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Good morning, Canberra. Winter is coming, with today's top temperature expected to be only 13 degrees. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.

Growing pains: Students scared to use school toilets, infrastructure inquiry told

Subscriber: Some ACT public schools are struggling to keep up with maintenance, while capacity problems were also raised in the inquiry. 
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Voter confidence in the Morrison govt plummets

Subscriber: An ANU study finds that the majority of Australians no longer have confidence in the federal government.

'Shouldn't get a leg up': Netflix in Labor's sights

Streaming giant Netflix and other major global platforms would be the target of a new federal Labor plan to tackle multi-national tax avoidance.

Albanese pledges $10b housing rescue plan

The Federal Labor leader pledged to build 30,000 homes for people in need and create 21,500 jobs over five years in his budget reply speech.

AMC staff upset at broken promises after revolt

Subscriber: Another Alexander Machonochie Centre disturbance had day staff working an 18-hour shift to keep a lid on the unrest.

Government preps for three COVID-19 jabs

The Australian government says it is developing a "booster and variant strategy" to deal with the virus over the long term.

Libs' Milligan referred to standards commissioner

Subscriber: James Milligan, who lost his seat at the 2020 election, had reportedly promoted his publishing business in his public farewell letter.
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How to holiday in Australia during the pandemic

Opinion | Jenna Price: Tourism Australia says we need to take more holidays to be healthier, happier and less irritable. Challenge accepted.

Raiders' second-half dramas are fixable

Subscriber: A leading Australian sports psychologist Jeff Bond said the Raiders' second-half fade-outs could be complex. But it's fixable.

Will we all need a COVID-19 vaccine booster?

Explainer: Why the Australian government has signed up for COVID-19 vaccine doses it expects to arrive in 2022.

Something you don't see every day on LBG

A native rat performing a fine balancing act, nibbling on a dead carp in beautiful Lake Burley Griffin. Don't tell us Canberra is boring.

Times Past

Ron Mathieson, a student at the ANU, claimed to have set the first world surf record on Lake Burley Griffin. As we reported 57 years ago, the first surf record set in mill-pond conditions ended in a "wipe out".  READ MORE
 
 
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