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Tearful: Caroline Buchanan reacts after realising her Olympic dream is over.

Heartbreak for tearful Aussie favourite as she crashes out

18 mins ago

Cate Campbell is comforted by Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom and Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen after her shock 100m loss. Credit - ...

The bitter split behind Australia's Rio failures

EXCLUSIVE

Lied: Ryan Lochte

Lochte says sorry for Rio antics ... sort of

Medals	G	S	B	Total
1. USA	37	34	32	103
2. GBR	24	21	13	58
3. CHN	22	18	25	65
8. AUS	8	11	10	29
Full Medal Tally

Taking on Serbia: Australia's Patty Mills.

Boomers face Serbia for place in gold medal match

Live
Matt Bungard
1 hr ago

Chief Minister Andrew Barr: Stamp duty bad, unfair and inefficient.

Stamp duty a tax that keeps on giving for ACT govt

Kirsten Lawson

Retired Veteran Harry Smith with his medals at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

Long Tan commander urges respect for Vietnamese

David Wroe

Tjillari Justice Aboriginal Corporation strives to stop children from offending and ending up at the Bimberi Youth ...

Plea to keep Indigenous children out of youth justice system

Christopher Knaus

Liberal Leader Jeremy Hanson: Promising more nurses and tougher penalties for assaults on frontline staff.

Canberra Liberals promise new nurses, better hospital security

Kirsten Lawson

Kirk Newman leaving court on Friday.

Bikies in Belconnen shopping centre brawl avoid jail time

Alexandra Back

Autistic boy's family granted residency after intervention

Fergus Hunter, Tess Ikonomou

Has Manuka been saved from developers' clutches?

COMMENT
Clive Hamilton

No short skirts, no 'sexy selfies': school accused of 'slut-shaming'

Henrietta Cook

Drunk, can't remember. How Sarah got caught up in alleged murder

Property reform aims to make strata fees fairer

Katie Burgess

Banks woman Kerry Evans was attacked by a wombat while walking dogs Murphy and Pirate (pictured) in the suburban street ...

Wombat street attack: 'I thought I was going to die'

EXCLUSIVE
Katie Burgess

The sons of Canberra Raiders players Sia Soliola (Israel) and Blake Austin (Carter) are playing for Belconnen United ...

The Canberra Raiders doing it for the kids

Lake Burley Griffin provides a suitably shady backdrop in this scene of The Code Season 2, which starts September 1 on ABC.

Sneak peek: Canberra-spotter's guide to The Code season 2

A new set of escape rooms is opening in Phillip. Escape Rooms Canberra owners, from left, Michael Wilkinson, and Mitch Young.

Could you get out? New 'escape rooms' open in Canberra

The Hockeyroos

The bitter split behind Australia's Rio failures

EXCLUSIVE

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Ryan Lochte apologises

Mature father sitting with his teenage daughter who is having some problems. ...

When all else fails, this is how to deal with your teenagers

Coffee for a cure? Think again.

What your morning coffee actually does to your body

Ibrahimovic, Pogba star in United win

8:33AM

Heartbreak for tearful Buchanan as she crashes ...

8:19AM

Brazil's real defies emerging market slump

7:54AM

Residents from 12 west Belconnen suburbs including Latham, Florey and Macgregor were yet to claim $26 million out of the ...

Which ACT postcodes have the most lost super?

Writers Festival aims to put capital on literary map

First look inside the ACT's new secure mental health unit

ACT Firefighters Matt Buchtmann and Kari Harlovich are among five ACT firefighters who will be running up and down ...

ACT firefighters take on Sydney Tower to raise money for MND

Canberra Big Boys Toys

Canberra's credible hulk star of Big Boys Toys Expo

Ginger Mick and Lennie Gwyther in 1932, courtesy Leongatha Historical Society.

Canberra author wins Children's Book Council award

Gungahlin's David Peter Conway, 28, was granted bail.

ACT man charged with online child sex offences after AFP probe

Dr Biswajit Banik and his wife Dr Sarmin Sayeed with their autistic son Arkojeet Banik.

'Thank you': Autistic boy's family get residency

Gobi and Dion Leonard celebrate at the finish line.

