Good morning, Canberra. It's going to be a windy one in the capital today with a top of 24 degrees. Here's what's making headlines this morning. |
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While dark clouds loom over the sector, there is hope that the construction industry can lead the ACT's recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. |
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Bikes have become the next item in hot demand as people look for ways to keep up exercise while social distancing. |
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Subscriber only: Killer Marcus Rappel, 45, will spend at least an extra three months behind bars after his sentence was extended. |
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Sluggish sales at reopened stores in China and Europe suggest business won't necessarily bounce right back when the coronavirus crisis eases. |
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Mourners are finding new ways to spread the love far with smaller services as coronavirus restrictions bear down. |
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The passenger terminal at Canberra Airport has closed its doors because there were no scheduled international or domestic flights. |
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How employers are affected by the JobKeeper scheme, and what they need to do, remains unclear acccording to experts. |
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Subscriber only: A Comanchero bikie has been jailed for 14 years after the failed assassination of the gang's former Canberra commander. |
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Subscriber only: JJ Collins is determined to do everything he can to avoid being caught behind the eight ball. |
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Every week I am buoyed by the enterprising ideas the Canberra hospitality industry is coming up with, Karen Hardy writes. |
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Opinion: There's so many potential changes the AFL could introduce in the current environment with far more ease, writes Rohan Connolly. |
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The group's Canberra coordinator, Paramdeep Nrain, said 80 to 100 meals were being delivered daily during the coronavirus shutdown. |
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| Times Past More than two dozen vehicles had been involved in 11 accidents on Canberra roads on this day in 1958. A story on the front page of The Canberra Times said the accidents happened between 7.30am and 8.10pm the previous day. A major contributor was said to be the national capital's "greasy" roads, after it was hit by drizzling rain. "Nobody was seriously injured but a cyclist, Bruno Monteleone, of Caley Crescent, Narrabundah, received lacerations which necessitated hospital treatment," the Times' story said. READ MORE |
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