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AM edition, Saturday, March 27, 2021

Good morning, Canberra. There's a small chance we'll see some showers on an otherwise bright Saturday. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.

'Reimagine the gateway': The future of Northbourne Avenue

Subscriber: Part of the strategy to create a "world-class boulevard" will pave the way for a vision of 37,000 new dwellings in the decades to come.

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Departments await sixth ministers in eight years

The coming cabinet reshuffle is set to reverberate across government, with some departments expecting their sixth minister in eight years.

Canberra braces for end to JobKeeper lifeline

Subscriber: The end of JobKeeper marks a critical juncture in Canberra's coronavirus recovery, and the economic shock of the pandemic.

Organised crime networks behind big cocaine habit

Subscriber: The rise of drug trafficking into the ACT us not all bikie-related, but organised crime as well, the police say.

Barr government falling behind building program

Subscriber: The ACT government did not spend almost $250 million set aside for construction and infrastructure last financial year.

Police dog, two Tasers to arrest Canberra man

Subscriber: Jason Buckley, 39, is accused of dousing his partner in methylated spirits and threatening to set her alight with a cigarette lighter.

ACT hits road with nation's biggest hydrogen fleet

Canberra's public servants will be active participants in what's been described as the "great leap forward" in transport technology.

ACT government looking at build-to-rent option

Subscriber: The future of an empty government-owned Northbourne Avenue block could be up in the air for at least another year.

Have your say on the new look of Dickson

Subscriber: Canberrans have been invited to give their views on plans to revamp Woolley Street in Dickson.

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Ikitau stars as Brumbies thrash Western Force

Doubles to Len Ikitau and Andy Muirhead spearheaded the ACT Brumbies to a 42-14 thrashing of the Western Force last night.

Sexual assault policies fit pattern of abuse of power

Subscriber | Opinion: It's not only leaking that signifies a party losing a grip on its capacity to rule, writes Jack Waterford.

Yowie Man: Weetangera's rocket trio uncovered

Subscriber: As the space race captivated the world in the late 1960s and early '70s, some strange rockets appeared across the ACT.

How little Peter Rabbit keeps hopping

Meet the Canberra animator who was the visual effects supervisor on Peter Rabbit (2018) and its newly released sequel.

Times Past

Six two-day old pups were recovered from a stormwater drain, The Canberra Times reported on this day 46 years ago. The six pups were among 10 discovered in the drain under Allara Street in Civic.
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