Stray dog which followed runner for 125km goes missing

WA

Banks woman Kerry Evans was attacked by a wombat while walking dogs Murphy and Pirate (pictured) in the suburban street ...

Woman thought she would die in wombat attack

EXCLUSIVE

CCTV images appear to show a teenager with ankle-cuffs being held down at the Townsville centre.

Review as reports allege youth detention abuse

QLD

Bill Harris, in his Civic office, was ''absolutely crucial in getting the whole process of government underway and his ...

'The best of the best': Canberra mourns public service giant

Employment Minister Michaelia Cash.

Cash orders no compromise on public service pay

APS staff aged 45-64 are the least satisfied with their job's flexibility and work/life balance.

Public service must remain flexible to attract older staff

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull gives a homeless man five dollars.

'It was a human reaction': PM defends giving money to a beggar

Matthew Knott

Another form of torture

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Autistic boy's family granted residency after ministerial intervention

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's first major post-election speech on the economy was disrupted by protesters, ...

Turnbull's chance to return shine to leadership

COMMENT

Tony Abbott, pictured surfing in 2014, went to hospital for a "couple of stitches" after encountering rough surf ...

Abbott goes to hospital for stitches after surf accident

Treasurer Scott Morrison has blocked the sale of Ausgrid.

Morrison confirms decision to block Ausgrid sale

Retired Veteran Harry Smith with his medals at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

Long Tan battle commander urges respect for Vietnamese

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigns

Aryanna Gourdin poses with a giraffe she hunted in South Africa.

Outrage after 12-year-old girl pictured with dead giraffes and zebra

The wanted poster showing Byron Bay resident Sara Connor.

Police detain Australian over policeman's death

Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa

Spain's acting prime minister, Mariano Rajoy.

The Christmas gift from politicians to Spaniards

Charles Penty

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts denies the existence of climate change.

Malcolm Roberts seems to actually believe this stuff

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

Dutton's new gambit another form of torture

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Public sector wage growth is also at a record low, at 2.4 per cent.

Exec excess - reining in big bonuses

Georgia Wilkins and Ruth Williams

China's growth drivers are shifting from investment, exports and heavy industry to consumption, innovation and services.

Australia and China, a changing partnership

Ross Gittins

Coles supermarket employee Penny Vickers is furious about the deal. "Why wasn't it brought to our attention?"

Coles knew more than half its workers were underpaid

EXCLUSIVE

Pressure has intensified for a royal commission into the banks following US legal action over their handling of bank ...

'Illicit profits' fuels calls for royal commission

Adele Ferguson

The Oswals drama might not be over yet

Sarah Danckert

If capping executive pay isn't the solution, rethinking capitalism is

Nassim Khadem

APRA highlights insurance risks

Clancy Yeates

Malls morph into town centres

Carolyn Cummins

This castle-like dwelling is within a 45-minute drive from Melbourne's CBD.

Seven weird and wonderful homes for sale around Australia

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison.

Federal government all ‘hot air’ on foreign buyer crackdown

While neutral colours are always in, why not go bold with your paint choice?

Don’t decorate your home without these 10 must-know rules

IKEA

IKEA's 2017 catalogue is a bleak look at our future

Bob's spectacular 16-foot treehouse.

Bob lives in an actual treehouse just outside the city. Why?

Marion Wine Bar by IF Architecture, Fitzroy, Victoria.

Hot shots: 17 of our most ridiculously good looking bars

Fine Drinks
Stephen Lacey

Italian Roberto Malizia's blog <i>This Is Malice</i> has picked up over 15,000 followers.

The overseas 'style influencers' finding success in Australia

Men's Style

Many retirees are planning to spend savings on home renovations or holidays in order to qualify for a part age pension ...

Retirees are spending their savings to qualify for age pension

Daryl Dixon

Raised from the dead: Unlike the character Jon Snow in Game of Thrones, death is final and we need to plan for it.

The biggest gift Jon Snow's parents could have given him

Catherine Robson

Sponsoring the Olympics is big business. Simone Biles is now considered the greatest female gymnast in the world.

Sports sponsorship: Why it's a big deal

James Adonis

An advertised image of the "sharelarium".

