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The ACT's chief medical officer, Dr Kerryn Coleman, at Saturday's announcement. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Second death from coronavirus in Canberra

Floriade head gardener Andrew Forster, making contingency plans with the cancellation of the event for 2020. Picture: Karleen Minney, THE CANBERRA TIMES, ACM.

SUBSCRIBERThis is weird. And sad. And surreal. It's not Canberra

LOOKING AHEAD: Madison Sternbeck-Rutter at her bridal shower in November. Having two wedding dates stymied was tough, but she knows how to dig deep.

SUBSCRIBERFrom bushfires to coronavirus, it's a long journey to the aisle for former Canberran Madison

Kate Beveridge and Mark Brown

Why everyone is now an amateur gardener during COVID-19

Doma Hotels director Patrick Lonergan says that Hotel Realm is offering packages to office workers who need a reprieve from working at home. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Hotel makes room for people struggling to work from home

Members of the VFL football team of the 43rd Battalion in April, 1919. Picture: Australian War Memorial

The Great War didn't stop the AFL

Italy's daily death toll falls under 700

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UK PM's pregnant fiance had virus symptoms

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Italy to make prisoners produce face masks

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Fed MP's father-in-law dies from COVID-19

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No time for virus complacency in Victoria

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Australia's new coronavirus cases slowing

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Sarah Kiermaier is a nurse who caught the last international flight from London to Canberra. She is currently in quarantine in her grandmother's granny flat in her parents' Richardson home for another week. Picture: Karleen Minney

ACT nurse on last flight from London returns to work at home

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Employment minister Michaelia Cash. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Visa rules relaxed to support critical industries during crisis

The ACT's chief medical officer, Dr Kerryn Coleman, at Saturday's announcement. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Second death from coronavirus in Canberra

Working from home has cause confusion at Services Australia.

Services Australia's work-from-home rules lead to confusion

Red Hill SupaExpress manager Brendan Irvine. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Anxious shoppers keep pressure on supermarket suppliers

Adrian Rollins

Easter Sunday services like this pictured at St Christopher's in Manuka in the past, won't have parishioners in attendance, but will be able to go ahead by livestream. Picture: Martin Jones

Churches get clarity with Easter mass decision

Sally Whyte

Pizza Gusto owner Elliott Franklin-Browne. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Rate rebate, rent slicing scheme hoped to keep business alive

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who has called on landlord to 'do the right thing' for their tenants. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Landlords urged to lower rent in line with lost revenue

Kirsten Lawson

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Canberra is providing $220 million to test potential COVID-19 vaccines at a Geelong CSIRO facility.

CSIRO gets $220m for biosecurity facility

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is attempting to steer the economy through the coronavirus crisis using dramatic policies that go against the Liberal grain. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINIONImagine if we could extract a permanent vaccine against hyperpartisanship from COVID-19

The Prime Minister has changed his tune when it comes to spending public money based on need. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINIONOversight is essential in the fast moving crisis that is COVID-19

Working from home has cause confusion at Services Australia.

Services Australia's work-from-home rules lead to confusion

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who has called on landlord to 'do the right thing' for their tenants. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Landlords urged to lower rent in line with lost revenue

Kirsten Lawson

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Health system will cope but community transmissions are growing

Kirsten Lawson

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says international students who can't support themselves should leave Australia. Picture: Karleen Minney, The Canberra Times, ACM.

International students 'should go home': Morrison

Katie Burgess

Australians trapped overseas now have an avenue home. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Australians abroad handed lifeline home from four hubs

Katie Burgess

edward Hopper's Soleil du matin (Morning Sun), 1952. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONThere's no cruise ship like the Internet

Ian Warden

Vulnerable and underpaid workers unsung crisis heroes

Vulnerable and underpaid workers unsung crisis heroes

The Prime Minister has changed his tune when it comes to spending public money based on need. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINIONOversight is essential in the fast moving crisis that is COVID-19

Ebony Bennett

Joan Fontaine, left and Judith Anderson in Rebecca. Picture: Supplied

Classic films of 1940: Rebecca

Ron Cerabona

Mick Jagger in the 1969 film 'Ned Kelly', filmed in Braidwood. Picture: Braidwood & District Historical Society

Ned Kelly endures on the screen

Jane Freebury

What are you doing Saturday night? Try out this living room gig

MUSICWhat are you doing Saturday night? Try out this living room gig

Matthew Kelly

Joan Fontaine, left and Judith Anderson in Rebecca. Picture: Supplied

Classic films of 1940: Rebecca

Put that Tim Tam down. Healthy eating advice in social isolation

FOODPut that Tim Tam down. Healthy eating advice in social isolation

Matthew Kelly

Kambah sisters Lucy and Hannah Smit, 12, of Kambah, with their contribution to the bear hunt. Picture: Karleen Minney.

