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AM edition, Sunday, December 13, 2020
Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a cloudy Sunday with a slight chance of rain and a top of 23 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital.

Was Canberra's Keren Rowland one of Ivan Milat's earliest victims?

Subscriber: It is a Canberra tale of intrigue, an innocence shattered, a brutal murder and even has potential links to one of Australia's most notorious serial killers, Ivan Milat.

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Public service casuals reaches peak this year

Subscriber: The APS hit its peak of non-ongoing employees over the past 20 years in 2020, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.

No yolk, you can't beat the largest chicken egg

Subscriber: Four times the size of a large supermarket egg, this monster was laid at a farm that supplies eggs to Canberra.

Canberra schoolies let loose on South Coast

Subscriber: Police have been called to break up several parties on the South Coast over the last week as Canberra teens let loose.

The plan to save 400 babies a year

Six babies die from stillbirth each day in Australia. A new government plan and extra funding wants to turn that around.

Carols bring some much-needed cheer to capital

The annual Christmas concert was performed in front of a reduced crowd of 2000 people, with social-distancing measures in place.

Govt must fix systemic racism: report

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are 12.9 times more likely to be in out-of-home care than non-Indigenous children in the ACT.

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Dear Santa: A grown-up Canberra Christmas list

Presents under the tree aren't the most important things for these three Canberra women this festive season.

Stars shine amid Manuka Oval controversy

Subscriber: Three incorrect umpiring decisions in Canberra on Saturday has prompted calls for a Big Bash decision review system.

The highs and lows of a grassroots campaigner

Opinion: Between the grass and hay, it's heartening when popular culture reflects one's obsession with mowing, writes B. R. Doherty.

Antitrust: The US pulls out the big gun

In many ways, Facebook and Google have outgrown their government. But it still has one way to keep them in check, writes Belinda Barnet.

Times Past

The Canberra Times reported on this day 48 years ago of another interruption to the capital's rubbish collection. Six garbage truck crews went on strike after the driver of one of the trucks was allegedly assaulted by police as he was leaving the RSL Club at Phillip. The officers were investigating a theft of goods from premises in Civic.  READ MORE
 
 
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