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The hard-left Greens faction has grouped around Senator Lee Rhiannon.

Greens' tensions boil over with 'end capitalism' faction

EXCLUSIVE
Heath Aston
1 hr ago

Resources and Northern Australia Minister Matthew Canavan.

MP accuses ABC of 'fake news' in bizarre interview

"This relationship finished some years ago and I apologised at the time, and am still trying to make amends": Seven boss ...

Seven CEO Tim Worner addresses staff over affair with colleague

18 mins ago

Treasurer Scott Morrison during the release of MYEFO at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday.

We're on the brink but the government is ignoring reality

COMMENT
John Hewson

Public transport prices will rise in the new year.

It's about to cost a bit more to catch the bus in Canberra

1 hr ago

A police officer drives the Pajero out of the Parliament House foyer in 1992 after it was crashed into the building.

A history of vehicles crashing into political buildings in Canberra

42 mins ago

Canberra arts community shocked by 'unprecedented' funding drop

21 mins ago

Read this before you consider buying a gift card this Christmas

COMMENT
Esther Han

Trump abandons key election slogan under pressure

Bikie accused of blackmailing 'significant' drug dealer

13 mins ago

Segways are going to be allowed on ACT paths and even some roads

8 mins ago

Lyle Shelton has fired shots at former Greens senator Robert Sims and Greens MP Adam Bandt.

ACL questions police findings on explosion: 'Too much of a coincidence'

59 mins ago

Andrew Leigh's 2015 Christmas card which went viral thanks to the decision not to airbrush out his youngest son's tantrum.

How did Andrew Leigh's son go with this year's Christmas card?

Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) in director Damien Chazelle's second film after <i>Whiplash</i>.

Actress says directors stole her jokes, gave them to male co-stars

Alyssa Orr, 4, enjoys the Christmas lights in Fraser.

Where to see city's best Christmas lights before they're gone

1 hr ago

Consumers are paying a premium for Christmas hampers.

'Just crazy': the massive cost built into your Christmas hamper

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Amazing storm footage from the Pilbara

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

Canberra Christmas lights map: find the city's best

Jordan Rice has been hailed a hero.

Jordan's final brave act inspires year's most-signed petition

Sydney council loses merger appeal, hints at ...

4:47PM

Deadly drug hidden in beauty products

4:41PM

White supremacists ditch their swastikas and ...

4:41PM

The van that drove into the Australian Christian Lobby's headquarters and exploded in Canberra.

Car explodes outside Australian Christian Lobby's Canberra office

Years in the making, $24m hospital emergency department opens

1 hr ago

Health Department is watching what you say on social media

Fencing surrounding the ministerial entrance could be extended to other parts of the building.

Department 'abandoned its own processes' over Parliament fence

ACT Police have released footage of an attempted armed robbery at Canberra's Calwell club on Sunday 18 December.

Police release footage of club robbery

Kirsty is one of three women running the fire towers this fire season.

Women to be Canberra's eyes in the sky for first time

Virgin Australia staff with the Australian War Memorial's Lockheed Hudson bomber now on display at Canberra Airport.

Amazing Canberra Airport timelapse shows bomber display

A crocodile on the banks of the Daintree River, north of Cairns.

Facebook leads authorities to crocodile hunters

QLD

Fencing surrounding the ministerial entrance could be extended to other parts of the building.

Calls for a pause on Parliament House fence plan

Anika, 2, plays in a water feature in Sydney.

Cryptosporidium outbreak at pools, splash parks

NSW

A photo of a storm rolling in near Port Hedland.

Pilbara prepares for Christmas Day cyclone

WA

Mr 93 per cent: Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd.

A-G's public servants vote yes, Lloyd claims a year of triumph

Wort case scenario ... You have a deadline for a project, but there's no one there to approve it.

Countdown to Christmas shutdown in the public service

The federal health department is watching what you say about the My Health Record program on social media.

Health department contracts out social media monitoring

Resources and Northern Australia Minister Matthew Canavan.

Cabinet minister accuses ABC of 'fake news' in bizarre interview

Stephanie Peatling

Hard-left faction forms inside Greens aiming to 'end capitalism'

EXCLUSIVE
1 hr ago

Australian Christian Lobby rejects police finding on van explosion

Fergus Hunter
59 mins ago

Liberal senator Cory Bernardi.

'Do Turnbull a favour': Bernardi urged to defect from Liberal Party

Lyle Shelton has fired shots at former Greens senator Robert Sims and Greens MP Adam Bandt.

