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AM edition, Monday, August 31, 2020
Good morning, Canberra. We're on our way to a top of 14 degrees on a partly cloudy Monday. Here’s what’s making news on the last day of winter.

How will a summer look in Canberra in the age of COVID-19?

Mainstays of Canberra's summer events calendar will look vastly different this year, if they are able to go ahead at all.

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Canberra's alarming overdose death toll

Subscriber only: Overdose deaths remain a hidden health crisis in Australia with experts saying "there is no silver bullet".

Summer crowds could lead to COVID-19 spread

ACT chief health officer Kerryn Coleman said people should not be complacent about Canberra's virus situation.

One in five power deal proposals go undelivered

Subscriber only: Among items not delivered include the expansion of the lobbyist register and a feasibility study for a new convention centre.

Concern raised over environmental cost shifting

While the Commonwealth is handing over its environmental approval powers, it is not handing over any extra resources.

An early taste of spring in the capital

The Bureau of Meteorology has warned it's not time to pack away the winter woolies for another year just yet.

Motorbike rider fined after speeding in bike lane

A Kambah man has been fined more than $2000 after riding a motorcycle more than 60km/h above the speed limit in a bicycle lane.

Featured

Wighton ignites Raiders to crucial comeback win

Canberra Raiders five-eighth Jack Wighton continued his stunning season with two tries with the Green Machine trailing and down a man.

Canberra badly needs a fresh vision 

Opinion: The current government is stuck in its ways and unable to fix the problems Canberrans struggle with every day, writes Alistair Coe.

ACT government rules out buying AIS Arena

Subscriber only: Chief Minister Andrew Barr wants an AIS fix to buy the ACT government enough time to build its own stadium.

Can Baby Yoda save the Star Wars franchise?

Evidently spooked, and with cinemas worldwide hit hard by COVID-19, Disney says it will "step back" from making Star Wars movies for now. 

Times Past

Two young boys learned the hard way to listen to authorities on this day in 1964, when they had to be rescued after their canoe was swamped on Lake Burley Griffin.The boys, aged 15 and 10, had ignored a police warning to stay near the shores of the lake and soon found themselves with an upturned canoe.  READ MORE
 
 
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