Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a shower or two today and a top of 12 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital. |
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Gunning's Lance Cooke and his fellow veterans will take a moment to reflect today - the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. |
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Subscriber only: Enforcing a hard border closure would stretch police resources and be a logistical nightmare, ACT authorities warn. |
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Greg Coombs' father, Joe Coombs, saw the mushroom cloud from the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. |
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Subscriber only: It's the artwork that has been deemed too sensitive and potentially, too controversial to be displayed out in the open. |
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The incoming vice-chancellor of the Australian Catholic University is, in many ways, a typical international student. |
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Andrew Barr has backed the streamlining of approval processes to help speed up the delivery of major projects, such as light rail. |
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It will mean landlords who reduce tenants' rent by at least 25 per cent can continue to receive rebates on land tax of up to $100 a week. |
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Subscriber only: Despite talk of improved codes of conduct, decision making in the public interest is still rare, writes Jack Waterford. |
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Panorama: Canberra-born actor Catherine Van-Davies opens up on her role in the new SBS mini-series Hungry Ghosts. |
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Subscriber only: There's a belief at the Raiders they would be a shadow of the club they are if Tevita Pangai jnr was still in Canberra. |
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Subscriber only: Tim the Yowie Man: It's 200 years since explorer Joseph Wild reported seeing the 'heavy rolling surf' of Lake George. |
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| Times Past Making front page news on this day in 1992, was the joining of The Canberra Times and Victoria's The Age, in an attempt to stop the so-called "Canberra bashing" that often occurred. The Canberra Times would give their readers the opportunity to share their views of Canberra, its lifestyle and role in national affairs, while The Age would invite its readers to give their views on what Canberra was doing (or not doing) to them and their state. READ MORE |
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