We're going on a bear hunt - and look what we found

Megan Doherty

Who will end up with the trophy - Raiders captain Mal Meninga and Tigers skipper Wayne Pearce? Picture: NRL Imagery

Raiders step back in time to '89 as it's time to relive the good old days

17-year-old Isabella Davis and her Youth Olympics teammates are preparing for a ski season that might not begin. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Canberra teen with the need for speed

Raiders prop Josh Papalii would do anything to end Canberra's premiership drought. Picture: NRL Imagery

Papalii happy to live in cocoon to end drought

Royals will have to wait a little longer to defend their John I Dent Cup title. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Canberra club rugby extends coronavirus postponement

Pat Cummins is a contender to become Australia's next Test captain when Tim Paine retires.

States can shape cricket captaincy debate

Rob Forsaith

Former Wallabies captain Nick Farr-Jones has launched a broadside at Rugby Australia's management.

Farr-Jones' sorry take on Rugby Australia

Darren Walton

Canberra Racing boss Andrew Clark says the closed meeting ran smoothly. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERFirst closed-doors Canberra race meet runs smoothly

Lucie Bertoldo

Raiders prop Josh Papalii says the pay deal "wasn't too bad". Picture: NRL Imagery

Papalii considers long-term financial health amid virus crisis

David Polkinghorne

Take yourself on a journey of your own home by looking deeply at the objects it contains. Picture: Shutterstock

Choose your own adventure

Ben Stubbs

Inhabitants of the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary near Brisbane are keeping viewers entertained. Pictures: Supplied

A whole world at your fingertips

Michael Turtle

The sprawling Q-Station occupies a prominent position on Sydney's North Head. Pictures: Supplied

Q-Station reinvents itself for total self-isolation

Tim the Yowie Man

This pandemic is above politics - we are here to help

This pandemic is above politics - we are here to help

Agra Fort is a three-hour journey from Delhi, where most tourists start their Indian adventure. Its famous 'sister', the Taj Mahal, lies across the Yamuna River.

Time to plan your passage to India

Special Counsel to ACT victims of birth trauma: seek legal advice

Special Counsel to ACT victims of birth trauma: seek legal advice

Calling all foodies: celebrate local producers, farmers and chefs at F.O.O.D Week 2020

Calling all foodies: celebrate local producers, farmers and chefs at F.O.O.D Week 2020

See the light: Overlooking Manuka, this latest new inner south development has design and style at its heart

See the light: Overlooking Manuka, this latest new inner south development has design and style at its heart

One of the couples that feature in the Love is Not Enough video.

Love is not enough for end-of-life decisions

A sweet Easter treat that is easy on the waistline

A sweet Easter treat that is easy on the waistline

Emma Brown

Labor MP Ged Kearney has paid tribute to her father-in-law who died from coronavirus.

Fed MP's father-in-law dies from COVID-19

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Victorians have been urged not to become complacent about COVID-19 despite a decrease in new cases.

No time for virus complacency in Victoria

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly has urged against thinking Australia is through the crisis.

Australia's new coronavirus cases slowing

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A police operation to return five cruise ships to their home ports has been undertaken in Sydney.

NSW operation to send cruise ships home

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Mark McGowan has told people to "forget about" visiting WA as the state prepares to shut its border.

WA hours away from hard border closure

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New virus cases in Queensland fell for a second day with 27 diagnosed, down from 39 on Friday.

Queensland urged to thank health workers

Aaron Bunch
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Refugee advocates are taking their Palm Sunday rallies online during the coronavirus pandemic.

Palm Sunday refugee rally goes online

Sophie Moore and William Ton
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Respected journalist Peter Overton hosts Nine News in Sydney and also reports for 60 Minutes.

Today's Birthday 5/4

Italian officials say the country's coronavirus death toll, the world's highest, stands at 15,362.

Italy's daily death toll falls under 700

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Italian officials say the country's coronavirus death toll, the world's highest, stands at 15,362.

Italy's daily death toll falls under 700

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Carrie Symonds, the fiance of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, says she has had COVID-19 symptoms.

UK PM's pregnant fiance had virus symptoms

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Carrie Symonds, the fiance of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, says she has had COVID-19 symptoms.

UK PM's pregnant fiance had virus symptoms

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Inmates in prisons in Milan, Rome and Salerno will start making face masks from mid-April.

Italy to make prisoners produce face masks

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Inmates in prisons in Milan, Rome and Salerno will start making face masks from mid-April.

Italy to make prisoners produce face masks

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It's so important that we remember to connect, even if we can't. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONEveryone has their coronavirus story

Karen Hardy

Not enough shelf space? No problem, just make a pile.

In isolation, books and books everywhere, nor any pages to read

Jasper Lindell

Sarah Jane Adams is an antique jewellery dealer, designer and model who started the hashtag #mywrinklesaremystripes on Instagram. Picture: David James Taylor

Living outside the box: an unorthodox memoir of a fascinating woman

Karen Hardy