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The Southcare helicopter: Snowy Hydro's sponorship is up in the air.

Southcare board resigns ahead of takeover by Toll

Kirsten Lawson

Employment minister Senator Michaelia Cash in her at Parliament House office with a quote from US President Ronald Regan ...

Michaelia Cash: PM's secret weapon is a woman on the rise

Matthew Knott

Shirley McGee, Fay Moseley and Colin Davis in Sydney on Thursday.

NSW government to offer reparations to Stolen Generations

Michaela Whitbourn

Two Canberra men accused of importing cocaine had no intention of selling the drugs and every gram they got hold of "was ...

'Every gram went up their noses': ACT pair denies selling cocaine

Megan Gorrey

David Eastman spent almost 19 years behind bars before having his conviction for the murder of ACT police chief Colin ...

David Eastman's planned murder retrial pushed back to July 2017

Megan Gorrey

"Today what we have achieved is a win for farmers and a win for the environment": Greens leader Richard Di Natale.

Let the harvest begin: Greens end backpacker tax stalemate in Senate

Step into a tiny Versailles: NGA launches new kids space

Bree Winchester

ANU School of Art rebrands itself

Sally Pryor

We trust charities despite serious questions over governance

Rachel Browne

Goulburn man who withdrew $2.1m after bank error wins fraud appeal

Patrick Begley

'Most hated man in world' responds to Aussie drug success

Marcus Strom

A security guard patrols the lawns at Parliament House.

Top Australian architect says putting fence around Parliament like a noose

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol

The elephants in <i>Circus 1903 - The Golden Age of Circus</i>.

Circus 1903 (humanely) brings elephants back to the circus

666 ABC Canberra will soon be known as ABC Radio Canberra.

No more 666 ABC Canberra - local station loses its call sign sixes

R. S. Gilbert (far left) pictured last year at The Canberra Times office with other prominent Letter to the Editor ...

Prolific Canberra letter writer R.S.Gilbert hangs up his pen

Australian Dance Party members perform in the burnt-out dome at Mount Stromlo.

Dancing under the stars at the Mount Stromlo Observatory

Heatwave warning.

Weekend heatwave warning

4. Squat double your bodyweight.

No pain, no gain: What causes sore muscles in exercise?

HuffPost

Sushi-inspired edible works of art

Pauline Hanson angry at Rod Culleton over ...

1:03AM

Turnbull won't be PM by next election, Shorten ...

12:55AM

My Canberra with Sasa Sestic from Ona Coffee

11:46PM

A hotter and drier than average summer is tipped for Canberra.

Sizzling week ahead as Canberra enters warmer than average summer

Emirates, Etihad Airways say 'no plans' to fly to Canberra

AFP officers fulfill Declan's wish to 'blow things up' after battle with leukemia

A screen grab from the ACT Policing mannequin challenge video.

Do-nut miss ACT Policing's mannequin challenge video

Pedal Power's Collen Laugesen take IRT Kangara Waters residents Anke Burns and Beth Hanrahan along for their Cycling ...

Bicycle pioneers plan to get elderly Canberrans mobile

Charlotte Barker was the ACT/Southern NSW winner in the Royal Academy of Dance?s (RAD) nationwide Gen?e Dance Challenge ...

Canberra schoolgirl with the Australian Ballet in her sights

Joel Lemmon pleaded guilty to five charges of drug trafficking and one charge of drug supply.

Public servant pleads guilty to drug trafficking

Oly with his new Google Pixel phone and, left, holding his old Nokia.

Man with 13-year-old Nokia turns off 2G network

WA

This is what was left of the surfer's board.

Man bitten by shark while surfing in NSW

NSW

Senate committee member and Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie was in disagreement with her colleagues.

Senate committee slams 'toxic' war on public servants

Travel times have increased more than 40 per cent on some roads.

Motorists hit hard by QR driver shortage

QLD

Senate committee member and Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie was in disagreement with her colleagues.

Under siege: public service slips below average wage

'Extremely unfortunate': ACCC chairman Rod Sims

ACCC votes yes days after 'unprecedented' video address

Former head of the Digital Transformation Agency Paul Shetler.

Turnbull's digital guru quits public service

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull are all smiles as they announce the Greens deal ...

Greens strike deal with Coalition for 15% backpacker tax

Michael Koziol

Big fence is unfortunate but unfortunately we need it

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Malcolm Turnbull's secret weapon is a woman on the rise

Matthew Knott

The Prime Minister might be right to look cheered.

Ban on PM attending Mardi Gras overturned

Tom McIlroy

One Nation Senator Rod Culleton says it is fair for the public to view a rift between himself and the rest of One Nation.

One Nation splits over Culleton High Court fight

Amy Remeikis

A security guard patrols the lawns at Parliament House.

'We're getting like a gated community: very American style'

EXCLUSIVE

Treasurer Scott Morrison is determined to ensure money for affordable and social housing is better spent.

