| Good morning, Canberra. We're looking at a top of 19 degrees and a chance of rain on this Easter Thursday. Here's what's making headlines. |
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| Offers would be made in August to about 3500 first-year students, with about 2500 expected to take up the offer to study. |
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| The 50-bed facility will be built across from the hospital specifically to treat patients with moderate to severe cases of coronavirus. |
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| The historic package, covering an estimated 6 million Australian workers, was passed on parliament's last sitting for four months. |
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| A small number of schools across the ACT will be open to children of essential workers in Term 2, but they are not yet known. |
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| Next term will be "different" to what ACT parents and students have experienced in the last two weeks as the school shutdown continues. |
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| Health authorities say the curve is flattening but it's still far too early to predict when the emergency will be over. |
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| Defence lawyer Darryl Perkins told the court the coronavirus pandemic made prison populations "quite vulnerable". |
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| The tone was serious and subdued in the sparsely populated House expect for MP, whose voice rose above the rest, writes Kirsten Lawson |
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| The pandemic has prompted religious leaders to get innovative with ways of worship ahead of this weekend's major celebration. |
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| The NRL could resume in just six weeks with the ARL Commission set to decide on Thursday whether a May 21 start date is feasible. |
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| Cricket ACT hopes Manuka Oval plays a "huge role to play" in the 2020-21 summer if the sport is given the all clear to resume. |
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| | Times Past A thousand Canberrans were without power for the Easter break after Government-union talks reached a stalemate, reported The Canberra Times on this day in 1993. The Minister for Industrial Relations, Wayne Berry, expressed disappointment the union had rejected a government offer. The Government offer would have protected the 3.4 per cent pay increase being sought by union members within ACT Electricity and Water. It was designed to avoid a continuation of the ban over the Easter break. Mr Berry said he was disappointed at the union's refusal of consultation with their co-workers. READ MORE
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