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AM edition, Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Good morning, Canberra. We're heading for a top of 22 degrees on a partly cloudy Tuesday. Here's what's making headlines in the capital.

'We're ready': ACT government is confident remote learning will pass Day 1 test

The territory's education directorate remains confident despite the first day in other jurisdictions being plagued by technical problems.

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Who will see my contact tracing app data?

Australians are registering faster than the federal government expected, but what happens to data the app collects?

ACT to keep restrictions, as other states start exit

The Chief Minister warned of the risks of prematurely lifting the restrictions which have proven successful suppressing the virus.

Students ready for school term like no other

For the most part, children in both the ACT and NSW will be learning from their dining room tables, bedrooms and kitchen benches.

Drive-through coronavirus testing expanded

Unpleasant, but not painful: Watch Canberra Times journalist Steve Evans take the coronavirus nasal swab test.

There's a chance Australia can dodge a recession

Economists are generally agreed that the downturn in the June quarter will be one of the sharpest and deepest in the nation's history.

Paedophile sentenced over 'disturbing'  incident

Subscriber only: As the 12-year-old victim looked at bicycles in Kmart, a man approached and repeatedly touched him.

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Clash of the comps puts NRC's future in doubt

Subscriber only: The return of club rugby is set to collide with the much maligned National Rugby Championship this year.

Fell Swoop needs strong Wagga race to continue

Leading Canberra trainer Matthew Dale says it's up to stable stalwart Fell Swoop to "show me he wants to continue racing".

Grease Monkey opens new Gungahlin restaurant

Gungahlin now has its very own Grease Monkey, with the popular restaurant opening in the Laneway Market Place.

Canberran baseballers sign with US college

Subscriber only: Stuart Tharle and Trent Buchanan aim to make it to the big leagues - and they're both going through Three Rivers College.

Times Past

Molten metal spurting from a circuit breaker on an electricity pole near Hall - and the subsequent bushfire - were reported on page one of The Canberra Times on this day 41 years ago. It was the worst bushfire in the ACT at the time, according the Canberra Coroner.  READ MORE
 
 
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