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| Subscriber: A year after the Orroral Valley fire was sparked by a helicopter landing light, the details remain the subject of intrigue and contention. |
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| The ACT government will spend $24 million to roll out the COVID-19 vaccines across the territory, as preparations ramp up. |
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| The federal government will spend $137 million to upgrade the bridge, in a project designed to extend its lifespan by at least 50 years. |
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| Extreme weather events in Australia have cost the country more than $35 billion in the past decade, and that figure is only going to get worse. |
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| Canberrans will soon be able to learn and understand the reality of the Holocaust at a new museum and education centre. |
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| The former Melbourne principal was on her way to Australia on Monday after being extradited from Israel to face child sexual abuse charges. |
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| The move comes just days after Beijing bristled at a US aircraft carrier group's entry into the heavily disputed ocean territory. |
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| Opinion: A national system of honours can't thrive unless it has broad public support. Frank Bongiorno has the answer. |
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| Subscriber: The ACT Brumbies back-rower enters his fourth Super Rugby campaign ready to fulfil his prodigious potential. |
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| Explainer: Should you take a call during a storm? The dos and don'ts of using a phone amid the crashes and flashes. |
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| Opinion: The bias against Margaret Court is hardly equality or even tolerance in a pluralistic country, writes Father Brendan Lee. |
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| | Times Past The full devastating losses from the Woden flood had not been realised despite the dramatic headlines on the front page on this day in 1971. Seven young people died in the flash flood that hit on January 26, but in the next day's paper it was only known that one person had died and four were missing. Despite the patchy information available at that stage, stories of great courage were already being told. READ MORE
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