Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a sunny day and a top of 27 degrees. Here's what's making news today in the capital. |
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Subscriber: The 2000 Sydney Olympic Games inspired a generation of Australian athletes and the likelihood of Brisbane hosting the world's premier sporting event in 2032 is set to do so again, talented Canberra juniors believe. |
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Subscriber: Ex-Liberal minister Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has criticised the government's proposed integrity body for being too weak. |
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Subscriber: Some of Australia's largest companies have chosen to voluntarily return millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded subsidies. |
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Last week Kanwal Bawa was feeling apprehensive about getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Until she spoke to a Canberra-based GP. |
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In the ACT the rollout is on track, contractor Aspen Medical says, with the ninth aged care centre to receive vaccinations today. |
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Subscriber: Plans have been lodged for a $41m redevelopment of Dame Pattie Menzies House to a six-storey apartment building. |
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Subscriber: Pioneering research can now measure blood clots to within a nanogram and watch it move in real-time. |
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The fish sculptures will be in place throughout the Enlighten Festival, which starts tonight and continues until March 14. |
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Subscriber: Canberra Raiders co-captain Jarrod Croker could get the all clear to play round one on Monday. |
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Opinion: No the Banana isn't that Big, but the pools have integrity, writes Mark Thomas. |
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Subscriber: Rob de Castella has called for a "critical" redirection of funding into pathways for emerging athletes as Brisbane 2032 looms. |
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| Times Past A story on the front page of The Canberra Times on this day 34 years ago recalled the reunion of Norm Hunter of Minnesota and Leslie Bolger, of Curtin. Forty-two years prior, Leslie Bolger, then 24, floated blindly in the remains of a shipwreck. If he was able to see through the oil which filmed his eyes, he may have recognised the American sailor who helped save his life. READ MORE |
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