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AM edition, Thursday, April 2, 2020

Australian workers to get two weeks of unpaid pandemic leave

This will double the amount of leave they can take at half-pay, after a breakthrough between unions and the Morrison government.

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Health funding, tax relief at heart of recovery package

Landlords will be offered financial incentives to significantly reduce rents for struggling tenants as part of a $214 million support package.

Free childcare for parents who need it

The Prime Minister said childcare would be free for parents who needed it across the country's 13,000 centres from Sunday night.

Territory now home to 87 coronavirus cases

The new cases include one man and three women, aged between 21 and 60, all linked to cruise ships and overseas travel.

Woman allegedly coughing on people leads to arrest

Police said the 41-year-old coughed in the faces of multiple people as she walked past, among them a woman with a young child.

Assembly committee to probe COVID-19 response

The Liberals won support from Labor and the Greens to set up an oversight body, which will scrutinise the government's response.

Canberrans in lockdown add to families

RSPCA ACT have reported the number of adoptions has been double the weekly average over the past two weekends.

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Parents seeking lessons in homeschooling

"How to home school" has been trending on Google for the past few weeks as more children stay home from school because of COVID-19.

How coronavirus is changing online dating

While some now connect online, for many (if not most), the connection eventually moved to real-life. So what now with social distancing?

Canberra Racing doesn't need to trim prize money

Queensland and NSW have both slashed their prize money of some of their feature races, but Canberra will retain their prize money levels.

Capital Football further delays comps

Capital Football boss Phil Brown remains hopeful games will be played at some point in either reformatted or condensed seasons.

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