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The union representing Australia Post workers has been rocked over allegations of fraud, violence and child pornography ...

Thousands scammed by fake 'missed parcel delivery' email

1 hr ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during the COAG press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday 9 December ...

'If the rumours are true...' Curiosity over Turnbull speech

1 hr ago

Big Apple Buddy founders Ben Chaung and Phillis Chan spotted a gap in the online retail market.

Aussie couple make millions from 'pretty obvious' idea

Three people were taken to hospital and a woman was pulled free from a car after a five-vehicle crash on Horse Park ...

Three hospitalised in five-vehicle crash on Horse Park Drive

53 mins ago

Departing Digital Transformation Office chief Paul Shetler has slammed the public service's lack of internal skills.

Why the Australian Public Service lacks the right staff

COMMENT

Construction of the 270MW Sapphire Wind Farm is set to commence in 2017.

90,000 Canberra homes to be powered by two new wind farms

1 hr ago

350,000 people risk losing phone and internet access

NSW, ACT discuss shifting the border for new suburb

Former market darling in trading halt after horror 10 days

Labor would protect ICAC heads from 'interference' like judges

EXCLUSIVE
44 mins ago

How Samantha Armytage left the experts for dead

COMMENT
Tom Switzer

Dow's Australian-born CEO Andrew Liveris.

Meet the Aussie helping Trump 'Make America Great Again'

21 mins ago

Gungahlin in 2016 is a far cry from the tiny 300-person suburb it began as in 1991.

Canberra's transformation in five crazy timelapses

Comfortable in the cool but at what cost?

Our 'most expensive bad habit' that's costing $1.1 billion

Melissa Doubleday found this barnacle-covered object on a stroll down Muriwai beach.

'What the hell is that?' Mystery object washes up on beach

39 mins ago

Legs of a woman standing on a weight scale, selective focus

It's time to rethink what it means to 'lose weight'

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Over 100 killed in Nigeria church collapse

Sia

Sia announces split from husband

Elia Ware Crescent in Bonner is all lit up for Christmas to raise money for Legacy.

Canberra Milk Christmas Lights: put your place on the map

Boys choir's musical gifts mostly shine for ...

2:46PM

The Australian helping Trump 'Make America Great ...

2:29PM

Priddis and LeCras headline Eagles contract talks

2:38PM

Annabelle Wright was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia at three years of age. The Wright family learnt just how ...

Little Annabelle's wish for her Christmas miracle

Some Today's Homes victims may have payouts before Christmas

Canberra needs more art galleries, say owners of one of Australia's oldest

Red Hill flats resident Troy Osborn: Can't wait to move from a place he says scares his son.

Red Hill tenants happy to be leaving flats rife with problems

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 15: Approximately 300 kilograms of MDMA is displayed by the Australian Federal Police. This ...

Unclear police records 'confusing' ACT courts, could affect sentencing

Work will begin on the tree removal from December 12.

Tree removal begins on Northbourne Avenue for light rail

Garry Gordon was found by police on Saturday night.

Police find man, 27, who fled hospital while in police custody

Shane Lyons was bashed only metres from his home.

Butler dad brutally bashed metres from his home

WA

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 10: Storms clouds roll in at White Water World on the day Dreamworld reopens on December ...

Dreamworld donates $157k after quiet reopening

QLD

Much of south-eastern Australia is in for a hot spell.

'Scorcher' on the way, don't expect any seaside respite

NSW

David Maxwell announcing the Riverview suburban development in 2013.

NSW, ACT discuss shifting border for new suburb

The National Library of Australia is supporting Trove's existing infrastructure, but is relying on others to fund ...

Trove expansion funded from outside national library after cuts

Senior DHS executive Hank Jongen blamed the union for the strike action.

Politicians' staff yes-vote challenged as Centrelink strikes again

So you think you've got talent. Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd.

Australian Public Service launches $250,000 talent quest

Malcolm Turnbull on the eve of the 1999 republican referendum.

PM angers monarchists by agreeing to address republican dinner

Stephanie Peatling
1 hr ago

'I was very frustrated': Triggs' apology to politicians

Michael Koziol

You'll hear more from me in 2017, says Bernardi

Heath Aston

The ATO says plans by workers to strike ahead of the close of financial year won't affect services to the community.

Entire Tax Office website down

Former prime minister Tony Abbott's end of year advice for Malcolm Turnbull.

Abbott still no 'tech head' after Netflix confession

"We don't believe it is sensible to pursue so called stimulus spending," says Finance Minister Mathias Cormann.

No recession, no stimulus spending: Cormann

"I loved my great-grandmother, and it made me sad and confused to see her age."

Stop children stealing from elderly parents, discussion paper says

Fergus Hunter

A couple kisses in front of graffiti depicting Vladimir Putin, left, and Donald Trump, on the walls of a bar in the old ...

Will Moscow rule the Trump administration?

