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Ecstatically happy commuters of Bergen admire their Bybanen light rail trams.

Is anger at the tram plan actually misguided?

COMMENT
Richard Denniss

Art gallery owner Kevin Reid was killed while walking with his wife.

Canberra man shot in US just days from first wedding anniversary

51 mins ago

The bad blood between Calvary Hospital and the ACT government has reached a point where professional mediators may be ...

Patients miss out as ACT government, hospital squabble over money

Chief Minister Andrew Barr would ban property developer donations for all parties in the ACT if re-elected.

New commissioner would look into serious public sector breaches

53 mins ago

Senator Pauline Hanson at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 13 September 2016. Photo: Andrew Meares

'Move to that country': Hanson tells same-sex couples where to go

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump last week.

Donald Trump is headed for a win, says professor who always gets it right

Coles, Woolies product cull puts yet more pressure on suppliers

Million-dollar houses snapped up across Canberra

Auction watch
Emma Kelly

Why we trust Uber drivers but we don't trust our banks

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Gunman on run after three shot dead, two hurt in US mall

We only have ourselves to blame for credit card rates being so high

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Jordan Rapana takes on the Melbourne Storm at GIO Stadium in Round 23.

Storm and Raiders battle for Grand Final berth

Live
Steve Mascord
1 hr ago

PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 08: Clay Smith of the Bulldogs celebrates after scoring a goal during the Second ...

Bulldogs end 55 year grand final drought in defeat of Giants

Live

Mates Craig Bellamy and Ricky Stuart go head to head for a spot in the NRL grand final.

Great mates but fierce rivals face off for place in NRL grand final

Canberra Glassworks founder Klaus Moje with general manager Beverly Growden as artist Sophia Emmett works in the hotshop.

Canberra art pioneer dies

Ex-prisoners find themselves living in temporary accommodation after being released from prison.

Free after 19 years: What happens when a killer leaves prison

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Evacuation order issued for Forbes in NSW's central-west

overweight, obese

How to talk to a loved one about their weight

Internet

It's actually illegal to be racist on the internet

Foran's ex-partner could be key witness in NRL ...

7:56PM

Tributes flow for Canberran shot in US

7:14PM

Currency volatility set to surge during US ...

7:15PM

Ginninderra Estate will overlook the golf course in Holt.

Affordable land to be auctioned in Holt’s Ginninderra Estate

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Touch of Braddon takes Macquarie apartment boom to new heights

9 Milari Street, Ngunnawal.

Why the 'outdoor room' is key for renovators, buyers and sellers

The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research has been based at the Bruce building since it was ...

Interstate buyers pip Asian interest to win Bruce office building

The five tent-like structures are made of timber and concrete.

This mountain forest house is the ultimate retreat

Police hold concerns for the welfare of Canberra man missing since Tuesday. Police said on Saturday they wanted the ...

Concerns for missing man

Gold's Gym Tuggeranong to close

Charges laid after separate incidents at Canberra night spots

The proposed $70 million, seven-storey hotel, restaurant and function development proposed for the site of the old ...

Development consultation 'misleading', residents say

Cash is being thrown at voters in mind-boggling quantities.

Our politicians are promising away the budget

A man and a woman are facing trial over an alleged kidnapping and assault.

Alleged kidnapper threatened girlfriend with rape

Austin's Sixth Street throngs on on the last day of South by Southwest.

Labor's ambitious plan for ACT version of famous South by Southwest festival

Belinda Williams and her boys.

'They were good boys': dad speaks after fatal NZ crash

QLD

Forbes residents make sand bags with the SES in preparation for the flood.

Flooding set to cut town of Forbes 'in half'

NSW
57 mins ago

A prison guard has been suspended after an inmate became pregnant at Bandyup Womens' Prison.

Calls to outlaw prisoner-guard sex after pregnancy

WA

Commuters in Bergen rely heavily on trams and still seem to manage, somehow.

If Canberrans can't afford a tram, who could?

COMMENT

EY dream of 'a new world' where public servants become stewards of markets.

Ernst & Young outline 'new world' vision for public sector

Businessman

Women outnumber men in public service but there's a problem

The ATO has refused freedom of information requests from a website designed to improve access to government.

Australian Tax Office claim FOI website 'clutters the internet'

Advocates say it is a myth that large corporate donations will prop up the "yes" campaign for gay marriage.

Corporate cash for same-sex marriage a 'myth', say advocates

Michael Koziol

Blame all around as Bureau deflects Census 2016 criticism

Peter Martin

Lacking a Plan B, Turnbull will need Shorten

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

John Smyth, director and secretary of Children's Future and previously the secretary of the Galston branch of the ...

Liberals behind same-sex marriage misinformation campaign

EXCLUSIVE
Heath Aston

Education Minister Simon Birmingham has accused the states of 'political chest-beating' over their post-Gonski complaints.

