The Canberra Times Today

Today is JUNE 29, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, new indemnity scheme covers GPs to provide AstraZeneca vaccine to people under 60 if they ask for it, and nationwide Covid outbreaks spark call to halt travel from health authorities.

Today is JUNE 28, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, face masks are now mandatory across the ACT, and Bridget McKenzie will return to the ministry after a reshuffle of the Nationals’ frontbench

Today is JUNE 25, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Rex airlines hopes to introduce more Canberra routes after yesterday’s first flight from Melbourne, while all 12 national institutions in the capital have teamed up for a new tourism campaign.

Today is JUNE 24, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Stay-at-home requirements have been imposed as Sydney’s Covid cluster grows, while the call for an independent review of Canberra’s school system has been shot down.

Today is JUNE 23, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, A growing Covid cluster in Sydney has led ACT authorities to advise against travel, while a new report calls for the urgent removal of CCTV from a youth prison strip search room.

Today is JUNE 22, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, The Canberra Liberals have called for the territory’s auditor-general to investigate questions surrounding the trouble-plagued ChooseCBR, while Barnaby JOyce has dramatically taken back the leadership of the National Party.

Today is JUNE 21, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, there is a renewed push for stronger consent laws in the ACT with a bill to be presented to parliament this week which seeks to clarify what constitutes consent and the Canberra Liberals call for a “full and transparent” audit of the ChooseCBR voucher scheme after all allocated funds were spent in a day.

Today is JUNE 18, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, ACT Health has issued a warning after a man in his 40s from Sydney who visited Canberra returned test results showing low levels of COVID-19, Canberrans aged between 50 and 59 are being told not to call the vaccine booking hotline amid new AstraZeneca advice, and the ACT government has been blindsided by a deal between ANU and the federal government on quarantine arrangements for G7 attendees.

Today is JUNE 17, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Liberals call for review amid falling results and bullying in schools, Intervention flagged to protect Kosciuszko National Park natural ecosystem.

Today is JUNE 16, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Ten House prices in ten Canberra suburbs push past the million-dollar median mark and the bungled ChooseCBR website will undergo pressure tests ahead of its relaunch.