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GENERIC: The Nishi Building, New Acton Canberra. Photo by Melissa Adams of The Canberra Times.

The lucky public servants headed to Nishi building

Noel Towell

This is not the first safety incident to occur at one of Australia's premier theme parks.

Fatalities follow history of accidents at Queensland theme park

Georgina Mitchell

Man ran over neighbour in car during argument in Freshwater: police

Police investigate accident that left motorcyclist dead

Emily Baker

Robert Ellis outside Denpasar District Court after his sentencing on Tuesday.

'Despicable' Australian paedophile sentenced to 15 years' jail in Bali

Jewel Topsfield

A photo of Luke Lee and girlfriend Katelyn Debono attached to the tree that was hit by the car Luke was driving .

Luke texted his mum to say he was OK, minutes later he was dead

Underage sexting carries hefty penalties including a maximum jail sentence of 15 years.

Schools tackle sexting as researcher warns it's becoming 'normal'

Emily Baker

Why Assange's latest 'bombshells' on Clinton failed to detonate

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Australian couple hit the jackpot with $95m property sale

Housing crisis not just about supply: MP wants his inquiry back

Peter Martin

Warmer weather brings out European wasps

Sarah Kleven

Pokie payouts a 'myth': landmark legal action

Royce Millar and Ben Schneiders

The Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld.

Four dead at Dreamworld: 'We saw a little girl screaming for her mum'

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John Kissick is expected to make a full recovery from his fractured spine.

Jockey hurt after a nasty cattle riding fall

US President Barack Obama has trolled presidential candidate Donald Trump on late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live

'At least I'll go down as President': Obama trolls Trump

Tourists at Sydney Opera House. Sydney Harbour. Tourism. Tuesday 13th December 2012. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH ...

Sydney's not as good as the world thinks it is, study finds

Sugar: every little bit counts.

If you have high cholesterol, the culprit may be sugar

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'Get this Donald. Nasty women vote!'

nikon

20 dazzling photos of a world you need a microscope to see

MIgraines

The surprising reason some foods may trigger migraines

Fuming Victory coach accuses referee of ...

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A long hot summer waiting for the train

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Single intersection key to immediate congestion ...

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New Canberra Liberals leader Alistair Coe, right, with his new deputy, Nicole Lawder, on Tuesday.

'Canberra is a tough town for the Liberal Party': Coe

Warmer weather brings out European wasps

Canberra building with 'great history, great story' hits market

Aspen Medical's Glenn Keys and Dr Andrew Walker in Canberra.

Canberrans named entrepreneurs of the year

The man pleaded guilty to unlawful confinement, assault and rape.

Woman raped, forced to carve man's initials into her arm

GENERIC: The Nishi Building, New Acton Canberra. Photo by Melissa Adams of The Canberra Times.

The lucky public servants headed to Nishi building

The ACT's greyhound industry inflated the level of its support during a PR stunt.

Greyhound industry exaggerated level of support in campaign

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 25: Emergency services are seen attending 1 Eaglet St after a ceiling collapse injured ...

Ceiling collapses in building where PM was meeting

QLD

MAKING A SPLASH: New Plymouth swimmer Charlotte Webby beat Australia's Laura Crockart by more than a minute to win the ...

Drones to watch over swimmers amid shark fears

WA

The King's School headmaster Tim Hawkes outside the royal commission in 2015.

Elite school admits 'catastrophic failure'

NSW

Alistair Coe has become the leader of the ACT LIberal party and and Nicole Lawder his deputy. Photo by Karleen Minney.

ACT Liberals get new leadership after election loss

Julian Assange.

WikiFlops: Assange's latest 'bombshells' on Clinton fail to detonate

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Surge of early voters favour Clinton over Trump

Nick O'Malley

Boris Epshteyn and Cliff Sims with Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway appear on Facebook Live.

Donald Trump launches his own nightly cable-style news show

Nick O'Malley

GENERIC: The Nishi Building, New Acton Canberra. Photo by Melissa Adams of The Canberra Times.

The lucky public servants headed to Nishi building

'Rejected': Senior DHS executive Hank Jongen .

Public service bargaining brawl gets day in court

Nearly 29 million calls to Centrelink got a busy signal in the past year.

Still off the hook: Centrelink hangs up on 29 million calls

Malcolm Turnbull has the report on the collapse of the census website.

Census debacle laid bare: Turnbull to decide which heads will roll

Peter Martin

Housing not just about supply, says Lib MP who wants his inquiry back

Peter Martin

Taxpayers slugged for Joe Hockey's babysitting bills

EXCLUSIVE

Australian Statistician David Kalisch during a press conference on the ABS census outage in Parliament House Canberra on ...

'Unreserved' apology but no one sacked for #censusfail debacle

Live
Stephanie Peatling

Christine Forster: "The lord mayor's administration has become very complacent."

Tony Abbott's sister describes plebiscite as a 'shitty political deal'

Justin Gleeson is universally admired for his keen legal mind.

Who would want to be Solicitor-General?

