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Happy Friday! Congrats - you've made it to the end of another working week. We're in for a partly cloudy day today, with a top of 26 degrees.
Grab your coffee - here's what's making news.
Massive city overhaul: extra 37,000 dwellings, new towers
The Barr government is set to lift height limits across the urban renewal precinct, in some places up to 48 metres, to allow an extra 37,000 dwellings along the stage one light rail route and out to Exhibition Park.
Planning Minister Mick Gentleman and new National Capital authority chief Sally Barnes on Thursday released plans detailing a massive overhaul of the city and Canberra's north, stretching to the ACT border.
Daniel Burdon has the details.
The Kingo could join list of treasured historical sites
It's been the scene of political coups, espionage and deal making that shaped the early years of the city. Now there's a push to add the Kingston Hotel to the list of treasured historical sites.
The Kingo, one of the capital's popular waterholes, has been nominated to the ACT Heritage Council to be listed.
Read my story here.
A guide to cancer and friendship
There's a scene in A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer, a quiet scene, a total contrast to the rock number about vulnerability which we've just witnessed.
Bryony Kimmings and Lara Veitch are perched atop scaffolding, reminiscing about a moment in their lives where everything changed.
It was about 2013, they'd joined forces to work on A Pacifist's Guide, now playing at the Canberra Theatre.
Karen Hardy has a preview.
Shopping mall or giant aquarium? Four metre jellyfish takes over
We've had enormous glowing rabbits in the parliamentary triangle and illuminated angels in Reconciliation Place but this year it's all about jellyfish in shopping malls.
Enlighten Canberra officially lights up the capital from Friday night and for the first time ever the stunning lights and installations are travelling north of the lake into the city.
Bree Winchester has the story.
Giants thrash Collingwood in Canberra
They were burned out in last year's finals race and already have fresh injury problems to contend with, but count out Greater Western Sydney at your peril.
It took some time for the new-look Giants to fire up but they rammed home the advantage late in a 14.12 (96) to 5.6 (36) win over the Collingwood Magpies at Manuka Oval on last night.
Caden Hamers has all the details.