| Good morning Canberra - we're halfway through the working week! It's going to be pretty warm today: a top of 31 degrees. Here's what's making headlines. |
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| Art stirs emotions in most people who view it, but for people with dementia, it can do more, improving brain function and symptoms of depression, new research has found. |
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| Subscriber only: Home Affairs will sign a contract to build a visa processing platform, but the public sector union has a warning. |
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| Researchers are hailing the success of a targeted campaign against binge drinking on Canberra campuses as a "coup" for public health. |
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| A decision within ACT government to curb enthusiasm over the introduction of a digital driver's licence has been vindicated. |
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| It's a stroke of marketing genius or one of the worst slogans ever devised - only time and how much cash lands in Canberra will tell. |
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| The UN board has been drawn into the fracas over the ACT's legalisation of cannabis. |
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| It's been a long time between drinks, but Des Proctor is set to make a comeback after taking out The Canberra Times Fun Run in 1996. |
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| Subscriber only: GWS are set for an explosive return to Canberra against the Bulldogs, on a collision course with NRL and Super Rugby. |
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| Auckland has the first NRL-Super Rugby double header, but it might not be the last with talk of one being held in Canberra. |
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| The Raiders' surge to the NRL grand final has seen them get a jump in Channel Nine games as part of the 2020 fixture released on Tuesday. |
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| Kelsey Griffin is using an international basketball rule to fuel her ambitions after being denied a chance to play in Olympic qualifiers. |
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| | Times Past It was simply not right to be buying furniture, white goods, domestic electrical appliances, carpets, curtains or manchester outside prescribed opening hours and the Department of Territories and Local Government was planning a crackdown, The Canberra Times reported on this day 35 years ago today. A measly fine meant retailers were flouting the restrictions, even going so far as to advertise "Sunday sales". The fine was set to be increased from $200 to $2000 for first and second offences. Repeat offenders could expect to be hit with a $5000 bill. READ MORE
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