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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce's department has already planned Armidale move.

Real estate agents engaged for APS move to Armidale

Whoops: A P-plater allegedly driving over the legal limit knocked out power in Harrison on Sunday.

Drunk P-plate driver knocks out power to northside suburb

Hillary Clinton is losing her lead over Donald Trump despite upbeat economic data.

Hillary Clinton is in big, sweaty-palm poll trouble

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

A Greenway woman will appear in court after she was arrested for drink driving with her kids in the car.

Learner pulled over for drink driving with three children in the car

1 hr ago

Dentist Dr Andrew Gikas with the Grenville family, Henry in the chair. Andrew is also the president Australian Dental ...

The new battleground for embattled private health insurers

The ASX is set for an uncertain start as investors eye big central bank decisions later this week.

Stock exchange suspends trading again after opening with delay

Live
22 mins ago

Empty parliamentary triangle blocks to finally be sold

Man accused of Braddon rape lied to create 'false alibi': prosecutor

25 mins ago

ACT man pleads guilty to Braddon and Weston Creek explosions

Revised laws to protect buyers in Canberra's high-rises

Barnaby Joyce doesn't want a Katter from Christensen

ABC TV news presenter Virginia Haussegger has quit the ABC.

Virginia Haussegger resigns from ABC

1 hr ago

Customers at Sakeena's Cafe at Cooleman Court celebrate news it will not be closing down with
Maria Stavrakis (front ...

People power saves Cooleman Court cafe

Ben Mendelsohn.

Ben Mendelsohn's bittersweet Emmys win

1 hr ago

Schumer and sister Kim Caramele matched in similar Vivienne Westwood black gowns and hairstyles, which is probably ...

Amy Schumer gives 'best answer to dumbest question'

1 hr ago

News Sharyn Butts of Franklin with her dog River at the O'Connor dog park. 10 August 2016 Photo: Rohan Thomson The ...

The $750 penalty ACT rangers don't police

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Study proves 'beer goggles' exist

A lack of cheese and crackers made a United Airlines passenger snap, court told.

Is cheese addictive, or does it just taste really good?

MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER, 16: A customer takes a selfie with a new Iphone 7 exhibited at Puerta del Sol Apple Store the ...

A guide to your most annoying Facebook friends

Prior says Sharks will meet fire with fire

4:12PM

Teenage travails a barrel of fun

4:08PM

Ivan Sen wants to draw attention to Indigenous ...

4:05PM

Lake George (Tarago) landowner Luke Osbourne and son Tom, 11, check out Lake George which is at new levels again after ...

Locals making a splash at reinvigorated Lake George

'An unfortunate perception': ACT govt waives fines for insurer

A year on, Chris the sheep has finally learnt to sit down

Police say the baton and capsicum spray had "minimal effect" on the man.

Baton, capsicum spray used on man who 'threatened to kill' cop

James and the other people have moved into the Ivy Apartments in Franklin but have no power because the builder didn't ...

Canberra residents left without power in new units

There have been 688 reported fuel thefts in the ACT this year, with Ginn Street in Gungahlin the worst hit.

Police have a theory as to why petrol theft is on the decrease

Could Canberra get a private emergency department?

Calvary considers private emergency dept to ease ER pressure

Alcohol interlocks will be installed in the cars of repeat drink drivers from October.

Alcohol interlocks to be forced on drink drivers

WA

APS Commissioner John Lloyd: "The APS is no exception”.

APS boss to extend temp contracts to three years

Vito Mir Zepinic walks out the front yard of his Turramurra home.

Judge's warning to bogus shrink after nine failed cases

NSW

The organised drug trade in Queensland is complicated and multi-faceted.

Who is really organising crime in Queensland?

COMMENT

APS Commissioner John Lloyd: "The APS is no exception”.

APS boss to extend temp contracts to three years

Deborah May has been described as a "feminist guru".

Feminist 'change agent' paid $2m to weed out APS gender bias

Staff at National Gallery of Australia told their jobs won't exist on Monday.

Gallery staff told their jobs won't exist on Monday

Given the government's one-seat majority in the lower house, LNP MP George Christensen's influence has risen since the ...

'Katter left, Christensen could too': Joyce's fears over maverick MP

Turnbull slams Russia, admits Australia in botched airstrike

Mark Kenny

Intelligence agencies face major new independent review

EXCLUSIVE
David Wroe

Treasurer Scott Morrison on Monday.

Backpacker backdown will not cost budget: Morrison

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Turnbull urges US to act on trade during 'lame duck' sessions

Tony Abbott and the Nationals had strongly backed the 'baby bonus' scheme, which has been dropped out of budget plans.

'A peaceful invasion': Abbott warns Europe on migrant crisis

Amy Remeikis

''The byword of the 45th Parliament is compromise," says Attorney-General George Brandis.

Coalition willing to compromise on plebiscite: Brandis

A New York Police Department bomb disposal robot handles an unexploded pressure cooker bomb on West 27th Street in New ...

FBI questions five over New York City bombing

1 hr ago

Jill Soloway, who was honoured for comedy directing, described Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as "the ...