Treasurers' housing summit to focus on cheaper rentals

Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, centre, gestures to the media as he leaves after being ...

Fake news report on Jakarta Muslim hardliner linked to Australia

Jewel Topsfield

Historic agreement: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, front left, and the top FARC commander Rodrigo Londono, ...

Colombia approves revised FARC peace deal, triggers disarmament

A Ukrainian serviceman inside a surface-to-air missile system.

Ukraine prepares missile test near Crimea, angering Russia

Donald Trump and Wilbur Ross.

Is Donald Trump draining the swamp or fishing it?

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

A security guard patrols the lawns at Parliament House.

Parliament House fence is unfortunate but unfortunately we need it

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Nick Xenophon chose his candidates from among his staff, including new senators Skye Kakoschke-Moore and Stirling Griff.

Staffers: the canaries in the political coal mine

John Warhurst

Premier Investments chairman Solomon Lew, right, and chief executive Mark McInnes have both spoken out against penalty ...

Premier Investments facing penalty pay blowout

Leafa from Sword Art Online is a popular Anime character.

Anime crunches Cabbage Patch Kids

The late racehorse trainer Bart Cummings: "Look ahead, don't look back, don't be distracted by fame and its baubles."

Companies seeking cultural lesson should look to family

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Andrew ''Twiggy'' Forrest says it is critical for businesses around the world to look for slavery within their operations.

Forrest lashes business for slavery failure

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Aussie tech guru joining Schumacher's team

Colin Kruger, CBD

'Plain disappointing'. Did Australia just go backwards?

Peter Martin

Lights out at Olympic Dam riles BHP

Leave your guns at home, Levi's CEO asks shoppers

Tips for people who want to celebrate the festive season stylishly.

Leave the tinsel in the cupboard: top tips for a classy Christmas

Domain
Exterior shots of 'The Prince' at Kingston Foreshore. It's on the corner of Eyre Street and Honeysett View.
The ...

Well-Crafted foreshore project among Property Institute winners

In her first title, The Life‑Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Kondo says, "When you put your house in order, you put your ...

What no one tells you about the Marie Kondo method

Scott Morrison is still negotiating over the backpacker tax.

Morrison's foreign buyer changes rely on broken argument

COMMENT

Work continues near a roller caught in a pond after the storm.

Two of the last multi-unit sites in Moncrieff sell under the hammer

The print advertisement for M7.

Brut and beyond: 10 men's fragrances that changed the game

Grooming

Executives are re-learning the art of writing with fountain pens.

How the fountain pen became a status symbol in the digital world

Luxury

Flight responses that protected our species so well can make us poor investors.

What was good for fending off mammoths is bad for investing

Illustration: Simon Letch

Mum to lose pension after inheriting small parcels of rocky land

ASK NOEL

Lana Hopkins, founder and CEO of Mon Purse: "This is a true 'pinch-me' moment."

How a small Aussie outfit scored a deal with Selfridges

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Bored telephone operator, call centre, Telstra, telco, telecomms, phone company

You're doing reference checks wrong

Tony Featherstone

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Backpacker bill down to crossbench

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OPEC agrees to cut production

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Seagull steals show at FFA Cup final

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Trump to leave business

A cadet from the Interior Ministry with the word Fidel painted on her face attends a rally honoring the late Cuban ...

World of Photos - December 1, 2016

younger

Younger Season 3 fast tracked from the U.S. every Thursday.

seinfeld

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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Flume

Drake, Flume, Sia among Spotify's most streamed artists of the year

Rob Moran

David Oldfield, left, doesn't take the news too well. He's with Natalie Imbruglia and Ian 'Dicko' Dickson.

David Oldfield claims First Contact prison ban was 'payback'

Karl Quinn

Adele will play to more than 600,000 people in Australia in February and March.

Hello! Adele to reap upwards of $30 million in biggest Oz tour ever

Bernard Zuel

Canadian police are using Nickelback as a drink-driving deterrent these holidays.

Police threaten drink-drivers with Nickelback songs

Rob Moran

Steve Jacobs, with daughter, announces he's leaving <i>Today</i>.

Steve Jacobs announces departure from Today

Rob Moran

Just a hint of <i>Mad Max</i> ... <i>Mad Shiela: Virgin Road</i>

China's Mad Max: meet Mad Shelia: Virgin Road

Garry Maddox

Lynette Wallworth is leading the world in virtual reality film making.

The unknown filmmaker leading the world in VR

Garry Maddox

ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie.

Hundreds of local musos protest against ABC cuts

Rob Moran

Charlotte Barker will represent the ACT and Southern NSW at the Genee Dance Challenge on 10 December.

Teen ballerina dreams of life onstage at the Opera House

<i>Circus 1903</I>'s elephants Queenie and baby Karanga star at the Canberra Theatre Centre.

What's on in Canberra this weekend?

IKEA's Michael Donath and Charmaine Hick in the Canberra store, which is the first in the country to launch online ...

