 Today, CTC broadcasts daily national "Nine News Canberra" bulletins produced in Sydney as well as its flagship Sydney-based bulletin on weekends, "A Current Affair", "Today Extra", national and state updates.Two programs returned to CTC under the affiliation deal, "Today" re-commenced on air for the first time since 1987 as well as "60 Minutes" which was last broadcast by CTC in 1988.Locally produced news updates continued on CTC after the change to Channel 9, however owners Southern Cross Austereo announced they would 'scale up' the three-minute 'rip and read' news updates with the re-introduction of full news bulletins at the earliest opportunity ending years of dependence on national and state newscasts.