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Latest news: ACT

Quarantine-free travel between ACT and Victoria

Local AAP -
Quarantine-free travel between the ACT and Victoria will be allowed from next month, as the state moves out of its COVID lockdown.

ACT records 28 new cases, 21 cases hospitalised

COVID-19 AAP -
The ACT has recorded 28 locally acquired coronavirus cases, as the Territory reports 83.1 per cent of the population aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.

ACT retail to open with density limits

Local AAP -
The ACT is due to ease COVID-19 restrictions from midnight tonight, Thursday 21 October, after the Territory eclipsed the 80 per cent fully vaccinated threshold this week. 

Retailers banking on Christmas rush

National AAP -
As coronavirus lockdowns ease and borders reopen, retailers are hoping to make up for the substantial trading losses they have suffered.

Federal income support for ACT due to end

Local AAP -
Some Canberrans will lose hundreds of dollars in income support payments over the next fortnight after the federal government removed the ACT from its COVID-19 hotspot list. 

New mental health service to help Canberrans through pandemic

Local Newstime Media -
A new ‘Head to Health Pop Up’ service opens today to support Canberrans’ mental health as local residents continue to struggle with the pandemic.

Travel restrictions ease for fully vaxxed Canberrans

Local AAP -
Providing they're fully vaccinated, Canberrans can now visit an additional 26 locations in southern NSW, as ACT quarantine requirements are relaxed.

Nine-week ACT lockdown ends as restrictions ease

COVID-19 AAP -
After more than two months, Canberra's COVID-19 lockdown has ended. Restrictions were formally eased at midnight on Thursday, allowing cafes, restaurants and pubs to reopen, while Canberrans can have up to five visitors at their homes.

Pandemic makes ‘extensive’ impact on jobs

National AAP -
More than a quarter of million jobs have been lost in Australia in the past two months as a result of lockdowns in NSW, Victoria and the ACT.

Barr to outline ACT contact tracing overhaul today

Local AAP -
Changes to how ACT health authorities will handle positive COVID-19 cases are set to be revealed, as Canberra nears the end of lockdown.

Freedom for some, confusion for most and border communities in the dark

COVID-19 Newstime Media -
Member for Eden-Monaro Kristy McBain on the NSW freedoms and the ongoing confusion and frustration by Eden-Monaro border communities.

Barr to outline plans for easing ACT lockdown

Local AAP -
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr will today release further detail how Canberra will emerge out of COVID-19 lockdown, ahead of stay-at-home orders easing later this week.

Unions warn on workplace reopening safety

National AAP -
Unions have warned COVID-19 deaths could rise unless more is done to beef up ventilation, testing and social distancing at Australian workplaces.

States face different COVID-19 realities

National AAP -
Australia's states and territories are following separate COVID-19 paths with diverging case numbers, outbreaks and vaccination rates.

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New ACT COVID-related death as baby tests positive

COVID-19 Newstime Media -
A woman in her 70s has died from COVID in the ACT, bringing the territory's death toll from the current outbreak to six.
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