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Workplace anti-bullying efforts are failing to protect state and federal public servants.

'People like you': Public servant wins e-bullying case

Noel Towell

On Tuesday Justice Lindsay Foster put on hold Lowe's application for a court-ordered winding up until the parties go to ...

Masters cancels orders, cuts phones amid fire sale fail

Catie Low

The Googong dams water spills over the walls after recent rains.

Canberra has 'never had this much water' before

Oktoberfest at Exhibition Park in 2015.

Last drinks? High costs could force Oktoberfest out of Canberra

Kirsten Lawson

Branden Stobbs, front, and Thomas Laslett arrive at the Sepang Magistrate in Sepang, Malaysia.

Budgie Nine: how pride and privilege only get you so far

Damien Murphy and Ava Benny-Morrison

The electoral "wind is at the back" of Democrats presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Why pundits won't write off Trump despite Clinton's poll surge

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Same-sex marriage plebiscite advice intensified Brandis row

EXCLUSIVE

Pre-poll votes up 40 per cent on last election

Kirsten Lawson

Winnunga chief slams tender for housing for 'ignoring best practice'

Four days, three trucks and one odd coincidence on the Hume Highway

Canberra child molester wins appeal to lessen sentence

Megan Gorrey

ITV grab of Steven Woolfe being worked on by paramedics

British politician collapses after 'altercation' in party room meeting

Nick Miller

The incident unfolded on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner between Phuket and Sydney.

Passengers escorted off Jetstar flight after 'mid-air fight'

1 hr ago

'I've made a huge mistake, a huge error in judgment.': Aaron Smith.

'I've made a huge mistake': Disgraced All Black faces media

''To suggest I'm putting myself in this vulnerable position for short-term fame is quite offensive'': <i>The ...

7 ways The Bachelorette exposes our sexist dating culture

COMMENT
1 hr ago

White people are cross at Netflix for its supposed lack of 'racial diversity' in <i>Luke Cage</i>

White people say Netflix's new series is 'racist' - against them

COMMENT

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Fab four's greatest hits

Obesity

What to do if your kids are overweight or obese

HuffPost

Delicious no-cook breakfasts that are perfect for spring

Woman shot dead, man arrested in NSW Hunter region

6:40AM

Snap sees $US25b plus valuation

6:11AM

Tesla cut, price target slashed

4:15AM

ACT Policing is seeking to identify an alleged offender after an ACTION bus driver was assaulted between Langdon Avenue ...

ACT Policing call on witnesses after man allegedly assaults bus driver

Canberra's fourth solar farm powers more than 600 homes

Underhanded campaign tactics continue in ACT election

Adam Wind owner Ace High Eatery and Bar unwittingly purchased a business 100 metres away from a polling station, which ...

'Zombie field' of ACT election ads are 'killing businesses'

Nearby resident of Gilmore, Reg Philp, who is concerned about a proposed plastic recycling facility in Hume.

Angry Tuggeranong residents have small win in Hume plant fight

Hundreds of thousands attend South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.

Texans throw a spanner in Labor's ambitious festival plan

court

Officer found bloodstains at scene of alleged kidnapping, court hears

Two people have been injured in an incident at Eagle Farm Racecourse.

Two crushed to death by concrete panel at racecourse

QLD

Peter Allen's I Go to Rio is an acknowledged classic for many but rough sleepers in Bunbury might be sick of it.

'Disgraceful': City tells homeless to 'Go to Rio'

WA

A bushfire rages behind holidaymakers at Currarong, looking south towards the fire.

Holidaymakers evacuated by south coast fire

NSW

The 2016 election has seen an explosion in the number of corflutes.

Claims of dirty tricks in ACT election campaign

Michael Pezzullo said the Immigration Department has been bargaining in good faith.

Public service pay dispute could go five years

Govt to play chicken with public servants' careers

CPSU national secretary Nadine Flood the case might have implications across the rest of the public service

Arbitration ruling could have implications for public service pay talks, union says

The electoral "wind is at the back" of Democrats presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

'Energised' voters provide poll boost for Clinton

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Megyn Kelly

Fox News presenters clash over Trump

Republican vice-presidential nominee Governor Mike Pence.

'That Mexican thing' takes on life of its own after the VP debate

Attorney-General George Brandis consulted former Solicitor-General David Bennett after rejecting advice from Justin Gleeson.

Same-sex marriage plebiscite advice intensified Brandis row

EXCLUSIVE
Michaela Whitbourn

George Brandis' uncanny ability to put himself in the dock

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Coleman discharges a hopeless task

COMMENT
Amy Remeikis

NAB boss Andrew Thorburn.

NAB boss banned political donations 'to be clean'

Michael Koziol

Marcia Langton warns that the same-sex marriage plebiscite will 'unleash the dogs' on Aborigines in a referendum campaign.

Ditch plebiscite or hate will spread to referendum, PM warned

Michael Gordon

Attorney-General George Brandis is embroiled in a matter so esoteric we can't afford the legal advice to explain it here.