Post-Gonski school funding talks off to fiery start

Labor's new national secretary Noah Carroll.

ALP appoints Victorian party boss to steer next campaign

Labor's Richard Marles: "We have got to see leadership from our government."

'Lack of leadership': Labor links Dutton to anti-Muslim sentiment

Mattea Twinn marches with her 3-year-old son, Khalil Khang in downtown Chicago in solidarity with the tribes fighting to ...

Tribes unite to block North Dakota pipeline

Dozens of Cubans camped outside Mexico's embassy in Quito , Ecuador, in June, appealing for help in reaching the United ...

Costa Rica 'gets 100-plus migrants a day'

Oscar Wilde

Britain recognises six sites of gay history significance

Marine Le Pen, leader of the French National Front, looks likely to make the head-to-head second round of the French ...

Brexit was just the trailer, the main feature is coming

Nick Miller

Commuters in Bergen rely heavily on trams and still seem to manage, somehow.

Case for a tram: Population growth is on its way, regardless

COMMENT
Richard Denniss

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Cash is being thrown at voters in mind-boggling quantities.

Politicians promising away the ACT budget

Kirsten Lawson

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

Reserve Bank independence a tick for a resilient economy

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Could this be our new home?

Elon Musk looks to Mars as Earthbound businesses hit a snag

Dana Hull

Hands-on: Pana chocolate production.

How organic vegan chocolate went mainstream

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

'Cross the line and you are out for life.'

Better call Sol: The king of Australia's cash registers

Why we trust Uber drivers but not banks

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

How the planets fell out of alignment for BBY

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Baby Boomers prepare to support children for decades

Twitter surges amid takeover talk

Little Creatures first can.

Top tinnies: 12 cans of beer that crush the competition

Fine Drinks

Custom motorbike builders from around Australia will showcase their trophy bikes at the fifth annual Deus Boundless ...

The cool custom cult which stretches from Bondi to Bali

Lifestyle

Lachlan Macquarie modified Spanish coins to create Holey Dollars, Australia's first coins.

'A fascinating coin': Macquarie's Holey Dollars showcased online

James Cockington

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Superannuation compromise fair and logical

COMMENT
Daryl Dixon

Sprinkle can handle shifting water restrictions.

'Crappy sprinkler systems' inspires invention

Work, unhappy, woman, misery, office, worker

How workers cope with shattered office morale

Tony Featherstone

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Clinton appears on spoof talk show

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Yahoo confirms massive data breach

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John Kerry calls out Russia

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Malcolm Roberts said what about Waleed Aly?

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Rewind - Football finals

transparent

Catch up on Transparent ahead of Season 3 on 24th September.

Adventure Time

Season 3 of cult classic Adventure Time now streaming

LIU

Product recall costs mount for businesses

Advertiser Content

m&s

Exposing the history of lingerie

Advertiser Content

LIU

The business rules of attraction

Advertiser

High body count in remake of The Magnificent Seven in which Chris Pratt plays a wise cracking card shark.

It's not terrible but . . . : The verdict on The Magnificent Seven

Paul Byrnes

"You've got to get the laksa," Ella Hooper says at Old Raffles in Collingwood.

Killing Heidi star on rock fame at 13: "I'd write on the school bus"

Martin Boulton

Glee wrapped up with many happy endings, except for the loss of star Cory Monteith.

Glee producer reveals behind-the-scenes tensions on hit series

Michael Idato

Dan Mac and Jim Finn of Art vs Science play near the shuttered Exchange Hotel on Oxford Street to protest against ...

Sydney musicians flee lockout laws for Melbourne

Peter Munro
1 min ago

Paz Lenchantin (left) has replaced Kim Deal as the Pixies' new bassist.

Whatever the f . . . ! Pixies' Frank Black on making new music

Andrew Stafford

Farhad Darya wants to spread positive messages through music.

They call him Afghan Elvis and the Taliban are no fans of his

Annabel Ross

Jeffrey Tambor as Maura.

Transparent creator hints at what's next for Tambor's Maura

Michael Idato

Some of the cast of the West Wing will reunite to campaign on behalf of Hillary Clinton in Ohio this weekend.

West Wing stars reunite to endorse Hillary Clinton in Ohio

Amy Croffey

Lifu Tan, 9, of Yarralumla, playing with a ball on the lawns outside Government House on Saturday afternoon.

Fun in the sun at Government House open day

2 mins ago

Maggie Naouri as Anu Singh in <i>Joe Cinque's Consolation</i>.

Canberra filmmaker brings to life local tragedy of Joe's death

Logan has attended every Raiders home game bar one this season.

Why Ricky Stuart is so much more than a super coach to Logan

Jennifer Aniston - a symbol for the scorned.

How Jennifer Aniston became a symbol for spurned lovers

Amy Croffey

Karl Stefanovic and wife Cassandra photographed together in 2012. He has long credited her as the foundation on which he ...

