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How light and atoms work together to build a quantum gate. Source: ANU
Topics: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, earth-sciences, australian-national-university-0200
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| UpdatedThe Supreme Court of New York grants a motion in favour of a $11 million payment to the National Gallery of Australia, as compensation for its purchase of a stolen antiquity from a disgraced art dealer that was later returned to India.
Topics: art-history, law-crime-and-justice, library-museum-and-gallery, arts-and-entertainment, india, canberra-2600, asia
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| UpdatedAgriculture authorities are monitoring the fallout from Canberra's recent above-average rainfall, but say the capital region has seen the worst of the downpours.
Topics: weather, rainfall, agribusiness, rural, canberra-2600, act, nsw, bega-2550
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| UpdatedACT Greens kingmaker Shane Rattenbury rules out backing the Canberra Liberals in the case of a hung parliament.
Topics: states-and-territories, elections, canberra-2600, act
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Unlike other states and territories, number plates in the ACT are incredibly uniform.
Topics: canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedThe ABC travels to Taji training camp in Iraq to meet Australian soldiers and the locals they are training ahead of a major assault on the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, army, defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, iraq, act, australia
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| UpdatedFormer Brumbies chief executive Michael Jones reaches a settlement with the University of Canberra, ending a lengthy legal battle between the parties.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, rugby-union, university-of-canberra-2617, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedACT Labor announces it will no longer accept donations from property developers in Canberra, and it will legislate to make the practice law if re-elected.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, local-government, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe Melbourne Storm crushed Blake Austin's premiership dreams, but he will still be cheering for them in the grand final.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, canberra-2600, act, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedBrigadier Roger Noble is second-in-command in the international fight against Islamic State in Iraq. Spearheading the coalition supporting the Iraqi Army, he is confident the war is slowly being won.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, army, defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, iraq, act, australia
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| UpdatedMelbourne will meet Cronulla in the grand final after holding off fast-finishing Canberra to win their preliminary final at AAMI Park.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Two men are charged over separate assaults at Canberra nightclubs in the early hours of Saturday morning that left two people badly injured.
Topics: assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr uses the Facebook comments section to commit to reversing a Government agency's decision to cut funding for Canberra's Art, Not Apart festival.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, carnivals-and-festivals, events, local-government, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Canberra's largest bottle shops will help pay for more late night police patrols in Civic under a plan announced by ACT Labor.
Topics: states-and-territories, elections, alcohol-education, alcohol, urban-development-and-planning, canberra-2600, act
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A Canberra man and woman who allegedly kidnapped another man, tied him to a stool and assaulted him appear on trial in the ACT Supreme Court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, assault, canberra-2600, act
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Kindergarten children at Chapman Primary School are learning through nature play in the bush on Cooleman Ridge.
Topics: children, primary-schools, play-and-learning, environment-education, human-interest, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedMotorists are reporting mistaken fines and complaining of "punitive" practices by parking inspectors in the ACT.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, act, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedClubsACT ramps up its campaign against ACT Labor in the lead-up to next month's territory election, with hundreds of people protesting in Belconnen today.
Topics: clubs-and-associations, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, belconnen-2617
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| UpdatedACT Labor says it will set up a new fund to lure airlines such as Air New Zealand and Cathay Pacific to Canberra if elected next month.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, government-and-politics, elections, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedThe first exhibition in honour of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' military service in times of war and peace launches at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, history, unrest-conflict-and-war, world-war-2, world-war-1, library-museum-and-gallery, canberra-2600, act
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A man who molested an 11-year-old girl was bashed so badly by her relatives that his leg was broken in three places, the ACT Supreme Court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, canberra-2600, act
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A Canberra man who ACT police believe to be a member of a motorcycle gang pleads not guilty to a string of charges in the ACT Magistrates Court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedThe scintillating seasons of the Sharks and Raiders come to a head against finals veterans North Queensland and Melbourne.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, cronulla-2230, nsw, melbourne-3000, vic, canberra-2600, act, townsville-4810, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Labor denies its promise of tax breaks and $10,000 grants for small community clubs is in response to Clubs ACT's vocal anti-Labor campaign
Topics: tax, government-and-politics, forms-of-government, elections, clubs-and-associations, gambling, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedPolice search for three men who have attacked sex workers in Canberra, with some of the women also robbed at knifepoint.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, canberra-2600, act