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Today is November 12, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the Labor-Greens government has aimed to build 400 public housing properties over the next five years but advocates have warned it is not enough to fill the territory's social housing shortfall, and the Australian Taxation Office is shopping around for tech companies to build a new online facial recognition tool that will help detect a person's identity by matching their live selfie to a database of passports and drivers licences.

Today is November 11, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the police, ambulance and fire crews were dealing with a serious outbreak of violence at the Alexander Maconochie Centre on Tuesday night, and Canberra's trainee doctors are facing a disproportionately high fail rate due to concerning levels of burnout and poor workplace culture, an internally commissioned review has revealed.

Today is November 10, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Chief Minister Andrew Barr has suggested it is unlikely New Year's Eve fireworks will be going ahead in Canberra, and Social Services Department staff at risk of becoming severely ill from COVID-19 are being forced back to office buildings, the main public sector union has said.

Today is November 9, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, President-elect Joe Biden declared it was "time to heal" a deeply divided America in his first speech after winning a bitter election, even as President Donald Trump refused to concede and pressed ahead with legal fights against the outcome, and Liberal Senator Zed Seselja will face off against a moderate challenger in his first preselection battle since ousting sitting senator Gary Humphries.

Today is November 6, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Republicans in the United States have pledged to pursue their legal challenges in key battleground states as Democratic candidate Joe Biden inched closer to winning the White House, and Canberra Airport hopes border openings will help it rebound to reach up to 40 per cent of operational capacity by Christmas as airlines prepare to add more flights to the daily schedule.

Today is November 5, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, President Donald Trump says he will take the US election results to the Supreme Court, claiming a "fraud on the American nation" had been committed and declaring "we did win", and a global pandemic and a recession has kept Australia's wages stagnant for months but an analysis has shown those at the top of government companies, like Australia Post and NBN Co, continued to take home million-dollar remuneration packages and large bonuses throughout the year.

Today is November 4, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Greens leader Shane Rattenbury is the ACT's new Attorney-General, as part of a new-look cabinet unveiled by Chief Minister Andrew Barr on Tuesday, and an ACT Labor-Greens government will prioritise raising the age of criminal responsibility in the next parliamentary term.

Today is November 3, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Professor Brendan Murphy, the man who steered Australia's COVID-19 response, said he was humbled after being announced as the 2021 ACT Australian of the Year, and the ACT Greens will have three ministers in Andrew Barr's cabinet, under a power-sharing agreement with Labor which includes a commitment to build more public housing and introduce new poker machine bet limits.

Today is November 2, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, discrimination against Asian-Australians has risen during the coronavirus pandemic and there is concern it will only worsen as the country continues to open back up unless policymakers act soon, and housing and climate policy would be at the core of the Labor and Greens power-sharing agreement if the latter party gets its way.

Today is October 30, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, public servants can soon expect to see a bit more money in their bank accounts as a freeze on public service pay rises comes to an end, and the redevelopment of the Curtin horse paddocks into a diplomatic estate is a step closer, after a rezoning of the land was approved despite community and political opposition.