Thousands of hours of magnetic tape footage and audio is at risk of being lost by 2025, according to the National Film and Sound Archive.
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Fashion designer Marcia Patmos with merino farmer Carina Doran at the launch of the travel collection at Crookwell. Photo: Jeffrey Chan
A rising New York fashion designer has launched her internationally acclaimed Merino collection near Crookwell where the property owner's great grandfather pioneered using superphosphate and clover to boost the land's carrying capacity for wool production.
Today: Slight chance of drizzle early this morning. Sunny afternoon with light winds. Max 23.
Tomorrow: Patchy fog in the early morning. Sunny day. Min 5, Max 25
