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One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson (centre) listens to marine scientist Alison Jones as she displays a coral on the Great ...

Hanson in hot water over Great Barrier Reef dive

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro.

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro dead, says brother Raul

breaking

Cuban President Fidel Castro gives a speech in Havana in 2004.

Castro was a spiritual beacon for the far left

Kate Swaffer was diagnosed with dementia eight years ago.

'It's the only disease I know of where you're told to go home and die'

Using a phone illegally while driving causes more fatal crashes in NSW than not wearing a seatbelt.

It's undeniable: mobile phones are killing us

COMMENT
Garry Linnell

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull needs to work on his team

How Turnbull can shape up for the new year

COMMENT
James Massola

Donald Trump's family settle in for the good times

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

One Nation buoyed by regional disaffection with Nationals

Alex was the rarest of arsonists: a true pyromaniac

Year's biggest box office 'turkeys'

Bait and switch: How companies fake customer online reviews

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

On track: Jordan Turner (left) and Connor Cheeseman train at Stromlo Forest Park.

First it was Hodgson, then Whitehead. Now meet the Raiders' latest Englishman

Caden Helmers
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Struggling: South African batsman Hashim Amla has been dismissed cheaply in all bar one of his four innings so far in ...

Test evenly poised as South Africa chip away at Aussies' advantage

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Canberra Nerf Games member Orrin Shilton with other participants at Weston Park.

Waging war all in a day's action for Canberra Nerf Games

A giant cuttlefish in its natural habitat.

Solving the mystery of all the cuttlefish bones at the coast

Canberra United celebrates a goal against Newcastle.

Sports hub: Heyman guides Canberra to crushing win

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Firies battle blaze in Bowral

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The best cheeses around Australia

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Aussie snowfalls, one week out from summer

Pacquiao says Mayweather rematch still a ...

9:24PM

Takedown wins the Winterbottom Stakes and Hong ...

9:20PM

Nevill delivers message to selectors with ...

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Canberra Domain Allhomes. 1 Wells Gardens, Griffith. November 26, 2016.?

Swimming pools: An investment worth diving into

An artist impression of the proposed Gungahlin cinema and entertainment precinct.

Construction of Gungahlin's new cinema precinct to begin in 2017

21 Scarborough Street, Red Hill.

Spring season wraps up with two multimillion-dollar sales

Auction watch
Rachel Packham

17 Upton Street, Altona.

Auction results: Find out what sold in your neighbourhood

The Northbourne Avenue public housing flats are among the 11,500 ACT housing properties that racked up almost $3.5 ...

Northbourne Avenue transformation a step closer

Tazeen Taj with her son Aaqil Ansary, 2, looking through children's books at Tuggeranong Library as part of the ACT's ...

Bonanza for book lovers as ACT libraries sell old stock

'I'm going to burn this car with you in it': man accused of attack on ex

ACT government calls for ideas for stage 2 of light rail network

Former Capital Football chief executive Heather Reid.

Soccer coach ordered to pay $182k for defamatory Facebook posts

ANU Art Student Kirrily Humphries stands before a notice appealing from her stolen artwork to be returned.

Artwork stolen from ANU School of Art graduate exhibition

Speed camera

Canberra motorbike rider caught speeding 70km/h above limit

Graeme Shaw from Shaw Vineyard Estate.

Singapore link pays off for Yass Valley producers

Police are appealing for public help to find three pygmy marmoset monkeys - including a four-week-old baby - stolen from ...

Stolen baby monkey at risk without mother

NSW

Flames sweep towards the heritage-listed NSW Central Coast town of Catherine Hill Bay on October 12, 2013.

Fire starter: Alex got caught out by 17 triple zero calls

NSW

Pints are back on the menu at two popular waterholes in Perth after some public pressure.

Pints are back: Pubs succumb to beer pressure

WA

Daryl Corcoran's cousin has given tribute to him after he was slain on Tuesday. Mr Corcoran is pictured centre-left.

Tributes to 'larrikin' dad, slain in his home

QLD

Opposition spokesman for Workplace Relations Brendan O'Connor, MP, speaks as Canberra-based public sector workers ...

Sobering reality behind IPA's dodgy pub test on public service 'perks'

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More jobs in his electorate: the agency will move to Armidale, where Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is local MP.

Full impact of Joyce forcing APS out of Canberra revealed

A former ATO official is claiming more than $1 million in compensation, alleging six years of racism from her boss.

Public servant's $1 million racism ATO compo claim

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a press conference at Parliament House Canberra on Tuesday 22 November 2016. ...

US lawmakers demand answers on refugee deal with Turnbull

Tom McIlroy

Meet with us or be quiet: Lebanese leaders issue demand to Dutton

Rachel Olding

George Brandis is unfit to sit at the apex of the nation's legal system

ANALYSIS
Michaela Whitbourn

Former prime minister Paul Keating at his book launch in Melbourne.

