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AM edition, Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Good morning, Canberra. It's finally cooling down a bit, with a top of 25 degrees predicted for today. Here are today's top stories.

How a tiny community beat a bushfire

It is the tightest of communities. On Top Naas Road, just inside the ACT border, four neighbouring properties survived a ferocious bushfire by sticking together.

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Nationals' leadership turmoil kicks off year

Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce will attempt to make a comeback in a whirlwind opening day of national politics.

ACT childcare costs highest in Australia - again

Canberrans continue to be slugged the highest childcare costs in the nation, new data has shown.

Analysis: Morrison drags Gaetjens into the mire

Subscriber only: In selectively quoting his departmental head, the Prime Minister has done him a disservice, Kirsten Lawson writes.

Amendment to make way for arboretum hotel

A luxury hotel at the National Arboretum is a step closer, with public consultation open for a National Capital Plan amendment. 

School psychs to help with bushfire aftermath

Few students won't have been touched by a series of unprecedented weather events in Canberra and the surrounding region. 

Family reunited with war ID tags after 76 years

The relatives of a Forbes WWII flight lieutenant who died in Germany in 1944 say they are "amazed" to be reunited with his identification tags.

Sport

United's Roestbakken ready for European move

Subscriber only: Canberra United star Karly Roestbakken is set to become the latest Matildas player to ply their trade overseas.

Return of The Mumma's Boy: Hartas eyes nationals

Subscriber only: Beau Hartas has been a fighter since he was 10 days old. Since the moment his mum saved him when he quit breathing.

Dean takes ACT Meteors' coaching reins for WNCL

Subscriber only: Jono Dean has been thrust into the ACT Meteors' head coaching role as Cricket ACT take a "look to the future".

Capitals young guns eye national basketball title

Subscriber only: Gemma Potter and Lily Scanlon will hunt for a national title in Canberra this week - and one more may be on the horizon.

Times Past

An unexpected cause for a traffic jam made news on this day in 1983 when motorists returning from holidays along the Kings Highway, near Bungendore, were shocked by the appearance of a large mob of 2700 sheep being moved by their drovers. While sheep do pass regularly, a sign is usually displayed warning motorists of possible delays. Drivers had to brake hard to avoid hitting the large mob and chaos followed when cars tried to pass each other in an attempt to get through the obstruction.  READ MORE
 
 
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