Today is February 17, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, drivers were drug-affected, alcohol-affected and speeding right through last year's pandemic in the ACT, despite more police out patroll

February 16, 2021: 1 in 12 to lose support in ACT with end of JobKeeper, JobSeeker and defence and DFAT overseas postings among first in line for coronavirus vaccine rollout

Feb 15th, 2021 5m 18s

Today is February 16, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, almost one in 10 Canberrans would be impacted when the JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme and Jobseeker supplement were wound up at the end o

February 15, 2021: Canberra Hospital to receive security upgrades for vaccine rollout and Liberals say ChooseCBR vouchers a 'failed scheme'

Feb 14th, 2021 5m 30s

Today is February 15, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, security is set to be beefed up at the Canberra Hospital to prepare for the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, with at least 80,000 doses of

February 12, 2021: New vision for long-awaited Canberra theatre project and Tuggeranong Parkway variable speed limit to be installed by end of the year

Feb 11th, 2021 5m 10s

Today is February 12, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the new Canberra theatre could be built as part of a wider arts precinct which includes apartments, shops and a hotel, under an expanded

February 11, 2021: ACT public service conflicts 'regularly mismanaged', says corruption watchdog, and ANU aims to create billion-dollar unicorn company by 2025

Feb 10th, 2021 5m 16s

Today is February 11, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Chief Minister Andrew Barr says he takes seriously anti-corruption watchdog concerns that conflicts of interest in the ACT public servic

February 10, 2021: Vaccine, open borders key to ACT's budget bounce-back and Labor's Anthony Albanese pledges job security for workers

Feb 9th, 2021 5m 32s

Today is February 10, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, a successful vaccine rollout, no large-scale outbreaks and a progressive reopening of international borders from July this year will be

February 9, 2021: Land sales help deliver $300 million budget improvement and repatriation flight from Chennai touches down in Canberra

Feb 8th, 2021 5m 39s

Today is February 9, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, a surge in land sales has helped deliver a $300 million improvement to the ACT's coronavirus-ravaged budget bottom line, Chief Minister A

February 8, 2021: Childcare in the ACT most expensive, with steepest increases, in Australia and how the new-look Liberals will try to win over Canberra

Feb 7th, 2021 5m 22s

Today is February 8, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, according to data released by both the Productivity Commission and the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the cost of childcare in the ACT

February 5, 2021: JobKeeper cliff fears for travel industry as Helloworld tells staff their pay will be cut and Liberals to call for action into ACT's 'spiralling rental costs'

Feb 4th, 2021 5m 19s

Today is February 5, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, fears of the impact of JobKeeper's removal on the travel industry appear to have been realised after national travel agent Hello World as

February 4, 2021: PM publicly rebukes Craig Kelly after hallway stoush and Skywhalepapa's debut flight delayed

Feb 3rd, 2021 5m 15s

Today is February 4, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has finally addressed the medical misinformation spread by backbencher Craig Kelly in the House of Represen

February 3, 2021: Federal government gives crucial light rail approval and who spent what during last year's ACT election campaign?

Feb 2nd, 2021 5m 5s

Today is February 3, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the federal government has signed off on the first stage of light rail to Woden, and the Canberra Liberals forked out more than double th

February 2, 2021: Canberra GPs sign up to deliver vaccines and Canberra childcare sites report more than 600 'serious incidents' in 2019-20

Feb 1st, 2021 5m 6s

Today is February 2, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, more than 50 general practices in the ACT have responded to the government's call to be part of the priority phase of COVID-19 vaccine de

February 1, 2021: Scott Morrison to announce $1.9b vaccine rollout fund and passengers on Perth to Canberra flight to remain at accommodation

Jan 31st, 2021 5m 4s

Today is February 1, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the federal government will spend $1.9 billion on its vaccine rollout strategy, mobilising general practices, community pharmacies, logis

January 29, 2021: More beds won't diminish demand for Canberra Hospital's mental health unit, expert says and federal government delays decision on Woden light rail

Jan 28th, 2021 5m 11s

Today is January 29, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Canberrans needing mental health treatment were being left with no option but to attend hospital because of a shortfall in community-base

January 28, 2021: Tourists potentially from Sydney COVID-19 hotspot visited Canberra and ex-fire council member blast Whelan's intervention

Jan 27th, 2021 5m 28s

Today is January 28, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, a busload of tourists from a western Sydney hotspot visited Parliament House in breach of ACT's travel restrictions, police believe, and

January 27, 2021: $24m to help rollout of COVID-19 vaccine in Canberra and $137 million to be spent upgrading Commonwealth Avenue bridge

Jan 26th, 2021 5m 11s

Today is January 27, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the ACT government will spend $24 million to roll out the COVID-19 vaccines across the territory, as preparations for the major logistica

January 26, 2021: Survivor advocate Grace Tame named Australian of the Year and Libs need allies to end exile in opposition, Coe suggests

Jan 25th, 2021 5m 27s

Today is January 26, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Grace Tame, the 26-year-old woman behind the #LetHerSpeak campaign to repeal a law that silenced Tasmanian sexual assault survivors, has

January 25, 2021: ESA commissioner lashes expert bushfire council in explosive letter and why this is the most difficult period to govern in the ACT’s history

Jan 24th, 2021 5m 30s

Today is January 25, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, emergency services chief Georgeina Whelan told the chair of the ACT Bushfire Council she had lost confidence in the group's advice, accus

January 22, 2021: Canberra to measure the carbon cost of food, goods brought in to territory and Barr warns against Namadgi witch hunt

Jan 21st, 2021 5m 25s

Today is January 22, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the ACT will try to measure its indirect carbon emissions - such as those created in the production of food and goods used in Canberra -

January 21, 2021: What the new dawn in DC means for Australian politics and Canberra Liberals under pressure to lobby for euthanasia rights

Jan 20th, 2021 5m 25s

Today is January 21, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, amid claims of rigged elections, deadly riots and impeachments, Joe Biden has become the 46th President of the United States of America t

January 20, 2021: Vaccine could be mandatory in some settings, says Barr, and Albanese accuses Government of mismanaging US alliance

Jan 19th, 2021 5m 12s

Today is January 20, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr says there could be merit in requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for entry into certain high-risk settings, an

January 19, 2021: Stealthy privatisation of public sector causes concern and Bridget McKenzie to face senate over sports rorts

Jan 18th, 2021 5m 17s

Today is January 19, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, nearly one in five people working in federal government departments are employed on external contracts or through labour-hire firms, anal

January 18, 2021: Health Minister Greg Hunt seeks answers over Norway deaths following vaccine and the big cost of COVID-19 to Canberra’s clubs

Jan 17th, 2021 5m 20s

Today is January 18, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Health Minister Greg Hunt said he was seeking urgent advice from Australia's medicines regulator following reports in Norway of elderly p

January 15, 2021: MyWay ticketing negotiations fall through, deemed too expensive and infrastructure boss holds senior racing club board position

Jan 14th, 2021 5m 26s

Today is January 15, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the government's plans to introduce a new public transport ticketing system that would allow people to tap on and off with their credit c

January 14, 2021: How Trump's 2nd impeachment will unfold and from 68 cent to $708-a-head, one department’s events and lunch budget outline

Jan 13th, 2021 5m 30s

Today is January 14, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the House is expected to impeach President Donald Trump for his encouragement of supporters who stormed the US Capitol, a vote that would