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Community and Public Sector Union national secretary Nadine Flood says the Coalition wants to take the public service ...

Massive public service strike looms

Noel Towell

Tigerair Australia will re-establish its Canberra to Melbourne route, giving Canberrans a cheap interstate option again.

Tigerair brings low-cost flights back to Canberra

A photo of Sara Connor from her supporters in Byron Bay.

New bizarre claims in Sara Connor's Bali interrogation

Refugee Ismail Hussaini?spent six months in detention on Christmas Island and in Darwin when he was 17 and says ...

From being 'treated like a prisoner' to becoming a Canberra student

As many as 68 per cent of those surveyed said they did not keep track of their extras.

How Australians are losing out on their health insurance

1 hr ago

This Macgregor house was sold by overseas scammers in 2014.

Canberra property scam victim wins government payout

Megan Gorrey

'Short and sweet': Canberra's shortest political career

The Australian city that's the food allergy capital of the world

Rania Spooner

Marriage equality free vote 'would pass both houses of Parliament'

Michael Koziol

'I unreservedly apologise': review slams Federal Police

David Wroe

Let's hope he's right: Census boss calls fiasco a blessing in disguise

ANALYSIS
Matt Wade

Mr Mehajer points his finger in the vision, apparently released by a friend of his wife.

'Aysha, I hope you die': Salim Mehajer's frightening videos

Georgina Mitchell

Sam Webb, who would not look out of place as next year's <i>The Bachelor</i> and Brooke Jowett, who prefers to be known ...

The TV tribe has spoken: Canberra is in Survivor mode

Andrew Fafita of the Sharks is tackled during the round 24 NRL match between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Cronulla ...

Sharks loss puts Raiders a step closer to guaranteed home final

MERC, NEWS, UOW GRADUATIONS GENERIC Pic taken 26th April 2016. Generic University of Wollongong graduation ceremony ...

The great tertiary education rip-off

Windows 10's Anniverary Update was supposed to improve many of the system's features, but in at least one case it's done ...

Latest Windows update leaves millions of users fuming

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Harry Van Dartel's Olympic audition

Lee Kofman's visit to Sexpo with her mother was a surprisingly bonding experience.

I took my mother to Sexpo, and she loved it

Brisbane residents have sweated through the warmest night in a decade.

What happens to your body when you stay in bed for days on end

Emphatic response to Betts issue was missing when ...

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Movie magic a smashing opportunity for Brisbane

11:10PM

No noise, please, we're Canberrans

10:38PM

Singapore Airlines' new Canberra based managers, Chin Yu and Yew Kong, at Canberra Airport.

Airline takes next step in preparing for international flights from ACT

Canberra property scam victim sues government for compo

EXCLUSIVE

Where to access free Wi-Fi in Tuggeranong

Dylan Gabriel, 4, near their home in Dunlop where they believe someone took their beloved dog Patch.

Suspicions arise over fate of lost ACT pets

A woman was injured in a motorcycle crash at Paddy's River on Sunday.

Woman injured in motorcycle crash west of Canberra

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

Woman thought she 'was going to die' after ACT wombat attack

EXCLUSIVE

The Conder man allegedly repeatedly assaulted his long-term partner.

'Don't call me dumb': ACT man allegedly bit partner's nose

Kevin Rudd addressing young labor activists in Brisbane.

Should Kevin Rudd run for Brisbane Lord Mayor?

QLD

Jack the baby wombat. While baby wombats are cute, they can be ferocious when they grow up.

Are wombats really that dangerous? Yes, says an expert

Police have charged a man after two shocking attacks, one at Hillary's Boat Harbour.

Elderly man stunned in shocking attack

WA

Crash site memorials in NSW are becoming more prevalent.

Older experienced drivers dying on NSW roads

NSW

Fewer than one in 14 senior executives received performance bonuses last year.

'Bonuses needed' to motivate bureaucrats

Dr Tim Williams, chief executive of the Committee for Sydney and advisor to Chief Minister Andrew Barr.

Canberra should look to 'high talent' reputation for future jobs

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

"It is not good enough for Bill Shorten to try and keep hiding behind the Senate crossbench.": Finance Minister Mathias ...

Cormann ramps up pressure on Labor over budget repair

James Massola

Marriage equality would pass both houses if free vote granted

Michael Koziol

Half of female AFP members say they've been sexually harassed

The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Employment Minister Michaelia Cash at the Coldstream CFA to announce they intend ...

Premier has a 'sinister purpose' says Malcolm Turnbull

Asylum seeker Mehran Jabar says everybody in Nauru detention has stress, depression and many 'use tablets for sleep'.

In Nauru's ghost camps, refugees sleep away the pain

EXCLUSIVE
Nicole Hasham

Former High Court justice Michael Kirby has warned against a plebiscite on same-sex marriage.

