Good morning, Canberra. We're heading for a mostly sunny day with a top temperature of 13 degrees today. Here's what's making headlines. |
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The Defence Force was "difficult to work with" after being deployed to support Canberra's bushfire response, according to ACT Rural Fire Service staff. |
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Subscriber only: Analysis: It goes without saying, but it is worth repeating. It could be a matter of life or death, writes Dan Jervis-Bardy. |
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More than 20,000 TransACT customers will have any early termination costs on broadband and telephony services repaid. |
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Opinion: A series of events over the past two decades in America have led to this moment, writes Nicholas Stuart. |
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Patients at Canberra Hospital will soon be able to have two visitors a day, while mothers can have an extra support person during birth. |
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The Labor candidate for Eden Monaro, Kristy McBain, says taxpayer funded holidays could help bushfire regions. |
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The ACT should reconsider the patron caps on venues and instead limit numbers based on businesses' floor space, the opposition says. |
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Donald Trump says troops should take to the streets of New York City, while elsewhere five officers were shot and wounded. |
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Explainer: Riots are complex. These ones will burn themselves out but the bitterness will remain for decades. |
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Subscriber only: George Williams treats praise like he treats lightweight Melbourne Storm attackers. |
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Subscriber only: Racing NSW boss hopeful of having racehorse owners back on course as early as next week and spectators by July 1. |
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From the one minute commute from the bedroom to the living room, to the dress code and death of FOMO, social distancing has its perks. |
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| Times Past ACT haircuts may rise. This is what made front page news on The Canberra Times, 51 years ago. The president of the Master Hairdressers Association, Mr Bruce Swan, denied that there was any move among association members to have prices raised, but said that a meeting to discuss rising costs would be called. Canberra hairdressers were understood to want the average price of haircuts raised from 90 cents to one dollar. Today, prices for haircuts start around $39, for a basic trim up to and in excess of $200 depending on length and style. READ MORE |
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