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A COVID tale of four cities: how does Canberra compare?

Steve Evans

Chief Minister Andrew Barr has said he will announce tomorrow how the ACT plans to transition out of lockdown. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

LIVELive updates: New exposure sites as ACT passes one month in lockdown

Miriam Webber
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ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

ACT to open jab bookings for children aged 12 and up

Jasper Lindell

CEO of Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Services Julie Tongs. Picture: Jamila Toderas

'Wake-up call to get vaccinated': Winnunga, Malkara listed as exposure sites

Miriam Webber
2hrs ago

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

ACT reopening plan to factor in NSW COVID hospitalisations

Doug Dingwall

ACT chief health officer Kerryn Coleman. Picture: Karleen Minney

Detainees, corrections officer among contacts of AMC COVID case

Doug Dingwall

The Canberra Times asked all federals MPs and senators - including Adam Bandt, Pauline Hanson, Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison - whether they backed the ACT's right to decide its own euthanasia laws.

EXCLUSIVEWhere does Federal Parliament stand on ACT's right to decide voluntary euthanasia laws?

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Prime Minister Scott Morrison at The Lodge. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Majority support for The Lodge as PM's home: poll

Doug Dingwall

Joel Fitzgibbon confirms decision to quit politics

2hrs ago

'I'd be shocked': NT senator confident territory rights bill will pass

Welfare wait time overhaul prompts fears for migrants

PM urges family trip to get vaccinated

Denver, Colorado. Picture: Shutterstock

A COVID tale of four cities: how does Canberra compare?

Australan Dylan Alcott acclaims a winner during his US Open final triumph over Niels Vink.

Dylan Alcott achieves the 'golden slam'

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Hazara ANU student Mohammad Zaman Khadimi is concerned about his wife's safety in Kabul. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'My family will be punished': Kabul evacuee pleas for govt help to save wife

Twins Ava and Roberta Vagnarelli made vaccination appointments as soon as they were opened to year 12 students. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Year 12 face uncertain road to end of school days

Daniil Medvedev has won the US Open with a straight-sets win over Novak Djokovic in New York.

Medvedev denies Djokovic grand slam glory

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The Canberra Times editorial cartoon for Monday, September 13, 2021.

SUBSCRIBERPeter Broelman's view: Playing favourites

SUBSCRIBERMan 'left begging for food and water' at Dubbo Hospital, inquiry hears

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High vax rates not enough to curb COVID

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Suspicious item found at NZ parliament

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How COVID-19 shrank universities: report

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Labor's Fitzgibbon to retire from politics

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Joyce coy on climate target negotiations

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ACT chief health officer Kerryn Coleman. Picture: Karleen Minney

Detainees, corrections officer among contacts of AMC COVID case

Doug Dingwall

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Picture: Elesa Kutz

ACT records 15 new COVID-19 cases, as Barr warns business on mask compliance

Staff reporters

Chief Minister Andrew Barr, pictured on Saturday, says health authorites quickly worked out the ACT lockdown would be longer than seven days. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERThe ACT COVID outbreak moments that rocked Andrew Barr

Jasper Lindell

ACT chief health officer Kerryn Coleman. Picture: Karleen Minney

Detainees, corrections officer among contacts of AMC COVID case

A Greens backbencher has sponsored a petition from the Australian Unemployed Workers' Union calling on the ACT government to supplement Commonwealth income support. Picture: Shutterstock

Greens back income support increase petition to ACT government

Steve Evans
Jasper Lindell

Lyneham High School principal Rob Emanuel guided his community through a COVID-19 outbreak at the school. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

How a virus crisis put Lyneham High School to the test

Sarah Lansdown

PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY: Dubbo Hospital, where 85-year-old Allan Wells was treated in 2019 shortly before he died. Photo: FILE

SUBSCRIBERMan 'left begging for food and water' at Dubbo Hospital, inquiry hears

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Vaccines for pupils, continued mask wearing and ventilation upgrades are all needed to beat COVID.

