| Good morning, Canberra. After a cool start, we're looking at a nice sunny day with a top of 25 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital. |
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| As lockdown had more people reaching for the liquor cabinet after a long day, a business decision to send alcohol-free alternatives straight to customers' homes has sent a Canberra enterprise to new heights. |
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| What if someone wanted to skip the government's priority list and get the jab early? Is it possible? How much would it cost? |
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| Thousands of Canberrans will be able to use their ChooseCBR vouchers from today, as the ACT govt aims to boost local businesses. |
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| Subscriber only: A number of federal depts are quietly preparing incoming minister briefs as they await an imminent cabinet reshuffle. |
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| Subscriber only: The man will be eligible for parole in September, following a two-day "rampage" that ended with an injured police officer. |
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| The vaccine AZD1222 was about 70-per-cent effective, scientist Andrew Pollard and his team write in the academic journal The Lancet. |
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| Subscriber only: Liberal senator asks federal Health Minister Greg Hunt to consider Commonwealth support for Mr Fluffy victims. |
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| Subscriber only: Trainee officers were asked whether they'd be willing to operate alongside automated machines with the ability to kill. |
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| Aviation workers made redundant in the pandemic-driven downturn have been snapped up by defence industry. |
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| "Unless you're JK Rowling", author Stephanie Owen Reeder says, "pay starts at a low base rate". But COVID has cut her earnings by 75 per cent. |
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| How do you forget about COVID-19? With a $2000 bottle of wine from award-winning Canberra restaurant Italian and Sons. |
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| Subscriber only: The unbeaten local fighter will look to shine on a huge platform in Canberra this weekend. |
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| Here are a few suggestions of ways to feed your people over the Christmas period, with minimal work required by you. |
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| | Times Past Dairy Farmers Milk manager Ivon Culver had launched a drive to make Canberrans feel guilty about milk crates being stashed away in their houses and shops, The Canberra Times reported on this day in 1979. It came as $50,000 worth of crates disappeared each year, or about 1000 crates a month in the ACT. Mr Culver said the crates had so many uses and appealed to almost everyone. READ MORE
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