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| UpdatedA public swimming pool in Canberra is currently leaking an estimated 46,000 litres a day, and authorities are at a loss to explain why.
Topics: local-government, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedMore than 1,000 people take part in the inaugural Canberra 100 Challenge, seeing competitors walk or run up to 100 kilometres around the city.
Topics: charities, community-and-society, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedSoldiers and others who served in Afghanistan as a part of Operation Slipper are officially welcomed home in parades across the country.
Topics: veterans, defence-forces, defence-industry, community-and-society, police, public-sector, australia, sydney-2000, canberra-2600, brisbane-4000, melbourne-3000, adelaide-5000, hobart-7000, perth-6000, darwin-0800, townsville-4810
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Tuggeranong residents can breathe a sigh of relief with the new $17 million fire and rescue station in South Tuggeranong now complete.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, local-government, emergency-planning, tuggeranong-2900, canberra-2600, act
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A mysterious photo of a young Iranian boy takes out one of Australia's biggest photography prizes.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, library-museum-and-gallery, awards-and-prizes, photography, canberra-2600, act, iran-islamic-republic-of
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| UpdatedThe family of Zoe Marshall says the Canberra teen has vowed to stay in Vanuatu to continue her volunteer work in a remote village.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, cyclone, weather, cyclones, volunteers, vanuatu, canberra-2600, australia, act
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The National Museum commemorates Australia's first Aboriginal resistance leader as the search continues for his remains.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, library-museum-and-gallery, 18th-century, unrest-conflict-and-war, 19th-century, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedMoving a rock from a property just north of Canberra has led to a Stonehenge replica.
Topics: human-interest, druids, community-and-society, history, history-education, canberra-2600, bega-2550
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The family of deceased Canberra mother Tara Costigan will establish a foundation to lobby, educate and raise awareness about family violence.
Topics: domestic-violence, community-organisations, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedHead of the ACT Ambulance Service David Foot says he will not stand down despite a scathing report into workplace culture.
Topics: bullying, emergency-planning, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedTributes have begun flowing from regional Australia for former Prime Minister and farmer Malcolm Fraser.
Topics: regional, federal-government, liberals, nationals, rural, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedCanberra man Drew Francis Thompson is sentenced to two years jail for breaking into the home of a woman he met on the online dating site eHarmony and holding her captive at gunpoint for three hours.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedThe family of Canberra woman Zoe Marshall says the teenager has been spotted alive and well on a remote island in cyclone-hit Vanuatu.
Topics: missing-person, weather, charities-and-community-organisations, foreign-affairs, vanuatu, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedA new health institute at the University of Canberra will tackle issues such as healthy living, chronic disease prevention and patient care, bringing together a range of medical professions.
Topics: medical-research, university-and-further-education, research-organisations, healthcare-facilities, diet-and-nutrition, lifestyle-and-leisure, university-of-canberra-2617, act
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The mother of Canberra teenager Zoe Marshall who is missing in Vanuatu says she is devastated her daughter has not been evacuated yet from the cyclone-ravaged country.
Topics: cyclones, human-interest, vanuatu, australia, act, canberra-2600
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A man accused of choking his girlfriend and threatening to kill her is found not guilty by an ACT Supreme Court jury.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act
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Police release a facefit image of a man they are pursuing over the two shooting incidents in Chisholm and Gordon.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedAn influx of Mr Fluffy homeowners competing for properties in their old suburbs helps drive demand in Canberra market, according to real estate agents.
Topics: housing, house-and-home, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act
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Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane concedes more ground in negotiations with the Opposition over the Renewable Energy Target.
Topics: energy, science-and-technology, environment, business-economics-and-finance, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe Australian Olympic Committee will not allow Athletics Australia to appoint controversial coach Kevin Tyler as head coach.
Topics: olympics-summer, sport, athletics, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedBeekeeping in Australia is a small industry that contributes a great amount to the nation's agriculture.
Topics: beekeeping, agricultural-policy, weather, shepparton-3630, laura-5480, nabiac-2312, beechworth-3747, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedAustralia will have an independent body to oversee its quarantine system, after the Federal Government reversed its stance on a statutory Inspector General of Biosecurity.
Topics: pests, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, pest-management, quarantine, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedPopular Civic entertainment venue Smith's Alternative will close its doors despite healthy patron numbers and a strong line up of live and local performers.
Topics: small-business, arts-and-entertainment, music, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedBrumbies flanker David Pocock has been named on the bench for the Brumbies' Super Rugby battle against the Waratahs.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, canberra-2600, act, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedFarmers and miners have broadly supported changes to the 457 visa program for skilled foreign workers.
Topics: mining-rural, farm-labour, work, federal-government, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, parliament-house-2600