The sound of silence has been replaced with roars of laughter, silverware clinking, busy city traffic and families telling anecdotes to each other in the nation's capital as COVID restrictions ease.
Subscriber: The ACT government will look across the border for future greenfield developments as moves are being made to allow the government's agency responsible for development to buy land in NSW.
Canberra retailers are worried they will miss out on much-needed customers after the regional bubble was expanded to the South Coast and other NSW destinations.
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Like teachers all over Canberra, Renee Broadhurst is counting down the days until she can return to the classroom with her year 4 students at Majura Primary School.
Subscriber:A former taxi driver who uploaded child exploitation material to Facebook has lost his appeals to re-enter the industry after saying he published the video only to "highlight this terrible criminal activity".
Subscriber: Curiosity about your family tree could provide the genetic tracer to a distant relative who is a serious offender, as advanced DNA techniques from the US are introduced to Australia.
Subscriber: Researchers of an AIS-led study into long-term effects of concussion have discovered non-collision sporting injuries can also have a substantial effect on the brain.
When Darcy Scott was born, he was three-and-a-half months premature and weighed less than one kilogram. Now 20 months, Darcy tears around his Kambah home, dancing to The Wiggles whenever he can and showing everyone how quickly he can clamber up the lounge.
Opinion: After unparalleled success controlling COVID, Jacinda Ardern is now asking New Zealand citizens to accept the least-worst option, writes Suze Randall.
University of Canberra clinical psychologist Dr Vivienne Lewis says children might take some time to warm up to other people as COVID restrictions lift across the country.
