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A number of shops at Westfield Belconnen have been listed as casual and close Covid exposure sites. Picture: Melissa Adams

Post-lockdown exposure sites emerge in new shop listings

Jacob McArthur

The territory has entered its second weekend in lockdown. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Live updates: Canberra enters its second weekend in lockdown

Alex Crowe
1hr ago

NSW records Australia's highest COVID cases in a single day

WATCHNSW records Australia's highest COVID cases in a single day

Sophie Boyd
Sage Swinton
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Barr warns of 'tough road ahead' for capital

Barr warns of 'tough road ahead' for capital

Lucy Bladen

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Vaccine doses boost for ACT as national Covid crisis escalates

Doug Dingwall

Axel Sidaros, right, outside court with lawyer Michael Kukulies-Smith on a previous occasion.

SUBSCRIBERIntruders had 'any number' of better ways to shoot ex-bikie, court told

Blake Foden

Plans under way to vaccinate as many children as possible before end of year

Plans under way to vaccinate as many children as possible before end of year

Lucy Bladen
Jasper Lindell
Kathryn Lewis

Attorney-General and Industrial Relations Minister Michaelia Cash. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Mandatory vaccines for workplaces face legal risks

Gerard Cockburn

Car seized after burnouts in Bonner

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Regional Victoria to return to lockdown

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Don't waste police time with 'needless' calls: Kids on trampoline without masks reported

'Live up to the plan': growing discord on national deal to re-open

A number of shops at Westfield Belconnen have been listed as casual and close Covid exposure sites. Picture: Melissa Adams

Post-lockdown exposure sites emerge in new shop listings

Esther Crothers and Ash Taylor with baby Heidi, who was born on Wednesday. Picture: Karleen Minney

GOOD NEWSRugby dad catches daughter in dramatic birth

Allegra Taubenschlag has put up signs to encourage walkers exercising on Red Hill during the covid lockdown. Picture: Supplied

Signs of encouragement in Canberra during lockdown

Adam Potts with his son William, 5, and daughter Juliette, 3, is navigating his new domestic and education duties. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Remote learning juggle begins for ACT public school families

Despite it being her debut Paralympics, Nikki Ayers is hunting for a podium finish in Tokyo with her rowing team. Picture: Karleen Minney

Canberra intensive care nurse eyes gold in Tokyo

Assistant director of COVID ACT nursing Regina Ginich and nurse Marisha Christian with the AstraZeneca vaccine. Picture: Karleen Minney

EXPLAINERWhy you shouldn't wait for Moderna or Pfizer vaccines

Regional Victoria to return to lockdown

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NSW records 825 new COVID-19 cases

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WATCHNSW records Australia's highest COVID cases in a single day

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Qld may drop COVID zero after 80 pc jabbed

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WATCHRegional Victoria plunged into lockdown from 1pm today

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Haiti earthquake victims rush aid sites

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Parliament House. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Covid Parliament returns: temperature checks, reduced staffing, check-ins

Karen Barlow

The territory has entered its second weekend in lockdown. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Live updates: Canberra enters its second weekend in lockdown

Alex Crowe
1hr ago

Canberra florist Esther Byrne. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Canberra businesses frustrated by obstacles to Covid support

Miriam Webber

Parliament House. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Covid Parliament returns: temperature checks, reduced staffing, check-ins

Plans under way to vaccinate as many children as possible before end of year

Plans under way to vaccinate as many children as possible before end of year

Lucy Bladen
Jasper Lindell
Kathryn Lewis

Public transport use has fallen by 80 per cent in Canberra compared to last year in the wake of the second Covid lockdown. Picture: Karleen Minney

The numbers that show plummeting bus, light rail use in lockdown

Andrew Brown

Regional Victoria plunged into lockdown from 1pm today

WATCHRegional Victoria plunged into lockdown from 1pm today

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Victoria has recorded 61 new locally acquired virus cases.

Regional Victoria to return to lockdown

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NSW police have a heavy presence around Sydney, as the state records 825 new COVID-19 cases.

NSW records 825 new COVID-19 cases

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NSW records Australia's highest COVID cases in a single day

WATCHNSW records Australia's highest COVID cases in a single day

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Dr Young says when Qld's vaccination rate hits 80 per cent, 'we will have a disease we can manage'.

Qld may drop COVID zero after 80 pc jabbed

Marty Silk
22m ago

BEST OF THE WEEK: The videos that made us smile this week.

WATCHWatch the best videos of the week from around the nation

Emma Horn
1hr ago

NSW Riverina records positive COVID-19 case

NSW Riverina records positive COVID-19 case

Annie Lewis
1hr ago

CAUTION: Boggabri Coal mine was one of six found to have improperly received and buried enormous rubber tyres by the EPA. Photo: Anna Christie

Six coal mines get caution for 'illegal' tyre burial

Andrew Messenger
2hrs ago

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Vaccine doses boost for ACT as national Covid crisis escalates

A tennis club can only access documents that may shed light on Senator Bridget McKenzie's role.

