| Good morning, Canberra. Somehow we've all made it to September, where the first day of spring will be a sunny 14 degrees. Here's what's making news. |
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| The change of seasons has given some in Canberra reason for hope after a tough run of drought, fire, smoke and coronavirus restrictions in 2020. |
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| Subscriber only: Only one of 800 properties in the nation's capital is considered affordable for a person on the doubled JobSeeker payment. |
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| Vulnerable Canberrans would be "sitting ducks" in ACT Health system if a second COVID-19 wave hit the territory, advocates say. |
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| Subscriber only: The man and his co-offender allegedly told a club supervisor to stay in a toilet cubicle before they fled in his car. |
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| Subscriber only: The Greens hope to retain two seats and possibly gain another in the October ballot, giving them the power to choose the govt. |
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| Subscriber only: The Canberra Liberals want former Labor chief minister Jon Stanhope to spearhead their proposed poverty taskforce. |
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| Explainer: The Danish "traffic light" system could help ease the border-defined methods of keeping the coronavirus contained. |
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| Public Sector Informant: The pandemic has shown public sector work practices don't need to be set in stone, writes Gavin de Brouwer. |
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| Food and Wine: Helen Tzouganatos shares her secrets for fuss-free family cooking and a few things to look out for. |
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| Subscriber only: He'll be public enemy No.1 in Canberra on Saturday night, but Ricky Stuart is a fan of Sonny Bill Williams. |
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| Opinion: It's important we make decisions around conservation based on science, not emotion, writes Stewart Little. |
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| | Times Past On this day in 1973, The Canberra Times was reporting on a fire that had caused more than $10,000 (over $48,000 in 2020) of damage to the partly constructed Civic Theatre twin-cinema complex. Nearby offices had been rocked by explosions from gas cylinders as flames leapt, and thick black smoke spread over the city. READ MORE
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