| Good morning, Canberra. We're in for another foggy morning before a top of 15 degrees. Here's what's making news today in the capital. |
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| ACT businesses are starting to weigh up whether they can keep going without the JobKeeper payment, if the subsidy is wound back in September. |
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| Canberra's hospitality industry will get a $6.2 million support package that includes electricity rebates and further loosening of liquor laws. |
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| The University of Canberra will lose $33 million this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, rising to about $60 million in 2021. |
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| Catherine Howsan was accused of lying to a court out of fear after giving evidence that contradicted earlier texts and comments. |
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| Explainer: The tertiary education sector says the impacts of the pandemic will be much worse than the 2008 global financial crisis. |
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| Burning rubbish to create electricity will be banned in the territory under a new ACT government energy policy. |
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| The shock-absorbing effect of JobKeeper has made Australians more optimistic about their future job prospects, a survey has found. |
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| Subscriber only: When it comes to former Canberra referee, the late Noel Bissett, Bill Harrigan has only one regret. |
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| A husband separated from his wife by 12,000km due to travel restrictions still made sure she had a memorable birthday in Canberra. |
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| Subscriber only: The capital will be beamed into 1.3 billion lounge rooms when India play against Australia in a T20 on October 14. |
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| Listen to The Nosebleed Section for all the latest Raiders news, favourite memories of Josh Papalii's 199-game career and week-one NRL tips. |
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| | Times Past On this day in 1971 it was reported on the front page of The Canberra Times the Commonwealth government's special law and order legislation, the Public Order Act, would become the main vehicle used by police in the ACT to control demonstrations and other public disturbances. "This fact has emerged from the extensive use made by the police of the Public Order Act in last week's demonstrations involving participants in the Aquarius Festival of University Arts and from interviews with responsible Ministers," the story read. READ MORE
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