'The ABC is letting Australia down': Keating slams broadcaster

'As an exemplar of calm reason and restraint, Peter Dutton is about as convincing as Tony Abbott would be leading ...

Peter Dutton, the voice of moderation?

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Malcolm Turnbull will not have the backing of the Nick Xenophon team.

PM's final week agenda in doubt as Xenophon makes threats

The botched census was estimated to have cost taxpayers an additional $30 million.

IBM pays about $30m to taxpayers over botched census

A train crash

Train crash kills dozens in Iran

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Erdogan threatens to let migrant flood to Europe resume

This undated photo provided by NASA shows dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks on the surface of Mars that scientists ...

Nasa 'found life on Mars without realising'

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Hungary's Viktor Orban says Donald Trump invited him to US

The ripples of Donald Trump's victory are challenging long-established norms of western politics.

We've fallen from the audacity of hope to the audacity of grope

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a press conference at Parliament House Canberra on Tuesday 22 November 2016. ...

Malcolm mouse is not for turning

COMMENT
Jack Waterford

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Caltex is still grappling with the extent of worker underpayment across its network.

Is Caltex worse than 7-Eleven?

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Poker machines are a common vice.

Real estate fraud paying for gambling, drugs, entertainment

EXCLUSIVE

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre.

Hunt on for reasons behind America's slowing growth

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Peter Dutton

Dutton is very right, a little correct and very wrong

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Bait and switch: How companies fake customer online reviews

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Greek relief plan said to entail €33 billion euro bank bond swap

Shopping centres claw back online turnover

Wall St rises for third straight week

Christmas ideas for the tech lover.

Start your engines: The ultimate high-tech gift guide for Christmas

Handsome Things

There's a first timepiece for everything.

Nine mechanical watches perfect for first timers

Watches

Many miners earn high incomes but spend it all on things like nice cars.

The difference between financial winners and losers

Noel Whittaker

The US Federal Reserve is expected to lift official interest rates in the US.

Rising interest rates make bonds less attractive

'It's a catch-22 - I can't get a job in Canberra without a security clearance; I can't get a clearance without a job.'

Job ads: why are they so awful?

James Adonis

Angela Ferguson of Futurespace.

Five ways to affordably create the perfect office

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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Syrian girl's 'Harry Potter' wish granted

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CCTV: Pair steal cigarette machine

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Crowded House return to the Opera House

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Donald Trump shares message of unity

Russell Ping Foon visits the City of Sydney Mobile Library in Redfern on 10 January 1957. SMH NEWS Picture by GORDON ...

Rewind - The written word

Good Behaviour

Michelle Dockery as you've never seen her before. Good Behaviour now streaming on Stan.

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Every single episode of Seinfeld now streaming. Only on Stan.

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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The business rules of attraction

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Painting of Louis XIV from the Versailles Palace.

Measles and mistresses: the story behind the glamour of Versailles

Andrew Taylor

Adele may have revealed she is expecting her second child during a concert in Arizona.

You had me at Hello: why the whole world loves a ballad

Tim Byron

Actor Ewan McGregor, who is delighted to at last be part of a <i>Trainspotting</i> sequel.

'It hurt' - Ewan McGregor on losing out to Leo DiCaprio

Mick Brown

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 1961: Bob Dylan poses for a portraitwith his Gibson Acoustic guitar in September 1961 in New York ...

The lies our favourite stars tell us - and why we don't care

Barry Divola

<i>The Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life</i> - a strange pastiche of old and new.

Gilmore Girls reboot taps inner longing - but is it enough?

Michael Idato

Florence Henderson, pictured in June this year, has sadly died.

Florence Henderson of The Brady Bunch dies aged 82

Sarah Thomas

Matthew McConaughey in Free State Of Jones

The worst movies of 2016? Standup Snowden and Grimsby

Rob Moran

Author J.K. Rowling was dropped from Forbes billionaires list, but they may need to rethink that.

Opening the chamber of secrets: J.K. Rowling's mystery billions

James B. Stewart

Pulford Race Engines owner Peter Pulford who is selling his performance car and motorcycle business in Mitchell.

Territory motor industry veteran decides it's time to take it easy

Jayson Mesman is the new owner of Canberra's only truffle farm, purchasing it from the founder, Sherry McArdle-English. ...

Samson 'key' to truffle dream

Lucy Sugerman, the 15-year-old singer and Australian National Busking Champion will launch her new acoustic EP at ...

Canberra Weekender: What's on November 25-27

Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham as Rory and Lorelai in Gilmore Girls.

As a teen, I saw myself in Rory. Now I strive to be like Lorelai

Alana Saltz

Fabian Dattner, founder of the Homeward Bound Project, which aims to fundamentally shift gender bias in leadership.

