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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.

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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

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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

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

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

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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.

The Canberra Times

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.

ABC News

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.

ABC News

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.

AAP

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.

ABC News

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 Canberra Times

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

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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.

AAP

Slut slur denied in Starling melee case

A security officer has testified that he never called Tom Starling's mother a slut before the Canberra Raiders' hooker was punched by police in a brawl.

The Canberra Times

Family's heartbreaking message of sorrow, and plea to driver still evading police

Victim's family expresses its sorrow, and calls for driver to surrender to police.

The Canberra Times

Sydney Airport denies partial responsibility after Rex Airlines ceases Sydney to Canberra route

The regional airline service, Rex, has announced they would cease services between Sydney to Canberra.

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The Canberra Times

Great Scott! This DeLorean's being converted to a new fuel source

A Canberra filmmaker plans to transform a 1981 DMC DeLorean himself.

ABC News

William Slim Drive signs taped over as Canberra school plans changing house named for accused child abuser

Road signs indicating William Slim Drive in Canberra are taped over almost three years after it was confirmed it would be renamed following accusations of child sexual abuse against the former governor-general.

Asharq Al-Awsat

New Australian PM Heads to Tokyo with Climate Message

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took the oath of office Monday and immediately flew to a Tokyo summit with a "message to the world" that his country is ready to engage on climate change. The 59-year-old center-left Labor Party leader was sworn in during a brief televised ceremony at Government…

The Canberra Times

Police catch two motorcyclists for high-range speeding offences

One of the riders caught for speeding were aware there had been a road fatality the previous evening in Canberra.

ABC News

Liberals in the ACT 'have a lot of soul-searching to do' as David Pocock looks likely to secure Senate seat

As independent David Pocock looks set to win the ACT's second Senate seat, former Liberal chief minister Kate Carnell says her party has been left "with many lessons to learn."

ABC News

Federal election results for the NT are becoming clearer. Here's what we know so far

While some election candidates are already booking flights to Canberra, others are packing up their corflutes and contemplating their next political move.

The Canberra Times

Floriade to return to traditional home after two years

The festival will begin in September and run through to October.

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