ACL head searches for meaning in surreal aftermath

57 mins ago

PETROL AFR PHOTOGRAPH BY GLENN HUNT 13 NOVEMBER 2007 GENERIC- petrol, gas, lpg, liquid petroleum gas, energy, fuel ...

Government considers banning Australia's most popular petrol

Matthew Knott

Danica Weeks, whose husband was aboard the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, in Sydney. 6th March 2015 Photo: ...

MH370 widow condemns decision to halt search

Nathan Damigo, who oversees a group called Identity Evropa, in Sonora, California earlier this month.

White supremacists have a dream in the age of Trump

20 mins ago

Lara was born with microcephaly in a hospital in Brazil. When indications mounted that the increase in microcephaly was ...

Year of shocking surprises: major global events of 2016

Lia Timson

Peter Navarro, centre, has been picked for a trade advisory role.

Trump picks 'Death by China' author for trade advisory role

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad appears to prefer military solutions over negotiations.

Aleppo evacuations end brutal war chapter

1 hr ago

David Morrison, 2016's Australian of the Year choice, copped criticism from some quarters for being too activist.

Who represents us matters more than ever

COMMENT
John Warhurst

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

More than 57 per cent of Australians are opting to buy Christmas gifts online this year.

The post office is hell at Christmas time

COMMENT
Helen Pitt

"This relationship finished some years ago and I apologised at the time, and am still trying to make amends": Seven boss ...

Seven CEO apologises to staff for 'unwelcome attention' on affair

18 mins ago

This year has been the first turnaround year since 2009.

ASX extends year-end rally to new high

25 mins ago

Gull founder Fred Rae with then New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark in 2007.

Never heard of the Rae family? They just made over $300m

Matthew Perrin, pictured leaving Brisbane's federal court, enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle for a number of years until it ...

Ex-Billabong boss to be sentenced in January

Matt Moran, Bruce Solomon snap up Clovelly Hotel

'Tis the season to complain about superannuation

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

15 things successful people do over holiday breaks

Alarm over Macquarie's proposed UK takeover

EXCLUSIVE

Here are the paint trends to look out for in the new year.

The paint trends you'll be seeing everywhere in 2017

The one reason my mother won't sell the family home ... Christmas.

The one reason my mother won't sell the family home

Macaulay Culkin Home Alone

What burglars don't want you to know about home security

Here's how to make your bedroom beautiful on a budget.

Five ways to update your bedroom without breaking the bank

La Corniche.

The crazy prices prestige homes rent for over the holidays

IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Chronograph.

Eight new watches coming in 2017 to get excited about

Watches
1 hr ago

The 200-year-old, Australian-Scotch whisky you need to try

Fine Drinks

Don't take the jolly out of your holiday season by overcommitting on your Christmas spending.

Warning about new 'buy now, pay later' system in festive frenzy

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Charles Dickens' Ebenezer Scrooge (played here by Jim Carrey) is the fictional archetype of the miserable rich person.

Rich is a state of mind, not a bank balance

Marcus Padley

Small business owners make the mistake of coming back to work too soon.

You don't want to think about 2017 yet but you should

Gabrielle Dolan (centre) warns against the use of business jargon.

The worst business buzzwords of 2016

Alexandra Cain

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ACL responds to suspected car bomb attack

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Sydney pedestrian hit

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Will Cory Bernardi split from the Liberals?

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Panda finds snowman playmate

Gene Wilder

Farewell to some famous souls in 2016

Good Behaviour

Lady Mary Crawley (Michelle Dockery) as you've never seen her before. Good Behaviour now streaming only on Stan.

The choice - Stan

Young love, marriage and family. The Choice based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks now Streaming.

21 mins ago

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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Emma Stone in La La Land.

Emma Stone: directors stole her jokes, gave them to male co-stars

Rob Moran

Baz Lurhmann, The Get Down.

60 Minutes debacle to Please Like Me: 10 things TV taught us in 2016

Debi Enker

YouTube star Adam Saleh who claims he was kicked off a Delta Airlines flight for speaking Arabic.

Airline denies removing YouTube stars 'for speaking Arabic'

Jonah Engel Bromwich

Wes Anderson teases Isle Of Dogs on Edward Norton's Crowd Rise.

Wes Anderson's next film to star Bryan Cranston, Yoko Ono as dogs

Rob Moran

It wasn't meant to be Donald Trump in office, says Alec Baldwin as he continues his spoof on SNL with Kate McKinnon as ...

