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Transport and Municipal Services Minister Meegan Fitzharris.

This could be the world's tallest 6-star white elephant

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Elizabeth Knight
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NEWS 14/10/2016 Photo supplied by cousin?Tashi Wangmo Tobgyel? Tashi Palden Dorjee, pictured as a child with the Fourth ...

'He was so young': Crash victim remembered as caring, hard-working man

Katie Burgess

The audio covering 17 years of interviews with between Howard Stern and Donald Trump has been released by CNN.

Howard Stern: why I won't replay old Trump interviews

Be good during the week, treat yourself at the weekend.

The benefits of turning the 5:2 diet on its head

One of the released girls (right) is met by a Nigerian government official in Abuja.

What happened to the girls who refused to be Boko Haram wives

Letting somebody else live in our space – even if it springs from necessity such as "we need someone to feed the cat ...

Don't be fooled, housesitters are judging you and your home

Man battles strong winds

SMH GOOD LIVING. One and a half butternut pumpkin.
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The simple hack for peeling a butternut pumpkin

You're probably pronouncing 'Adidas' wrong

Living in the shadow of disability

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Ian Smith gives surprising Prisoner insights on ...

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Accused Australian paedophile Robert Ellis says ...

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Police seized 20 firearms in a 15-month-long operation.

Cash, guns and a Ned Kelly suit seized as police target crime gangs

Defence warns jury of 'tarnished witnesses' in kidnapping trial

Vote counting centre placed in lockdown after alarm raised

Floriade has ended for another year. Floriade head gardener Andrew Forster. Photo: Jamila Toderas

Floriade 2016: all wrapped up and turfed out until next year

Clive and Jacqui Ingram, pictured with their daughter Caitlin, have been living in Australia since 2011.

South African family's bid to stay in Canberra denied

Prosecution invites jury to find alleged kidnapping pair guilty

The first female students on Canberra Boys Grammar School campus in preparation for 2017. (from left) Charlize King, ...

A big step forward for Grammar

Ben Cousins outside Armadale Magistrates Court.

Ben Cousins fidgety, agitated as he fronts court

Gable Tostee arrives at the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Gable Tostee jury struggle for unanimous verdict

Witnesses are being sought to an incident at the Hellenic Club early on Saturday morning.

Vote counting centre placed in lockdown

Behind bars: Much is made of the high incarceration rate of Aborigines compared with their proportion in the population.

'They ignored their duty of care to the children'

Damien Murphy

Hillary Rodham, second from left in the back row, poses with her debate team in 1965 at Maine South High School.

'Keep the race clean': When Hillary Clinton first ran for president

Not all publicity is good publicity: the risk to Trump Inc

Michael Evans

Angry and mobilised - but to where? Donald Trump supporter outside a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary ...

Fears of Election Day disorder if Donald Trump loses

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

John Lloyd had dismissed the industrial action that had taken place so far, saying it had little effect.

We're not stripping conditions: Public Service Commissioner

Concerns mount over lack of clear candidate for attorney-general

Private detectives using hidden cameras have sunk the workers' comp claim of a Canberra public servant.

Busted: hidden camera unravels public service compo claim

Senator Penny Wong grilled John Lloyd in an estimates hearing.

If you end up facing Penny Wong in estimates, you should probably run

COMMENT
Amy Remeikis

Finally we get electronic voting. Wait...for the Parliament?

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Albanese fails to endorse Shorten's ally for Senate

James Massola

United Nations special rapporteur Michel Forst.

'Fear, censorship and retaliation': UN rapporteur slams Oz

Former prime minister Tony Abbott in Parliament on Tuesday during the debate on gun laws.

Abbott and Shorten pressure PM over gun laws

The definitive guide to One Nation's policies

The eight-year hitch: Shenhua Watermark mine to pass kill date

Ahok's remarks about opposition to his candidacy citing the Koran have triggered furious protests among some sections of ...

Koran trouble for Jakarta governor as elections loom

Jewel Topsfield

Malaysian military and police patrol outside a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysia on alert for militants fleeing Iraq

Russian President Vladimir Putin and RT's Editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan in Moscow, Russia.

Freeze of Russian channel's accounts a shock to free speech

COMMENT
Nick Miller

Steven Woolfe speaks at a UKIP meeting in London in 2014.

Would-be leader of UKIP quits, saying party in a 'death spiral'

An investor who bought stakes in China's 10 smallest listed companies and sold them after 12 months, would have had an ...

Australians are ignoring a crisis that's bigger than Brexit

COMMENT
Matt Wade

The latest cartoons from David Pope

It is possible to have high taxes and prosperity.

