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Today is September 17, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the public service may become less reliant on contractors as it endeavours to upskill its workforce, and a pilot program looking at how large gatherings such as music concerts and major sporting fixtures could be carried out safely in the age of coronavirus mean the events could be a step closer to returning.

Today is September 16, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Qantas has approached the ACT government to see if Canberra is interested in securing a big new campus for the airline's headquarters, and Woden could be ditched as the next stage of light rail and replaced with Belconnen under a Liberal government.

Today is September 15the gas industry is set to become a major pillar of the Morrison government's plans for economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and a city-wide network of dedicated off-road cycling paths would be constructed in the next decade under the Canberra Liberals' latest election promise.

Today is September 14, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, five new nurse-led walk in centres would be built in growing areas of Canberra if Labor was to be re-elected in the October 17 poll, the party has promised as the ACT election campaign kicks off in earnest, while the Liberal party will reduce the cost of private car registration to New South Wales levels if it wins the territory election.

Today is September 11, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the ACT has held on to its AAA credit rating despite the coronavirus-induced economic slump, with predictions the territory's budget will start to recover in the next two years, and a newly developed COVID-19 screening device which delivers a result within 20 seconds will be launched globally on Friday, following a successful three-week trial at London's Heathrow Airport.

Today is September 10, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, shooting from helicopters, passive trapping and "free range ground shooting" will be the three key methods used to prevent feral horses roaming across the NSW border into the ACT's fire-ravaged Namadgi National Park, and a war of words has erupted over funding for natural disaster mitigation strategies.

Today is September 9, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, adversaries to the development of Lake Burley Griffin's West Basin say there is a "long campaign" ahead as construction on the first stage is set to begin, and Labor leader Anthony Albanese will pledge "smart regionalisation" and an increase in heavy manufacturing in a pitch to country voters on Wednesday.

Today is September 8, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, construction work to transform Lake Burley Griffin's west basin will start next week after the ACT government was given the green light to commence the controversial project and Canberra might have to settle for a Civic stadium holding 20,000 or less, with ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr saying all three options the ACT government were considering had problems.

Today is September 7, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, upgrades to a major Canberra thoroughfare and bike paths are among projects ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has raised in a letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison proposing talks to boost the economy, and the next territory government must act to build a more inclusive and accessible city for people who have a disability, peak bodies have united to say.

Today is September 4, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, state leaders are poised to reject federal interference over domestic border closures during national cabinet on Friday, and five rooms at North Ainslie Primary School have been closed after lead contamination more than 100 times the acceptable level was discovered.