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Subscriber: Some ACT public schools are struggling to keep up with maintenance, while capacity problems were also raised in the inquiry. |
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Subscriber: An ANU study finds that the majority of Australians no longer have confidence in the federal government. |
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Streaming giant Netflix and other major global platforms would be the target of a new federal Labor plan to tackle multi-national tax avoidance. |
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The Federal Labor leader pledged to build 30,000 homes for people in need and create 21,500 jobs over five years in his budget reply speech. |
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Subscriber: Another Alexander Machonochie Centre disturbance had day staff working an 18-hour shift to keep a lid on the unrest. |
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The Australian government says it is developing a "booster and variant strategy" to deal with the virus over the long term. |
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Subscriber: James Milligan, who lost his seat at the 2020 election, had reportedly promoted his publishing business in his public farewell letter. |
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Opinion | Jenna Price: Tourism Australia says we need to take more holidays to be healthier, happier and less irritable. Challenge accepted. |
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Subscriber: A leading Australian sports psychologist Jeff Bond said the Raiders' second-half fade-outs could be complex. But it's fixable. |
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Explainer: Why the Australian government has signed up for COVID-19 vaccine doses it expects to arrive in 2022. |
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A native rat performing a fine balancing act, nibbling on a dead carp in beautiful Lake Burley Griffin. Don't tell us Canberra is boring. |
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| Times Past Ron Mathieson, a student at the ANU, claimed to have set the first world surf record on Lake Burley Griffin. As we reported 57 years ago, the first surf record set in mill-pond conditions ended in a "wipe out". READ MORE |
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