Meet the woman leading the largest all-female expedition to Antarctica

Daisy Dumas

FILE-- First lady Michelle Obama during the Commander-in-Chief's Inaugural Ball on Inauguration Day, at the Walter E. ...

Michelle Obama's legacy of style

Robin Givhan

Gorman founder and head designer Lisa Gorman (second from right) with models.

Gorman wants to be taken off Oxfam's 'naughty list'

Amy Croffey

Amy Adams as gallery curator Susan Morrow.

Amy Adams shows that redheads rule

Stephanie Darling

Aliyah Charbonier (L) presenting Amaiya Zafar (R) with the belt she was awarded after Zafar was disqualified from their ...

A Muslim wasn't allowed to box in a hijab, so her opponent shared victory with her

Cindy Boren

Steve Price and Jamila Rizvi duelling on The Project after the US election.

The reason why women are interrupted more than men

Daisy Dumas

Kim Kardashian West poses in another dirty photoshoot by husband Kanye West.

Kardashian West makes comeback with 'dirty' photoshoot

Amy Croffey

Blame your nitrogen balance: We can eat the same foods and have very different responses.

The real reason why you don't lose weight on the same diet as your friend

Sarah Berry

Get dirty for good health.

The psychological and physical benefits of getting dirty

Linda Blair

Cheese please? Sure.

For a healthy diet, be choosy about your cheese

Hope Warshaw

Watermelon juice is the new coconut water.

Why Beyonce bought into watermelon water: 2017 superfood forecast:

Zucchini flower and goat's cheese risotto

Spring risotto plus six speedy dinner ideas

Three Blue Ducks' "too good to share" chocolate and walnut brownie with whisky cream.

Chocolate walnut brownie with hazelnut whisky cream

danny devito

12 babies who (hilariously) look like celebrities

Amy and Justin

Couple matched by dating site 30 years after pre-school crush

Russell Crowe helps Woolloomooloo locals replace their basketball nets.

Russell Crowe slam dunks with inner-city kids

Porto's old town skyline from across the Douro River.

The world's 10 prettiest river ports to arrive in

Brian Johnston

Castaway Island has turned 50 years old.

Even after 50 years, this is still a perfect paradise

Angie Kelly

You might still be able to get something back from that non-refundable flight

Traveller letters: Non-refundable bookings can be refunded

Amazon's The Grand Tour has come to Australia, but there's no simple way to watch it on your television.

Chromecast's arch rival could come to Australia

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Samsung introduced the Note 7 in August and recalled the first batch in September after customers reported they were ...

The top 10 technology flops of 2016

dishonored

Dishonored 2 review: a game of swords and sneakery

Tim Biggs

No Man's Sky mixes a saturated, low-fi presentation and meditative synth metal soundtrack with?mysterious, old-school ...

Was this the worst game of the year?

Kotaku

Researchers have developed a phone battery that could last for days after being charged for a few seconds.

Study may see phones that charge in seconds

Miriam Webber

2016 Drive Car of the Year Best Small SUV: Volkswagen Tiguan 110TSI.

2016 Drive Car of the Year revealed

Andrew MacLean

Last year's Drive car of the Year Best Performance Car Over $60,000, the Porsche Cayman GTS, has been replaced and has ...

Best Performance Car over $60k

Andrew MacLean

2017 Toyota C-HR.

Toyota's new Mazda CX-3 rival reviewed

Stephen Corby

Walkinshaw Performance has unveiled its W407 tuning package.

Walkinshaw unveils HSV rival

David McCowen

2017 Suzuki S-Cross Turbo Prestige.

New Suzuki S-Cross prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

The Ford Focus ST is back to defend its Best Performance Car under $60,000 title against two of its stablemates the Ford ...

Best Performance Car Under $60k

Stephen Ottley

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 26: Mitchell Starc of Australia celebrates with David Warner of Australia and Nathan Lyon ...

South Africa fighting back in the second innings

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1 min ago

Into battle: Steve Smith.

Cricket ACT confident Australia's form won't affect Manuka crowd

On track: Jordan Turner (left) and Connor Cheeseman train at Stromlo Forest Park.

Canberra Raiders new English import is on a mission

1 hr ago

Julia Phillips of WA (white Bib) wins the Women's Queanbeyan Gift.

Phillips, Eckford win Queanbeyan Gift

1 hr ago

Scott Murn, Joe Maloney and Owen Chivers of ANU Cricket.

The hub: What's happening in Canberra sport this weekend?

French target: Wallabies player Rory Arnold is in the sights of a host of French teams.

Two more Brumbies stars in sights of cashed-up Euro clubs

Michelle Heyman of Canberra competes with Cassidy Davis of the Jets.

United hit their stride with 5-2 W-League thumping of Newcastle

New Blue Ben Ainsworth

How'd you go in the AFL draft? Club-by-club analysis