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AM edition, Thursday, May 20, 2021

Good morning, Canberra. We've got an icy, foggy start in store for this Thursday with a top of 16 degrees forecast. Here’s what’s making news.

'The new toilet paper crisis': mice baits and traps sell out in the ACT

Subscriber: Stores throughout the ACT are selling out of baits and traps in hours as rodent infestation gnaws its way into homes across the territory.

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Barr 'leaning' towards further rates reprieve

Subscriber: Canberrans may be spared a huge rates hike in the coming financial year, the ACT's Chief Minister has indicated.

The ambassador mystery: Fletcher promoted

Subscriber: Just weeks after describing China's behaviour as "vindictive", Australia's ambassador in Beijing has been promoted.

Govt shuts down safety proposals for Parliament

Subscriber: The government has doubled down on its refusal to accept union-proposed measures to make parliamentary workplaces safer.

Press freedom inquiry seeks urgent reform

Strengthened legal protections for journalists, media organisations and their confidential sources have been recommended by a Senate inquiry.

Space control will be 'realm of cyber warfare'

Australia's catch-up in the space arms race will focus on information and cyber warfare, including helping other countries with protection.

Calls to delay truth in political advertising laws

The ACT's electoral commissioner Damian Cantwell has expressed reservations, saying he feared his impartiality could be breached.

NT police block docs for Rolfe legal team

Police have refused to release information about an officer charged with the shooting murder of a young Indigenous man to his legal team.

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Help keep the 143-year-old fires burning

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Where there's a Williams there's a way for Raiders

Subscriber: The Canberra Raiders' new halves pairing share both a name and a desire to bring down the might of the Melbourne Storm.

Canberra's really buzzing on the bee's big day

Video: From numerous embassies to Parliament House to the new Ginninderry suburbs, Canberra is buzzing for International Bee Day.

Catherine Job: Rewriting the history of Gallipoli

Obituary: Hidden facts Catherine Job uncovered about the first Gallipoli landings led to the biggest story of her career.

Times Past

Police dragged demonstrators from the road outside the South African embassy during an anti-apartheid demonstration The Canberra Times reported on this day in 1971. Twenty-four demonstrators appeared in Canberra's Petty Session court following the protest. READ MORE

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