Good morning, Canberra. We're in for another warm and hazy day, with a top of 35 degrees predicted. Here are today's top headlines. |
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Matthew Hulse's house near Braidwood was saved despite a bushfire burning within metres of it and blackening his land. |
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Subscriber only: A peak body says alcohol and drug support in Canberra is chronically underfunded with the system already full. |
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Hazardous air quality conditions would likely have different effects in less-advantaged areas of Canberra, a public health researcher says. |
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Subscriber only: Lawrie Paul's shed is full of all the normal things. But in the middle is the aeroplane he's been building from scratch. |
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It wasn't the death threats, it wasn't being recognised in the street, and it wasn't that he could barely take a sick day due to the workload. |
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With typewriters and postage provided, a new museum exhibit is a chance to slow down and write something meaningful. |
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Some ACT lizards have no ears. Others no legs. We're also home to moths with no mouths and a grasshopper that can't hop. But why? |
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Australia will ask New Zealand to attempt a world-record run chase after their bowlers gave them a massive lead in the Boxing Day Test. |
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Subscriber only: The Canberra Raiders' drought-breaking NRL premiership is within reach after a dramatic decade. |
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Subscriber only: Capitals coach Paul Goriss has challenged his players to cover the work injured star Kelsey Griffin did. |
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The bright lights of Friday night tennis are coming to Canberra, with hopes to make the women a permanent fixture. |
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| Times Past Summernats is a much loved and extremely popular event on the Canberra event calendar, however, it is not without controversy. In 1993, there were mixed reports coming out of the festival with positives and negatives reported by police and the ACT government. On a positive note, police were happy to share that not one of the Summernats patrons failed the 2000 roadside drink driving tests held around EPIC during the festival. Of all drivers tested, only 12 returned a positive reading and none were above the .05 blood alcohol limit. READ MORE |
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