High vax rates not enough to curb COVID

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Australia's higher education sector has lost nearly 40,000 jobs, since the start of the pandemic.

How COVID-19 shrank universities: report

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Labor member for Hunter Joel Fitzgibbon will retire from politics at the next federal election.

Labor's Fitzgibbon to retire from politics

42m ago

There is no price tag on support for net zero carbon emissions, Barnaby Joyce insists.

Joyce coy on climate target negotiations

Matt Coughlan
1hr ago

BACK IN THE BOOTS: Actor Jon Heder has revived his iconic on-screen alter-ego Napoleon Dynamite.

WATCH'Sweet skills and tater tots': Napoleon Dynamite moves down under

Emma Horn
1hr ago

The sign in response to the original complaint.

GRAPHIC CONTENTClub apologises for 'misogynistic' sign

Andrew Chounding
1hr ago

Dr Jenny May (right) with two past students Joanna Noakes and Stephanie Smith. Photo: Gareth Gardner, file

Two decades of 'systematic disinvestment' called out at health inquiry

Andrew Messenger
1hr ago

The Canberra Times asked all federals MPs and senators - including Adam Bandt, Pauline Hanson, Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison - whether they backed the ACT's right to decide its own euthanasia laws.

EXCLUSIVEWhere does Federal Parliament stand on ACT's right to decide voluntary euthanasia laws?

NT Senator Sam McMahon is confident her bill to restore the NT's right to legislate on voluntary assisted dying will pass parliament's upper house. Picture: Keegan Carroll

'I'd be shocked': NT senator confident territory rights bill will pass

Labor's Indigenous affairs spokesperson Linda Burney. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong.

PR firm lands further $770k to boost First Nations vaccine rates

Joel Fitzgibbon

Joel Fitzgibbon confirms decision to quit politics

2hrs ago

F/A-18F Super Hornets sit ready as the sun sets at RAAF Base Darwin. Australia should upgrade its air bases to allow further co-operation with US forces. Picture: Department of Defence

AGE OF THE DRAGONWe should put out the welcome mat for more US forces. And do it next week

Bradley Perrett

A bureau of statistics employee has tested positive for COVID-19. Picture: Shutterstock

Bureau of Statistics employee tests positive for COVID-19

Doug Dingwall

Senator Kristina Keneally will run for preselection for the federal lower house seat of Fowler.

ALP's Keneally confirms lower house switch

Matt Coughlan

Australian Public Service Commissioner Peter Woolcott. His agency published advice about overseas travel for public servants. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Send only vaccinated public servants overseas, agencies told

Doug Dingwall

Fossil fuels should be a thing of the past

Fossil fuels should be a thing of the past

Letters to the editor

ACT teachers and students need certainty

ACT teachers and students need certainty

The Canberra Times

Taliban fighters go on patrol through downtown Kabul on September 5, 2021. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONTwo decades after 9/11, the American colossus has gone and the Middle East remains strife-torn

Tony Walker

Deputy chief police officer Peter Crozier. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERCrime during COVID: assaults halved and fewer stolen cars

ACT police arrested the man when he returned to the shops shorty after the incident. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Man brandished tomahawk, threatened people in Hawker

Heavily armed tactical police at the scene of the shooting. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBERAlleged gunman charged over Belconnen hotel shooting

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Canberra playwright Joanna Richards. Picture: Supplied

Emerging playwright explores secrets

Ron Cerabona

Sandra Oh as Ji-Yoon and Holland Taylor as Joan in The Chair. Picture: Netflix

The academic blind spot in The Chair

Jane Goodall

Spider-Man, starring Tobey Maguire, was originally meant to heavily feature the Twin Towers and had to be rewritten. Picture: Sony Pictures

