Canberra today
Friday in Canberra: cloud increasing, 17° / 6°. A light extra layer should be enough for most people. Tomorrow, Saturday: showers likely, 17° / 9°.
Region Canberra leads today with “Second cyclist dies week after fatal Gungahlin Drive crash”.
Also in today's feed: “Berry pressed over Big Splash commitment” (CityNews); “Canberra’s newest running track is… inside a shopping centre?” (HerCanberra); “More traffic pain in store for Queanbeyan’s main street … but the end is in sight” (Region Canberra).
On today — Canberra Moon Festival (City Walk & Petire Plaza, Canberra), 5:00pm–9:00pm.
Canberra Liberals MLA Peter Cain is demanding former minister Yvette Berry explain what she knew about the future of Big Splash when she told Belconnen residents she was committed to bringing the aquatic centre back “how we remember it”.
Summaries below are nberra.com's own wording unless marked as a publisher extract; each headline links to the original reporting at its source.
A second cyclist hit in the crash in northern Canberra last week has died in hospital a week after the tragedy. Five cyclists had been riding on Gungahlin Drive, near the intersection with Kosciuszko Avenue, after 6 am on 27 August when police said a car “ploughed” into them.
Forget the footpath. This September, runners will take on 5km inside Canberra Outlet – with a free, professionally timed race promising a very different kind of PB.
There’s more traffic pain on the horizon in Queanbeyan, with more upgrades scheduled for Monaro Street. The main traffic route has been closed since early March.
A second cyclist has died following a collision between a car and a group of cyclists on Gungahlin Drive last week.
Over 35 kid-run stalls are taking over Turner this September in what might just be Canberra’s most wholesome springtime market.
CONTENT WARNING: This article refers to sexual abuse. When an elderly resident at a Canberra aged care home asked for a massage, the only nurse on shift that night instead violently broke the trust he owed her as the person responsible for her care.
Julianne Williams sued the ACT government for damages after a court found the illegal strip search breached her human rights.
Four women working across property, gendered violence prevention, cancer advocacy and aged care have been recognised at the 2026 ACT Women's Awards.
Police say a second cyclist who was left in a critical condition after a car "ploughed" into a group of riders last week has now died in hospital.
City Walk & Petire Plaza, Canberra
Questacon, Parkes
Canberra Glassworks, Kingston
National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra
National Museum of Australia, Acton
WildBark at Mulligans Flat, Throsby
National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
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