Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a mostly sunny start to the working week on the way to a top of 24 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital. |
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Subscriber: As NASA prepares to land the Perseverance rover on Mars, these Canberrans will be helping to guide it there. |
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Subscriber: The Canberra Hospital will receive increased security to assist with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout due to begin later this month. |
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Subscriber: Overseas students are unlikely to enrol in Australian unis while borders remain shut, ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt says. |
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The Dowden household is just like any other with three boys under 10. Unlike most families Sebastian, 7, has a very rare genetic condition. |
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Florida's OK - but it's not home for this Canberra couple longing to return as their granddaughter's birthday looms. |
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Subscriber: The discount voucher scheme will be revived later this year after the ACT government allocated $2 million to it in its recent budget. |
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When prominent Canberra architect Tony Trobe first heard about the idea for the National Arboretum, he was not impressed. |
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For a whole generation of Canberra creatives, the 1980s really were the golden years for the arts scene. |
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Opinion: Journalists are told to put the important bit up the top, so let's begin with who's going to win the next election, writes Nic Stuart. |
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Explainer: The idea is that quarantine protects people from infection by the coronavirus. So what is going wrong? |
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Subscriber: Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad has lifted the lid on how much of a toll last year's oppressive biosecurity bubble took on players. |
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| Times Past A Weetangera school was described as looking "like a sardine tin", the front page of The Canberra Times reported on this day in 1974. The chairman of the interim Weetangera school board said there were 130 children at the school who could not be accommodated in classrooms and even when the new unit at the school was to be complete, there would still be a surplus of 40 children. READ MORE |
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