| Good morning, Canberra. Stay safe out there today. It's going to be a scorcher as the mercury heads towards 41 degrees. Here are today's top headlines. |
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| Ground Zero of the Orroral Valley fire was just over the ridge from Steve Angus's homestead. He's now preparing for another night like 2003. |
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| A couple of dozen firefighters gathered with eskies at Tharwa's general merchant on Friday evening, ready for the potential battle ahead. |
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| They stand in the street and see the smoke by day and the flicker of flames by night. Many have already packed emergency supplies into cars. |
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| Public school principals will be left to decide whether their students should be kept indoors if hazardous bushfire smoke re-enters the ACT. |
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| Australians were hit with more than $100 million in taxpayer-funded advertising in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election. |
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| Subscriber only: The government is yet to provide details on the machinery of public service changes coming into effect from today. |
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| Advocates have welcomed Canberra's contentious new cannabis regime, hoping it sparks a broader public discussion about drug law reform. |
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| A silent auction and trivia night is hoped to raise $50,000. Among the auction items is lunch with Raiders coach Ricky Stuart. |
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| The ACT Brumbies promised to make people smile in their first game of the Super Rugby season. And they delivered on Friday night. |
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| Subscriber only: If their lake supply gets cut off, the Royal Canberra Golf Club will have to switch to using potable water. |
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| Former law student Charlotte Terry made a dramatic career turn when she opted instead to follow her heart into fashion design. |
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| | Times Past It was the great Miracle margarine shortage of 1967, The Canberra Times used its front page to report on this day 53 years ago today. Canberra grocers were bereft of Miracle margarine, manufactured by Marrickville Margarine Pty Ltd, while the Sydney distributors could not say when supplies would spread out across the country again. Supplies had been short for several weeks and were "doled out" to shops so that each store received at least part of its order. National margarine quotas, which were introduced in Australia in 1940, were designed to protect the dairy industry, which manufactured butter. READ MORE
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