It's possible to have high taxes and prosperity

Bryden Spurling

An understanding of the workings of the central government as well as the role of provincial governments is essential to ...

Doing business in China involves playing by strict rules

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Annabel Spring, Commonwealth Bank, head of wealth management, Lucy Turnbull, Greater Sydney Commission, chief ...

Funds need to invest in housing, says Australian Super chair

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Sharp jump in property owners failing to pay rates

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Westpac treasurer Curt Zuber said he believed regulators around the world were paying more attention to the trade-off ...

Banks say global capital arms race abating

Commonwealth Bank joins fight for social justice

Masters landlords challenge Home Consortium deal

Investors head for the burbs as city stock dries up

Crown had been warned not to 'whale hunt' by authorities

Will and Karlie's Block apartment in Port Melbourne.

These are the hottest new trends for kitchens for next year

Buyers eye Macgregor as Canberra property prices soar

How to make the most of outdoor space with minimum effort

Canberra Domain Allhomes. 20 Dobbin Circuit, Nicholls. October 18, 2016.?

A classic entertainer residence in tightly held Nicholls

Letting somebody else live in our space â even if it springs from necessity such as "we need someone to feed the cat ...

Yes, I'm judging your home when I'm housesitting for you

Baccarat is the game of choice for whales.

Moby rich: Tactics casinos use to lure high-rolling 'whales'

Lifestyle

Complete your races outfit with the perfect hat.

Why the perfect hat makes a winning look at the races

Men's Style

Consumers have been growing more cautious on the housing market, despite high auction clearance rates in Melbourne and ...

Consumer caution may dampen property party

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

There is a reason why airlines do the safety demonstration while the plane is still on the ground.

Exits and oxygen masks: create your emergency financial plan

Melissa Browne

Rob Caslick is the ultimate social entrepreneur.

Think you're busy? Meet Rob Caslick

Alexandra Cain

Kate Carnell is calling for consultation on 'loaded rates'.

Could this scheme really replace penalty rates?

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Melania Trump addresses husband's 'offensive' words

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2015, file photo, Amy Schumer arrives at the GQ Men of the Year Party at the Chateau Marmont in ...

Amy Schumer blasts 'Orange monster'

Fire attack on North Carolina GOP office

The last White House state dinner

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Oct 19

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House of Lies Season 4 - now streaming on Stan.

Arctic Adventure Norm of the North

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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Fine motor skills: What should you expect?

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The business rules of attraction

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Graham Norton's first novel, a quiet book about unremarkable people, has impressed critics.

Graham Norton's first novel reveals how far he's come

Louise Schwartzkoff

Ian Smith wrote Prisoner and eventually starred in the show.

Ian Smith gives surprising Prisoner insights on Family Feud

Aja Styles

Howard Stern may not be keen to air the audio covering 17 years of interviews with between himself and Donald Trump, but ...

Stern won't replay old Trump tapes as 'it would be a betrayal'

Elahe Izadi

Ali Elamine pictured with his former wife Sally Faulkner.

'Media took her side': Ali Elamine responds to Australian Story

Suzan Haidamous and Latika Bourke

Perth's Pendulum will play Origin NYE on December 31 which will be their first show since 2011.

Pendulum reunites only to snub all but one Australian city

Greta Andrews-Taylor

Billy Bush was suspended after the video was released and now it has been confirmed he is leaving he show permanently.

Chelsea Handler makes a point about Billy Bush sacking

Ebony Bowden

Bankable: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, who starred in the high grossing <i>San Andreas</i>, earned $US64.5 million in the ...

YouTube recruits Dwayne Johnson for new sci-fi series

Rob Moran

Azealia Banks files police report against Crowe: reports

Aja Styles

David 'Dsee' Chavez and Ian 'Swaze' Ballesteros with their mural of Jackie Chan on Challis Street Dickson. Photo Elesa Kurtz

Canberra's own 'China Town' in Dickson gets a new mural

Tim Cope with Tigon, who accompanied him on his 10,000-kilometre journey.

Library rules go to the dogs for special visit from author

Trajavu founders Reuben Khong, Marshall Clifton and Jeanette Zhang.

How to travel like a local in Canberra

The benefits of turning the 5:2 diet on its head

Esther Wallace

US President Barack Obama and US First Lady Michelle Obama during an arrival for Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien ...

How the Obamas modernised the state dinner

Azealia Banks wants to stop "being a crazy girl".

Azealia Banks: 'Maybe it's time to stop being a crazy girl'

Amy Croffey

Bed by 11pm: The nature of dating changes with age.