COMMENT
Jennifer Rubin

Snow covers vehicles in a rental car parking lot at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

Polar Vortex roars across the US

President-elect Donald Trump speaks to Chris Wallace on Fox News on Sunday.

Trump says US not necessarily bound by 'One China' policy

National Party Deputy Leader, Bill English, was also Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister. He becomes NZ's 39th ...

Bill English is NZ's new Prime Minister, Paula Bennett new Deputy

Mathias Cormann's masterclass in how to successfully applaud was surprisingly comprehensive.

The blind spot that shows government's real opinion of women

COMMENT
Andrew P Street
1 hr ago

Samantha Armytage predicted Donald Trump's election win.

How Samantha Armytage left the experts for dead

COMMENT
Tom Switzer

French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen gestures before a meeting in Lille, northern France.

Can Le Pen win, a la Trump?

COMMENT
Richard Ogier

Sirtex Medical chief executive Gilman Wong pocketed more than $2 million from a recent sale of shares in the company.

Sirtex bear still wary despite share price dive

1 hr ago

The mini-bull run on Wall St and the ASX is set to roll on this morning.

Markets Live: ASX loses steam

Live
1 hr ago

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 10: Storms clouds roll in at White Water World on the day Dreamworld reopens on December ...

Dreamworld donates $157k after quiet reopening

Bellamy's shares collapsed last week on weak sales figures.

Bellamy's enters trading halt after horror December

Howcroft leaving Ten for PwC creative role

Economic vandalism: How Abbott and Turnbull wrecked Treasury

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Suppliers on edge after Woolworths' court win

Banks drag heels with rate cuts, speedy with hikes

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio's Belize resort is expected to be completed in late 2018.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio sells mid-century California home

An aerial image showing where the Gungahlin Town Centre will be expanded if an estate development plan is approved.

Plans to expand Gungahlin Town Centre east

Canberra Domain Allhomes. 41 Eastlake Parade, Kingston. December 10, 2016.?

Kingston Foreshore sale reflects hot end to commercial year

Inside a unique church conversion.

A unique church conversion to call home in Lower Portland

44 mins ago

Akmal Saleh

'It took them a year to realise I lived there': Akmal's odd sharehouse

The Avigation Watch Type A-7 1935 by Longines.

Summer time: 31 of the season's best new luxury watches

Watches
Bani McSpedden

<b>Jared Leto in February at the Academy Awards</b><br>
Leto added big shot accouterments to his custom-made Gucci suit ...

Chic or shocker? Fashion's biggest wins and fails of the year

Men's Style

Heather Watson helped find her aunt Marjorie MacLeod a place in the same nursing home as Heather's parents.

Everything you need to know about paying for a nursing home

Superannuation is a marital asset that can be split in divorce, but it's still best to make sure your relationship is ...

Can I switch to making super contributions for my wife?

George Cochrane

Big Apple Buddy founders Ben Chaung and Phillis Chan spotted a gap in the online retail market.

Aussie couple making a mint from exporting American goods

Adam Courtenay

alcohol delivery?

How small business is leading the booze delivery game

Kate Jones

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Pope offers prayers for the abandoned

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World's tallest animal facing extinction

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Guatamalans burn Trump for Christmas

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Ghana opposition 'quietly confident' after Twitter update

Lightning pummels the northern beaches near Narrabeen. Photo Nick Moir 5 dec 2016 .

Fairfax photos of the week - December 8, 2016

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Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 - fast tracked from the U.S. every Monday.

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Season 2 of Blunt Talk now streaming 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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Amazon's The Grand Tour has become the most illegally downloaded show in history.

The Grand Tour is most illegally downloaded show in history

Rob Moran

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

'Rogue One' premieres to raves, relief and an actual X-Wing

Bryan Alexander

Actor Samuel L. Jackson stars in Snakes On A Plane, which would may have been better if they'd flashed the words "Snakes ...

Samuel L. Jackson slams Hollywood's 'Oscar bait' movies

Rob Moran

Former Vice President Al Gore after meeting with Ivanka Trump and President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower.

Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth gets a sequel to open Sundance

Ellen McCarthy

Bryan Cranston as his Breaking Bad character Walter White on Saturday Night Live.

SNL goes after Trump with Walter White as the head of DEA

Elahe Izadi

Adam Driver attends the 26th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in ...

How Adam Driver went from marine to movie star

Karl Quinn

Eddie McGuire's <i>Hot Seat</i>, also known as <i>Millionaire Hot Seat</i> has been on air on Nine since 2009. The ...

Nine's plan to revive Eddie McGuire's flagging Hot Seat

Ebony Bowden

Patti Smith fumbled through her performance at the Nobel Prize ceremony.

Patti Smith forgets words at Nobels

No need to keep your Kusa flip flops watered and mown, the grass is fake (but feels very real!)

Canberra man sells 40,000 pairs of lawn-turf thongs

Erika Lanc from Home Made Sweet Delights at Canberra Christmas Markets. Photo Jay Cronan

EPIC bonanza for Christmas shoppers

New peacock chicks born at Narrabundah.

