Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a warm start to the weekend with a top of 28 degrees forecast today. Here's what's making headlines in the capital. |
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Airport screening in Australia will be ramped up over the coming weeks in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. |
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Analysis: Summer ends today - and good riddance. If we're seeking a silver lining, it may not have been quite as bad as last summer. |
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Kate Palmer was "surprised" when shown the colour-coded grants spreadsheet used by former sports minister Bridget McKenzie last year. |
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Developers will be subjected to greater scrutiny in cases where they are required to seek community feedback before a DA is lodged. |
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Once the charcoal is red hot and ready at Hoy Pinoy, it's like a well-practised skewer delivery system at Canberra's Night Noodle Markets. |
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Many parks and reserves across the ACT are reopening following the extinguishing of bushfires and easing of extreme dry conditions. |
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Subscriber only: Canberra Capitals coach Paul Goriss knew his team could do it the hard way, writes Caden Helmers. |
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Subscriber only: Quaama doesn't lend itself to the same imagery as Cobargo but the suffering is apparent from the moment you drive in. |
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Subscriber only: Canberra Stadium will open its doors to corporate suites to offer fans a different way to watch Super Rugby. |
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The playful and provocative works of contemporary Chinese artist Xu Zhen will soon be unveiled at the National Gallery of Australia. |
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| Times Past In The Canberra Times' first leap year issue, published 92 years ago today, the paper advised its readers of the "most attractive thing" about the year with an extra day. Custom, the paper advised its readers, had given the prerogative of proposing marriage to the man. "But leap year is widely regarded, in theory at least, as conferring on [women] a franchise which the other years deny, and it is said that they use it to some purpose," the paper said. "Evidence is hard to get, for woman still proudly likes to be counted among the sought, even more proudly than man likes to be known as a seeker. Yet this leap-year tradition holds." READ MORE |
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