Court limits access to 'sports rorts' docs

Services Australia public servants Mark Williams and Peter Kocmar at the agency's Doris Blackburn Building in Forrest. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Surging demand puts the pressure on Services Australia staff - but they're not daunted

Australian citizens and visa holders arrive at Perth International Airport. Picture: Supplied

Home soil: Afghanistan evacuees arrive in Australia

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

'Live up to the plan': growing discord on national deal to re-open

Doug Dingwall
Jasper Lindell

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBER | ANALYSISAlbanese's warning does not help cause of frank and fearless public service

Doug Dingwall

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says a fall in unemployment is not a time to celebrate. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Low unemployment hiding lockdown's real impact

Gerard Cockburn

Government Services Minister Linda Reynolds. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Services Australia staff plea for priority Covid vaccinations

Doug Dingwall

Our nervous PM is the master of the art of mass distraction

Our nervous PM is the master of the art of mass distraction

Letters to the editor

Platitudes not enough in COVID-19 fight

Platitudes not enough in COVID-19 fight

The Canberra Times

Fighters are seen on a military vehicle in Kabul after the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital this week. Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONThe real lesson to be learnt from the Afghanistan war

Crispin Hull

Shredded tyres provided police with evidence of the burnout activity. Picture: ACT Policing

Car seized after burnouts in Bonner

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Axel Sidaros, right, outside court with lawyer Michael Kukulies-Smith on a previous occasion.

SUBSCRIBERIntruders had 'any number' of better ways to shoot ex-bikie, court told

Kasey Tyson King, 21, was refused bail in the ACT Magistrates Court on Friday. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERMan allegedly caused dangerous cross-border police pursuits after kicking woman

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A charcoal and eraser tonal piece on paper (detail) produced during a fundamentals workshop by Canberra Art Workshop. Picture: Harold Cazneaux.

How to get your lockdown arts fix

Ron Cerabona

Ulrica Trullson, On My Path IV.

REVIEWIntimate arrangements create a serene vision

Kerry-Anne Cousins

Christopher Samuel Carroll has adapted The Stranger into a one-man show. Picture: Novel Photographic

A look inside an alienated mind

Ron Cerabona

A charcoal and eraser tonal piece on paper (detail) produced during a fundamentals workshop by Canberra Art Workshop. Picture: Harold Cazneaux.

How to get your lockdown arts fix

This large-scale installation from S.A Adair and Meredith Hughes explores the emotional impacts of trauma from an environment in emergency. Picture: Supplied

Making sense of the darkness

Rosalind Lemoh

Anna Torv as Helen Norville in The Newsreader. Picture: ABC Publicity

REVIEWNews drama (almost) nails the 80s

Helen Vatsikopoulos

NSW records Australia's highest COVID cases in a single day

WATCHNSW records Australia's highest COVID cases in a single day

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NSW records Australia's highest COVID cases in a single day

WATCHNSW records Australia's highest COVID cases in a single day

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ACT Work Health and Safety commissioner Jacqueline Agius. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Construction crackdown as lockdown rule-breakers caught

ACT Work Health and Safety commissioner Jacqueline Agius. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Construction crackdown as lockdown rule-breakers caught

Regional Victoria plunged into lockdown from 1pm today

WATCHRegional Victoria plunged into lockdown from 1pm today

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Regional Victoria plunged into lockdown from 1pm today

WATCHRegional Victoria plunged into lockdown from 1pm today

31m ago

Despite it being her debut Paralympics, Nikki Ayers is hunting for a podium finish in Tokyo with her rowing team. Picture: Karleen Minney

Canberra intensive care nurse eyes gold in Tokyo

Dave Rennie is frustrated with New Zealand Rugby. Picture: Getty

SUBSCRIBER'Bloody angry': Australia blindsided as NZ back out of Bledisloe

Initially, "Aussie" Elliott Whitehead had second thoughts about Canberra. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBER'Aussie' Elliott calls Canberra home

The Wallabies were trounced at Eden Park to surrender their hopes of claiming the Bledisloe Cup. Picture: Getty

All Blacks great's left-field solution for Wallabies revival

No decision has been made on what will happen once lockdown is lifted on September 2 for Canberra's soccer competitions. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Decision pending on Canberra's soccer fixtures

Isobel Cootes

The Raiders will pay their respects to leader Sia Soliola following the death of his mother. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERRaiders pay respects to Soliola

David Polkinghorne

Canberra's abandoned Friday race meeting will now be run on Tuesday at Queanbeyan. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Queanbeyan saves the day for cancelled Canberra meet

James Buckley

Young gun Jade Melbourne is in the Opals squad. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBER'Dream come true': Jade joins the Opals

Caden Helmers

Despite it being her debut Paralympics, Nikki Ayers is hunting for a podium finish in Tokyo with her rowing team. Picture: Karleen Minney

Canberra intensive care nurse eyes gold in Tokyo

Despite it being her debut Paralympics, Nikki Ayers is hunting for a podium finish in Tokyo with her rowing team. Picture: Karleen Minney

Canberra intensive care nurse eyes gold in Tokyo

For her seventh Paralympics Christie Dawes will compete in the women's marathon in Tokyo. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONOlympians took home more than $650k and Paralympians deserve their share too

For her seventh Paralympics Christie Dawes will compete in the women's marathon in Tokyo. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONOlympians took home more than $650k and Paralympians deserve their share too

The Paralympic Games will push ahead as COVID numbers increase again in Tokyo.