Michael Kirby warns gay marriage plebiscite 'a dangerous precedent'

Tom McIlroy

Nick Xenophon will move that the Senate economics committee investigate replacing the inflation target with one for ...

Xenophon leads push to axe inflation target

EXCLUSIVE
Peter Martin

Advertising material from the commemorative event.

Mao tributes in Australia sharpen community divide

Philip Wen

Silver medallist Feyisa Lilesa repeated his protest on the podium.

What is the story behind Olympian's crossed arms?

Colin Cosier

In what would be a stunning turnaround, Donald Trump looks poised to set out a plan for "legalisation" of illegal immigrants.

Trump's change of heart on migrants could be his biggest flip-flop yet

ANALYSIS
Aaron Blake

Sergey Aksyonov, "prime minister" of the autonomous republic of Crimea, right, attends the opening day of the St ...

Promised prosperity never arrived in Crimea, locals say

Maria Tsvetkova

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

The topic we don't mention when we talk about school results

COMMENT
Sonia Orchard

Girls at one school were told not to comply with any requests for "sexy selfies" that boys may make, nor to post any ...

Don't want to end up on a porn sharing site, girls?

COMMENT
Clem Bastow

John Howard and immigration minister Ruddock denied entry to 430 people aboard the Tampa 15 years ago this week.

Why John Howard was right on border protection

COMMENT
Tom Switzer

Allowing consumers to access data about them held by big businesses such as banks can boost competition.

Fight over consumers' financial data heats up

Clancy Yeates

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

Noni B+ for Babcock & Brown boys

Colin Kruger, CBD

Graeme Wood, the founder of Wotif.com.

He sold wotif, now Graeme Wood is putting money into biotech

Brian Robins

At the halfway mark, a rather large 70 per cent of companies have increased dividend payments compared with this time ...

Why more companies are paying out dividends

Michael Pascoe

Daiso in hot water over 'dangerous' products

Patrick Hatch

CBA pulls back in mortgage war

Clancy Yeates

Banks scolded in BBSW stoush

Patrick Durkin
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Bluescope warns of need to keep lid on costs

Brian Robins

Jarryd Rubinstein holds the Guinness world record for the most consecutive muscle ups, which he has held since 2010.

Everyday heroes: the world record holders you didn't see in Rio

Fitness
Gary Nunn

Mortlach 1939 is billed as the oldest single malt ever bottled.

Rare whisky turns to rivers of gold for investors

Fine Drinks

When Woolworths South Africa bought David Jones, once shareholders passed a scheme of arrangement, it became compulsory ...

Corporate takeover? Decide for yourself whether to sell your shares

Scott Phillips

A mortgage broker puts the borrower at the centre of the process.

Why using a mortgage broker gives borrowers more power

Mark Bouris

Jess May is an accidental entrepreneur who has forged a new direction.

I started my business from a Facebook post

Christine D'Mello

The way forward will involve serious regulation of the online SME lending industry.

Online SME payday lenders are alive and all too well

Neil Slonin

There's a lot to consider when it comes to paint.

Renovate safe: the best products for the biggest home jobs

Reigning Block champion Dea Jolly.

Dea Jolly: Ten things I wish I'd known before The Block

potted plants - jason hodges column, june 15

Love your garden: Thrifty ways to a nifty creation

This three-bedroom house with ocean vistas is on the market for $720,000.

Is this island the ultimate Aussie seachange?

The Window House is about 50 kilometres from Tokyo.

Cult Japanese brand Muji is giving away a free house

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Bali: Aussie charged with murder

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Australia defeat Sri Lanka in opener

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'12-year-old suicide bomber'

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Hammers bounce back with win

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?

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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

Thor: Ragnarok star Chris Hemsworth thanked the people of Brisbane for putting up with disruption from filming the ...

Fans rejoice as Thor and Loki take over Brisbane city

Nathanael Cooper

Karina Utomo from High Tension is appalled groping continues to be a problem at metal gigs.

Australian bands condemn sexual assaults at gigs

Aja Styles

Barbra Streisand is tired of your pronouncing her name incorrectly.

Barbra Streisand has an age-old problem with Siri

Ebony Bowden

Baron Toots Thielemans and Madame Thielemans at Laeken Castle in Brussels, Belgium, on May 6, 2014.

The musician who performed Sesame Street theme song has died

Roxy Jacenko on 60 Minutes: the two-segment interview split viewers.

Roxy Jacenko is a ratings winner for 60 Minutes

Karl Quinn

Frank Ocean's 17-track album <i>Blonde</i> is a compelling and stimulating experience.

Frank Ocean's second album is more low key brilliance

Bernard Zuel

Lou Pearlman was credited for starting the boy-band craze and launching the careers of the Backstreet Boys and 'NSync.

