Good morning, Canberra. It's going to be another scorcher in the capital with a top of 37 degrees on the way. Here’s what’s making news this morning. |
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Subscriber: The commissioner made the claims in an explosive letter which exposes a rift between the agency and the panel of experts. |
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration said that after an independent review, the vaccine had met high safety standards. |
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Subscriber: Today marks 100 days since the ACT election, but there's criticism from the opposition that the government hasn't done enough. |
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Subscriber: Bikie Axel Sidaros is launching another appeal after a retrial that resulted in him being found guilty of six charges. |
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Subscriber: A magistrate has ordered the officer leading a complex fraud probe to front court and give an update on its progress. |
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Pools and waterparks are set to remain go-to spots in the coming days, with temperatures forecast to remain in the high 30s. |
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Residents are fed up with the lack of progress on a crucial water treatment plant upgrade, after plans to move forward were delayed again. |
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Explainer: It's a day off, of course, but it's also full of symbolism - some of it contentious. So what does Australia Day mean now? |
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Opinion: The bill has finally arrived for our 12 Attack-class submarines, and the government isn't happy - or so it says, writes Nicholas Stuart. |
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Subscriber: Just like clockwork, Canberra United racked up another scoreless first half, but Hayley Taylor-Young led a late comeback. |
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The Lake Burley Griffin foreshore Australia Day ceremony's traditional flag-raising event will be swapped out for a helicopter flyover this year. |
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Opinion: Acknowledging history does not diminish us as a nation; it is the foundation for how we move forward, writes Ray Steinwall. |
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| Times Past At the height of the Cold War, then-prime minister Malcolm Fraser was putting pressure on the Australian Olympic Federation to boycott the upcoming Games. This followed a push by US president Jimmy Carter to boycott the Games in retaliation against the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. READ MORE |
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