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Alex Bolton with Colin and Kelly Nash of Holt. 

Dominic, Casey and Ashleigh Owen of Yass.

Nathan Merritt of Holt, Shannon Place and Craig Cody of Palmerston, and Michael Curtis of Ngunnawal. 

Jessica Dempsey of Greenway, Ari Burr of Belconnen and Jennifer Pratt of Calwell. 

Steve Pye of Latham and Willow Lucas-Smith of Ngunawal.

Karen Hardy

The Whitlams Black Stump Band is the brainchild of Tim Freedman. Picture: Supplied

The ARIA-winning artist loves the vibe in country towns.

The Whitlams bring country music to Queanbeyan

Finn McHugh

Lucy Bladen

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: James Croucher 

Scott Morrison confirmed a Coalition government would not seek to overturn the ban if re-elected, saying it was "not our policy".

PM confirms no plans to repeal voluntary assisted dying ban on territories as NSW laws pass

Sarah Lansdown

Catholic systemic school teachers will be walking off the job on Friday, May 27. Picture: Shutterstock

Catholic school staff want action on escalating workloads and uncompetitive salaries.

'A perfect storm': Catholic school teachers to strike over pay and workload

Blake Foden

Jamie Barry was refused bail on Thursday. Picture: Facebook

A man has been refused bail over allegations he stomped on the witness' face and ordered him to strip off.

Witness knocked out, tormented in 'extremely humiliating' alleged reprisal

Miriam Webber

A voter at the Pilgrim House early voting centre. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Too late to register for a postal vote, but too early to vote via phone: Some people with COVID have been told they don't get a say.

Voting rules leave some with COVID unable to participate in federal election

Lanie Tindale

Capital Pathology senior scientific officer Rebecca Taylor pipetting COVID samples. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

There were 997 new COVID-19 cases recorded in the ACT on Wednesday

Another death, record number of COVID hospitalisations

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