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Today is August 20, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the Department of Agriculture has revealed that there are now six sites in the ACT where the Khapra beetle has been found and Australians would be among the first to have access to a COVID-19 vaccine, under a deal reached between the government and a UK-based pharmaceutical company.

Today is August 19, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the Good Guys' stores in Fyshwick and Belconnen remain closed a week after parts of an exotic beetle were found in a shipment of fridges, and a security guard at a Sydney quarantine hotel has tested positive to coronavirus.

Today is August 18, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Chief Minister Andrew Barr has taken a swipe at Scott Morrison's coronavirus response, saying the federal government has consistently overlooked certain groups when designing economic support during the pandemic. And ACT residents who find themselves on the southern side of the NSW-Victorian border will no longer be able to drive back to Canberra, after a border crossing arrangement between the NSW and ACT governments came to an end.

Today is August 17, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, there are fears restrictions on healthcare workers from Sydney working in the territory will put extra pressure on Canberra's hospitals in the coming weeks and months. And no new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the ACT in the past 24 hours, marking 37 days since the last recorded cases of COVID-19 was detected in Canberra

Today is August 14, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, a group of Canberrans who were stuck at the NSW-Victoria border for nearly a week have made it back to the territory and unemployment has dropped to 4.6 per cent in the ACT.

Today is August 13, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Canberrans stuck at the NSW-Victorian border for six days will have a four-day window to drive home under strict conditions and Health Secretary Brendan Murphy defends the government's preparation and response to the coronavirus pandemic in the aged care sector.

Today is August 12, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, Canberra Liberals election candidate Peter McKay has resigned over comments condemning the Welcome to Country ceremony and alleging the ACT's chief minister influenced a police investigation, and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she "can't apologise" for leaving about 100 Canberrans stranded at the NSW-Victorian border.

Today is August 11, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, the NEW SOUTH WALES government is yet to approve a plan to bring Canberrans stranded in Victoria home, and Batemans Bay High School is closed after a student tested positive for coronavirus.

Today is August 10, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Canberra Times. In today’s update, a man has died while kayaking with a group at Point Hut near southern Canberra, and there have been no new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the ACT in the last 24 hours.

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