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Today is October 1, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Opposition Leader Alistair Coe have gone head to head in a relatively tame leaders' debate, and the Suburban Land Agency requested a $50 million taxpayer-funded lifeline amid concerns a "dire" cash flow situation could delay work on new estates and threaten its viability.

Today is September 30, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the Auditor-General has appealed directly to Prime Minister Scott Morrison over his office's funding, and has warned scrutiny of government decision-making will drop without an injection of cash, and public servants still working from home have been told to prepare to head back to the office, but some have labelled the directive inflexible and regressive.

Today is September 29, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Canberra Airport has negotiated new routes and is set to expand its operations as it struggles to regain trade in the face of the pandemic and border closures, and an ACT Labor candidate has accused his party of censorship, claiming it refused to allow him to express his opposition to euthanasia

Today is September 28, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the Australian Public Service may be forced to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid superannuation if upcoming action in the Federal Court goes against it, and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has urged states to "do their bit too" and open their borders, as the federal government promised to keep underwriting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of flights until at least next year.

Today is September 25, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Canberra travellers will soon have direct access to two new holiday destinations, as Alliance Airlines prepares to take advantage of the Queensland border reopening, and police have formed a crime disruption team to specifically target a group of offenders who have ram-raided and smashed down doors and windows of 30 small business premises across the ACT over the past two weeks.

Today is September 24, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, more than 22,000 Canberrans will be $300 poorer a fortnight when the coronavirus supplement is wound back from Friday, and Canberra doctors are angry Labor has already chosen a site and co-located GP practice for one of its five promised new walk-in centres, bypassing a public tender process.

Today is September 23, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Canberra Airport is trying to get more airlines flying out of the national capital, as restrictions being lifted led to a surge in ticket sales, and the ACT recorded the largest relative drop in payroll jobs across Australia in the fortnight ending September 5, new Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows.

Today is September 22, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, a major upgrade of Commonwealth Avenue bridge is one step closer, after the $124 million project was declared an infrastructure priority in Australia's COVID-19 economic recovery, and the ACT will cop a $16.5 million hit per week when JobKeeper starts tapering down, analysis from Labor shows.

Today is September 21, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, an ambitious plan to build an underground bus interchange in Civic appears dead in the water after a government-commissioned report found it would cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and four former heads of the ACT Heritage Council have called for the winner of next month's territory election to halt the controversial West Basin redevelopment.

Today is September 18, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Labor has promised to accelerate the removal of hazardous materials from public schools with a dedicated $15 million fund if it wins the election, and staff and students at the Australian National University are digesting news of the latest job and budget cuts as casual staff say their job losses have gone undocumented.