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    NEWS

    Leading Canberra building company crashes

    Builder crashes: 'Never thought we'd be one of them'
    Award-winning, 50-year-old Canberra construction and management company Project Coordination is in voluntary administration.

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    RBA extends pause at March cash rate call

    Reserve Bank extends pause at March cash rate call
    No surprises as the Reserve Bank leaves interest rates on hold in March and keeps its focus on moderating but still-elevated inflation.

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    'People power' push: political donation reform

    'People power' push for political donation reform
    Federal parliamentary crossbenchers want to strengthen the rules governing political donations ahead of the next national election.

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    Greens push 'big stick' laws to break up shops

    Greens push 'big stick' laws to break up supermarkets
    Supermarkets caught price-gouging customers or ripping off producers could be stripped of their assets or market share under proposed laws.

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    Workers underprepared for AI turning point

    Workers underprepared as AI reaches turning point
    Few Australian businesses are fully prepared to deploy a transformational technology set to democratise intelligence to almost all workers, a report says.

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    Companies on notice over extremist threats

    Social media companies on notice over extremist threats
    Australia's eSafety Commissioner has put social media giants including YouTube, Meta, X and Telegram on notice over the online radicalisation threat.

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    Lee wants to see plans for Barr's promises

    Lee wants to see business plans for Barr's promises
    With ACT debt repayments heading towards $2 million a day, Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee wants see the businesses cases for the $8.5 billion in infrastructure promises from the chief minister. 

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    SPORT

    Red-hot Raider Hosking happy cop a bench job

    Red-hot Raider Hosking happy cop a bench job
    After two of the best games of his NRL career, Canberra's Zac Hosking won't complain if he is shifted to the bench to get Elliott Whitehead back in the side.

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    Heat's on Canberra United to get deal done

    Heat's on Canberra United to get deal done
    The Australian Professional Leagues will not come to the rescue of Canberra United or Newcastle Jets if deals for new ownership fall through.

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    FEATURES

    Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
    As the US teeters on a TikTok ban, the Australian government is having none of it. But cartoonist PAUL DORIN still wonders if anyone's watching...

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    Politicians need to let go of their love of booze

    Politicians need to let go of their love of booze
    "It's well and truly time that our parliaments, state and federal, caught up with other important sectors in our nation that have sensibly made their workplaces alcohol-free zones," writes ROSS FITZGERALD.

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    Heroin's a big hit in Canberra's wastewater

    Heroin's a big hit in Canberra's wastewater
    "Canberra is described as the exception regarding heroin use. The report shows a significant increase between July and September. In this period, on a per capita basis, Canberrans had the highest use in Australia," writes MICHAEL MOORE.

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    Taxpayers are being 'fleeced' billions

    Taxpayers are being 'fleeced' billions and billions
    All up (build plus 20 years operations and maintenance), light rail Stage 2 to Woden will be about $5.2 billion ($1.7 billion for 2A and $3.5 billion for 2B. Hair-raising stuff, says letter writer MAX FLINT.

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    ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

    Going to be a quieter Easter at Barragga Bay

    It's going to be a quieter Easter at Barragga Bay
    In a daring move away from the festival format that has seen Barragga Bay near Bermagui filled with music at Easter for the last three decades, the Four Winds organisation has departed from the three-day festival model.

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    Audio manoeuvres in the dark

    Séance in a shipping container… Civic Square, March 28-April 14.  Sculptor Rosalind Lemoh… a solo show, Told. Retold. Untold, at the Kingston Glassworks until April 28.
    All sorts of interesting arts events coming up. HELEN MUSA previews them in this week's Arts in the City column.

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    This week's digital edition

    Digital edition March 14
    In a new column, political commentator ANDREW HUGHES explains why Labor is the number one political act in town: "A nice presser by apprentice and wannabe Chief Minister Steel with some tough words and angry frowns for the Greens."

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