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Today is NOVEMBER 17, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Canberans are being urged to take more personal responsibility to stave a potential COVID surge; while figures reveal the Coalition's EV projections goes further than Bill Shorten’s 2019 election pledge.

Today is NOVEMBER 16, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the ACT is likely to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14 in contradiction to other states; and the ACT Brumbies and Canberra Raiders are on a same-day scheduling collision course.

Today is NOVEMBER 15, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the COP26 Glasgow climate summit has failed to agree to phase out coal after a last-minute intervention by India, and the drop-off in international student numbers could hit the ANU’s ranking.

Today is NOVEMBER 12, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Brittany Higgins accuses the federal government of considering sexual harassment training an afterthought, while Canberra's jobless rate has surged compared to the rest of the country due to COVID-19.

Today is NOVEMBER 11, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, a Halloween gathering of 150 people has become a COVID superspreader event, while the ACT government will release light rail safety reports in light of a cracking issue.

Today is NOVEMBER 10, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, venues at the centre of the territory’s COVID outbreak get ready to reopen, while Scott Morrison reveals $1 billion plan to boost the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

Today is NOVEMBER 9, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, ACT set to ease COVID rules as school cases grow; and the Canberra Liberals have called for a housing crisis declaration in the capital.

Today is NOVEMBER 8, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Cases linked to nine schools as ACT mulls fast-tracked freedoms; and Ben Morton has rejected claims the APS is politicised as an outrageous slur.

Today is NOVEMBER 5, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Army kiosk raked in nearly one-million dollars in JobKeeper, and an ACT school has been devastated by a deliberate playground fire.

Today is NOVEMBER 4, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, pharmacists say they will be forced to scale down their COVID-19 booster rollout, while the Fair Work Commission rules against Home Affairs’ bid demand for proof on workers’ unplanned sickies.