| Good morning, Canberra. We're heading for a top of 29 degrees today. Here's what's making news this Friday. |
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| The ACT government will offer rate rebates to all Canberra homeowners and tax relief for small businesses as part of a $137 million package. |
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| Some chemists in the capital said they had seen a 400 per cent surge in demand for some medication due to the coronavirus. |
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| Expectations of a surplus had been dashed by the combined effect of this summer's natural disasters, including bushfires and COVID-19. |
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| Single-use products have faced the ire of companies and individuals in recent times but many have been forced to resort to old ways. |
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| Explainer: We also asked experts which international responses to the health crisis they believed had been successful so far. |
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| In my isolation, confined to my flat for another 10 long days, it's easy to get gloomy about human beings, writes Steve Evans. |
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| Urgent advice is being sought on guidance for frontline cops potentially exposed to COVID-19 while on the beat. |
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| The javelin thrower will go into the Olympics as one of Australia's leading gold-medal hopes having won the world title last year. |
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| How could the Super W play-offs be affected if a player tests positive for COVID-19 before the games are rescheduled? |
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| As soon as Ellie Brush hangs up her boots, she could be forced to pull them on again if the Giants secure a spot in the AFLW preliminary finals. |
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| One idea is to have fans send in video footage of themselves doing the Viking clap and then making a collage to show the Raiders. |
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Times Past A small plague of grasshoppers descended on the nation's capital, The Canberra Times reported on this day 49 years ago, with thousands of the dull green, inch-long insects swarming around the city's street lights about 8 o'clock at night. A small plague of grasshoppers descended on the nation's capital, The Canberra Times reported on this day 49 years ago, with thousands of the dull green, inch-long insects swarming around the city's street lights about 8 o'clock at night. READ MORE
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