Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a mostly sunny start to the working week on the way to a top of 23 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital. |
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Subscriber: Every few months, tens of thousands of dollars in firearms are shredded in the ACT. And there are some very important reasons why. |
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Subscriber: Sexual assault trials and conviction rates in the ACT have plummeted over the past five years, despite an increase in reporting. |
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Subscriber: Victims need other means of achieving justice outside the criminal justice system, sexual assault reform advocates say. |
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Subscriber: As Canberrans seethe over the light rail weeds on Northbourne Avenue, the designer has urged the public to be patient. |
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After a health scare, this Canberra couple sold up everything for a full-time motorhome life on the road. Regrets? Absolutely none. |
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There is no longer anybody in hotel quarantine from a government-chartered repatriation flight that landed in Canberra this month. |
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Subscriber: University campuses across the country have come back to life after being largely dormant last year to stem COVID-19's spread. |
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Subscriber: Raiders coach Ricky Stuart is under investigation by the NRL after allegedly swearing at the referee in the loss to the Warriors. |
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Opinion: Australia has navigated the COVID-19 pandemic and is now in better economic shape than most countries, writes Richard Holden. |
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Subscriber: Lachlan Lonergan is the shock bolter in Dave Rennie's Wallabies as the national coach eyes the road to the 2023 World Cup. |
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When Jessica Cottis stands on the podium and raises her baton before the Canberra Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday, she will be home. |
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| Times Past Balloons are a familiar presence in Canberra's autumn skies, but in 1974 people looking up might have spotted something far smaller whizzing through the air. CSIRO researchers released a variety of winged insects from cages suspended from a radiosonde balloon over Black Mountain. A variety of winged insects received the scientifically assisted take-off boosts, reported The Canberra Times. READ MORE |
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