Good morning, Canberra. The weather is warming up well and truly, with a top of 32 predicted for today. Here's what's making news in the capital. |
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The Prime Minister has unveiled the architects' vision of how the controversial $500 million expansion of the Australian War Memorial will look. |
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Subscriber only: Canberra is set to lose at least 400 public servants amid federal government efforts to relocate jobs to regional areas. |
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Many independent music stores have closed, in Canberra and around Australia. But Landspeed Records has weathered several changes. |
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Merv Knowles was there when Manuka Pool opened. On Monday he had an opportunity to inspect the recent upgrade. |
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Karen Billington has encountered her share of what she terms "roadblocks" that women face in the workplace, but she is a success story. |
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The government has also established an expert panel to oversee the transition to a zero-emissions bus fleet. |
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Web-connected devices, watches and home speakers will be subject to a new industry code to protect Australians from cyber hackers. |
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Nick Kyrgios' Newcombe Medal snub continues, despite achieving far more in 2019 than at least two other nominees. |
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Karly Roestbakken suffered a broken nose in Canberra's 2-0 win over Perth, putting her availability in doubt for United's round two clash. |
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Subscriber only: AIS-based athletes are unconcerned about an Australian Sports Commission email account getting hacked. |
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Australia A's opening Oceania Championships match against Tonga has been cancelled after a potential measles outbreak. |
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| Times Past On this day in 1968 the front page carried a warning from Minister for External Affairs, Paul Hasluck, to his fellow politicians to leave public servants alone. He said the tendency of Parliament to call public servants to account through committee hearing or to produce papers disclosing the inner workings of departments was to be deplored. Giving the Sir Robert Garran oration at the Royal Institute of Public Administration conference, Mr Hasluck warned that politicians who tried to haul bureaucrats in to face public inquiries risked creating political partisanship in the service. READ MORE |
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