| Good morning, Canberra. After some early fog we should have a mostly sunny day with a top temperature of 13 degrees. Here's what's making headlines. |
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| Subscriber only: The Prime Minister provoked outrage by suggesting an upgraded highway rather than maternity services was what Yass mothers needed. Jasmin Jones says far too many have shared her terrifying experience. |
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| Analysis: A complex web of numbers face the government as it charts a way out of COVID-19's black hole, writes Sally Whyte. |
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| A Fyshwick indoor play centre is among many Canberra businesses ready to reopen after a long few months. |
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| The government has scrapped controversial emergency laws that took away defendants' rights to a trial by jury. |
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| A plan to reduce the number of voting stations on ACT election day could result in long lines and excessive wait times. |
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| Subscriber only: Audit says Regional Investment Corporation should have considered conflict implications. |
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| Explainer: It sounds like what you do with logs over the winter months. But branch stacking is the scandal dominating the political headlines. |
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| Subscriber only: Jarrod Croker needs a moment to clear his throat as he describes the feeling of holding his baby boy for the first time. |
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| Canberra soccer players and referees will save almost $700,000 in fees after Capital Football decided to cut its portion of registration fees in half. |
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| Subscriber only: Basketball Australia will open talks with its stars on ways to stamp out social injustice after player discontent. |
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| Subscriber only: Hudson Young's teammates are confident a word with Ricky Stuart will keep emotions from boiling over in his NRL return. |
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| | Times Past On June 19, 1986, it was reported that the Department of Territories was about to prosecute the ACT abattoir for allegedly polluting Molonglo River. Dr Sheena McLeod, from the ACT health authority, denied that any abattoir waste was flowing into the river, however a spokesperson from the Department of Territories described cow dung, sheep manure, blood and guts and washings from the abattoir flowing into the river and consequently, Lake Burley-Griffin. READ MORE
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