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Quest to make maths and science cool
1:00 AM | Chief Scientist Ian Chubb knows many students don't see maths and science as the coolest subjects in the world.
A big 'hear, hear' for new theatre app
1:00 AM | Australian theatre-goers who suffer a hearing disability will now have the opportunity to enjoy a more enriched live-theatre experience as a result of cutting-edge technology.
1:00 AM | Scrapping self-defence laws for people accused of assaulting police in the belief they were unlawfully arrested would rob innocents of an important legal protection, defence lawyers say.
1:00 AM | A female relative of the deposed Fijian prime minister would be in real danger from the island nation's military rulers if she was sent home, a Canberra court has ruled.
1:00 AM | The body of a missing Canberra man who was swept off rocks near Eden while fishing on Monday was found last night.
It's win or lose on capital property
1:00 AM | The ACT government says the capital's housing affordability crisis has divided the city into ''two Canberras'', split between winners and losers in the property market.
1:00 AM | With a $79 million price tag, rock-climbing cubes and an iPad-ready playground, Harrison School may look to some like an extravagant education showpiece.
1:00 AM | Tough powers designed to claw back millions in unpaid fines and fees owed to the territory's courts have not been used once since they were introduced more than 20 months ago.
07 Feb 12 | A hazard reduction burn covering about three hectares is producing a large amount of smoke over Fyshwick and adjoining suburbs.
School's $56m jump to higher level
07 Feb 12 | The first year of high school really will be a fresh start for Harrison School students who ventured into their $56.1 million secondary facilities for the first time this morning.
07 Feb 12 | A non-suspicious death has forced the shutdown of a car park near the Tuggeranong Hyperdome today.
07 Feb 12 | Emergency workers have scaled down the search for a missing Canberra fisherman who is believed to have drowned after being swept off rocks on the far south coast yesterday.
07 Feb 12 | The arguments given for raising top bureaucrats' pay were nonsense, Paddy Gourley writes.
07 Feb 12 | The ACT Government will replace thousands of willows cut down from the banks of local waterways with more than 7800 native plants.
Stoush over foreign crews
07 Feb 12 | Independent senator Nick Xenophon has labelled as ''ridiculous'' suggestions by Qantas that paying domestic wages to overseas-based crew could put its Darwin and Cairns operations at risk.
07 Feb 12 | Better and more streamlined financial support for students with disabilities is set to be a key finding of the Gonski review into schools funding, well-placed insiders say.
07 Feb 12 | After the death of a woman whose body was found in a refrigerator, the man she lived with drove his motorcycle into a semi-trailer, possibly on purpose, police say.
07 Feb 12 | Glenn Turner is ready to stake his claim for the London Olympics after recovering well from his first hit-out for the Kookaburras following hip surgery.
07 Feb 12 | A relaxed Lauren Boden has hurdled herself within touching distance of the London Olympics and is confident fast conditions in Perth will help her achieve her goal.
07 Feb 12 | Kerrin McEvoy is looking to next month's World Cup night in Dubai with great anticipation after being given the nod by Sheikh Mohammed to ride star colts Sepoy and Helmet.
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