'Hitler inheritor': Donald Trump blasted at Emmys

1 hr ago

Islamic State fighters in Raqqa, Syria.

Syria a brutal time warp to Cold War rivalry

Daniel Flitton
58 mins ago

People stand near the entrance on the north side of Crossroads Center mall in St Cloud.

'There's a guy with a knife'. Blood and panic in Minnesota mall

Cleve R. Wootson

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Climate policy's house of cards

COMMENT
Clive Hamilton

Almost one third of Australians on the age pension are living in poverty.

Pension poverty: your reward for 25 years of economic growth

comment
Mark Hearn

George Christensen worries 50-year-old men will now pick up 16 year olds, not caring that they already could.

We are living in the age of unreason and that's a fact

COMMENT
Tim Dick

Psychic Nevine Rottinger outside the NSW Supreme Court on Monday.

'I'm not always right': psychic gave advice on 'chakras, shares'

24 mins ago

The ASX is set for an uncertain start as investors eye big central bank decisions later this week.

Markets Live: ASX calls it quits for the day

Live
22 mins ago

The term "moral compass" comes up repeatedly in interviews with contemporaries about Philip Lowe.

The 'rate cut now!' chorus just lost its rhythm section and horns

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1 hr ago

ASIC has warned companies using social media to promote floats.

Loose tweets can sink floats, warns ASIC

1 hr ago

Inside the cannibalistic culture of China's most valuable company

Slater and Gordon chases cash from its 'worst deal of all time'

Samsung crisis began in rush to capitalise on 'uninspiring' iPhone

Port of Melbourne to be sold for $9.7b

Melbourne couple Sasha (right) and Julia - a professional property stylist - vow death for the judges who dared to damn ...

The Block recap: what happens when a stylist is out-styled?

The Bachelor Richie Strahan visits Fairfax Media office at One Darling Island. 10th August 2016. Photo: Janie Barrett

Bachelor Richie slashes asking price on his investment property

1 hr ago

Country Road Heath bath towels, David Jones

Six ways you're mistreating your bath towels

A boom in residential construction means there are many apartments available.

Revised construction laws to protect Canberra buyers

afr 16th may 2014 photo by louise kennerley generic tradie photographed in sydney story about the governent axing your ...

The biggest gripes tradies have about their customers

Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman on the red carpet.

Why do the men have it so easy on the red carpet?

Men's Style
9 mins ago

A sudden call of nature is not unusual for distance runners.

Nature calls: every runner's most embarassing problem

The Long Run

Two of everything is not a wise investment strategy.

Two of everything is for zookeepers, not investors

Scott Phillips

Hannah Richardson is preparing to sell unwanted children's toys ahead of the influx of Christmas gifts.

Households could unlock $40b by selling unwanted items

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Attractive woman working on a laptop computer. She is casually dressed with long blonde hair. She looks relaxed with a ...

Help! What is a 'blackhole' expenditure'?

Max Newnham
1 hr ago

Salvatore Malatesta, in St Ali, South Melbourne.

Why this coffee boss is moving to US market

Larissa Ham

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Unusual changes to brilliant galaxy

Bus fire closes all lanes on Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Bus fire closes all lanes on Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Air Force bases slated to close

Air Force

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'New' Myer's first year drives profit

illustration: Jim Pavlidis

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Sept 19

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The hilarious Stan Original comedy No Activity, now streaming

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Younger - from the creator of Sex and the City.

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Exposing the history of lingerie

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LIU

The business rules of attraction

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The role of strata committees

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Jimmy Barnes

Barnes says Rosie Batty inspired ugly truths in his new memoir

Rob Moran
11 mins ago

Ben Mendelsohn who won an Emmy for his role in Bloodline.

Aussie Ben beats Game of Thrones heroes at Emmys

Michael Idato

Matt Damon, left, embraces host Jimmy Kimmel on stage at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at ...

Kimmel played it safe but there were still some shocks

Michael Idato
43 mins ago

Actress Charmian Carr plays Liesl as she performs the classic song Sixteen, Going on Seventeen from the movie The Sound ...

Charmian Carr, star of the Sound of Music, dies at 73

Michael Idato

Can I get a harrumph? Former PM John Howard hits the hustings to plug his documentary-making debut.

Howard on Menzies dismissed as 'propaganda'

ANALYSIS
Aja Styles
29 mins ago

OJ Simpson TV series.

The People V OJ Simpson cleans up in 2016 Emmys

Karl Quinn
1 hr ago

Calvin Harris.

Break-up song? No, it's about a supermarket, says Harris

Ebony Bowden

Crowded House from left, Mark Hart, Neil Finn, Matt Sherrod and Nick Seymour.

One Crowded hour by the Sydney harbour once more

Bernard Zuel

Alexey Grudnoff, 12, dressed as Magneto, with her brother, James, 10, dressed as Wolverine.

Pop culture redefined at quirky Gamma Con gaming convention

Sowmya Ramanathan, 10, drawing the flowers at Floriade on Saturday.