Backstreet Boys, 'NSync creator dies in prison for fraud

Michael Burke

Let's take this challenge offline so we can unpack the synergies and tear down the silos.

This bunch of Survivor contestants are damn hard to like

COMMENT
Michael Lallo

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

Roxy Jacenko opens up to Alison Langdon during the interview on 60 Minutes.

Roxy Jacenko: don't like her? Then look away

COMMENT
Melissa Singer

Callie Thorpe's wedding portraits and candid words have gone viral.

'You are deserving of happiness no matter your size'

Members of Team United States dance during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Maracana ...

Best and worst dressed at the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony

Hooray, sexism erased!

Pop the champagne, 56 per cent of men say sexism is over

What I learned about love after going on 13 blind dates

Madeleine Dore

Life Beyond the Warzone, words by Ruby Hamad, images by Dalia Khamissy.

Life beyond the warzone in Syria

Ruby Hamad

Tall people are more likely to be right-wingers, finds study.

Tall people more likely to vote conservative, study finds

Lee Kofman's visit to Sexpo with her mother was a surprisingly bonding experience.

I took my mother to Sexpo

Lee Kofman

BASE Jumping

Extreme sports are good for mental health

Jennifer Morton

food craving

How to overcome food cravings

Jacqueline Alwill

weight loss

How to spot a dodgy weight loss program

Paula Goodyer

Neil Perry's pea and ham soup.

Try Neil Perry's spin on pea and ham soup (it's a winner)

Neil Perry

Matthew Evans as pictured in his book, <I>Summer on Fat Pig Farm</I>.

Back to the future: Matthew Evans to open a restaurant

Scott Bolles

Spicy hot beef and tofu by Neil Perry.

Weekly meal planner: Spice up your life, every night

varney

The intimate photos that helped a mum get her groove back

Cat Rodie

Nicola Jackson, 15, says she doesn't plan to change her ways and is expecting another letter.

Parents' list of teen girl's "catalogue of crimes" has gone viral

Ariane Beeston

Helping children grow up to be happy, healthy, strong, kind and capable.

Raising awesome teens in a chaotic, sexualised world

Maggie Dent

Cathay Pacific Premium economy.

We test premium economy seats on one of the world's best airlines

Andrew Bain

The Plitvice Lakes are laced together by waterfalls in a pocket of wooded hills in central Croatia.

These are the most beautiful destinations on the planet

Brian Johnston

Aurora Australis in the ice.

The cheapest way to experience Antarctica

Annie Dang

Microsoft's Hololens augmented reality headset offers a glimpse of the future.

Hands on with Microsoft's Hololens

COMMENT
Adam Turner

taobao

The social network Facebook would kill for

Selina Wang

Windows 10's Anniverary Update was supposed to improve many of the system's features, but in at least one case it's done ...

Millions of users angry after Windows update breaks camera

Darren Orf

SAMSUNG CSC 2016 Hot Gadgets - USB-C

What exactly is the fuss about USB-C?

Gizmodo

Why intelligent aliens might look like us

Matthew Wills

The 2016 Lamborghini Centenario was unveiled at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Lamborghini's new $3m drop-top

Dom Tripolone

2016 BMW 2002 Hommage.

BMW 2002 Hommage revealed

Dom Tripolone

the fact that Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 carries the Maybach designation could signal that Mercedes-Benz plans to let its ...

Maybach reveals its future

Greg Kable

In hot demand: the 2017 Ford GT supercar.

Ford GT production to double

Stephen Ottley

Subaru's Levorg GT-S offers WRX power in a practical package.

New Subaru Levorg GT-S reviewed

David McCowen

Traxxas Slash 4x4 radio controlled car.

Father's Day Gift Guide

Dom Tripolone

Raiders five-eighth Blake Austin in action.

Austin says Raiders 'would play in Africa' for shot at NRL glory

Junior Paulo is awaiting scan results after leaving the field with rib cartilage damage on Sunday.

Boyd says forwards must step up in Paulo's absence

Kim Brennan was the flag bearer for the Australian Olympic delegation at the closing ceremony.

Brennan and Williams our Rio 'superstars': ACT AOC president

Henry Speight of the Brumbies reacts during the round three Super Rugby match between the Western Force and the Brumbies.

Speight goes from Rio to Vikings to boost Wallabies' hopes

Sport Raiders Training at the Raiders HQ in Bruce. Player Brenko Lee The Canberra Times Date: 02 February 2016 Photo Jay ...

Lee teared up in 'Sticky' situation

Easy fix: Nathan Grey is not concerned after the Wallabies' rout at the hands of the All Blacks.

Wallabies defence woes easy fix: Grey

Cricket ACT CEO Cameron French.

Meteors net landmark sponsorship deal

A photo posted to Facebook, purportedly showing the woman who threw a banana at footballer Eddie Betts on Saturday night.

Port fan apologises for tossing banana at Betts