What price a legal battle at these giddy heights? A swirl of silk

Tony Wright

Martyn Iles of the Australian Christian Lobby.

Fighting fund to bankroll same-sex marriage legal actions

Qandeel Baloch.

Pakistan parliament passes legislation against 'honour killings'

The UK Independence Party's Steven Woolfe in June.

British MEP in hospital after 'altercation' at party meeting

Nick Miller

Apologies as 'Budgie 9' Australians are discharged

Haylena Krishnamoorthy

Dutch Foreign Minister Albert Koenders says parties must be disciplined in their approach to prosecution of the downing ...

Dutch minister urges patience in MH17 prosecution

Nick Miller

Kirsten Lawson

Down to odds and sods, and the tram

COMMENT
Kirsten Lawson

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Some people may well still abhor Skywhale, but many others have come to love her, both in Canberra and around the world.

How can Canberra be cool? Let loose and embrace diversity

COMMENT
Ciara O’Brien and Kim Huynh

Masters has taken down all pricing information from its website.

Masters cancels orders, cuts phones amid fire sale fail

Western Bulldogs were underdog victors in the AFL Grand Final against the Sydney Swans.

What Australia can learn from AFL, NRL underdogs

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

'Misrepresentation' by a borrower was more common when customers applied through a mortgage broker.

One in four 'stretch the truth' in mortgage applications

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Cronulla Sharks chief sponsor in strife

CBD
Sarah Danckert
50 mins ago

Careers Australia course 'flawed from moment we enrolled'

Foreign investors want longer mine lives: Klein

Credit card point chasers more hopeless than previously thought

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Dick Smith CEO Nick Abboud denies role in dud rebates

Zac and Jordan Stenmark in new perfume commercial they created for Giorgio Armani

Under the influence: 19 men ruling Australian fashion right now

Men's Style

Richard Branson granted new fathers at Virgin up to 12 months' paternity leave on full pay.

Ten inspiring books that every aspiring CEO must read

Culture

A pair of bronze Buddhist attendants, 18th century.

Chinese investors expected at sale of Buddhist and Hindu statues

James Cockington

JV and Simon on holiday together.

How to keep what's yours when a relationship fails

John Collett

Dan Kurzius, founder of MailChimp.

This company bucked all the start-up cliches and still succeeded

Farhad Manjoo

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 14: Oprah Winfrey revs up the audience on the set during the first taping of the "Oprah ...

Five ways your body language harms your career

James Adonis

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 09: Stephen Moore arrives to speak to media after the Australian Wallabies captain's run ...

Rugby great Stephen Moore sells Canberra home

Rubber thongs

20 things around your home with surprising cleaning powers

interior design

What your design style says about your personality

11 Mialli Place, O'Malley

Canberra's multi-million-dollar homes awaiting their new owner

The Linear Bed in American Walnut by Curious Grace.

How to choose the right furniture for your bedroom

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Mafia boss caught in secret room

30 mins ago

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Typhoon slams South Korea

28 mins ago

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Aaron Smith apologies for 'toilet tryst'

1 hr ago

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Fab four's greatest hits

Banks

Sun's up: Monday is predicted to be in the 30s.

Sydney, you're in for a scorcher.

no activity

The hilarious Stan Original comedy No Activity, now streaming

the circus

Every episode of The Circus now streaming on Stan.

Why more people are studying online

Advertiser Content

Activities that could make your kids smarter

Advertiser Content

The business rules of attraction

Advertiser

Lady Gaga at the Maxwell Spring/Summer 2017 collection at The Russian Tea Room in New York, where she showcased songs ...

Lady Gaga launches new album with a dive bar tour

Kerrie O'Brien

White people are cross at Netflix for its supposed lack of 'racial diversity' in <i>Luke Cage</i>

Quit whining, white folk. How can all-black show be racist?

COMMENT
Michael Lallo

Flight Facilities may not look like classical musicians but the ARIA for classical album of the year is now in their hands.

Flight Facilities' "classical" ARIA Award prompts outcry

Bernard Zuel

Matt Goss and Luke Goss announce the reunion.

Hearthrob boyband pair will get back together - aged 48

Bernard Zuel

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2012 file photo, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at the iHeart Radio Music Festival ...

Green Day announce Australian stadium tour

Bernard Zuel

Temperton and his wife Kathy attending a Teenage Cancer Trust concert in London in 2012.

'Invisible man' behind Jackson's Thriller dies

New animated series from Working Dog ... <i>Pacific Heat</i>.

Santo Cilauro says Pacific Heat is more Scooby-Doo than Archer

Garry Maddox

Shannon Noll.

The reality of Australian Idol: Shannon Noll slams talent shows

Loren Hunter, left and Laura Murphy in Wicked. Photo Janelle McMenamin

Wicked is coming to Canberra

Robyn Malcolm plays the foreign minister in The Code.

Canberra's blue-steel moment in explosive TV finale of The Code

spoilers

A stark white horse/man hybrid casually holds a human skull in the exhibition Equus Homo.

