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| UpdatedRound three of the NRL wraps up as Canberra hammers the Wests Tigers before Cronulla is shocked by St George Illawarra.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, cronulla-2230, balmain-2041, wollongong-2500, canberra-2600, nsw, act, australia
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| UpdatedNew research on concussions could provide the "holy grail" doctors and sport scientists have searched for — a simple, objective test that cannot be cheated.
Topics: sport, sports-injuries, australian-national-university-0200, university-of-canberra-2617, canberra-2600, act, australia
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The Brumbies notch back-to-back wins over the NSW Waratahs for the first time in Super Rugby history.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedAs the Canberra Craft Beer and Cider Festival turns 10, the local brewing scene continues to go from strength to strength.
Topics: food-and-beverage, community-and-society, community-and-multicultural-festivals, braddon-2612, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedRecklessly disregarding the cautionary tale Toy Story, two Canberra artists encourage children to tear apart old pre-loved soft toys and reassemble them into new — and sometimes terrifying — creations.
Topics: contemporary-art, arts-and-entertainment, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe opulent tastes of US President Donald Trump are well known, and their influences can be traced back to French aristocracy and the splendour of Louis XIV's Palace of Versailles.
Topics: donald-trump, design, history, person, canberra-2600, act, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedA former Canberra teacher accused of two acts of indecency on a student in the 1980s, including one at the old Canberry Fair site, goes on trial in the ACT Supreme Court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, education, canberra-2600, act, australia
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The Catholic Education Office in Canberra says it "absolutely failed parents" by planning to quietly move a disgraced priest to a home beside schools, after a group of 80 people meets with the Archbishop over the matter.
Topics: primary-schools, schools, primary, education, catholic, community-and-society, garran-2605, ainslie-2602, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA meth user who surprised visitors to the War Memorial in Canberra by parading naked nearby was driven to do so by a combination of poor mental health and drug abuse, the ACT Supreme Court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, drug-use, crime, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedSenate crossbenchers question whether the Government's plan to expand the Snowy Hydro scheme is feasible and a good use of taxpayers' money.
Topics: hydro-energy, alternative-energy, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, nsw, act, australia
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| UpdatedA century past its economic prime, the tiny former gold mining township of Captains Flat, 40 kilometres southeast of Canberra, is fighting tooth and nail for its existence.
Topics: community-and-society, rural, schools, education, canberra-2600, act, australia
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A Canberra man who punched another man to the side of the head outside a convenience store in Braddon last year has his appeal thrown out.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull says his Government will be "very happy" to fund the $2 billion expansion of the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme if the Victorian and New South Wales state governments won't chip in.
Topics: hydro-energy, alternative-energy, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, nsw, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe father of alleged murder victim Sabah Al Mdwali labels her husband and accused killer a dog, and hits out at the defence's suggestions he was in her house at the time she was killed.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedSt John Ambulance is urging Australians to save triple-0 calls for life-threatening emergencies to free up ambulance resources.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, health, healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia, act, nsw, nt, qld, sa, tas, vic, wa
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| UpdatedEvery year another 10,000 children in Australia are requiring child protection services. It's now one in every 33 children in the country.
Topics: child-abuse, community-and-society, children, family-and-children, australia, act, wa, sa
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No solid news about the future make-up of the Super Rugby competition is leading to frustration in Australia, with speculation one team is likely to be culled.
Topics: super-rugby, sport, rugby-union, sydney-2000, nsw, brisbane-4000, qld, perth-6000, wa, melbourne-3000, vic, canberra-2600, act, new-zealand, south-africa, australia
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The Federal Government will today announce a $2 billion intervention in Australia's electricity supply debate, by expanding the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme in a bid to power up to 500,000 homes.
Topics: hydro-energy, environment, alternative-energy, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, nsw, australia, act
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| UpdatedThe ACT Remuneration Tribunal announces a two per cent pay rise for the territory's representatives, with an extra bonus delivered to Deputy Opposition Leader Nicole Lawder.
Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government announces a $2 billion intervention in Australia's electricity supply debate, expanding the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme in a bid to power up to 500,000 homes.
Topics: hydro-energy, environment, alternative-energy, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, nsw, act, australia
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| UpdatedWhen you think of high fashion, you probably don't think of 3D printing. But one young Canberran is shaking up fashion conventions, taking her digital dreams to the 2017 Vancouver Fashion Week.
Topics: fashion, design, arts-and-entertainment, science-and-technology, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Senator Richard Di Natale, leader of the Australian Greens, delivers an address titled 'The world we could be living in', to the National Press Club in Canberra.
Topics: australian-greens, environment, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA Victorian man will stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court over allegations he helped move the body of a man his stepbrother allegedly murdered in 2015.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedInternational visitors are arriving in record numbers to Canberra, spending record amounts of money but for some reason they're not hanging around for as long.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, tourism, industry, lifestyle-and-leisure, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThis is the story of what happens to the household waste that ends up in your yellow recycling bin.
Topics: recycling-and-waste-management, human-interest, community-and-society, hume-2620, act