| Good morning, Canberra. It's going to be another nice day in the capital, heading for a maximum of around 22 degrees. Here's what's making news. |
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| Explainer: Health experts reveal some of the personal measures people should (and shouldn't) take to stop infection. |
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| Scott Morrison has returned to Canberra and is preparing to announce measures to help industries hit hard by the crisis. |
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| ClubsACT chief executive Gywn Rees said "all options should be on the table" to support businesses through the coronavirus threat. |
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| The War Memorial's Anzac Day service is likely to go ahead, but it won't look like it has in previous years. |
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| The ABC's Four Corners has aired video showing an Australian SAS soldier shooting and killing an allegedly unarmed Afghan man. |
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| Opinion: Here I sit, alone at home, miserable and wondering how I can cope with only my own limited company, writes Steve Evans. |
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| Just one in three Australians remember seeing labels on bottles warning about the risks of drinking while pregnant, a new poll has found. |
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| Subscriber only: The Raiders are considering a chartered fly-in, fly-out trip to the Gold Coast to avoid being stuck away from home. |
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| Subscriber only: The ACT Brumbies have suffered a double-injury blow as Super Rugby prepares to go into lockdown |
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| Canberra club rugby, basketball and AFL competitions have been shut down until May as amateur comps brace for the spread of coronavirus. |
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| The AFL has cut its season from 23 rounds to 17 but doubt remains over Thursday night's opening game kicking off as planned. |
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| | Times Past Ah, the 1980s, when a highlight of a public food and wine event was a competition for drinking (presumably as fast as possible) from a wine bag. On this day in 1986, Colin Lancaster, of Melba, achieved some Canberra immortality when he was pictured on page one winning the San Bernadino Wines bota (wine skin) drinking competition as part of the famous Food and Wine Frolic. Debbie Cameron's evocative story about the day deserves a substantial re-airing. "By the end of the day the lawn had been scalped. The baldness was exaggerated by an uncomfortable toupee of broken plastic cups and forks." READ MORE
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