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Community Options to shut doors after funding loss

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Key Canberra support service to shut doors due to lack of funding, warns of service gap
Community Options, a 37-year-old not-for-profit founded in 1989, is shutting its doors after losing its bid for government funding, warning vulnerable Canberrans risk falling through the cracks. It currently cares for 139 clients across its three programs.
the-riotact.com
Radford College parents in the dark over online chat group rating girls
Radford College says its inquiries did not find enough evidence after parents were left in the dark over an online chat group that reportedly rated girls.
canberratimes.com.au
Smarter ways to borrow for a new build in Canberra
In Canberra's tight housing market, a quiet showdown is brewing on the urban fringe between first-home buyers using low-deposit schemes to build and property investors newly incentivised by federal tax changes.
the-riotact.com
Eleven women. Eleven different journeys. One shared determination to change Canberra for the better
Eleven women with different backgrounds and journeys share one determination to change Canberra for the better, including a domestic violence survivor turned support network founder, a construction leader and a Hindu chaplain in the ADF.
the-riotact.com
Coalition pushes VIP gambling crackdown in talks with Labor
Labor and the Coalition have held a second round of constructive talks on restricting gambling advertising, with a deal now looking likely under the federal government's proposal.
abc.net.au

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