| Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a slightly cooler day today with a top temperature of 21 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital. |
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| Matt Giteau, whose niece was diagnosed with kidney cancer, and Josh Papalii are teaming up to help raise money for research and funds into rare cancers. |
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| Subscriber: An assistant from an ACT school is being investigated over allegations of child abuse or misconduct towards children. |
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| Subscriber: A remorseless sex offender who traded child abuse material with his internet friends lied about being "set up", a court heard. |
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| Pre-poll and postal votes should be allowed to be counted on election night, even before voting closes, a committee has recommended. |
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| Canberra's car festival has been recognised by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission for an app that's become popular overseas. |
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| E-scooters have taken off in Canberra and it appears they're here to stay, with many people moving from rentals to buying their own. |
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| At precisely 2.12pm on Thursday in Canberra, there was a spike in Google searches for the phrase "jumped the shark". |
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| Subscriber: There's plenty of debate over who will replace David Warner in the Test line-up. But Usman Khawaja is BBL-focused. |
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| Opinion: Australia's birth rate is plummeting. That won't change until we can make having kids affordable again, writes Jenna Price. |
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| Subscriber: Brock Jarvis would be covered in cement as he chained up his pushbike outside a Sydney train station. |
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| Explainer: Perhaps before Christmas - Christmas, 2021, that is. Here's what you need to know about the vaccines. |
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| | Times Past A 19-year-old builder's labourer was awarded a $200 ballet scholarship, The Canberra Times reported on its front page on this day 45 years ago. Andrew Baxter, who attended Bryan Lawrence's School of Dancing in Dickson, was awarded the scholarship alongside Vicki Hourigan, 12, of Aranda. "I guess I get more exercise than most football players," Baxter said. READ MORE
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