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Abbott says more steep cuts to public service unlikely
Markus Mannheim 4:16 PM Government job market is improving, though mostly for those who are willing to accept temporary contracts.
Beyond waiting lists and emergency rooms
Amy Corderoy and Harriet Alexander 3:13 PM Our health system is the envy of the world. We have some of the best outcomes and lowest costs in everything from cancer to hospital errors.
UC vice-chancellor says Pyne should go
Emma Macdonald 2:35 PM University of Canberra vice-chancellor Stephen Parker says a new federal education minister may be needed if the government wants to reform higher education.
Let them eat cake: Treasury lays on 702 lamingtons for Joe Hockey's first address to staff
Heath Aston 1:54 PM It was meant to be an opulent event. But an alternative plan was hatched that may as well have been known as Operation Lamington.
Australian spy's conviction upheld in Taiwan
Philip Dorling 1:33 PM Australian businessman will serve a 12-month sentence for recruiting a former deputy commander of Taiwan's navy to spy for China.
Canberra art collector leaves bequest worth $8 million to the National Gallery of Australia
Sally Pryor 11:35 AM For 50 years, Alan Boxer's art collection was one of Canberra's best-kept secrets - a vast trove of Australian modernist art crammed into an ordinary suburban home.
Easy as 1, 2, 3: teaching preschoolers maths just as important as learning to read, study
Nicky Phillips 11:19 AM Research has found a child's early maths skill predicts their later achievement in the area, Nicky Phillips reports.
Injured public servant equipped with Segway must pay insurance
Noel Towell 9:32 AM A public servant given a government-funded Segway to drive around his office because of work-related injuries demanded taxpayers pay for insurance for the vehicle.
Our schools bursting at the seams
Alexandra Smith 5:54 AM On one site there are 2000 students on land intended to accommodate just 450.
Community volunteer always looked on the bright side of life
Susan Narelle Ryan 12:15 AM Merrilyn Corry was a teacher and volunteer who was one of a kind.
Soldier On's new Poate centre will save veterans' lives
David Ellery 11:30 PM Almost 200 Afghanistan war veterans have taken their own lives and another 2600 have been confirmed as suffering from post traumatic stress disorder Hugh Poate, the father of the murdered digger in whose honour Soldier On's new centre at Crace is named, said on Tuesday.
Kellogg's baulks at food star ratings
Esther Han 9:00 PM Food giants behind Coco Pops cereal, TipTop bread and Kraft spreads have been slammed in a new campaign for stalling on the introduction of health star ratings that can help shoppers buy the healthiest products.
Australian researchers identify the body's malaria-blocking response
Craig Butt, Health Reporter 12:01 AM Australian researchers have made a discovery that could help in the global battle to develop a vaccine for one of the world's leading killers.
'Fake' gynaecologist operating for more than a decade
Julia Medew 7:11 PM An Italian-born man accused of fraudulently posing as a gynaecologist with IVF expertise appears to have been operating for more than a decade in some of Melbourne's most exclusive suburbs.
Archbishop becomes world's most senior Catholic charged with concealing child abuse
Joanne McCarthy 10:00 PM Former Hunter priest, Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson, has become the most senior Catholic clergyman in the world to be charged with concealing a child sex abuse allegation against another priest on what a Hunter paedophile priest victim has described as "a Saint Patrick's Day we'll never forget".
Lawyers urge highest range damages for Hockey if he wins
Michaela Whitbourn and Louise Hall 5:37 PM Lawyers for Treasurer Joe Hockey have told the Federal Court that if he wins his defamation case against Fairfax Media he could be entitled to as much as $1 million in damages.
Anzac Day Memorial Tributes
The Canberra Times will publish special ANZAC Day Tributes on Saturday 25th, April 2015 to commemorate the brave men and women who have served in our Armed Forces.
Salvos 'failed to protect boys'
Rachel Browne The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has found that the Salvos did not protect boys from abuse and accused many of lying, a damning report finds.
Thirty years of warming: the heat really is on
Peter Hannam Last month capped 30 years in which average monthly temperatures worldwide have been warmer than the average for the 20th century.
What we really miss on St Paddy's Day
Noel Towell As the non-Irish world turns green with envy on St Patrick's Day, some of the diaspora talk about what they really miss about the aul' sod.
Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson charged with concealing child sex abuse
Nick Ralston The Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, has been charged over the alleged cover-up of child sex abuse by the Catholic Church in the Maitland-Newcastle region.
Belle Gibson's US book launch cancelled after concerns she faked cancer
Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano Belle Gibson's overseas book launch is officially scrapped amid concerns the Melbourne author faked having cancer and withheld thousands of dollars in charitable donations.
NSW warns Victoria could kill Gonski funding
The NSW education minister warns the "most significant education reform in 30 years" could collapse after the Victorian government refused to commit to critical Gonski funding.
Who is the ordinary, reasonable reader, and why does it matter so much to Joe Hockey
Rick Feneley Who is the ordinary, reasonable reader? Rick Feneley reports on a burning question at the Joe Hockey defamation case.
Unregistered 'IVF expert' charged
Julia Medew A Melbourne man accused of pretending to be an obstetrician and gynaecologist with expertise in IVF is being taken to court by the Medical Board of Australia.Â
Publisher Penguin pulls Belle Gibson cook book The Whole Pantry
Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano Publishing giant Penguin will pull Belle Gibson's debut cook book after the author failed to defend accusations of falsely claiming to have cancer and explain her reasons for withholding charitable donations.
Australia urged to allow refugees to appeal ASIO ruling
Daniel Flitton Australia has been urged to comply with a United Nations ruling and allow more than 30 refugees to challenge secret ASIO assessments used to justify their indefinite detention.
The moving image and the dancer in motion
Philippa Hawker When you go to see Motion Picture, the new work from choreographer Lucy Guerin, what exactly are you seeing? And, for that matter, where do you look?
Science job threat backfires
Latika Bourke Christopher Pyne's threat to sack 1700 researchers unless he gets his way in uncapping university fees has sparked an angry response from crucial crossbench senators.
