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Today is April 20, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Canberra Liberals are calling on the ACT government to clarify how wait times for endoscopy examinations will be reduced, following revelations at least two people have developed cancer while waiting more than a year to be seen, and the nation's leaders are scrambling to ramp up Australia's troubled COVID-19 vaccination rollout, including support for state-run mass vaccination hubs and bringing forward vaccinations for people over 50.

Today is April 19, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, a plan to remove several car spaces from Braddon's retail hub has received support from a group of residents who believe better pedestrian and bike access is the key to better business, and federal and state leaders will focus on problems surrounding the vaccine rollout and securing new supplies of Pfizer during Monday's urgent national cabinet meeting.

Today is April 16, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the Therapeutic Goods Administration is investigating the death of a woman who developed blood clots after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, and the public waiting list for one basic health screening test has blown out to 7200 people in the ACT, and at least two people have developed cancer while waiting more than a year to be seen.

Today is April 15, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the ACT Health Minister says the government will push ahead with the opening of another mass vaccination centre, despite the recommendation against under-50s getting the AstraZeneca vaccine, and the Australian vaccine rollout should be the "highest priority" to tackle the ever-present coronavirus pandemic, according to the United States' leading infectious diseases expert.

Today is April 14, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, two men have died after a light plane crashed into a paddock north of Canberra, and one of Canberra's oldest systemic Catholic primary schools is facing closure because of a drop in government funding and low enrolments.

Today is April 13, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Education Minister Yvette Berry has urged her federal counterpart to pull into line a high-profile independent school that has come under scrutiny from multiple government agencies, and amid failing confidence in the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, the Prime Minister has attempted to right the ship while admitting the Covid "agenda" has got away from him and his government.

Today is April 12, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, guards at Canberra's prison are facing unsafe work conditions due to understaffing that has led to a dramatic increase in overtime, and development and expansion works in Ngunnawal have been cited as a potential cause of an underground water reservoir that has led to multiple flooding incidents and severe potholes along one of the suburb's streets.

Today is April 9, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, it is almost impossible for Australia to meet its vaccine rollout timeline after new advice was issued for people under 50 about the AstraZeneca vaccine, over concerns of a link to blood clotting, and Canberra's struggling live music venues want to get back to 100 per cent capacity, and some feel like restrictions on them should be easing faster.

Today is April 8, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the ACT government will demolish and rebuild a $2.6 million public housing complex that was built less than 10 years ago, and the ACT's health system will test a new set of national targets for emergency departments, as it continues to fall short of existing ones.

Today is April 7, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the ACT government is set to overhaul plans for the next stage of Whitlam with a proposed gas connection to be removed, and Singapore, Japan and South Korea could be among the next destinations to open for Australians to travel to, as preparations begin for the first quarantine-free travel across the ditch.