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Canberra Now: News in 90 seconds for Thursday June 28, 2017
By Daniel Burdon
Good morning!
It's a frosty minus four degrees today, but the early fog should clear to reveal a mostly sunny Canberra day reaching a cool 12 degrees.
Here's all the news you could poke a selfie stick at:
Ainslie Village 'a cutting edge idea...destroyed'
A vision of supportive and supported accommodation for vulnerable women attracted former refuge workers Carolyn Traill and Robin Bartrum to Ainslie Village in 1986.
But now they face an uncertain future, Emily Baker writes.
ACT park rangers save an orphan wombat joey from likely death
"The joey's eyes were still closed and she was frozen to the touch, desperately looking for her mother's teet," ACT Parks and Conversation Service's Kaylea Boulter told Georgina Connery of the ordeal.
Benefits from ACT Government's controversial public housing sell-off falls short
The ACT government overestimated how much money it would make from selling public housing on Northbourne Avenue and in the city, Auditor-General Maxine Cooper has reported.
Comedy, tragedy and perspiration in updated classic Cyrano De Bergerac
It takes 45 minutes to attach the eyecatching nose that Damien Ryan wears in the title role of Cyrano de Bergerac. But it would take considerably less time for it to fall off.
Ron Cerabona went behind the scenes.
And in sport:
Former Canberra cricketer Jason Floros says the players are prepared for the worst
The Canberra Times can reveal the commission board has told the ACT government the AIS Arena will be available for "business as usual" use after deliberating on its future for the past seven months. Chris Dutton has all the latest.