The business you should never run from your garage

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Analysis: Rough week for Trump's campaign

14 mins ago

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Paralympic swimmer Tiffany is off to Rio

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Tony Abbott wipes out, cracks hardy

Abott

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Penrith dismantle Tigers

16 mins ago

Steven Jones-Evans

Cancer breakthrough: 'It genuinely is a game changer'

unreal

Season 1 & 2 of UnREAL, now streaming.

spaced

Spaced - starring Simon Pegg.

SMEG

Is this the perfect oven?

Advertiser Content

SMEG

The perfect oven: tech and style

Advertiser Content

Simon Bosch colour cartoon / illo / illustration / artwork.

'Flying' money bag

Context: Calls are mounting to stem the ...

How to attract high value customers

Advertiser

English comedian and talk show host Alan Carr having lunch at Il Solito Posto in Melbourne's CBD.

Chatty Man Alan Carr tells why Rihanna is his favourite guest

Kylie Northover

Director Todd Phillips at the Los Angeles premiere of <i>War Dogs</i>.

War Dogs: how two stoners ended up selling the US serious weapons

Andrew Purcell

<i>Mr Huff</i>

The Australian children's books your kids must read

Linda Morris

Trevor Noah says he deploys humour to understand issues that are no laughing matter

Trevor Noah on why Donald Trump is a dangerous clown

Andrew Taylor

Scandal has hit actor/director/writer Nate Parker before the release of his slave film <i>The Birth of a Nation</i>.

Scandal hits Nate Parker's vaunted film, Birth of a Nation

Brooks Barnes, Cara Buckley

The 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey has never been solved.

Could JonBenet's murder be solved through new TV series?

Ebony Bowden

Lady Gaga has reinvented herself a few times on her journey from shock value pop star to Tony Bennett collaborator to ...

Lady Gaga to star in remake of A Star Is Born with Brad Cooper

Ebony Bowden

Back to Gotham: A new animated <i>Batman</i> movie featuring the voices of Adam West and Burt Ward is on the way.

Holy comeback! Ageing caped crusaders return to Batman

Linda Morris

ACT authors gather ahead of the inaugural Canberra Writers Festival.

Festival puts capital on literary map

Canberra Big Boys Toys

What's on in Canberra this weekend

The Marriage of Figaro:Jeremy Kleeman as Figaro, left, and Celeste Lazarenko as Susanna

The Marriage of Figaro comes to Canberra Theatre

Fashion designer Aheda Zanetti and her burkini, modeled by Farrah Zbib.

Non-Muslims flock to buy burkinis as French bans raise profile of the modest swimwear style

Daisy Dumas

The stores will be selling Kanye West-branded sweatshirts, T-shirts, denim and swimwear.

Big queues as shoppers flock to Kanye's Australian pop-up

Melissa Singer and Jenna Clarke

Veggies and protein: a Pete Evans paleo offering.

Paleo diet linked to digestive and sleep problems

Rebecca Gredley

"Twitter has proven, again and again, that it doesn't care about meaningful steps towards stopping harassment," writes ...

Delete your Twitter and leave the whole thing to the trolls

Clem Bastow

Jules Allen with her family. The former <em>MasterChef</em> contestant has fostered 31 children.

The food bringing foster families together

Mary Ward

THE GOOD: This white napkin and these criminally high waisted pants would look terrible on so many, but Nicole ...

Best & worst dressed celebrities of the week

amber heard

Heard to give $9m from Depp divorce settlement to charities

Why you shouldn’t want to always be happy.

Why you shouldn’t want to always be happy

Frank T McAndrew

pushups

Why pushups are your new favourite exercise

Benjamen Judd

Green jackfruit on the tree

Is jackfruit the new vegan superfood?

Lindy Alexander

fitness

How to get fit without spending a cent

Victoria Hoff

The Katering Show's Kate McCartney (top) and Kate McLennan

The Katering Show: how do I eat at a fancy restaurant?

KATE MCCARTNEY AND KATE MCLENNAN

How to cut your shopping bills.

9 tips that will save you money at the organic grocer

Katie Faulkiner

Winter nights: Sirloin with pan gravy, eschalots and Jerusalem artichokes.