After 9/11: the imprint left on pop culture

Amy Martin
Ron Cerabona

Canberra playwright Joanna Richards. Picture: Supplied

Emerging playwright explores secrets

Ethel Spowers, School is Out, 1935. Picture: National Gallery of Australia

REVIEWPrints celebrate joyful innocence

Sasha Grishin

Kristina Kraskov's I'm just a suburban fashionista won the Art Handlers Award in the 2021 National Photographic Portrait Prize. Picture: Supplied

Appreciate more artworks online

Ron Cerabona

Chief Minister Andrew Barr has said he will announce tomorrow how the ACT plans to transition out of lockdown. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

LIVELive updates: New exposure sites as ACT passes one month in lockdown

2hrs ago

Chief Minister Andrew Barr has said he will announce tomorrow how the ACT plans to transition out of lockdown. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

LIVELive updates: New exposure sites as ACT passes one month in lockdown

2hrs ago

CEO of Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Services Julie Tongs. Picture: Jamila Toderas

'Wake-up call to get vaccinated': Winnunga, Malkara listed as exposure sites

2hrs ago

CEO of Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Services Julie Tongs. Picture: Jamila Toderas

'Wake-up call to get vaccinated': Winnunga, Malkara listed as exposure sites

2hrs ago

ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

ACT to open jab bookings for children aged 12 and up

ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

ACT to open jab bookings for children aged 12 and up

Ed Kennedy has left Saracens to link up with the Brumbies. Picture: Getty

SUBSCRIBERBrumbies lure Goulburn product home from Wales

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Daniil Medvedev has won the US Open with a straight-sets win over Novak Djokovic in New York.

Medvedev denies Djokovic grand slam glory

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Daniel Ricciardo brings back the 'shoey' champagne celebration after his Italian Grand Prix win.

Ricciardo hails Raducanu after Italian job

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Australan Dylan Alcott acclaims a winner during his US Open final triumph over Niels Vink.

Dylan Alcott achieves the 'golden slam'

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Lauren Jackson has joined basketball's greatest. Picture: Graham Tidy

SUBSCRIBER'Absolutely a dream come true': Jackson enters the Hall

Caden Helmers

The Boomanulla Raiders felt Harden's punishment could've been harder.

SUBSCRIBER'Harden's sanctions for racist abuse could've been tougher': Boomanulla

David Polkinghorne

Harden have been given a $2000 fine, suspended for two years, for their spectators' racial abuse of an Indigenous team.

SUBSCRIBERHarden hit with $2k fine for spectators' racial abuse

David Polkinghorne

US Open champion Emma Raducanu has become the only qualifier in the Open era to win a major title.

Raducanu wins US Open women's title

A suspicious package addressed to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been discovered.

Suspicious item found at NZ parliament

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A suspicious package addressed to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been discovered.

Suspicious item found at NZ parliament

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North Korea has successfully test fired some long-range cruise missiles. (file photo)

North Korea test fires long-range missiles

2hrs ago

North Korea has successfully test fired some long-range cruise missiles. (file photo)

North Korea test fires long-range missiles

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US stocks close low after confidence-knocking inflation data and an unfavourable Apple court ruling.

Wall St falls, Apple sinks on court ruling

US stocks close low after confidence-knocking inflation data and an unfavourable Apple court ruling.

Wall St falls, Apple sinks on court ruling

The Royal and Hollywood cafes in Church street, circa 1950. Photo: Mudgee Museum and Historical Society.

LISTENRescued boy meets hero's family 60 years on

The Royal and Hollywood cafes in Church street, circa 1950. Photo: Mudgee Museum and Historical Society.

LISTENRescued boy meets hero's family 60 years on

Jay and JC, two young outback miners, search for precious opal in their mine at White Cliffs, NSW. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos.

LISTENHidden treasures of White Cliffs

Jay and JC, two young outback miners, search for precious opal in their mine at White Cliffs, NSW. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos.

