Canberra weather: Heatwave ahead for the capital and other top stories.

• Canberra weather: Heatwave ahead for the capital

  

  A pair of dragon boats race neck and neck across Lake Burley Griffin, under a scorching summer sunrise. Photo: Anthony Croke Prepare for a scalding chaser to a hot summer.The Bureau of Meteorology is warning of severe heatwave conditions creeping across the ACT and southern NSW as February goes out with a sizzle.Canberra is expected to swelter this week before a cool change sweeps through on Friday, Weatherzone meteorologist Rob Sharpe said. Temperatures are ..

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• Canberra mornings: February 22, 2016

  

  Canberra mornings: February 22, 2016 February 22 2016 - 10:07AM ACT president of the National Electrical and Communications Association, Barry Skinner, is disappointed that only six of 162 kilometres of faulty electric cable installed in Canberra homes between 2011-13 has been replaced.  Photo: Rohan Thomson Hundreds of Canberra homes may be at risk of fire because of defective Infinity brand wiring sold from 2011 to 2013, a local electrical contractors' association chief h..

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• What does Canberra export?

  

  What does Canberra export? Updated February 22, 2016 06:24:43 Every week Curious Canberra answers questions sent in by you, the audience. This one is from Kevin Trevitt, who wanted to know whether the ACT exported anything.Careers in Canberra, with their heavy focus on the public sector and defence, are unique. I think as a result of what this city provides as a channel to businesses, you're born an exporter. Ken Kroeger, Seeing Machines CEO So it made sens..

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• a doctor's encounter with Ebola

  

  A Canberra doctor's encounter with Ebola Updated February 22, 2016 06:19:42 When Canberra doctor Peter Shannon first landed in Freetown, Sierra Leone, he thought he would find a scene of total devastation.The poverty was unlike anything he had encountered elsewhere, but the symptoms of his patients surprised him."I expected to see wards full of people who were just obviously hovering on death's door," Dr Shannon said. If you're not nervous the first time you go into t..

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• Are you living in one of Canberra's noisiest suburbs?

  

  Either Canberra is getting noisier, or more of us are fed up with it.Noise complaints have exploded across Canberra, new figures reveal.Close to 1300 noise complaints were made across the city last year, about 45 per cent more than the previous year – and 2015's rowdiest suburb barely warranted a mention the year before.Data compiled by Access Canberra revealed Kingston as Canberra's most-grumbled-about suburb in 2015.Canberra's oldest and most densely populated suburb attracted 80 noise compla..

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• Canberra Raiders coach says clubs have ''responsibility' to look after ...

  

  Shannon Boyd scores for the Raiders at Wade Park on Saturday. Photo: Phil Blatch (Central Western Daily) Canberra coach Ricky Stuart has challenged NRL clubs to give back more to bush football, with Saturday's Raiders-Knights clash at Orange the only trial to be played in country NSW this season.A long-time advocate for spreading the league gospel in the bush, Stuart pointed out the huge number of NRL players produced by country teams and the need to repay th..

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• Seeney no match for LNP's new top guns in Canberra

  

  Former Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney has been dumped from the LNP front bench. Photo: Renee Melides Jeff Seeney, former Newman Government deputy premier and Member for Callide, had a thought bubble last week. Why not replace Warren Truss as the federal Member for Wide Bay?His mind was no doubt exercised by the departures of Truss, McFarlane, Brough and Robert, leaving the prolix George Brandis, the obdurate Peter Dutton and youthful Wyatt Roy to bat for Queensla..

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• Parents plead to NSW Government for transport to Canberra school ...

  

  A Jerrabomberra couple is pleading with the NSW government to give their disabled son a place on a bus which travels between Queanbeyan and the Malkara School in the ACT.State Nationals Member for Monaro John Barilaro has also expressed his displeasure at how the NSW Education Department is handling the case and says it points to the wider problem of there not being a special needs school in the Monaro electorate, forcing families to look across the border for help. Michael and Snez Stekov..

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• 'Dead heart' brought to life through Canberra family's love and ...

  

  It's clear the spirit of larger-than-life Canberra electrician William "Bill" Spencer still runs strong, 16 months after he was killed in a skateboarding accident in Narooma.It's in his nephew, William Garner, born just six weeks ago and named in honour of his uncle. Leah Spencer, 5, William Garner, 6 weeks, Krystal Garner, Linda Spencer, Carly Finley, Grace Finley, 8 months, Peter Spencer, Simon Spencer holding a picture of his brother Bill, Hayley Spencer, Ella Spencer, 2, and Alyce Spen..

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Canberra Raiders newcomers impress in trial victory over Newcastle .	Canberra's cultural institutions being crippled by cuts to arts sector ... .
Conservation groups storm out of consultations over land-clearing law .	Canberra records third-highest childhood vaccination rates in Australia .