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ACT travel restrictions to remain in place over Christmas

The COVID-19 update provided by the NSW Government today will have no impact on the ACT’s travel restrictions for the Christmas period. “While the situation in NSW is encouraging, with eight new cases,...

ACT businesses call for help as NSW travel restrictions kick in

Canberra businesses are concerned about the loss of expected Christmas and New Year custom from Sydney and other COVID-19 hotspots.

ACT Policing: Don’t delay seeking help from domestic violence these holidays

With neighbouring coronavirus hotspots now raising the possibility of more isolation for Canberrans this Christmas, ACT Policing is urging the community not to delay seeking help with domestic and family violence services. In...

Market sounding opens for ACT’s electric bus fleet

By 2024, the ACT Government hopes that every bus on Canberra’s roads will be electric - and they want to buy the first 90 vehicles next year.

ACT border checkpoint identifies drivers returning from NSW hotspots

ACT Policing Detective Superintendent Matthew Heather said police were pulling over about 300 cars an hour at the border checkpoint and had already identified people who must go into quarantine.

Police conduct random travel checks at ACT border

ACT Policing will have a presence along the Federal Highway located at the Majura Parkway turnoff to minimise the travel between specific COVID-affected areas in NSW and the ACT.

Travel from ACT to NSW discouraged this Christmas

In the last 24 hours there were 704 COVID-19 tests in the ACT and no new cases. Canberrans are asked to reconsider travel to NSW.

Conservation Council responds to ACT Government’s five-year Science Plan

The Conservation Council ACT Region has welcomed the ACT Government’s five-year science plan, but believes more could be done.

ACT strikes Shoalhaven from travel ban list

ACT Health has this morning corrected yesterday’s travel advice, striking the Shoalhaven municipality from their ban list.

ACT to ‘effectively close’ to Greater Sydney from tonight

The ACT will stop travel to and from to Greater Sydney and surrounds from 11.59pm tonight, in response to their unfolding COVID-19 outbreak.

Canberra’s appetite for seafood surges before Christmas

As per usual, demand for seafood across the country is surging in the leadup to Christmas, and trade tensions with China means there is an influx of lower-priced Australian rock lobsters to the domestic market.

Patient flow may be key to ACT’s hospital waiting time crisis

Canberra patients are well pleased with the hospital care they receive, it seems – once they finally see somebody.

ACT Government’s five-year Science Plan for the environment

The ACT Government’s Science Plan sets the agenda for environmental conservation, sustainability, and liveability in the ACT until 2025.

Border update after COVID-19 cluster grows in Sydney’s Northern Beaches

Several states have altered their border rules for travellers from NSW in response to the growth of the Northern Beaches COVID-19 cluster.

ACT visitors to Sydney Northern Beaches urged to self-quarantine

ACT Health has strengthened its travel advice to Canberrans given a significant increase in the NSW Northern Beaches COVID-19 outbreak.

ACT gym-goers targeted in recent car thefts

ACT Policing is urging gym-goers to securely lock up their belongings when working out following recent car thefts at gyms.

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