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AM edition, Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a sunny day and a top of 29 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital.

Is this Canberra's best office building?

Subscriber: Six levels of offices are set around an internal atrium with a glass roof and a spiral staircase as a centrepiece at the new ACT government building.

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'Stealthy privatisation' of public sector concerns

Subscriber: Nearly one in five people in federal govt departments are employed on external contracts or through labour-hire firms.

McKenzie to face 'sports rorts' grilling in Senate

Bridget McKenzie will face a Senate committee in February over her involvement in the infamous sports rorts scandal.

Chilling voicemail left ACT gym owner 'terrified'

Subscriber: A martial arts coach felt terrified for himself and his students when an aggrieved former client threatened to "murder people".

COVID still throwing some surprises at ACT virus staff

They've been dealing with COVID all year and, even now, Canberra health workers are still learning new things about coronavirus.

Cops crack down with fines for e-scooter riders

During ACT Policing's last double-demerit period officers gave over 11 infringement notices to e-scooter riders in Canberra.

COVID-19 creates racket at the Australian Open

Explainer: The Australian Open is in disarray after a spate of positive COVID-19 tests from arriving charter flights. Here's what it all means.
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Will consumers save the day for Australia?

Opinion: Hoping consumers will save Australia from a fiscal cliff is a gamble. There is a better way, writes Adam Triggs.

Brumbies' path to glory starts in Jindabyne

Subscriber: Bayley Kuenzle puts it on Tom Ross. Reckons he couldn't stop a rocking canoe when Tom Cusack gave them a splash.

Biden administration's task when it comes to Iran

Opinion: The greatest threat to Middle East and perhaps world peace today is Iran's revolutionary regime, writes Jamie Hyams.

Telling tails and helping Canberra's dogs in need

Calling all model mutts, dapper doggos and cute canines of Canberra. Photographer Ina Jalil wants you for her upcoming book.

Times Past

Canberra and Queanbeyan youths were at it again holding "midnight drags" on roads outside the ACT, The Canberra Times reported 54 years ago today. A spokesperson for the Canberra Sporting Car club emphasised car club members were not involved but did not say when and where the drag racing was being held because of "obvious repercussions".  READ MORE
 
 
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