Beef sirloin with gravy juices, eschalots and Jerusalem artichokes

Neil Perry

Jordyn Ann Dumont.

When she vanished, he called police. Now he's charged with murder

Katie Mettler

Danny Fitzgerald, 13, took his own life after relentless bullying.

Parents share bullied son's heartbreaking suicide note

Ariane Beeston

Mum pens hilarious letter to husband as she is leaving for a girls weekend away.

Mum leaves hilarious note for dad before leaving for the weekend

Potala palace in Lhasa, Tibet Story by Ute Junker on high altitude cities
Credit: iStock
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Cities with altitude: The world's best cities on mountains

Ute Junker

Some people should charter a flight rather than fly with other passengers.

Traveller letters: Want to be treated like the only person on the plane?

Japan Airlines Co's new employees pose for photographs in front of a JAL aircraft during an initiation ceremony at the ...

What gives this airline's premium economy class an edge

Devices that include the new kind of battery could go for twice as long without needing to be plugged in.

These batteries could double your phone's life

Tim Biggs

Rather than go to war with streaming giants like Netflix and Apple Music, Telstra is using them to win over mobile customers.

Telstra aims to sway Netflix fans

COMMENT
Adam Turner

New technology could help minimise train delays by identifying faults in overhead wires.

The internet of things system helping the trains run on time

Andrew Colley

Egg

Pokemon GO players break gyms with eggs

Kotaku

Twitter's filter has been available to users with a blue tick for more than a year.

Twitter finally gives 'quality filter' to all

Caitlin Dewey

Traxxas Slash 4x4 radio controlled car.

Father's Day Gift Guide

Dom Tripolone

Volkswagen Australia will boycott the AAA's Australia's Best Cars awards.

Volkswagen takes aim at car clubs

David McCowen

The new Holden Colorado LTZ is a significant improvement on its predecessor.

New Holden Colorado reviewed

David McCowen

The 2016 BMW 2-Series Coupe.

More power for BMW 2-Series

Dom Tripolone

2016 McLaren 570GT by MSO Concept.

McLaren reveals 570GT concept

Dom Tripolone

Volkswagen is set to introduce a baby SUV based on the T-Cross concept.

VW prepares SUV onslaught

David McCowen

Painful experience: Rachel Tallent.

Emotions spill over as Tallent Jnr finishes women's walk in agony

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 19: Team Australia competes in the Synchronised Swimming Teams Free Routine on Day 14 ...

Thunderstruck no more as synchro swimmers settle on sacred rock

Sanctioned: Emma McKeon has been disciplined.

Why it's right to ban swimmers from closing ceremony

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Jared Tallent of Australia

Tallent walks the walk, so let him fly the flag

Greg Baum

'Ridiculous, unfair': Chinese fume at US relay re-run

The Bolt that never ends as he leaves the rest in his wake

Where Australia sits in the real medal count

5 mins ago

Sprinter misses out by 0.003 seconds

Joey Leilua celebrates with teammate Edrick Lee after scoring.

'Rags to riches' stories fuelling Canberra's premiership charge

Jon Tuxworth

The Raiders can secure a top-four spot if they beat the Eels.

Raiders put pieces in place to build dynasty after coach re-signs

Chris Dutton

Phil Thomson was the Brumbies team manager when the club won the Super Rugby title in 2001.

Brumbies put panel together to start search for new CEO

Chris Dutton

Matthew Dellavedova

Mills, Delly and Boomers draw on AIS roots for Olympic bid

James Hall

Canberra cross-country rider Rebecca Henderson celebrates her first World Cup podium in Cairns.

ACT mountain biker does everything for a shot at gold

Caden Helmers

Runaway winners: Trent Merrin shares the joy after his try puts the result beyond doubt.

Panthers hammer Tigers to close in on NRL finals

Dominic Bossi

The Qantas Wallabies train at Allianz Stadium, Sydney, prior to the first Bledisloe Cup Test of 2016. Assistant coach ...

Larkham's learning curve gets tougher against All Blacks

Georgina Robinson

Canberra Demons player Jordan Harper has been invited to the AFL draft combine in October.

Demons' Jordan Harper shows his credentials for AFL draft

Tom Corrigan