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AM edition, Saturday, November 9, 2019
Good morning, Canberra. We're in for another cold and windy day to start the weekend with a top of just 17 degrees. Here's what's making headlines.

Call for owners to better support retired racehorses

Chynna Marston has 40 horses on her property outside Yass, costing her thousands each week, but each one was saved from an untimely death.

Top stories

Cheap housing target concern in Canberra

Subscriber only: The ACT govt is eyeing new rules to shore up supply of cheap land amid fears affordable housing targets won’t be met. 

Modern slavery in the nation's heart

Subscriber only: Behind the facade of a massage parlour in Canberra, migrant workers faced shocking conditions.

Canberra Hospital’s first test since culture review

Canberra Hospital will embark on an organisation-wide culture survey for the first time since a damning independent review last year.

$260m Red Hill estate officially launched

Subscriber only: The $260 million redevelopment on the former site of the Red Hill public housing flats has been officially launched.

ACT man jailed after Kings Hwy chase to Bay

Subscriber only: An ACT man who repeatedly drove on the wrong side of the Kings Highway to evade police has been jailed for 12 months.

#TuggersPride: SouthFest returns bigger and better

SouthFest will return to the streets and laneways of Tuggeranong next week with a day of celebration, markets, food and entertainment.

Featured

Some food for thought for horse racing's critics

Comment: Oh the hypocrisy of it all. People getting on their high horse about the racing industry. Well, you've got blood on your hands.

Former ACT student to support Sir Elton’s tour

Tate Sheridan will be the opening act for Sir Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which starts in Perth on November 30.

Gingerfinch is all about things that last

Canberra-based political analyst Peita Davis was inspired to open her own ethical and sustainable online design store after living in Kenya.

Altitude gives teen Small boost before Olympic bid

Don't be alarmed when you see a teenager fly by when you're gasping for air in the closing stages of The Canberra Times fun run on Sunday.

Times Past

One of Canberra's finest ornamental pools was turned into a stinking mess, The Canberra Times reported on this day 49 years ago today. A large oil slick covered parts of Nerang Pool and it was believed to have come from the inner-city light industrial hub on Lonsdale Street, Braddon. Having found its way through storm water drains, the oil worked its way into the roundabout pool at the intersection of Coranderrk Street and Parkes Way, where it was thick and strewn with rubbish. READ MORE
 
 
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