Bustling crowds greeted by blue skies and bright bulbs at Floriade 2016

Sunday - Photo by: Sophie Bilal. The Canberra shakespeare reading group members, from left, Laura Dixon, and Margaret ...

Our Shakespearean supper club

Kerry Washington and #kerrywashingtonslay was trending on Twitter thanks to this look.

Kerry Washington steals the show with well-dressed baby bump

Jenna Clarke
1 hr ago

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 18: Actress Kristen Bell attends the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater ...

All the dresses (and the stars) on the Emmys red carpet

Jenna Clarke

Schumer and sister Kim Caramele matched in similar Vivienne Westwood black gowns and hairstyles, which is probably ...

Amy Schumer gives 'best answer to dumbest question'

Amy Croffey
1 hr ago

Sophie Turner at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Sophie Turner reveals matching Game of Thrones tattoo

Amy Croffey

Karl Stefanovic and Cassandra at the 2011 Logies.

Karl and Cass: On the way to joining a surprising group

Michael Evans

Susan Carland. Dress by Sportsmax

'Islam chose me': Susan Carland on religion, love and the hijab

Susan Wyndham

The Teva x UGG Hybrid.

No one asked for this Teva/Ugg collaboration. No one

Mary Ward

"Forget the popular myth that sex is spontaneous - it's not. You have to create the time and the space," writes Matty Silver.

Can a sexless marriage ever survive?

Matty Silver

Our relationships matter more for wellbeing than ill health.

The paradox of our health and wellbeing

Sarah Berry

It's time to chew the fat on duck farming.

The darker side of duck fat

Paula Goodyer

Walk the talk and move more.

8 ways to get in shape without trying too hard

Victoria Hoff

Dry wonton noodles

Weekly meal planner: early spring recipes

Salty and sweet, bacon desserts have a legion of fans.

Soy sauce on icecream? Weird food combinations that work

Rachel Bartholomeusz

Casarecce pasta with asparagus, chilli, garlic and pancetta.

Simple spring pasta by the master, Neil Perry, with asparagus, chilli and garlic

Does your relationship take second place behind your children?

This is why you should put your partner before your children

Lori Lim

Lyra Thomaston, 6, with her rainbow unicorn-inspired haircut and dye.

Mum responds to critics over daughter's unicorn inspired haircut

Ariane Beeston

Harper Beckham, 5, with her father, David Beckham.

Why I wont let my daughter, 5, wear high heels like Harper

Cat Rodie

Icelandic airline Wow.

I tried five of the world's cheapest airlines and here's what I found

Jenn Harris

Tokyo, Japan: The Land of the Rising Sun has become increasingly popular with Australians.

The most popular new destination for Aussies revealed

Craig Platt

Molokini Crater, Maui.

Twenty reasons to visit this incredible island

Kerry van der Jagt

Lifting the barometric vent, which is not a second speaker, from the iPhone 7 Plus.

What sits where the headphone jack used to?

Tim Biggs
1 hr ago

Echo

Why you should care about Amazon Echo

COMMENT
Mark Skilton

The father of modern computing, Alan Turing, helped turn the tide of the Second World War whilst breaking German codes ...

Geek pilgrimage: England's Bletchley Park

COMMENT
Adam Turner

The best astronomy images of 2016

Gizmodo

Messages is a whole lot less simple since the iOS 10 update.

Apple has made Messages a nightmare

COMMENT

Mazda keeps chipping away at the Mazda6 sedan and wagon.

Tested: New Mazda6

David McCowen

Drive: Nathan Hindmarsh with his large people mover, in Artarmon, Sydney. 6th September 2016 Photo: Janie Barrett

Star and Car: Nathan Hindmarsh

Owen Thomson

2017 Audi TT RS.

Audi's secret TT RS rival

Stephen Corby

2016 Audi A4 Allroad.

Driven: Audi A4 allroad

Peter McKay

Mazda MX-5 US road trip.

Road trip: The Peak to The Beach

Andrew MacLean

The car offers a choice of four cylinder petrol or diesel engines.

Volvo's SUV alternative

David McCowen

Scott Fardy of the Brumbies is injured with a cut to his head.

Super Rugby format staying put

The two best hookers in the NRL, Cameron Smith and Josh Hodgson, go head-to-head this weekend.

Hodgson to take chance to show he's the game's best hooker

Right-hand man: Ron Massey with legendary coach Jack Gibson during Parramatta's breakthrough premiership year of 1981.

League legend Ron Massey dies

18 mins ago

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 17: Junior Paulo of the Raiders is tackled during the second NRL Semi Final match ...

The pact made by Raiders pack

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 17: Jordan Rapana of the Raiders celebrates scoring a try with team mate Blake Austin ...

'We know what's waiting for us': Raiders ready for Storm wrestle

Tough guy: Blake Austin, who defied medical advice to play against the Panthers, scores the first try of the match.

Austin says he shouldn't have played against Panthers

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 18: Robbie Coleman of the Vikings leaves the field after a clash of heads during the ...

Canberra rugby wrap-up

Joseph Cooper following his 23 second win in the time-trial on Friday in Googong.

Kiwi Joseph Cooper takes out National Capital Tour