The Canberra Times Today

Today is SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Health authorities are investigating four separate introductions of COVID-19 into the ACT from NSW; and ACT Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee says businesses need greater certainty from the government.

Today is SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Canberrans will be able to get their second AstraZeneca vaccines earlier; and new research shows children are needed in Australia’s vaccine rollout in order to achieve herd immunity.

Today is SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, The Deputy Prime Minister is pushing his regionalisation agenda; and the mother of a Canberra man in intensive care has urged people to get vaccinated.

Today is SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Large events and holidays are likely off the cards until summer for Canberrans; and How Australians are being directed to the My Health Record, despite opting-out.

Today is SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, The business and hospitality sectors in the ACT say there will be difficult times ahead; and more than 30,000 people aged 16 to 29 have already registered their interest for a vaccine booking.

Today is AUGUST 31, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Canberrans are living in homes with no insulation, boarded up windows and open holes in the floor, builders warn; and the ACT is predicted to hit national vaccination targets three weeks ahead of the national average.

Today is AUGUST 30, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the building sector puts pressure on the ACT government to resume residential construction amid lockdown, and chronic workforce shortages in schools lead to negative education experiences for teachers and students.

Today is AUGUST 27, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Cedric Nyamsi tells of social media abuse after being accused of bringing Covid to the ACT, and a long spring awaits as Canberra balances reopening and virus risk.

Today is AUGUST 26, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the investigation into the origin of the Canberra outbreak of COVID-19 has been widened, and health authorities are working to open a mass vaccination centre at the AIS Arena in Bruce as soon as possible.

Today is AUGUST 25, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the ACT has jumped ahead in the race to vaccinate the nation but there’s been bad news on the cases front, and a Senate candidate launches a push to have more women immortalised in bronze across the capital.