Oz Gothic 'horse men' galloping at Tuggeranong

''To suggest I'm putting myself in this vulnerable position for short-term fame is quite offensive'': <i>The ...

What The Bachelorette exposes about our dating culture

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards
1 hr ago

A one-size-fits-all approach is careless, writes Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen.

It's time to admit we haven't solved the problem of contraception

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Michael Cox and Taylor Anderton want to have a baby.

Michael and Taylor's desire to have a baby divides Australia

COMMENT
Claire Pullen

Compelling viewing: The fourth season of Girls starts on Monday.

Lena Dunham heard your criticism of Girls - and agrees

Jenny Noyes

Cate Blanchett attends the IWC Gala in honour of The British Film Institute at Rosewood Hotel on October 4, 2016 in ...

Red carpet watch: Cate Blanchett puts a spin on Snow White

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 31: Reese Witherspoon is seen on March 31, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by ...

The giant tote becomes the must-have bag again

Melissa Singer

Thousands of women demonstrate in front of the Polish parliament against a legislative project that will effectively ...

Why a work strike is the perfect way to protest an abortion ban

COMMENT
Naomi Chainey

"My desire not to commit isn't about the men I meet; it's about me. For a while, I would feel bad about hurting these ...

Men don't believe me when I tell them I don't want commitment

Anjali Sareen

Do cold baths help? It depends.

Ice baths: helping or hindering your performance?

Sarah Berry

Tully Smyth was 15 when her mother's younger onset Alzheimer's was diagnosed.

It was a fate worse than Tully Smyth could imagine

Sarah Berry

Sugar: part of the problem.

Big Sugar wasn't only nutrition science manipulator

Chicken stir-fried in XO sauce.

27 speedy stir-fry recipes

A sight for weeping eyes.

How do I stop my eyes from watering when I chop onions?

Richard Cornish

<a href="http://www.essentialkids.com.au/recipes/steamed-fish-with-spring-greens-20150908-42dxw.html" ...

19 excellent zucchini recipes that you need to try this spring

Corissa with her son, who she calls Gizmo

Mum left speechless after stranger pulls out toddler's dummy

Cat Rodie

Issac in his outfit.

'I am fuming': mum explodes after delivery driver's comment

Cat Rodie

Mount Franklin water bottle on Friday 22, February, 2008 SMH News Mount Franklin photo by Peter Morris ...

"Bottle-flip" craze has parents flipping out

Ariane Beeston

Angry hotel woman

The 10 most annoying things about hotels

Michael Gebicki

Jennifer Aniston finds a little surprise in her first class seat.

Jennifer Aniston moves to economy class in new Emirates A380 ad

Bryan Brown voices travelling goose Dave in the new Air New Zealand campaign.

Air NZ plans to be the new transit hub for America flights

Craig Platt

Pixel is filled with all sorts of custom tweaks not found in the standard version of Android.

Why Google's Pixel is the anti-iPhone

COMMENT
Tim Biggs

The Samsung Galaxy Note7.

Smoking Samsung prompts plane evac

TwoSpace co-founders Tashi Dorjee and Rob Walker are launching their service in Sydney next week.

TwoSpace turns closed restaurants into co-working spaces

Mahesh Sharma

snes

The best video game control pads

Kotaku
26 mins ago

The rocket carrying Sky Muster II lifts off.

NBN product launch was out of this world

Stephen Hutcheon

Ford Australia's Broadmeadows plant.

Could Ford have been saved?

Andrew MacLean

Bentley Flying Spur V8 S

The app that brings fuel to you

Dom Tripolone

Volkswagen has announced details for its updated 2017 Passat range

VW confirms new Passat prices

Andrew MacLean

Ford's final Australian car will be a kinetic blue Falcon XR8 Sprint.

Ford to keep final cars

David McCowen

The Mazda3 was the most popular new model in September.

SUV boom continues

Stephen Ottley

AMG plans a successor to its electric-powered SLS E-Cell

Mercedes-AMG outlines hybrid plans

Daniel DeGasperi

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Topor-Stanley's eyes on the prize, not contract talks

Diamonds midcourter Gabi Simpson says competition between women's sports "creates growth".

Cricket deal to create 'snowball effect' for women's sports

From green, to green and gold: Raiders Shannon Boyd.

'Don't put on too much weight': Boyd's bizarre Kangaroos call

Sam Fisher has been selected to test in this year's AFL draft combine.

Fisher to fly the Canberra flag at AFL draft combine

NRL Qualifying Final Canberra Raiders v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at GIO Stadium Canberra. Crowds and Fans Farrah ...

Have your say in the Raiders' fan survey

fan survey

Katie Mack.

Meteor Mack rejoins Stars in WBBL

Racing pioneer: Barbara Joseph with son and training partner Paul Jones.

Joseph adds another accolade to trophy case

26092015. Sydney Races. Jockey Hugh Bowman rides Winx in an Exhibition gallop, during Sydney racing at Rosehill Gardens. ...

Winx, Hartnell set for big blue in Cox Plate