| Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a partly cloudy International Women's Day - and Canberra Day - on the way to 27 degrees. Here's today's news. |
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| Subscriber: While at first glance, powerlifting may seem like it's only defined by physical capabilities, for Erin Kelly, it also represents something more than just physical strength. |
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| One person is dead and another in hospital after a high-speed collision southbound on the Monaro Highway around 1.20am on Monday. |
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| Subscriber: Ministers could be exempt from scrutiny under the government's draft legislation for a federal integrity commission. |
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| Subscriber: If ever there were a picture of a strong woman, it is Liz Allen. Her language isn't always suitable for the vicar's tea party. |
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| Subscriber: Federal Parliament is yet to take up Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins' Respect@Work report from last year. |
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| Labor's Kristina Keneally came out swinging after Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said she was extending her medical leave. |
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| A Canberran is among two dead after a fiery crash that damaged a South Australian highway so badly part of the road will be closed for a week. |
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| Subscriber: The AFP's professional standards division received a complaint about the issue, but found its interviewing training was OK. |
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| Two more people from the government-chartered flight that arrived in Canberra on Monday have tested positive to COVID-19. |
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| Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution. |
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| Subscriber: Olivia Thornton can still picture the storied stone chapel resting in the heart of Long Eaton's prestigious Trent College. |
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Subscriber: It's top four or bust for Green Machine wrecking ball Josh Papalii in 2021. Grand final, even.
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| Opinion: It's also time for everyone to do a little more than wear a purple ribbon on International Women's Day, writes Emma Husar. |
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| Subscriber: Kalashnikov laid the foundations to follow his sire all the way to the $3.5 million Golden Slipper at Thoroughbred Park. |
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| | Times Past An article on the front page of The Canberra Times on this day in 1971 featured a discussion about habits, but not the nail-biting or teeth-brushing kind. Instead, the habits mentioned in the article were about the long, loose garment worn by members of a religious order. Three sisters of the Sacred Heart Society in Canberra told the Times the possibility of wearing secular clothing had to be adapted to local needs and situations. READ MORE
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