Good morning, Canberra. We're expecting a shower or two today and a top temperature of 12 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital. |
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Hospitality industry groups say the ACT must allow venues to serve up to 50 patrons in each space by next weekend, with anything less "inexcusable". |
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Subscriber only: Analysis: The new JobKeeper numbers change the picture for the economy and for politicians, writes Kirsten Lawson. |
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Subscriber only: Australia has put its head above the parapets by demanding a COVID-19 inquiry. What for, asks Jack Waterford. |
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Analysis: The spat between China and Australia has big consequences for the money in our pockets, writes Steve Evans. |
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Subscriber only: The National Capital Authority is pressing ahead with plans to rezone what is now a horse paddock, despite opposition. |
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A Pakistan International Airlines jet with 99 people on board has crashed into a crowded residential district in the city of Karachi. |
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Lindsay Pryor Arboretum used to be one of Canberra's best-kept secrets - a tranquil plantation of pin-oaks, pines and cork trees. |
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Spending more time at home due to the coronavirus restrictions has translated into tidy gardens for many Canberrans, it seems. |
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Australia has joined the UK and Canada in expressing "deep concern" over China's proposed Hong Kong security laws. |
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Subscriber only: It's a mug's game, trying to square the whims of our capital's designers with the needs of today, writes Mark Kenny. |
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Subscriber only: Patrick Scorse refused to answer his phone. Some days he couldn't get out of bed. The sport he loved became one he hated. |
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Subscriber only: Who knew Canberra's iconic bus shelters meant so much to this city, asks Tim the Yowie Man. |
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Subscriber only: It's not just the professional clubs and players who have suffered during the pandemic, writes Chris Dutton. |
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| Times Past More than 20 police officers were called to a disturbance in Garema Place reported The Canberra Times on this day 53 years ago. A Yarralumla labourer appeared in court on charges arising out of the disturbance and was sent to prison for two months when convicted for resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. The incident was described as "typical of the dingo packs of hoodlums quite common around Canberra". READ MORE |
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