The text message was sent to more than 900 people on Monday morning and it said: "Health has identified that you may be eligible for release from a stay-at-home requirement as of 11.59pm tonight."
Federal Parliament will continue to resume sitting on August 3 as scheduled, even if a number of Sydney MPs cannot make it back to Canberra due to restrictions ordered by the NSW and ACT governments.
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Canberra climate scientists have warned record-breaking temperatures of nearly 50 degrees recently experienced in parts of the northern hemisphere could soon become the norm during Australian summers.
European Union foreign ministers have agreed to launch a global infrastructure plan linking Europe to the world, its latest step after deals with India and Japan and a similar pledge by the Group of Seven richest democracies.
Subscriber | Opinion: The COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney, still growing rapidly, has upended dominant assumptions about pandemic policy in Australia, writes John Quiggin.
Subscriber: The ACT government was prepared to slash venue hire fees to bring this weekend's derby to Manuka Oval - but plans to bring the clash to Canberra were scuppered by the Victorian government's decision to list the ACT as a red zone.
Opinion: Australia's draconian defamation laws have long placed significant limits on media reporting, especially when the people involved are powerful and have deep pockets to fund litigation, writes Senator Rex Patrick.
