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  1. "It's a no-brainer" From tomorrow, the ACT will 'officially' be powered by 100% renewable electricity

  2. 5 hours ago

    This is a pic of the mountain we live next to. Seriously, it is & it’s normally as clear as day. The nearest fires are over 100kms to the south & east. The air quality in today is over 10 times what is deemed hazardous. But, how good is the economy!

  3. 2 hours ago

    Police are directing traffic at an petrol station because the queue has got so long. Supply has been restocked this afternoon and drivers are taking the opportunity to fill up now and leave to before conditions deteriorate on Sat

  4. 5 hours ago

    is currently blanketed in a thick, hazardous smoke from the . Sadly, the impact will be even more severe for less-advantaged people across our city, Dr Aparna Lal tells :

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  6. That makes only the world’s eighth major city – and the first outside Europe – to make the ‘switch’

  7. 31 Dec 2019

    Beautifully cool in this morning, pity the air is unbreathable. That's the sun in the top right of pic.

    Trees and a red sun through heavy smoke fog
  8. 5 hours ago

    How good is winning!

  9. 29 Dec 2019

    39 degrees C and windy. is so dry it’s scary. Doing our best to help local wildlife requires daily water refills

  10. 6 hours ago

    What a Moron 👇🏻it seems Peter had won the Dumbest tweet ! Canberra's air quality index is 18 times the hazardous rating, rivalling some of the worst in the world. Heavy smoke from the NSW and Vic bushfires is also blanketing New Zealand.

  11. 3 hours ago

    I went for a drive in this morning. Turns out while I was behind the wheel, had the worst air pollution in the world. So here’s a time lapse video, where you can’t see from one side of the lake to the other and Parliament House isn’t visible until you drive to it.

  12. 3 hours ago

    Today’s view from the back garden compared to usual - staying indoors to avoid the thick acrid smoke

  13. 31 Dec 2019
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    ’s a ghost town this morning. Even inside, the smell is sickening. We’ve been choking on smoke for most of the last month. And we’re still a month shy of the peak bushfire season.

  14. 8 hours ago

    If I’m not mistaken, Canberra’s air pollution levels (measured in the universally standard PM2.5) are currently the worst in the world, and by quite some distance.

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  15. On this day in history (1911) the Federal Capital Territory officially comes into being. NSW gave up 2,360 square kilometres of land including the seaport of Jervis Bay for the creation of the city we now call Canberra

  16. 31 Dec 2019

    Happy new year? Hardly is filled with hazardous smoke. I can only hope flooding the internet with these kinds of images brings home to Australia’s politicians and Murdoch media, that the days of bullshitting on are over.

  17. 8 hours ago

    The air quality index in is currently twenty times the hazardous level.

  18. 1 hour ago

    Have people in Canberra noticed the so-called “Dunn’s Road” fire raging over the Brindabella.s? Family in are nervous. ACT ESA what is the situation? Are you prepared?

  19. 23 minutes ago

    Reminder: any AQI over 200 is considered hazardous air to breathe.

  20. 31 Dec 2019
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    THIS is how the skies should be lit up on NYE. Hey - let’s make this the challenge for - imagine, a phenomenal drone display over Lake Burley Griffin.

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