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1:00 AM | Exercise and a healthy diet are known to prevent childhood obesity, but a study has found breastfeeding may also help prevent infants from becoming overweight adolescents.
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1:00 AM | Australia is about to be hit hard by a second global economic crisis and unlike the last time, recovery will be far from short and sweet, a global finance expert says.
1:00 AM | An ACT budget deficit ''substantially'' more than the forecast $23million will be revealed this week.
Tuggeranong groups cry  foul over stench coming from their lake
1:00 AM | Tuggeranong residents are calling on an army of volunteers to clear the rubbish-strewn banks and foul stench of the local lake.
Arboretum opens waterwise garden
1:00 AM | Though the drought which ravaged Canberra for about 10 years is behind us, a demonstration garden on efficient use of water has been established at the National Arboretum.   | GALLERY: Canberra's Discovery Garden
1:00 AM | Molly Meldrum is improving ''week by week'' but may have lasting problems resulting from his fall, a healthcare professional involved in his treatment says.
1:00 AM | In death, as in life, Ben Wiseman is an angel.
ACT's multicultural melting pot a hit
1:00 AM | Tracy Cui, like many international students, faced a multitude of challenges when she uprooted from mainland China to study in Canberra.
1:00 AM | Canberra's bus provider ACTION, which has had six managers and five ministers in less than eight years, lacked direction and leadership, according to opposition spokesman Alistair Coe.
1:00 AM | ACT clubs are expected to give the go-ahead within days for formal talks with the Gillard government on a trial of technology to curb problem gambling.   | CommentsComments (11)
Coffee grounds great for start-up
1:00 AM | A business that recycled the coffee grounds thrown away by cafes was an idea that seemed so simple, Mark Henderson was sure someone was probably already doing it.
Grant to aid refugee's bid for new life
1:00 AM | Mohammad Mohammadi has risked his life on a daily basis, been thrown in jail and faced drowning at sea on an asylum seeker boat.
Builders offside
1:00 AM | A protracted arm-wrestle is developing over building codes between the ACT government and developers at Wright, Canberra's newest suburb.  | CommentsComments (7)
12 Feb 12 | AN Australian Customs and Border Protection official resigned last year while being investigated on allegations of defrauding the Commonwealth, an internal report says. The officer had c
12 Feb 12 | Samantha's relationship ''A few years into our relationship, my husband decided I needed to go to uni. He then said I couldn't go the night before I was to start. Seven years after that my
12 Feb 12 | Summer's relationship: ''The extremes were so intense that I look back and wonder how I never lost my mind, that I never completely lost my mind. He would make love to me so tenderly. Cra
12 Feb 12 | ACT POLICE have been praised for adopting a ''pro-arrest pro-charge'' approach to domestic violence in recent years, leading to improved results in court case outcomes. The Commonwealth
12 Feb 12 | PAID leave and the right to request flexible working arrangements should be extended to people experiencing domestic violence, under reforms to the industrial relations system being consider
12 Feb 12 | For proud Bangladeshi woman Nasreen Rahman, singing helps her feel close to the land she calls home. ''It keeps my heritage alive,'' Ms Rahman, born in the village Noakhali, now called Fe
12 Feb 12 | I am the secretary of UnionsACT, an organisation representing 24 unions and 33,000 union members in the ACT. In an average week it is my role to deal with many different industrial and communi
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