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AM edition, Friday, April 30, 2021
Good morning, Canberra. The sunshine continues with a top of 21 degrees forecast today after a foggy start. Here’s what’s making news in the capital.

'A horrifying thought': Canberra's massive gender superannuation gap

Subscriber: When Megan Watts' marriage of almost 30 years broke down, she was plunged into financial turmoil. 
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Push for flexible work to ease peak-hour pinch

Subscriber: The ACT govt will lean on Canberra's major employers to encourage flexible working hours to spread out peak-hour travel demand.

Reprieve extended for ACT renters feeling pinch

Canberra tenants who have fallen behind on their rent due to the pandemic will be provided additional leniency in catching up.

ACT govt 'committed to protecting children'

The ACT government says it is committed to protecting children and preventing domestic violence following the Bradyn Dillon inquest.

Insects appeal: time to stick a bug in your mug

A major effort to persuade Australians to eat more insects is being launched in Canberra.
 

ACT's slow-moving sex assault case resolutions

The ACT were slower to finalise sexual assault cases in 2019 than any other state or territory in the country.

Canberra's peafowl will be lost unless traffic slowed

Narrabundah's famed peafowl will disappear from the streets in two years if changes to slow traffic are not made, community advocates say.
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Bunker controversy ends Canberra charge

Two controversial bunker decisions killed off the Canberra Raiders' chances of a second-half comeback.
 

Second class: When all Australians aren't equal

Opinion: Forget what the PM said last week about compassion. We've just discovered some of us are very insignificant, writes Jenna Price.

Senior ACT students still want fun and excitement

A new competition found students wanted anything from "hardcore parkour" to just footpaths without cracks in them in their schoolyard.

Is Bitcoin the future for your money?

Explainer: If you had spent $100 on Bitcoin 10 years ago, it would now be worth around $50 million. So what's going on?

Times Past

A "faulty" car which failed a registration test was deemed roadworthy only a few hours later at the same testing station in Phillip, according to a story in The Canberra Times on this day 44 years ago.
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