Images to warm the heart or chill the blood

SANTA MONICA, CA - DECEMBER 11: Actress Nicole Kidman attends The 22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on ...

Cut-out dresses rule the Critics' Choice Awards red carpet

HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 10: (L-R front row) Actors Mads Mikkelsen, Riz Ahmed, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk ...

What's wrong with this photo of the Rogue One premiere?

COMMENT
Mary Ward

Journalists and editors have a responsibility to the victims of crime and to the public.

10 headlines about violent men that needed to be fixed in 2016

Jane Gilmore

The switch to a triage system came as part of a suite of restructurings to hotlines for health services by the Coalition ...

Complaints about 1800 RESPECT service skyrocket

Jenna Price

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 01: Samantha Armytage poses at the Emirates Marquee on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington ...

Daily Mail criticises Armytage ... for wearing underwear

We all know what motherhood's really like.

The 7 kinds of 'perfect mother' we need to stop trying to be

Lauren Sams

"Silence keeps things as they are. It is only by speaking out that things change".

How to stop sweating public speaking, and just maybe enjoy it

Fiona Higgins

"We've got each other's backs. It was never meant to be the huge movement that it's become."

How Constance Hall's bold blog attracted a million 'queens'

Jenna Clarke

Danielle LaPorte.

'Liberating' advice from the rebel of wellbeing

Sarah Berry

Fibre and potassium for better blood pressure?

Is more fibre a recipe for better blood pressure?

Paula Goodyer

Losing 'weight' - remember muscle weighs more than fat.

Rethinking what it means to 'lose weight'

Wina Sturgeon

Getting off the grog to concentrate on your A game.

Revealed: The winery behind Aldi's and Coles' award-winning $5 wine

EXCLUSIVE

Steamy stuff: Passionfruit batida.

On drinks' duty this Christmas? Best summery cocktail recipes

Farro and haloumi salad.

Quick summer dinner ideas: BBQ winners and zingy salads

Karla Barry walking down the aisle.

Maid of honour goes above and beyond for friend's wedding

Can children learn the truth about Santa, by becoming Santa?

How to break the news about Santa without traumatising your kids

Should parents be graded on their commitment to their child's education.

The school 'grading' parents on their performance

The 787-9 Dreamliner will take 17 hours to fly between Perth and London.

17-hour haul: Non-stop flights from Australia to London confirmed

Passengers may be charged for alcoholic beverages on Asian airlines.

The end of free in-flight booze, checked baggage around the corner

Angus Whitley

Check your passport details well before you go overseas.

Traveller letters: Be warned - check your passport now

Once your home or business is declared 'NBN ready', you have 18 months before your old service is disconnected.

These suburbs must join NBN or be disconnected

Adam Turner

Target's Nintendo Classic Mini NES sale was the kind of disaster that will see Amazon eat Australian online retailers alive.

NES fail paves the way for Amazon-ageddon

COMMENT

Lightning Claw has yet to be formally identified.

Everything you thought you knew about dinosaurs is probably wrong

iinet

Inside the downfall of iiNet Sydney

Gizmodo

Japan's H-IIB rocket lifts off at the Tanegashima Space Centre southern Japan at 12.26am Saturday, Sydney time.

Australia's first payload to the ISS

The AAA conducted real-world emissions testing using sophisticated exhaust sensors.

Fuel use figures unachievable

David McCowen

2016 Audi SQ7.

Driven: Audi's red-hot SQ7

Stephen Ottley

2017 BMW 5-Series.

Driven: BMW's all-new 5-Series

Andrew MacLean

Alpine Vision concept

Renault opens order book for Alpine sports car

David McCowen

2016 Lexus LC 500

Lexus' new sporty coupe reviewed

David McCowen

The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio will battle it out with the likes of the BMW M3 and Mercedes-AMG C63.

Alfa reveals local Giulia range

Dom Tripolone

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 06: Pat Cummins of Australia celebrates taking the wicket of Kane Williamson of New ...

India or Ashes: Officials under pressure to fast-track Cummins

Winner ... Canberra's Kim Crow.

Canberra rower Kim Brennan 'refocusing' after Rio glory

Chelsea's Diego Costa scores to break the deadlock against West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Diego Costa strike sends Chelsea to top of table

First title: World No. 480 Sam Brazel won the Hong Kong Open.

He's ranked 480th in the world, and just won his first title

31 mins ago

Tuggeranong Valley batsman Shane Devoy in action in the Gallop Cup semi-finals.

Weston Creek set for grand final rematch with Tuggeranong

Kyle Perkins drove in the winning run for the Cavalry on Sunday.

Cavalry boss fires back at Melbourne over import criticism

Happy days: Mitch Starc is congratulated by team mates after taking a wicket.

Team closer under Boof than Arthur: Starc

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 02: Kyle Turner of the Rabbitohs is assisted from the field after a concussion during the ...

Brain surgeon wants action on concussion