COMMENT
Michaela Whitbourn

Dinkus for Mark Kenny . Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Pressure mounts on Brandis to salvage some honour in bunfight

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

An injured Pakistani commando lies down on a bed at a local hospital.

Gunmen kill dozens in attack on police academy in Pakistan

Arrested: Farmer Virgilio Mettifogo doesn't want his purchased land to be designated part of Indian territory.

Brazil farmers face charges over shootings

Alex Spengler and Izabela Sanchez

A powerful blast at a prefabricated house in north-western China on Monday killed at least seven people and injured ...

Deadly explosion rips through building in Chinese town

FILE-In this July 7, 2014 file photo, Chicago police display some of the thousands of illegal firearms they confiscated ...

It was just a 'normal' weekend in Chicago, with 37 people shot

Childcare

Billions on childcare failing women, economy and children

COMMENT
Matt Wade

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Attorney-General George Brandis maintains the new restrictions are legal.

Brandis' future unclear over dysfunctional relationships

COMMENT
George Williams
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Allhomes Canberra. Domain. Octtober 24, 2016.?50 Bunda Street, Canberra, is for sale.

City building home to Academy and Shorty's hits the market

Clive Palmer's Paradise Point mansion has sold.

Clive Palmer fails to turn a profit on the sale of his mansion

What solutions can we come up with for Australia's housing affordability problem?

Solutions beyond supply to the housing affordability problem

Canberra Domain Allhomes. 16 Brown Street, Yarralumla. Standout sale - June 18, 2016.

The suburb home to some of the ACT's most expensive real estate

Today show presenter Karl Stefanovic with his wife Cassandra in happier times.

Karl Stefanovic's family home looks set to hit the market

Temple & Webster is bleeding as much as $800,000 a month.

Bleeding from the Temple: retailer losing $800,000 a month

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

Bega can't find the magic formula to crack Chinese market

Colin Kruger, CBD

CFMEU assistant state secretary John Setka.

CFMEU leaders re-elected in one-horse race

Demand for skilled cyber security experts is expected to increase in coming years.

La Trobe and Optus join forces to create futuristic cities

Ardent Leisure shares sold down after Dreamworld tragedy

Offshore investor swoops on country supermarkets

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DEXUSProperty forecasts solid rental growth

Joyce pushes for resolution of disrupted Indonesian cattle trade

The transparent MP-05 LaFerrari Sapphire inspired by the LaFerrari Supercar.

12 of the most amazing watches inspired by luxury cars

Watches

The master, Michael Madrusan, at work.

The heartbreaking future of Australian nightlife

Fine Drinks

NAB is switching its credit card customers to Visa.

NAB credit card customers risk bad credit record

John Collett and Caitlin Fitzsimmons

The average person's wealth doubles from when they're in the 25-34 age bracket to a decade later.

The decade that doubles the average person's wealth

Alison Hill, author of a new book called Stand Out.

Four ways you're sabotaging your career

Alexandra Cain

As a trustee's name appears on documentation, there is often confusion when a company acts as trustee.

Help. How do I draw up this employee contract?

Max Newnham

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Kuztnetsova's mid-match haircut

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Mexico kicks off Day of the Dead

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Trump blames media for 'phony polls'

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How to make sushi sandwiches

Cartoon by Alan Moir. ?Brandis Sol?

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Oct 26

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New Season of Blunt Talk now streaming on Stan.

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Ash vs Evil Dead Season 3 - now streaming on Stan.

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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Sole Survivor Kristie had us all fooled.

Australian Survivor winner had fans fooled

Aja Styles

Marvel's Jessica Jones

Marvel's Jessica Jones gets an all-female director lineup

US President Barack Obama has trolled presidential candidate Donald Trump on late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live

'At least I'll go down as President': Obama trolls Trump

Opera Australia's <i>My Fair Lady</i> is the biggest selling show to play at the Sydney Opera House.

Why musicals have sparked major drama in the opera world

Debbie Cuthbertson

Pete Burns

Pete Burns of Dead or Alive and You Spin Me Round fame dead, 57

Rob Moran

Kristie stares into the void.

Was this the dumbest move on Australian Survivor?

Rob Moran

Brianna Hildebrand and Ryan Reynolds in <i>Deadpool</i>.

Deadpool 2 director quits over 'creative differences' with star

Ebony Bowden

Lady Gaga has pulled back the curtain on the woman inside with her new album Joanne.

Lady Gaga's Joanne album is seriously disappointing

Bernard Zuel

Despite the rain, Saturday was a dream come true for Morgan Skillman and Scott Andrew.

Second time lucky for Morgan and Scott's Canberra wedding

Portrait of Andrew Snell, Director of Rollercoaster Digital who is presenting at Thursday's Festival of Ambitious Ideas.

Innovators unite to share ambitious ideas

International opera star Sumi Jo is one of the singers in Voices in the Forest 2016.

Erratic weather forces Voices in the Forest to move indoors

Aidan Turner smoulders again in season two of Poldark.

BBC blunder: TV shows need to quit peddling this hero myth

Clementine Ford

Chris Hemsworth responds to Elsa Pataky split rumours.

