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Happy Thursday! We're in for another sunny day, with a top of 29 degrees. There will be some light winds in the evening.
Bonded asbestos uncovered after flooding on Fluffy block
Macquarie couple Greg and Melissa Wilson are worried about asbestos contamination after flash floods from the neighbouring Mr Fluffy block bought torrents of water and debris into their yard. Pictured in the area that was under water during the floods. Photo by Karleen Minney.
Photo: karleen minneyAsbestos contamination has been found on another Mr Fluffy block, due to go under the hammer on Thursday.
The house at 37 Goulburn Place, Macquarie was bulldozed 20 months ago and taken off the register of Canberra properties impacted by Mr Fluffy loose-fill asbestos.
But bonded asbestos was uncovered on the block this week when the ACT Asbestos Taskforce tried to dig a drainage channel to allow pools of water to drain.
Katie Burgess has the details.
More Canberra students share hazing stories
End Rape on Campus founder Sharna Bremner.
Photo: David MariuzSeveral Canberra university students have reached out to advocacy group End Rape on Campus with confronting stories of hazing since a report on residential college traditions was published on Wednesday.
The group has received more than 140 disclosures from throughout Australia since reporting kicked off on The Red Zone Report.
End Rape on Campus founder and director Sharna Bremner said the figure included students from the Australian National University and the University of Canberra sharing stories from the past and present.
Education reporter Emily Baker has the story.
'It's like waiting for a baby': Turtle egg protection program showing positive signs
For years, foxes in the Jerrabomberra?Wetlands have?been digging up turtle nest and eating the eggs, causing a concern for their future.? But an experiment?run by the?Woodlands and Wetlands Trust and researchers to protect the eggs has shown positive signs, program manger Lori Gould said.?
Photo: SuppliedThey may be small and less than two weeks old, but these baby turtles, 18 to be exact, have a very important role to play.
For years, foxes in the Jerrabomberra Wetlands have been digging up turtle nest and eating the eggs, causing a concern for their future.
But an experiment run by the Woodlands and Wetlands Trust and researchers to protect the eggs has shown positive signs
Read my story here.
National Library of Australia celebrates a new age
Director-General of the National Library of Australia, Dr Marie-Louise Ayres. Dr Ayres in front of a display of Fred Ward furniture representing a reading room from the 60s - one of the displays in 1968: Changing Times exhibition which opens on 1 March. Photo: Jamila Toderas
Photo: Jamila ToderasWhen the National Library of Australia opened in 1968 the world was a turbulent place. The Vietnam War was in full swing, Robert Kennedy was gunned down in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles and Richard Nixon became the 37th President of the United States.
Closer to home Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared in the surf off Cheviot Beach, the anti-war movement was gaining momentum and 200m runner Peter Norman stood on the podium with US athletes at the Mexico Olympics as they raised their fists in protest.
A new exhibition at the NLA, 1968: Changing Times, celebrates the seminal year and the opening of a iconic building.
Karen Hardy takes us back in time.
New speed sign trial to check drivers are obeying the limit
Government switches on new smiley speed sign trial to check drivers are obeying the limit
Photo: suppliedIf you're driving down Casey Crescent in Calwell and see a big smiley face as you drive past, congratulations - you're obeying the speed limit.
A $40,000 trial of smiley faced speed detection signs will be placed in some of Canberra's busiest residential streets to help combat speeding
The first speed detection sign was switched on at Crace on Wednesday
My story here.
Today's cartoon
The Canberra Times editorial cartoon for Thursday, March 1, 2018. Photo: David Pope
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