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Liberal MP Ben Morton, left, is set to have a closer relationship with the public service after being given the job of assisting the Prime Minister with the Public Service. Picture: Jamila Toderas

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly, who has called on everyone to sign up to flutracker.net. Picture: Sitthixay DItthavong

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'Best case scenario': Canberra goes 24 hours without new coronavirus cases

UPDATEDCanberra goes 24 hours without new coronavirus cases recorded

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Data are emerging as to who the coronavirus most affects - and how it affects them. Picture: Shutterstock

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Former Canberra journalist James Michael Waugh, who has pleaded guilty to threatening to kill Christians. Picture: Blake Foden

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Liberal MP Ben Morton, left, is set to have a closer relationship with the public service after being given the job of assisting the Prime Minister with the Public Service. Picture: Jamila Toderas

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Here to help: Nick Kyrgios wants to help anyone going through a tough time. Picture: Jamila Toderas

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There is a moratorium on evictions, but if you don't pay your rent, your debt will keep accruing. Once the moratorium ends, you face eviction. Picture: Shutterstock

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Madras fish pilaf is a twist on a favourite. Picture: Supplied

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern looks on prior to making a live televised address to the nation from her office at Parliament. Picture: Getty Images

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The Nowra Bridge. Photo: file.

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Liberal MP Ben Morton, left, is set to have a closer relationship with the public service after being given the job of assisting the Prime Minister with the Public Service. Picture: Jamila Toderas

SUBSCRIBERMorrison ally takes reins of public service

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BIG HIT: Studio 152 owner Celeste Bates has no income anymore and sex workers who rented from her are also suffering because of COVID-19. Picture: Scott Gelston

Sex worker demand not drying up in pandemic

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly, who has called on everyone to sign up to flutracker.net. Picture: Sitthixay DItthavong

Australians urged to log respiratory symptoms online to track hotspots

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Data are emerging as to who the coronavirus most affects - and how it affects them. Picture: Shutterstock

Biggest number of cases still among people in 20s

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Canberra has the second lowest portion of affordable rental properties for people on the JobKeeper wage subsidy. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Canberra has second lowest portion of affordable rentals for those on JobKeeper

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The owners of the National Zoo and Aquarium say they have yet to canvass the idea of selling their business amid the coronavirus shutdow Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Canberra zoo hasn't considered sale amid virus shutdown

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'Best case scenario': Canberra goes 24 hours without new coronavirus cases

UPDATEDCanberra goes 24 hours without new coronavirus cases recorded

Andrew Brown

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Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Dunkirk moment': Porter invokes World War II over IR scrap

Communications MInister Paul Fletcher has today announced critical funding for public interest journalism in COVID-19. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Government releases $5m in funds to help regional publishers through COVID-19 crisis

The Australian Tax Office's building on Narellan St in Canberra. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Tax Office keeping all workplaces open despite pandemic plan

Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Jobs depend on IR changes in coronavirus downturn: govt

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

Border Force officers have intercepted dodgy, imported 'home' COVID-19 tests kits.

Dutton warns of dodgy COVID-19 test kits

Colin Brinsden

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

CSIRO gets $220m for biosecurity facility

Colin Brinsden

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

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The Charles Dickens in 1902. Picture: State Library of Queensland

OPINIONQuarantine is both familiar and familial

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The experts knew that the coronavirus was coming for us

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We're turning to a variety of apps to keep up with our colleagues, peers and friends during the pandemic. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONZoom has helped us connect, but at what cost?

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Madras fish pilaf is a twist on a favourite. Picture: Supplied

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All your favourites are back for season 12 of MasterChef. Picture: Supplied

Toohey ready for MasterChef all-stars

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Privates George Giles, left, and John Anderton with their kit as they come out of battle in 1918. Picture: The Australian War Memorial

Mud and khaki leave a lasting legacy for WWI hero

The Australian War Memorial

Madras fish pilaf is a twist on a favourite. Picture: Supplied

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

Ned Kelly endures on the screen

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

Classic films of 1940: Rebecca

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Here to help: Nick Kyrgios wants to help anyone going through a tough time. Picture: Jamila Toderas

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Kelsey Griffin's wife Erin has been the masterchef for injury rehabilitation. Picture: Supplied

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Brumbies coach Dan McKellar, right, says change can be good. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBER'Let's make rugby dominant': McKellar's vision

Paul Gallen feels NRL players will struggle to live in "bubbles" away from their families.

Players will struggle in bubble: Gallen

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Mark Viduka (l) believes a 'sulking' Lucas Neill (r) disrupted the Socceroos' 2007 Asian Cup camp.

'Sulking' Neill disrupted Cup camp: Viduka

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Coach Wayne Bennett walks alone with the most premierships - seven - in the modern NRL era.

Rugby league's greatest coaches

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St Kilda's Tilly Lucas-Rodd (r) is hopeful that AFLW will return in 2021 post the COVID-19 shutdown.

Players fear for the future of AFLW

Shayne Hope

Israel Folau's big Rugby Australia payout could be slashed if the body goes into administration.

Folau payout at risk if RA folds: report

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

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

Q-Station reinvents itself for total self-isolation

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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.

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Professor Paul Kelly says medical-grade masks should be reserved for healthcare workers.

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Robert Lees was unlicensed and speeding in a stolen car when he hit two people at a bus stop.

Unlicensed driver jailed for Vic crash

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NSW beaches, including Bondi, Manly and Dee Why, are hotspots for the virus and will stay closed.

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A NSW court has found former detective Gary Jubelin broke the law by recording conversations

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