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Australia · Canberra Times

'Overshadowing' and 'wind tunnels': why locals are angered by Dickson 13-storey apartment approval

22 Oct 05:30

The Dickson Residents Group says feedback was not heard.

This line is Day Square’s own note, added so the page is not only a headline. Canberra Times placed the item on the Australia wire at 22 Oct 05:30. The headline reads: 'Overshadowing' and 'wind tunnels': why locals are angered by Dickson 13-storey apartment approval. The paragraph above is the whole text that came with it. No name, figure, or quote was added.

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Australia · Canberra Times

A promise kept - a Canberra daughter's last gift to her father

Dr Allan Hawke's daughter Stephanie has finished a heartfelt project for her beloved dad.

24 Oct 05:30

Australia · Canberra Times

CFMEU has influence? Not on my government, says Andrew Barr

Union backing a policy does not establish causation, Chief Minister says.

24 Oct 05:30

Australia · Canberra Times

Three major departments shed staff in $100m redundancy spree

One department spent almost $75m - a tenfold increase on last year.

24 Oct 05:30

Australia · ABC

The Sydney workshop where hundred-year-old sculptures are made new

Luke McDermott needs to recreate a 120-year-old lion head, but the old one has completely eroded with the passage of time.

24 Oct 05:30

Australia · ABC

Finding community saved a young Magda Szubanski's life

While Magda Szubanski is famed for embodying the eternally optimistic Sharon Strzelecki in Kath & Kim, her off-screen life hasn’t always been a barrel of laughs.

24 Oct 05:30

Australia · ABC

ABC 50/50 quiz: Testing your knowledge of Sense and Sensibility, Martian moons and whale parts

Each question in the ABC 50/50 quiz has only two options: one is right, the other is wrong. But be warned: we might try to trick you.

24 Oct 05:30

Australia · Guardian Australia

Back to Back Barries: Do our leaders have the courage to take on their base? – video

Tony Barry and George Megalogenis (filling in for Barrie Cassidy) examine the response to the horrific alleged attack on independent MP Helen Haines this week. While the prime minister pleaded for all to 'turn the temperature' down, it didn't take long for some to dial it right up. So can politicians from all sides tell their tribes to tone down the hateful rhetoric? And what lessons can we learn from history to help

24 Oct 05:00

Australia · Canberra Times

Inquest finds supervision failures contributed to man's suicide death in Canberra jail

Findings highlight gaps in mental health service, police communication before his death.

24 Oct 05:00