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The Latest Breaking News from Canberra

The Voice grand finalist credits Canberra music teacher for her stellar rise

The young mum grew up in Canberra after moving to the national capital from Zimbabwe

The Canberra Times

Researchers investigate bushfire risk of expanded ACT

The old paradigm of fires travelling in a predictable, straight line is no longer the norm.

The Canberra Times

Nationals urged to recognise wider views

Darren Chester will take on Barnaby Joyce for the Nationals leadership, saying the views of some party colleagues had impacted the election result.

AAP

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NSW, ACT Catholic teachers go on strike

Catholic schoolteachers are rallying in Sydney and Canberra seeking better wages and conditions, joining public-sector counterparts in calling for a pay rise.

AAP

Chester to contest Nationals leadership

Darren Chester will contest for the Nationals leadership, indicating the views of some party colleagues had impacted the party’s chances at the election.

Crikey

Wigan star John Bateman explains how he's getting back to best for Challenge Cup final

England second-row, 28, initially struggled last year after his return from NRL club Canberra Raiders but finding a new home, Lee Briers' creative touch and new coach Matty Peet have all helped him get back on track

Daily Mirror

Scene one, take two: Capital Film Festival launches second inaugural program

The inaugural program includes Emma Thompson's latest film, an offering from Luke Hemsworth and a satirical horror movie filmed in Canberra.

The Canberra Times

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Nationals weigh up leadership options

As National Party members and senators prepare to come to Canberra, two MPs have declared their tilts for the party’s two top jobs.

Crikey

Two more Canberra schools turn to remote learning

Two more schools have switched some students to remote learning as staffing shortages continue.

The Canberra Times

Recruit Fogarty fired up for Raiders debut

Canberra halfback Jamal Fogarty will debut for the NRL club this weekend, having recovered early from knee surgery he had at the start of the year.

AAP

Bernard Collaery's trial date set for October, against his wishes, as dispute with federal government drags on

Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery will face trial in the ACT Supreme Court in October, four years after he was first charged with conspiring to release classified information about an alleged spying operation in East Timor.

ABC News

China, Australia vie for Pacific influence with duelling visits

China and Australia launched competing Pacific visits on Thursday, with China's foreign minister expressing hope that ties with the Solomon Islands can be a regional model, while his counterpart said Canberra will be a partner that doesn't come with strings attached.

Reuters

ACT govt to sell Northbourne Ave land for residential development

The land has been vacant for several years after an attempt to sell it in 2019 fell over.

The Canberra Times

Canberra flu cases soar, but free vaccines not being considered

The rising cases are placing further pressure on Canberra's health system.

The Canberra Times

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That helicopter buzzing across Canberra's suburbs will be here a while yet

It's the annual inspection of vegetation around poles and wires

The Canberra Times

Canberra man wins a classic Ford Mustang

The car, complete with the custom plates QCK SLV, was restored from a Mustang shell in the United States.

The Canberra Times

Prison friends' coercion a 'fanciful' excuse for large meth lab: prosecutor

A meth cooker's claim that his prison friends coerced him into setting up a large-scale clandestine drug lab near Canberra is "fanciful", a prosecutor says.

ABC News

NRL players call for more Indigenous coaches in senior rugby league roles

South Sydney's Alex Johnston and Canberra's Adam Elliott say the NRL would benefit from having more Indigenous coaches in the game's ranks.

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Teen accused of stabbing death at Weston Creek Skate Park picked up knife to protect himself, court hears

A boy on trial in the ACT Supreme Court for killing an 18-year-old man at a Canberra skate park gives a graphic account of how he stabbed the victim's cousin but continues to deny he killed the other man.

AAP

Raiders' Croker reinjures shoulder at home

Canberra Raiders' legend Jarrod Croker will miss at least this weekend's clash with Parramatta after dislocating his shoulder on Tuesday night.

ABC News

Meet Western Australia's five new federal MPs in Curtin, Hasluck, Pearce, Swan and Tangney

Five new Western Australia faces will soon grace the benches in the House of Representatives in Canberra, and they've each got an interesting story to tell.

The Canberra Times

Aranda named leafiest suburb while new developments fall behind

Aranda is among 10 suburbs to have outgrown the 30 per cent urban tree-canopy by 2045 target, according to Nearmap aerial imagery.

The Guardian - AU

Labor ran a hyper-local campaign in Western Australia with a separate strategy group and different ads

The plan, hatched after the 2019 election rout, worked and now WA MPs want a larger presence in Anthony Albanese’s cabinet

AFP

China congratulates Australia's Albanese, easing diplomatic freeze

Beijing (AFP) - Chinese premier Li Keqiang has sent a congratulatory note to newly elected Australian leader Anthony Albanese, easing a years-long freeze in high-level contacts between the two countries.

ABC News

Family of Canberran Matthew McLuckie urge other driver allegedly involved in fatal crash to 'stop hiding like cowards'

WARNING: This story contains confronting images. "We cannot describe in words the pain of losing our son in such a senseless and absolutely avoidable accident", the family of Matthew McLuckie say.

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