| Good morning, Canberra. After a frosty start, it'll be a mostly sunny day with a top temperature of 14 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital. |
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| Subscriber only: The federal government will have the power to veto new agreements and cancel existing ones between state and territory governments and foreign governments, under legislation to be announced today. |
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| In a blunt speech, the deputy head of mission sent a pointed message to Australia and studiously avoided other questions. |
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| Subscriber only: New analysis shows who's better off from the ACT government's rates reform - and who's worse off. |
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| Early childhood education should be free or low-cost to help Australia bounce back from the coronavirus crisis, experts say. |
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| NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard says bureaucrats are "emotionally drained" from making life-or-death decisions each day. |
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| Subscriber only: An international student accused of raping a woman allegedly confessed to the crime nearly three years after the fact. |
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| A report prepared for the aged care royal commission has shown just how much the vital sector needs through COVID-19. |
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| Opinion: "Conversion therapy", whether for sexuality or gender identity, is not therapeutic, writes Elizabeth Kerrison. |
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| Subscriber only: The Canberran pro was meant to join the Japanese circuit earlier this year, but COVID-19 put those plans on hold. |
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| Little Hugo made his entrance into the world a week ago, in what turned out to be a bit of an eventful birth at the Calvary John James Hospital. |
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| What initially threatened to cruel Canberra's 2020 season has all of a sudden become a major asset in their premiership arsenal. |
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| | Times Past On this day in 1971, The Canberra Times reported on an ACT branch of the Family Planning Association of Australia holding its first contraceptive clinic session. Dr Helen Ware, a research fellow at Australian National University, was amazed at the misconceptions many had about the pill and how to take it. After a push from the Canberra Women's Liberation Movement, the ACT clinic decided to offer contraceptive advice to males and females over the age of consent. READ MORE
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