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PM edition, Friday, March 27, 2020

Defence to enforce hotel quarantine for all arrivals

Not only will Defence enforce hotel quarantine, it will also enforce home isolation for people who are supposed to be staying at home for 14 days.

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Eased restrictions offer relief but no certainty

Hairdressers will now be able to have appointments longer than 30 minutes after previous restrictions were lifted.

Childcare centres could close without subsidy

Childcare centres face being made insolvent if the federal government does not issue subsidies to the sector, according to one Canberra provider.

Man charged with burgling evacuated homes

Many residents in the area had evacuated their homes as the bushfire threat encroached on their properties.

Man who doused stranger in diesel jailed

Subscriber only: A man who went on a "rampage" and doused a stranger in fuel at a petrol station is fortunate he didn't kill anyone.

Court to ramp up coronavirus response

The number of cases listed in the next three months has been further reduced in an attempt to limit the spread of coronavirus.

Nine new coronavirus cases recorded

ACT Health says of the nine new cases, seven are linked to overseas travel while the other two are close contacts of confirmed cases.

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How social distancing is changing your shopping

Floor markings to keep customers apart, perspex screens and cashless payments are becoming the norm in Australia's supermarkets.

A luxury the public service can no longer afford

Analysis: Reports that many public servants who want to follow their private sector counterparts are being knocked back seems befuddling.

Will a recession cost more lives than the virus itself?

Opinion: It's a brutal calculus, weighing up the cost of lives lost to a virus against those ended due to recession, writes Steve Evans.

Canberra is still open - the (good) food news

The hospitality industry has changed dramatically, but there’s still plenty of ways to support local businesses in this time.

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