TODAY'S TOP STORIES
- An internal report to government in 2013 concedes what critics have long claimed, that the Gungahlin tram doesn't stack up as a transport project alongside rapid buses.
- Tens of thousands of public servants and retirees have been urged not to panic after their super returns took a huge plunge in the past financial year.
- Hollywood actor Gene Wilder, beloved star of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory along with countless other comedy classics, has died at the age of 83.
- A body has been found in gruesome circumstances in bushland near Drakeford Drive in Greenway.
- ACT Labor has pledged to give $1 million in grants to build bulk-billing GP centres in Tuggeranong and Molonglo if re-elected.
- The family of Patricia Riggs hope she will be laid to rest in Queanbeyan, next to her mother who died before knowing what happened to her daughter.
- The ACT Liberals have bowed to public pressure, with leader Jeremy Hanson promising that if he wins government in October he will set up an ICAC.
- A Canberra man allegedly abused a child in a hide-out underneath the house where his wife ran a family day care, a court has heard.
- In Sport: GWS' former number one draft pick Lachie Whitfield has been investigated for deliberately hiding from drug testers with the help of two former Giants football officials.
- An investigation into the Australian Olympian's accreditation tampering episode has found that a further 80 gained entry to the Boomers' basketball semi-final by "recycling" tickets.
TRAFFIC
Dickson Place in Dickson will be closed in both directions from the eastern side of The Dickson Tradies Club car park to Cowper Street from 7am-12am today and tomorrow.
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WHAT'S ON TODAY
The inaugural Hindmarsh Prize is on at Canberra Glassworks. The prize aims to recognise excellence and promote the appreciation of the world-class artists working in glass who live and practice in the ACT and region. From August 24 to September 4. More here.
Calling all Doctor Who fans, a Canberra collector is trying to break the Guinness World Record with his collection. The Bigger on the inside: Collecting Doctor Who is on at the Canberra Museum and Gallery until November 20. Free entry.
International theatre sensation Shadowland returns to the Canberra Theatre Centre on August 30 and 31 direct from the USA with their enchanting tale with illusion and dance. For ticket prices see here.
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WEATHER
Today: Cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of very light rain later. Light winds becoming northwesterly 20 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day.Max 16.
Wednesday: Cloudy. High (80%) chance of 4 to 15mm of rain in the morning, tending showers in the afternoon then clearing late in the afternoon. Min 8, max 16.
Thursday: Cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a light shower in the evening. Light winds. Min 4, max 17.