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AM edition, Friday, November 20, 2020

Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a warm Friday with a top temperature of 32 degrees expected. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.

Found her: Chisholm floorboard author revealed

Annie Littlehales started Tuesday like any other day, working as a baby sleep consultant in Sydney. Then her phone started to ping.

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Census fail 2.0? Concerns over ABS's preparation

Subscriber only: An audit of the ABS's preparation for the 2021 census showed flaws in its required cyber security measures.

Canberran fined $800 after running drunk and nude

Subscriber only: Seyed Ali Talebi Akram panicked when he spotted a police car because his visa had expired.

Veterans 'relieved' at war crime report's findings

Australia's alleged involvement in war crimes in Afghanistan being revealed is more a 'relief' than anything else for many veterans.

Increased restrictions on SA travellers to Canberra

An online declaration will now be a requirement for anyone travelling from South Australia to Canberra under COVID-19 travel restrictions.

'Significant' COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

Fewer than two thirds of Australians say they will definitively get a COVID-19 vaccine once it is available, ANU analysis shows.

Welfare cuts 'cruel' as unemployment rises

Canberra community sector groups say the planned Christmas cut to the coronavirus supplement is cruel and crushing, as unemployment rises.

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Money for jam? Ask me (and your union) how

Opinion: Why aren't all these unemployed young people just picking fruit? Welcome to the latest culture war, writes Jenna Price.

All the Canberra bus shelters in one book

The man who can lay claim to making Canberra's now iconic bus shelters cool is artist Trevor Dickinson.

A war crimes conviction is no straightforward ask

Opinion: There are huge questions about how potential criminal prosecutions into alleged war crimes would work, writes David Letts.

ABL frustrated at ACT govt holding up Cavalry

Subscriber only: Canberra Cavalry look set to begin the upcoming ABL season without imported players due to government red tape.

Times Past

A casino proposal was causing controversy in Canberra back in 1983. On the front page of The Canberra Times on November 20 1983, it was reported a proposal by the government to open a casino in the capital would likely be rejected in the ACT House of Assembly.
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