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| UpdatedThe ACT Government announces plans to install an oversight agency in Canberra's jail, acknowledging it "must do more" to improve the care of prisoners after the death of inmate Steven Freeman.
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| UpdatedTwo popular cafes in Canberra are forced to close after an unknown number of people are hospitalised with food poisoning.
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ACT police investigate a fire that destroyed a residential unit in Waramanga and caused smoke damage to a neighbouring unit.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, fires, waramanga-2611, act
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| UpdatedA Canberra wildlife protection group needs more volunteers to help with a new wombat-mange treatment trial.
Topics: animals, veterinary-medicine, canberra-2600, act, australia
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A mange-infested wombat in the ACT tries desperately to cure his itching.
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Lord Sebastian Coe, president of the IAAF, executive chairman of CSM Sport and Entertainment, and chairman of the British Olympic Association addresses the National Press Club in Canberra.
Topics: sport, olympics-summer, athletics, canberra-2600, act, australia
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A Canberra man who made a daring escape from Canberra's prison last year and got his girlfriend pregnant during the eight days on the run is sentenced to 15 months' jail.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedA Canberra father who allegedly rammed a parked car outside his children's school is charged with high-range drink driving, with police saying he blew more than three times the legal blood alcohol limit.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, police, alcohol, garran-2605, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Retired Wallaby Andrew Walker puts his hand up to come out of retirement to play for the injury-hit Brumbies if they want him.
Topics: sport, rugby-union, super-rugby, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedDementia is set to cost Australia an estimated $18 billion a year by 2025, as Alzheimer's Australia calls for a national strategy to combat the disease.
Topics: alzheimers-and-dementia, diseases-and-disorders, health, federal-government, australia, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedOngoing job cuts in Airservices Australia leave the network at "breaking point" and senior managers express fears the new regime is "a huge risk to public safety", an ABC investigation reveals.
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| UpdatedA RSL club faces an extraordinary attack from Bec Cody over toilet wall tiles which depict Indigenous men — criticism the club says is "ridiculous" and "out of order".
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| UpdatedFollowing the Bourke Street tragedy, the Canberra Liberals warn the ACT should also urgently rethink its approach to granting bail.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, local-government, australia, act, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedThis year's Anzac rugby league Test between Australia and New Zealand will be held in Canberra — and it is hoped new direct flights between the ACT and Wellington will mean bumper crowd figures for the game.
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| UpdatedDeputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and a string of federal Nationals MPs are criticising the West Australian Liberals preference deal with One Nation — warning the agreement could cost them power in the state election.
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| UpdatedWhen you think of Canberra, it's unlikely the ocean springs to mind.
Topics: history, navy, jervis-bay-2540, bega-2550, lake-illawarra-2528, nsw, canberra-2600, act
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The New South Wales Rural Fire Service says today's extreme weather conditions have never been seen before, and fears the situation could trigger uncontrollable, deadly bushfires.
Topics: bushfire, weather, disasters-and-accidents, fires, nsw, australia, qld, vic, act