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AM edition, Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Good morning, Canberra. There's a wet and chilly Tuesday forecast with a top of 15 degrees on the way. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.

'We will be left behind': ANU vice-chancellor calls for border plan

Australia risks falling behind the rest of the world if the international border remains closed beyond next year, a leading academic has warned.
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The great debt at the heart of the budget

Subscriber | Analysis: Just how will we pay back billions spent to keep the economy afloat during the pandemic? Karen Barlow writes.

Planning law reversed in win for supermarkets

Subscriber: Developers will soon be able to build bigger supermarkets in local shops across Canberra after the ACT government reversed a law.

'Dire' surge in serious aged care incidents

Concerns have been raised over whether a new initiative to reduce serious incidents in aged care has been adequately funded and staffed.

NAPLAN to give first post-Covid snapshot of learning

The national literacy and numeracy test is back after break last year due to the pandemic. Test yourself with some quiz examples.

Why are parties calling for less pre-poll time?

Subscriber: Despite a push for early voting at last year's election, major parties say the pre-poll period hindered campaigning efforts.

No Covid vaccine yet for Canberrans aged 40-49

The ACT government says it won't follow the lead of NSW and start offering people over 40 Covid vaccines.
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Raiders reject Bateman's claims of leaks within club

Subscriber: John Bateman has hinted someone in the club's "back room" has been leaking information. The Raiders have denied the claim.

Canberra's own best-selling booze-free beer

Food & Wine: It's kind of ironic the first conversation about developing the booze-free Heaps Normal was held over a few cold beers.

Are too many businesses failing, or not enough?

Opinion | Adam Triggs:  As the government scales back its COVID-19 support, more businesses will inevitably fail. Is that a bad thing?

Canberra album stands alongside Frank Sinatra

Not many people can say their album stands alongside the likes of Frank Sinatra and Fleetwood Mac, but Canberra's Jack Biilmann can.

Times Past

Featuring on the front page of The Canberra Times on this day 47 years ago was a photograph of Leslie Bush, 75, of Galong, and his pride and joy, a vintage 1909 motorcycle. READ MORE
 
 
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