Hospitals stretched before Paralympics

The Paralympic Games will push ahead as COVID numbers increase again in Tokyo.

Hospitals stretched before Paralympics

Foreign aid is finally reaching Haiti, nearly a week after a devastating earthquake.

Haiti earthquake victims rush aid sites

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Foreign aid is finally reaching Haiti, nearly a week after a devastating earthquake.

Haiti earthquake victims rush aid sites

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The World Health Organisation is forming an advisory group to probe the origins of COVID-19.

WHO wants experts for COVID origins probe

The World Health Organisation is forming an advisory group to probe the origins of COVID-19.

WHO wants experts for COVID origins probe

Grace has been upgraded to a hurricane and is headed for a second landfall in Mexico.

Hurricane Grace heads for Mexico again

Grace has been upgraded to a hurricane and is headed for a second landfall in Mexico.

Hurricane Grace heads for Mexico again

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

Regional education a first choice for many families

Regional education a first choice for many families

Regional education a first choice for many families

Regional education a first choice for many families

CRISIS: It took Belinda Duffy more than 100 renting applications over a nine month period to finally land a place to live for her family. Photo: JUDE KEOGH.

Mother finally finds place to live after more than 100 rental applications

CRISIS: It took Belinda Duffy more than 100 renting applications over a nine month period to finally land a place to live for her family. Photo: JUDE KEOGH.

Mother finally finds place to live after more than 100 rental applications

AH THE SERENITY: City slickers are looking to abandon the offices and take up farming in a desperate strategy to flee lockdown life.

Tree-changers weigh up the cost of becoming farmers

AH THE SERENITY: City slickers are looking to abandon the offices and take up farming in a desperate strategy to flee lockdown life.

Tree-changers weigh up the cost of becoming farmers

Privacy is the key to a successful national Digital Identity rollout in Australia

Privacy is the key to a successful national Digital Identity rollout in Australia

Doctor and leading ED expert warns of danger of porn addiction

Doctor and leading ED expert warns of danger of porn addiction

Reverse mortgages could offer a more comfortable retirement, without having to sell your home

Reverse mortgages could offer a more comfortable retirement, without having to sell your home

Footy great takes on new challenge, growing back his hair!

Footy great takes on new challenge, growing back his hair!

This quick and easy Napolitana is sure to be a hit on family dinner night

This quick and easy Napolitana is sure to be a hit on family dinner night

Is using alternative data the future of lending?

Is using alternative data the future of lending?

Rachel Horan

Reverse mortgages offer financial flexibility in retirement

Reverse mortgages offer financial flexibility in retirement

DOTING DAD: Father's Day gifts can be as simple or elaborate as you want them to be. That said, a guide to get you started never goes astray. Photo: Shutterstock

For he's a jolly good fellow | Trending

Linley Wilkie
2hrs ago

GOOD START: There are a few basic rules for raising a happy, healthy pup. Picture: Shutterstock

Put best paw forward when it comes to puppy parenting

RSPCA

Bridie Jabour's book developed from an article she wrote for The Guardian. Picture: Anna Turner

The Millennials' age of misery

Karen Hardy

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

Edwin McTaggart, 3, tries on a soldiers uniform in 1997.

PHOTOSFlashback Friday: Reliving the past

Monique Swinbourne and Christina Sothinathan.

Lake Tuggeranong calling

Keegan Carroll

Vera and Perica Vujic with Monty.

Putting best paws forward

Dion Georgopoulos

The forecast prices of crops have encouraged growers in NSW's North West to apply fertilisers from the air. Photo: Billy Jupp

'Super' crop conditions turn growers to the air

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The forecast prices of crops have encouraged growers in NSW's North West to apply fertilisers from the air. Photo: Billy Jupp

'Super' crop conditions turn growers to the air

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Soybean varieties 791, left and PBA Dominator, right, thriving in a perfect season near Tabulam. Dominator has an ability to "go with the season".

New soy seed promising

Soybean varieties 791, left and PBA Dominator, right, thriving in a perfect season near Tabulam. Dominator has an ability to "go with the season".

New soy seed promising

The $27,000 high-seller with buyer Bill McDonald, Blackjack Pastoral Company, Lostock, auctioneer Paul Dooley, Tamworth, agent Grant Whatham of Thomas Livestock, Branxton and Coolie Angus manager Jamie Edmonds, Merriwa.

Coolie Angus reaches $27,000 top and and average $11,438

The $27,000 high-seller with buyer Bill McDonald, Blackjack Pastoral Company, Lostock, auctioneer Paul Dooley, Tamworth, agent Grant Whatham of Thomas Livestock, Branxton and Coolie Angus manager Jamie Edmonds, Merriwa.

Coolie Angus reaches $27,000 top and and average $11,438