My dating rules for the forty-something woman

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Kerri Sackville

What happened to the girls who refused to become wives

Saman Shad's six-month-old son was on childcare waitlists since well before he was born, but none of them have a place ...

It's that time of year when women find out if we can afford to work

Saman Shad

Captain Madeleine Habib - pictured here on the Aurora Australis in 2013 - was detained and jailed by the Israeli ...

Meet the Aussie who skippered an all-female boat in protest

Daisy Dumas

Body Image Movement founder Taryn Brumfitt (C) with Business Chicks CEO Emma Isaacs (L) and Lorna Jane Clarkson (R).

Taryn Brumfitt under fire after Lorna Jane Facebook post

Mary Ward

A question of design? Small changes to how we move or sit in space can make big differences.

From 'geeks' to fitness freaks

Sarah Berry

What we put in one end can change how it comes out the other.

How food affects the smell of your farts

Why crawling is the new 'plank'

Vicky Hallett

Throw another meat substitute on the barbie.

Why do vegans replicate meat if they are so opposed to it?

Richard Cornish

Virgilio Martinez from the restaurant Central in Lima, Peru?

Why this chef poisons himself in the quest for great food

Sharnee Rawson

Lao and Thai street food comes to Braddon

Natasha Rudra

Ben Needham disappeared 25 years ago on the Greek island of Kos.

After 25 years, police close case of missing British toddler

Reuters

Sofia Sanchez, 7, is letting the world know how much she loves herself as she is.

Sofia, 7, says Down syndrome is 'exciting, not scary'

Cat Rodie

Christopher Cornelius holds the 'Thank You' sign in the center of this photo.

Boy who wrote about having no friends now has thousands

Ariane Beeston

Pag Island, Croatia, is the thinking traveller's Ibiza, a pumping Mediterranean party island that attracts all of the ...

The 10 hottest new party towns around the world

Ben Groundwater

Know that feeling when your jeans start to feel a bit tight after just a few weeks of travelling...

How to lose weight on holiday without even trying

Ben Groundwater

Explore Qantas' new international lounge at Brisbane Airport.

Photos: Take a look inside Qantas' newest international lounge

Kylie McLaughlin

Trolls prompt Disney rethink on Twitter buy

Dr Edwin Hawkins from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute stands alongside his 'cellular CCTV' footage: a revolutionary ...

Cancerous cells at their most destructive

Bridie Smith

Over the years, many people have come up with illustrations of what the Apple Car may look like.

How Apple backed away from its game-changing car plans

Mark Gurman and Alex Webb

Just the facts ma'am: Google aims to highlight news articles which strive for accuracy and weed out political half-truths

Google News introduces 'fact check' label

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Oculus Rift was the first virtual reality headset to come to the attention of consumers.

Searching for virtual reality's 'killer app'

Pavel Alpeyev

Ford to bring back the Escape

Dom Tripolone

Apple has been testing its own autonomous vehicle system.

How Apple scaled back its titanic plan to take on Detroit

Mark Gurman and Alex Webb

The ACCC will examine fuel efficiency claims as part of its study into the car industry.

ACCC sets sights on car industry

David McCowen

The Audi e-tron quattro concept revealed at the 2015 Frankfurt motor show.

Audi reveals EV name

Greg Kable

New Infiniti Q30 reviewed

Daniela Intili and Stephen Ottley

2016 Volkswagen Polo 'beats' special edition.

VW teams up with beats

Dom Tripolone

Canberra Olympic goalkeeper Ange Konstantinou says they can't be happy with simply making the FFA Cup semi-final.

Olympic dream can't stop with Sydney semi

Australian cricket legend Steve Waugh has a solution to fix Nick Kyrgios.

Kyrgios just needs to go to Waugh to fix himself

David Taylor of the Gold Coast Titans is among the players charged as part of the CCC drugs investigation.

Raiders give ex-Origin star Taylor chance to prove he's still got it

From left, Australia center Liz Cambage, guard Tessa Lavey (4), center Marianna Tolo (14) and guard Penny Taylor cheer ...

Tolo WNBL's best as Capitals win back to back games

Canberra Olympic midfielder Daniel Colbertaldo played for Tuggeranong United the last time an A-League club was in town ...

Olympic calling for Canberra's backing

Clare Lawton, Britt Tully, Jess Bibby, Ellie Brush and Ella Ross will be playing for the GWS women's AFL team next year. ...

Canberra women Giants begin AFL mission

Kyrgios and Andy Murray after the Scot's win at Wimbledon this year.

Kyrgios must be willing to confront his demons

COMMENT

Comeback: David Pocock insists facing the All Blacks at Eden Park is 'a big challenge but that's exciting in sport'.