Strictly business for Karl Stefanovic and Co.

Andrew Hornery

Models walks the runway at the Top Shop Unique show during London Fashion Week Spring/Summer collections 2016/2017 on ...

Three looks to try from London Fashion Week

Stephanie Darling

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 24: Oliver Curtis' wife Roxy Jackenko leaves St James after her husband was sentenced to 2 ...

Roxy Jacenko catches up with ex while husband is away

Andrew Hornery

Entering adulthood can be unpleasant.

Eight freakouts it's totally OK to have in your early 20s

McKenzie Maxson

THE GREAT: There's so much happening here, but I'm on board with all of it. Emily Blunt's Alexander McQueen gown is ...

Emily Blunt makes busy beautiful on the red carpet

Terry Jones (left)

Monty Python actor diagnosed with dementia

Gigi Hadid after the Max Mara show.

Gigi Hadid fights off man who lifted her off the ground in Milan

Like your coffee black and bitter? Watch out.

What your diet says about your personality

Work issues: woman overloaded with stuff at work

Stress can erase the benefits of your healthful diet

Melissa Healy

Experts say being overweight or obese is not a hopeless situation.

Don't blame your genes for your weight: study

Sarah Berry

No carb beef and zucchini lasagna

7 fool-proof recipes to cook this week (including carb-free lasagne)

Caesar salad bites at Otis Kitchen.

Kingston's newest restaurant serves bite-sized caesar salad

Natasha Rudra

Reynold Poernomo's impressive chocolate mousse dessert.

Ex Masterchef maestro, Reynold Poernomo's chocolate mousse plus his cheesecake recipe

Reynold Poernomo

Baby Madeline is a fan of her big new friend.

Proof that grandparents can't be trusted to buy presents

Cat Rodie

Katie and Dalton Prager on the their wedding day.

Real-life 'The Fault in Our Stars' wife dies five days after her husband

Ariane Beeston

Daily Juice Co confirms that as of August 2016, they have ceased production of SunnyBoy ice blocks.

SunnyBoy ice blocks are gone forever, Zooper Doopers survive the cut

Ariane Beeston

The North Star capsule observation deck on board the billion-dollar mega-liner.

Twenty amazing ships that are set to change the world

Sally Macmillan

Letters: Don't tell me what I cannot wear when I travel

A photo taken whilst walking through lower antelope canyon, in the US. An unbelievably stunning canyon, light bounces ...

The Big Picture photo competition: Readers' top entries

Apple's tiny Lightning to 3.5mm audio adaptor bundled with the iPhone 7.

How is iPhone 7's headphone adapter?

Adam Turner

More than 500 million user details had been stolen from Yahoo.

Have a Yahoo account? Here's what to do

Hayley Tsukayama

The conservation team, pictured, found a fragment of <i>The Sydney Morning Herald</i> from 1883 inside this sunfish.

SMH stuffed in massive fish in 1883 still there, found by museum

Marcus Strom

pokemon

Tokyo police dealing with Pokemon GO chaos

Kotaku

First-round bids for the company's main web assets are due April 11, a person with knowledge of the matter said last week.

500m users hit in 'biggest breach ever'

Chevrolet Corvette and Camaro

The (tyre) burning question

Andrew MacLean

The 2017 Holden Equinox will replace the Captiva.

Holden Equinox replaces Captiva

Stephen Ottley

Mad Max Falcons

Driven: The most famous Falcon

David Morley

Hyundai will reveal more about its N Performance arm at the 2016 Paris motor show.

Hyundai's VW Golf GTI fighter

David McCowen

2016 Mini John Cooper Works Convertible.

First drive: Mini Convertible JCW

Stephen Ottley

Volkswagen has been told it faces "serious consequences" in a court case filed by the ACCC

VW lashed for "playing games" in court

David McCowen

Jordan Rapana takes on the Melbourne Storm defence at GIO Stadium in Round 23.

Storm and Raiders battle for grand final berth

Live
1 hr ago

Giants skipper Callan Ward, centre, says the team is gelling.

Live: Bulldogs win a thriller to join Swans in decider

Live

MERCURY SPORT CUTTERS Pic of the action at WIN stadium between the Illawarra Cutters and the Mounties 2nd of April 2016. ...

NSW Cup grand final a year in the making for Mounties coach

Ange Postecoglou has some words with young Socceroo Tom Rogic and Mathew Leckie.

Socceroos coach Postecoglou praises Rogic's temperament

Mitchell Edwards, baseball junior heading over to the US on a paid trip by the MLB. Photo Elesa Kurtz

Canberra baseballer to represent world in USA

Canberra Vikings' Joe Powell is the lynchpin of his team.

Vikings excited for physical Rising clash

Canberra's Annerly Poulos won her first ITF junior title on Friday.

Poulos wins first junior international crown

Canberra's Matthew Millar finishes in third position at the South Pacific Open.

Millar claims third in New Caledonia