Capital is able to bear conversion, including rand (8)

I believe the answer is:

canberra

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'capital' is the definition.
(capital of Australia)

'able to bear conversion including rand' is the wordplay.
'able' becomes 'can'.
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'conversion' indicates anagramming the letters.
'including' indicates putting letters inside.
'rand' becomes 'r' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'bear' anagrammed gives 'bera'.
'bera' enclosing 'r' is 'berra'.
'can'+'berra'='CANBERRA'

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for canberra that I've seen before include "Australian city" , "Nab racer, oddly, in Australia" , "Australian capital - famous liner" , "Australian federal capital" , "Capital - bomber - liner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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