Chris Hemsworth's cheeky response to divorce rumours

Amy Croffey

'The Red Pill' filmmaker Cassie Jaye found many Men's Rights Activists arguments convincing and shifted her focus.

Petition gets screening of controversial MRA doco cancelled

Jenny Noyes

Australian fashion designer Carla Zampatti with her newly designed uniforms for Wespac staff being launched at the Royal ...

Westpac unveils first official hijab, designed by Carla Zampatti

Jenna Clarke

"No" was the main motif of the 2008 collection.

Fifteen years on, Viktor & Rolf defend black face collection

Jenna Clarke

"How can they make changes with less than 12 months' notice?" asks Amy Shipp, pictured here with her daughter, Emily. "I ...

'Where are we going to find an extra $12,000 in three months?'

COMMENT
Jenna Price

A woman joins others gathering at a starting point before marching for "yoga pants parade".

This is what happens when you tell women not to wear yoga pants

Ariana Lenarsky.

Woman tweets alleged groping incident on plane

Jenny Noyes

Love releases healthy hormones for your heart.

From sleep to sex, the new rules for healthy hearts

India Sturgis

From stronger muscles to a smarter brain.

Weightlifting your way to a bigger brain

Sarah Berry

Sugar: every little bit counts.

If you have high cholesterol, the culprit may be sugar

Irene Maher

Sushi sandwiches from Adam Liaw's new cookbook The Zen Kitchen.

Adam Liaw: how to make sushi sandwiches

Crispy skinned snapper with macadamia cream.

Richard Cornish's rules for storing fresh fish

Neil Perry's spicy stir fried prawns and scallops with garlic stems, spring onions and snow peas.

Spicy stir-fried prawns with scallops and XO

Neil Perry

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It's a far greater threat than Zika, but much less discussed

Catherine Saint Louis

Today show presenter Karl Stefanovic with his wife Cassandra in happier times.

Cassandra Thorburn deserves applause for Today Show ratings win

Tooth Fairy caught on camera!

Dad captures Tooth Fairy on camera with son, 5

Cat Rodie

The spectacular Hang En cave, Quang Binh.

The incredible Asian beach that's deep underground

Peter Barrett

Tourists at Sydney Opera House. Sydney Harbour. Tourism. Tuesday 13th December 2012. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH ...

Sydney's not as good as the world thinks it is, study finds

Annie Dang

Malekula is one of Vanuatu's 14 main islands.

The mysterious Pacific paradise where cannibalism kept going

Elspeth Callender

When working correctly, portrait mode applies a blur to background objects.

'Portrait mode' arrives for iPhone 7 Plus

Henry Cooke

Camilla Whittington is studying the evolution of pregnancy in three species: the rat, shark and lizard.

Fascination with male pregnancy delivers

Bridie Smith

Foxtel Play is offering a free taste of HBO's sci-fi hit <i>Westworld</i>, hoping you'll sign up in order to see how it ...

Foxtel Play embraces try before you buy with HBO's Westworld

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Chinese firm Hangzhou Xiongmai has admitted its cameras and other devices are vulnerable to being taken over by hackers, ...

IoT attacks: smart devices, dumb security

Paper Mario exists in a world of cardboard and crafts.

Paper Mario: reams of fun with arts and craft

Tim Biggs

2016 Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series Single Cab Chassis GXL

LandCruiser ute prices revealed

David McCowen

New Holden Colorado was put through its paces at the Lang Lang Proving Ground in Victoria.

Holden expands proving ground

Toby Hagon

The complete package: as well as excellent dynamics and efficiency, the Volkswagen Golf R offers commendable road manners.

What hot hatch should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

2017 Subaru Impreza.

New Subaru Impreza prices revealed

Stephen Ottley

The seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf will be updated in November.

Updated VW Golf coming soon

Greg Kable

Ford's Ranger could join the SuperUtes grid (Illustration)

Utes to join V8 Supercar circus

David McCowen

John Kissick is expected to make a full recovery from his fractured spine.

John Kissick fractures spine

Junior Paulo has impressed ringside observers of his boxing training.

Paulo ready for boxing rumble with Gallen

Former Brumbies team manager Ben Gathercole is the new Triathlon Australia high performance director.

Brumbies manager Ben Gathercole changes sports

Basket-Australia v Serbia. Patty Mills.19th August 2016, Brazil Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Fairfaxmedia Picture by Joe Armao

Mills takes on big guns in NBA opener

Canberra's Jason Tutt has been starved of chances since Brendon Bolton took over the reins at Princes Park.

Tutt caught in Carlton 'twilight' zone

Canberra's Katrina Powell will be inducted into Hockey Australia's Hall of Fame.

Katrina Powell inducted into hockey Hall of Fame

Perfect fit: New Giants recruit Brett Deledio poses in his new colours.

Giants prove perfect fit for Deledio

New boy: Kyle Godwin is keen to make his Test debut on the Wallabies' spring tour.

Wallabies Rookie backs Cheika