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AM edition, Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Good morning Canberra. We're in for a partly cloudy and windy day today with a top of 24 degrees. Here's what's making headlines.

Smoke damage causes Canberra region wineries to abandon 2020 vintage

Subscriber only: 2020 is most definitely not a good year for Canberra wines, with the industry set to lose tens of millions of dollars due to bushfire smoke.

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Why marathon man Rick can't reach his destination

Rick Patzold will run his 298th marathon at the Canberra Times Marathon Festival. But if it wasn't for his mum, he wouldn't have run one.

Robodebt threats weren't 'duress': government

Subscriber only: Legal documents show the government concedes its debt-raising program wasn't lawful, but it denies it had a duty of care.

ANU commits to negative carbon emission target

Canberra's largest university says it will lead the way on fighting climate change by committing to a net-negative emissions target.

Foreign students detail Canberra employer rip-offs

Subscriber only: A catalogue of exploitation by employers has been detailed by overseas students at the Australian National University.

Canberra hailstones were the largest since 1999

The size and density of the hailstones in the January 20 storm were the worst to hit an urban area since the 1999 Sydney hailstorm.

Apartment-owners may now break sale contracts

Apartment-buyers purchasing off-the-plan will have more rights to rip up sale contracts under new laws passed by the ACT.

Sport

Jackson flags Patty Mills as worth bearing

Subscriber only: Not only is the Canberran a leader, he's an Indigenous leader. Not only is he a basketballer, he's a gun basketballer.

Canberra gets cautious on the eve of NRL season

Subscriber only: The Canberra Raiders have withdrawn Bailey Simonsson from the NRL All Stars due to a hamstring niggle.

'They're only human': Brumbies can end drought

Subscriber only: If Rob Valetini's brief trans-Tasman encounters have taught him anything, it's to forget about the All Black armour.

All about the team: Goriss chases second title

Paul Goriss took a team from rock bottom to potentially lifting a second straight WNBL crown, but he's quick to credit a long list of players.

Times Past


The ACT government had decided to defer a local housing development on this day in 1994 to avoid spoiling the work of Mount Stromlo astronomers. The development - slated for North Duffy and Holder - was of concern because of the "light pollution" it would introduce. An article on the front page said the pollution had "plagued optical observatories in Australia and around the world for most of [the] century".  READ MORE
 
 
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