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| Nearly 290,000 Australian businesses have registered for the federal government's new JobKeeper wage subsidy in less than 24 hours. |
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| Between 12,600 and 33,600 deaths are anticipated in New Zealand, which has a population five times lower than that of Australia. |
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| About half of the ATO's staff are working remotely as the agency takes on the government's crucial economic stimulus task. |
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| Education ministers have discussed possible changes to ATAR scoring in 2020, as they attempt to soften the impact of the coronavirus. |
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| The new $1500-a-fortnight payment for 6 million workers is welcome news to local businesses, but they're not all signing up immediately. |
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| Mark Conley painted it himself. He stands outside Canberra Hospital with it as staff pass. They respond with waves and smiles. |
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| Health authorities fear the oncoming flu season could put further strain on the hospital system just as COVID-19 cases peak. |
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| John Bateman picked up the tools on Tuesday as several Raiders have gone to work in the coronavirus-induced NRL shutdown. |
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| Those looking to stock up on alcohol for self-isolation will be hit with limits at most bottle shops across the country. |
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| The Brumbies will run on the smell of an oily rag until further notice to ease coronavirus pressure after a board meeting on Tuesday. |
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| Four Canberra golf courses remain open for play, going against Golf Australia's recommendation to close due to the coronavirus pandemic. |
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| | Times Past More than 1300 people walked 20 miles (32 kilometres) around Lake Burley Griffin, reported The Canberra Times on this day in 1968. The walk accumulated an estimated 1500 blisters and raised at least $15,000 for the Narrabundah Marymead Children's Centre. Still located in Narrabundah, Marymead is a community-based not-for-profit organisation. It provides a range of high-quality, innovative support services to children, young people and their families. READ MORE
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