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Speed vans and paid parking return after lockdown

From today, mobile speed vans will be back in Canberra’s suburbs, including near schools, while paid parking will return in mid-November.

Drop in COVID-19 testing worrying ACT Health

ACT health authorities are worried about a sharp drop in COVID-19 testing numbers, with figures more than halving compared to a week earlier.

The Great Unlocking – life after lockdown

The one perk of having had so many countries already experience freedom days is that Australians can look to them for tips on post-lockdown 'people-ing'.

Travel restrictions ease for fully vaxxed Canberrans

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

Victoria’s lockdown rules ludicrous: Frydenberg

Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg has described Victoria's current COVID-19 lockdown rules allowing for entry from NSW but enforcing confinement in Melbourne as "ludicrous and unacceptable".

Nine-week ACT lockdown ends as restrictions ease

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.

Canberra’s hairdressers set to reopen out of lockdown

Canberra’s hairdressers will tomorrow get a start working through the droves of unshorn Canberrans after the ACT lockdown ends tonight.

Pandemic makes ‘extensive’ impact on jobs

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.

New COVID death, 46 cases as ACT lockdown end nears

Another COVID-19 related death has been recorded in the ACT, an aged care resident who was receiving end-of-life care, the seventh since the most recent outbreak began.

Businesses prepare to reopen as ACT nears lockdown end

ACT businesses across several industries are preparing to reopen their doors come Friday 15 October when the ACT lockdown ends.

Early education in ACT to reopen later this month

Early childhood education and childcare is reopening to ACT families from 25 October. According to Early Childhood Australia, the buzz among adults has been around face-to-face learning alleviating stress on parents, while children...

Contact tracing efforts to ‘evolve’ as ACT exits lockdown

The ACT Government’s contact tracing efforts will become more focused in the coming weeks and months as the ACT exits from lockdown.

ACT records 51 new cases of coronavirus

The ACT has recorded 51 new COVID-19 cases, one of its highest single-day totals, just days before Canberra will end its lockdown.

ACT lockdown compliance keeps police busy

ACT Policing have been busy fielding 2,238 compliance complaints and conducting tens of thousands of compliance checks in the two months since the ACT lockdown began.

Slight changes announced ahead of 15 October ACT lockdown end date

The ACT lockdown will formally end Friday 15 October with Chief Minister Andrew Barr today announcing some slight changes to restrictions.

Barr to outline plans for easing ACT lockdown

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.

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