LISTENHidden treasures of White Cliffs

Sister Brigid and Anjali Sharma one of the teenagers who brought the duty of care case against the Environment Minister. Picture: Supplied

LISTENEight kids and a nun walk into court, and it's no joke for rural Aussies

Sister Brigid and Anjali Sharma one of the teenagers who brought the duty of care case against the Environment Minister. Picture: Supplied

LISTENEight kids and a nun walk into court, and it's no joke for rural Aussies

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Willie Creek pearl farm in Broome. Source: Shutterstock

Been on holidays recently?

Willie Creek pearl farm in Broome. Source: Shutterstock

Been on holidays recently?

Is your masculinity complex making you look older?

Is your masculinity complex making you look older?

Future living: New residential development Ives incorporates retail space as part of the strategy to provide village shopping convenience to Bruce.

Could Bruce be your perfect new suburb?

A well-designed and functional website is an important element in the success of a small business. Picture: Shutterstock

How much does a professional website cost?

FINAL GIFT: Brian Jenkins, pictured in his orchard in 2002, is one of the thousands of generous Australians who have left a gift to a charity in their Wills. His bequest to The Alfred Hospital allowed his family to create a life-changing cancer research fellowship in his name. Picture: Supplied

Australian legends: How to make a difference by including a charity in your Will

Changing lives: The Australian-made AirPhysio device helps clear airways and strengthen lungs. Picture: Supplied

Fast-growing regional business helping people breathe again

This Cheesy Leek and Bacon Macaroni Bake recipe is amazing!

This Cheesy Leek and Bacon Macaroni Bake recipe is amazing!

How to find the cleaner you can trust for your home

How to find the cleaner you can trust for your home

Analogue meditation is so 2012. In this century, gamified gadgets can fast-track your path to enlightenment. Picture: Shutterstock.

Meditation gadgets plugging-in to your path to enlightenment

Amy Cooper

There are literally hundreds of varieties. Picture: Shutterstock

Break new ground in tomato stakes

Jackie French

Stephen King has written his best novel in years. Picture: Getty Images

REVIEWLast job trope, best book in years

Colin Steele

CHALLENGE: Australia needs many more aged care workers. Picture Shutterstock

Critical shortage of aged care workers threatens care standards

Eileen Wood

Model Barbara Bingham.

The true beauty of older models

Therese Murray

Caution urged following spike in scams

Caution urged following spike in scams

Samara Ross

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Instagrammers of Canberra

The streets of Tamworth, Warrnambool, Dubbo and Ballarat before and during lockdown.

How lockdown has emptied streets across the country

Janine Graham

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Instagrammers of Canberra

Peter Wallis, Glenlea Park, Keith and Pinnaroo, with his $56,000 sale topper, GP200992, with stud's classer Andrew Calvert, Tas,who bought the ram for Boorana Merinos, Woorndoo, Vic; AJ&PA McBride operations manager Lindsay Breeding who bought a semen share in the ram and Elders stud stock marketing manager Tom Penna.

Glenlea Park 'impact sire' secures $56,000 high at Adelaide ram sale |PHOTOS

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Peter Wallis, Glenlea Park, Keith and Pinnaroo, with his $56,000 sale topper, GP200992, with stud's classer Andrew Calvert, Tas,who bought the ram for Boorana Merinos, Woorndoo, Vic; AJ&PA McBride operations manager Lindsay Breeding who bought a semen share in the ram and Elders stud stock marketing manager Tom Penna.

Glenlea Park 'impact sire' secures $56,000 high at Adelaide ram sale |PHOTOS

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SALE TOPPER: Prime Angus stud principals Colin Flanagan and Pat Ebert with the top-selling bull, lot five.

Prime Angus hits $27,000 sale top, $11,000 average

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SALE TOPPER: Prime Angus stud principals Colin Flanagan and Pat Ebert with the top-selling bull, lot five.

Prime Angus hits $27,000 sale top, $11,000 average

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POTENTIAL: A Brazilian farmer harvests soybeans.

Brazil's huge scope for grains expansion

POTENTIAL: A Brazilian farmer harvests soybeans.

Brazil's huge scope for grains expansion