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PM edition, Thursday, July 2, 2020

'Destroying democracy': Parton suspended from Assembly for TikTok videos

Subscriber only: Opposition MLA Mark Parton was kicked out of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday after refusing to remove a video.

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Man 'pretended to work for ASIO' in alleged fraud

Subscriber only: Officers seized three horses and a Mitsubishi Triton ute from the man as part of the investigation.

Canberra apartment approvals at eight-year low

Subscriber only: A fall in apartment approvals was forecast before the pandemic, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Funding for nursing degrees to be cut

There's fears the reforms could compromise the quality of teaching as well as the standard of student entering the demanding degree.

Parliament House to reopen to the public

Parliament House is the last of the national institutions to reopen in Canberra and will introduce a range of measures to keep visitors safe.

Virgin announces ACT to Gold Coast flights

Virgin has announced flights from the capital will take off three days after Queensland reopens its borders to the ACT.

Fiona Kotvojs has been forged by fire

Subscriber only: Fiona Kotvojs' first memory as a child is of flames dancing on the ridge near her Dignams Creek home.

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Injury blow: Brumbies lose two stars on eve of season

Subscriber only: The Brumbies' back-line reshuffle will test new combinations against a star-studded Rebels outfit.

'Let me be clear': the worst of political jargon

What are the worst examples of pollie-waffle in 2020? Well, that's a great question and we'll have more to say on that.

We need new rules on COVID-19 modelling

Opinion: From flattening the curve to economic analyses, COVID-19 has put modelling in the spotlight, writes Gabriele Bammer.

Spotlight opens first store in Canberra

Fans of the haberdashery and homewares chain have had, until now, to go to Spotlight in Queanbeyan to get their fix.

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