Good morning, Canberra. We have another chilly start with a top of 20 degrees on the way this Wednesday. Here’s what’s making news in the capital. |
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Australian athletes headed to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will receive priority access to COVID-19 vaccines before going to the Games. |
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The ACT government won't rule out reopening government schools in an effort to ease student capacity pressures. |
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Chisholm Tavern's doors will remain open until at least the end of the year, after the venue's lease was extended. |
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Scott Morrison has promised Australians in India will not be abandoned and the travel suspension will be reviewed soon. |
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Subscriber: The Chisholm man who used Snapchat to solicit child sex abuse material presents as a significant suicide risk, court told. |
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Australia now has the lowest levels of influence and authority in the South Pacific since the mid-1980s, a top international relations expert says. |
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Subscriber: A Canberra fast food store manager escaped a jail sentence after taking advantage of an underage girl he was supervising. |
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Explainer: Mike Pezzullo's language was stark, frightening even. So what what does it mean? Is the unthinkable really thinkable? |
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Subscriber: Two Raiders stars will miss Thursday's clash with the Rabbitohs after coach Ricky Stuart was forced to make more changes. |
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Opinion: Do we really want a tragic monument to the corporate takeover of democracy and the glorification of war, Tim Hollo asks. |
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Subscriber: It's the kind of week that the ACT Brumbies veteran playmaker knows doesn't come around all the time. |
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| Times Past A mystery Morse code operator threatened to interfere with a 250,000 mile link-up with America's robot moon probe Surveyor Three at Tidbinbilla, reported The Canberra Times on this day 54 years ago. "The whole thing was baffling," a Tidbinbilla spokesperson said. READ MORE |
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