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• Canberra is Australia's most income-equitable city despite inner ...

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Australia's most unequal suburbs Sydney has been revealed as Australia's most unequal major city in new income distribution figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. PT1M16S 620 349 Residents in Canberra's inner-southern suburbs earn up to $30,000 more than those in Belconnen and Tuggeranong on average each year, a national report says.But the capital remained Australia's most equitable city in 2012-13, with the richest one per cent of wa..

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• Canberra Capitals: Coach Carrie Graf bids farewell after 15 seasons ...

  

  Canberra Capitals: Coach Carrie Graf bids farewell after 15 seasons, six titles Updated February 04, 2016 11:15:00 Canberra Capitals coach Carrie Graf has announced she will be leaving the job at the end of the current Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) season.Graf had been coach of the Capitals for the last 15 seasons, but said it was "time to move on". "It's been a long and mostly successful stint since I first took the coaching job here in 1999, but I've been..

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• Deadly death cap mushrooms found in Canberra's inner-south as ...

  

  Deadly death cap mushrooms found in Canberra's inner-south as season begins early Posted February 03, 2016 21:26:38 Death cap mushroom season has again arrived early in the ACT, with authorities warning the deadly fungus has been found in several locations following recent wet weather.ACT chief health officer Paul Kelly said death caps typically began to grow in Canberra from late March onwards, but for the past two years they had been found in February.The mushrooms'..

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• Canberra Weekender: What's on in Canberra February 5-8

  

  The Canberra Prosperous Mountain Lion Dance group get ready for the Chinese New Year celebrations. The Canberra Times Photo Jamila Toderas Photo: Jamila Toderas All weekendLAWRENCE MOONEY The stand-up comedian and host of TV's Dirty Laundry Live is coming to Canberra to trial material for his new show. Canberra Theatre Centre. Shows at 7.30pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. $25+bf from canberraticketing.com.au. Friday February 5From 5pm LATE NIGHT OPENINGS..

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• Surrogacy inquiry kicks off in Canberra

  

  Protecting children involved in domestic and international surrogacy arrangements will form the basis of a new parliamentary hearing. The head of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia will give evidence on Thursday in an inquiry into surrogacy arrangements in Parliament House, Canberra. Chief Judge John Pascoe is representing Australia in negotiations for a possible international convention on surrogacy at The Hague. The inquiry is looking at whether changes are needed to better protect kids i..

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• Canberra mornings: February 4, 2016

  

  Canberra mornings: February 4, 2016 A couple in a Mr Spokes bike on the lake: Mr Spokes says it has been unfairly dealt with in negotiations over its lease. Photo: Stuart Walmsley The capital remains Australia's most equitable city, but residents in Canberra's inner-southern suburbs earn up to $30,000 more than those in Belconnen and Tuggeranong on average each year, a national report says. See how your suburb fares in our money map.9.47am: Looks like every..

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• Meet Canberra's new snake catchers

  

  Emma and Luke Dunn have started Canberra's first licenced snake and reptile removal and relocation service. Photo: Jamila Toderas Rangers have removed 20 snakes from inside buildings, schoolyards, and building entries since October.But Canberrans have had no one to call to relocate the animals when they were not posing an immediate threat, until recently when two licences were issued to businesses promising to relocate snakes and reptiles in any event for a f..

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• 2016 National Multicultural Festival in Canberra marks 20 years of ...

  

  2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the National Multicultural Festival in Canberra. Photo: Rohan Thomson Could it really be 20 years?This year marks the 20th anniversary of the National Multicultural Festival in Canberra - that celebration of food, dance and music from around the world.This year's festival starts next Friday, February 12 and continues until Sunday, February 14, with The Black Sorrows the headline act at the opening concert, starting on Friday..

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• Failed Canberra bid weighs on Downer EDI

  

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• Zika virus outbreak 'unlikely' to happen in Canberra

  

  Three-month-old Alice Vitoria Gomes Bezerra, who has microcephaly, is held by her mother Nadja Cristina Gomes Bezerra in Recife, Brazil. In the last four months, authorities have recorded close to 4000 cases in Brazil in which the mosquito-borne Zika virus may have led to microcephaly in infants. The ailment results in an abnormally small head in newborns and is associated with various disorders including decreased brain development. Photo: Getty Images Heal..

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