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| UpdatedAn inquest into the death in custody of Indigenous man Steven Freeman hears he took a toxic level of methadone, which was given to him inside prison despite a lack of evidence he was addicted to opioids.
Topics: black-deaths-in-custody, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA bladder cancer survivor teams up with his urologist to create a new charity and deliver free Australian education resource for patients after frustration about the lack of local information available.
Topics: cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, australia, canberra-2600, melbourne-3000, act
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Like a seagull to a chip, Canberrans love to flock to the latest food adventure. But there may be too many venues trying to feed Canberra at once.
Topics: food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, canberra-2600, act
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The NSW Waratahs slog their way to a 19-13 win over the Western Force in their season-opening clash.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, nsw, perth-6000, wa, canberra-2600, act, australia
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A 31-year-old Canberra man is charged with assaulting his former partner three times over the past month, all witnessed at close range by their sons aged two and four.
Topics: domestic-violence, courts-and-trials, assault, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedA woman is rushed to hospital after taking a potentially deadly drug, similar to the substance that killed three people in Melbourne last month, that was falsely sold as MDMA.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act, australia, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedThe violent murder of Tara Costigan at the hands of her former partner Marcus Rappel shocked and devastated Canberra. But what has changed in the years since her death?
Topics: domestic-violence, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA judge describes the actions of Marcus Rappel, who killed his ex-partner Tara Costigan with an axe in her Canberra home while she held their week-old daughter, as being "vicious and cowardly".
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, crime, domestic-violence, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedTwo teenage brothers from Canberra remain behind bars over an alleged social media blackmail scam that police say lured in victims on Grindr and Facebook.
Topics: social-media, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe way you walk is almost as unique as your fingerprint, and a researcher at the University of Canberra hopes tracking the way older people move could be used to prevent potentially fatal falls.
Topics: older-people, health, medical-research, university-of-canberra-2617, canberra-2600, act, australia
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A Canberra man who grabbed his partner by the throat and choked her three years ago is resentenced and handed more jail time, after an error was made during the original sentencing.
Topics: assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, calwell-2905, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedFrontline services will be impacted as jobs are slashed from the federal Health Department, the public sector union warns.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, health-policy, health-administration, australia, act, nsw, vic, tas, sa, qld, nt, wa
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| UpdatedTwo giant American air tankers, known as Southern Belle and Thor, have proven themselves yet again this bushfire season, the NSW RFS says.
Topics: bushfire, emergency-planning, queanbeyan-2620, canberra-2600, act, nsw, captains-flat-2623
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Australia's Ross River virus has the potential to become a global epidemic, similar to the Zika virus, researchers say.
Topics: ross-river-fever, diseases-and-disorders, health, canberra-2600, adelaide-5000, australian-national-university-0200, adelaide-university-5005, sa, act
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Dozens of street signs in a South Australian town a forming a unique "open access" war memorial — the only one of its kind in Australia.
Topics: world-war-2, history, human-interest, people, local-government, regional, community-and-society, defence-forces, loxton-5333, vietnam, indonesia, egypt, act
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Lawyer and former US Congressman Bob Inglis addresses the National Press Club in Canberra on how conservatives can lead on climate action in the age of Donald Trump.
Topics: climate-change, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedAs the Australian National University opens its new $53-million student accommodation block, other students say they are being locked out of the rental market by exorbitant pricing.
Topics: housing, university-and-further-education, australian-national-university-0200, canberra-2600, act, australia
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The personal stories of homeowners caught up in Canberra's long-running Mr Fluffy saga are captured in a new photographic book.
Topics: asbestos, people, photography, act, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedA car has smashed through the entrance of a supermarket at Charnwood in Canberra's north.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, charnwood-2615, act, australia
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