IKEA launches online shopping - and Canberra's getting it first

Susan Alberti and Moana Hope on the Brownlow red carpet earlier this year.

'I had no idea it was going to turn out like this': Moana's stellar year

Daisy Dumas

Brandon Cook

My mother bought me PrEP for Christmas

Brandon Cook

Every ex's dream: Bella Hadid bumping into her ex The Weeknd on the Victoria's Secret runway in Paris on Wednesday.

Bella Hadid's awkward encounter on the Victoria's Secret runway

Amy Croffey

Kendall Jenner walks the runway during the 2016 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Wednesday in Paris.

Victoria's Secret 2016: Kendall, Gigi and Bella take to the runway

"White men are so keen on eroding the collective power of working class men in Australia that we just had a bizarre ...

Who white, working class men really have to fear

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

DOLLY MAGAZINE Historical COVER tears through the years and editorial spread contents SPECIAL for THE SUNDAY AGE NEWS ...

Goodbye Dolly, and thanks for the 'spunks' and body advice

COMMENT
Natalie Reilly

Stay-at-home fathers are still a rarity.

We are expecting more from fathers, but not less from mothers

COMMENT
Shevonne Hunt

Mariah Carey on stage in London in March with back-up dancer Bryan Tanaka.

Mariah Carey seen kissing back-up dancer after James Packer split

Amy Croffey

To butter, to not butter or to miss the point?

A big, fat problem: saturated fat and heart disease risk

Sarah Berry

Crying: A natural painkiller?

Why do we cry? To dull the pain. Literally

Sarah Kaplan

Working your way to health but not necessarily weight loss.

Why do I tend to gain weight when I exercise?

Gretchen Reynolds

Lemon and oregano skewers with cucumber yoghurt.

34 recipes for people who love to eat things on sticks

Pops bellini icy pole.

Boozy icy poles arrive in time for summer

Lemon 'magnum' ice-cream, lemon verbena, meringue, curd and shortbread crumble.

Review: Lemon meringue pie meets 'magnum' ice-cream at Otis

Keith and Sherri Papini with their two children.

Husband speaks out in puzzling case of kidnapped Sherri Papini

Ben Carter and his family are celebrating thanks to Tommee Tippee

Tommee Tippee makes 500 cups for boy with autism

Monkey see, monkey do!

Oops! When you're accidentally a bad role model for your kids

Border security: You're next.

Border force: The world's toughest customs and immigration

Ben Groundwater

Evening light on Boyeeghter Strand, Ireland.

Why everyone wants to move to this country

Oliver Smith

Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head.

Hawaii's most popular activity for Australians may surprise you

Sheriden Rhodes

Select Netflix shows — including a lot of the service's 'orginals' — can now be saved to a mobile device for offline ...

What you need to know about Netflix downloads

Steve Huffman, co-founder and chief executive officer of Reddit.

Reddit gets proactive in banning abusers

The Xperia XZ: a mystery to most.

Review: Sony's latest is a beautiful phone most will overlook

Eyes on the road: the TomTom Go 520.

Why we still need standalone satnavs

COMMENT

RadioApp puts your favourite Australian commercial and national radio shows in your pocket.

Hands on: RadioApp live streaming radio

COMMENT

2017 Mercedes-Benz G-Professional Cab Chassis.

Mercedes debuts military-grade ute

Dom Tripolone

Holden Monaro CV8.

Holden Monaro CV8 used car review

David Morley

BMW plans to expand its electric car range.

BMW reinvents itself

Greg Kable

2014 Ford Fiesta ST.

What used hot hatch should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

The new Mercedes-AMG E 63 S comes with a drift mode.

First drive: New Mercedes-AMG E63

Jonathan Hawley

Four of the world's largest car makers have joied forces to investigate building a fast-charging network for electric ...

Car makers join forces to create electric highways

Raiders CEO Don Furner says everyone at the club is being affected by the stalled talks with the ARL Commission.

Stalled ARLC talks affecting more than just salary cap: Furner

Today's Plan directors Ben Bowley, James Peek and Andrew Hall will help Team Sky and Chris Froome defend the yellow jersey.

Meet the small Canberra IT firm that's teamed with Chris Froome

Joseph Tapine of the Raiders celebrates with fans after victory in the second NRL Semi Final match between the Canberra ...

Furner says Canberra Raiders members deserve a new stadium

Australia's Michael Matthews celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the tenth stage of the Tour de France.

Hayman says 'Bling' is chasing Tour green in 2017

Next year will be Stephen Larkham's final Super Rugby campaign as Brumbies head coach.

Jones' mind games won't affect Wallabies

Back in gold: Lopeti Timani has been recalled to take on England.

Cheika recalls 'extra grunt' of Timani

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Isaac Thompson, centre, has a chance to play for a Brumbies contract.

Unlikely duo battling for Brumbies' No.10 jersey

Tennis ACT boss Ross Triffitt.

Snubbed Canberra has Davis Cup future: boss