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AM edition, Monday, August 17, 2020

Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a partly cloudy day with a top of 13 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital.

ACT welfare numbers surge during COVID-19

Subscriber only: Canberra's northern suburbs have had the most JobSeeker claims since virus-related restrictions hit. Here's how each postcode compares.

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Poach interstaters to spark ACT's recovery: council

Subscriber only: Melburnians and Sydneysiders would be offered $10,000 grants to move to Canberra under a Property Council proposal.

'Date night with Gladys': Inside the border drama

Subscriber only: As 100 Canberrans waited, trapped on the Victorian border, an unprecedented diplomatic stoush was taking place.

$1500 payments to help ACT's vulnerable workers

Workers forced to quarantine could receive up to $1500 under a scheme designed to prevent one of the drivers of Melbourne's second wave.

More NSW COVID cases from unknown source

NSW has recorded its fewest new coronavirus cases in more than a month but is plagued by community transmissions.

NCA to replace hebe plants on Anzac Parade

Anzac Parade looks a bit different at the moment, with the removal of the hebe plants from the centre planter boxes due to a soil-borne disease.

'Bill shock' looms amid work-from-home shift

The heating burden has switched from employers to employees during the pandemic and could lead to a major "bill shock", experts fear.

Tradies set for easier cross border access

Tradies will soon be able to work in different states and territories under one licence following an agreement between the nation's treasurers.

Conservationists out to save Lawson grasslands

Subscriber only: A government agency has been urged to rethink a development which would destroy endangered ACT grasslands.

Featured

Morrison made a promise. We need him to keep it

Opinion: When I was Tuvalu's PM, Mr Morrison referred to the Pacific as "family". Families help each other in a crisis, writes Enele Sopoaga.

The incredible resilience of a pro Canberra cyclist

Subscriber only: An awful broken leg. A Spanish lockdown. Then his father passed away. Rory Sutherland has had a worse 2020 than many.

Does Trump have a hope against Biden and Harris?

Opinion: Joe Biden's VP pick has proven a smart one so far - but there's still a path to victory for the incumbent, writes Bruce Wolpe.

This app could identify snakes and spiders

Ever wondered if the snake or spider you've come across in your backyard is friendly or venomous? Well there's about to be an app for that.

Times Past

An incredible story made the front page on this day in 1994. Andy Rankan, a former ADFA cadet, came across a car accident, finding a pregnant woman who had ceased breathing and her distraught husband desperately holding onto her. The 18-year-old Rankan suggested mouth-to-mouth, however the grieving husband refused to let go. Rankan took charge, punched the husband and saved the woman's life. READ MORE

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