Baldwin will continue to play Trump for pocket change

Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard in <i>Allied</i>.

Allied defies the conventions of the sexy spy genre: review

Jake Wilson

Art meets life: Boyd Holbrook, Steve Murphy, Javier Pena and Pablo Pascal.

Agent behind Netflix's Narcos tells of real terror on Escobar hunt

Nick Galvin

Sansa Stark with half-brother Jon Snow in <i>Game of Thrones'</i> season 6 finale.

Sansa Stark 'ruthless' in new season of GoT, says Turner

Ebony Bowden

AFP Commander Mick Chew with his award-winning mo.

Canberra police officer claims best mo in Movember

It's ok! You haven't missed the Christmas in the City food markets

Still time to enjoy Christmas in the City

Out with the old: 1200 seats are being replaced at Canberra Theatre.

Eerie sense of abandon as Canberra Theatre loses its seats

"Hello, how do you do, fellow kids?"

From 'cuck' to 'woke': The words you'll need to know if you're joining the kids' table this year

Mary Ward

Keep the presents under the tree to a minimum.

How minimalism has stolen Christmas (in a good way)

Clare Press

Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus' family.

Liam Hemsworth is all of us at the in-laws' for Christmas

I had to prioritise my own safety, too.

Months after our Tinder date, he threatened to commit suicide

Ariel Henley

Actresses Michelle Williams and Busy Philipps attend a special screening of <i>Manchester by the Sea</i>.

Celeb friendships we want in on

Celeb Friendships

"I may have friends scattered around the globe but I don't have anyone near me."

What it's like when you don't have a girl gang

Lena Dunham arrives at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards at NeueHouse Hollywood on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, in Los Angeles.

Lena Dunham gives a very Lena Dunham apology

A throwback to 90s make-up was all the rage.

Our verdict on Sephora's top makeup products of the year

Stephanie Darling

One theory is that the difficulty in gaining release for a woman attracts her to a partner who is capable of providing it.

The female orgasm: a way to create social control?

Sarah Berry

Pomegranate: A sweet relief from sugar?

My answer to the holiday sugar glut: Pomegranates

Casey Seidenberg

Eat fruit like a monkey... or something.

It's not the holidays until you read about avoiding weight gain

Vicky Hallett

Tikka Take has opened in Civic.

Just open: Tikka Take serves a healthy take on Indian food

Christmas dinner disasters are more common than you think.

Warning! Avoid these kitchen injuries this Christmas

Chicken pad Thai, crispy rice salad and the Zaab Platter at Zaab.

Like it hot? Enter the 'Zaab Zone' if you dare

James, two, knows how to please the crowd.

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's baby name revealed

candy

Mariah Carey's ex-husband builds a 'candy room' for the kids

Prince Harry has opened up about the death of his mother, and his charity work, in a new interview.

Prince Harry opens up about mother's death: 'It was a lot of buried emotion'

Family Break Finder have assembled a list of tourism slogans.

Every country in the world's tourism slogan, mapped

Ellen Creager

Versailles, France - February 2, 2012: The Versailles Park on a sunny winter day. The Versailles is a suburb of Paris, ...

The 10 amazing palaces every traveller should visit

Travel tips
Brian Johnston

North Korea's Koryo Air has been named the world's worst airline.

Unfriendly skies: The world's worst airlines named

Oliver Smith

Mario

Mario sets app records, but price a sore point

Twitter

Does anyone still work at Twitter?

When we leave our daily routine for the holidays, our data usage typically skyrockets.

Don't get sucked down the mobile data drain these holidays

Firewatch

Our picks for the 10 best video games of 2016

xbox

Christmas tech gift guide: under $1000

Hits and Misses: Best Concept Car

The Drive Team

2017 Skoda Octavia Scout.

Skoda debut new high-riding wagon

Drive Staff

2017 Subaru Impreza hatch.

Driven: Subaru's all-new Impreza

Andrew MacLean

Porsche 911 Turbo S

Is this the best car in the world?

Andrew MacLean

The Ford Mustang failed to live up to its hype according to much of the Drive's staff.

The biggest letdowns of 2016

The Drive Team

BMW i8

Fully driverless BMW due in 2021

Dom Tripolone

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 10: Lachie Whitfield of the Giants looks on during the AFL 1st Qualifying Final match ...

Giants fined $100,000 for Lachie Whitfield affair

BREAKING
29 mins ago

The security guard could well have the safest pair of hands in South Australia.

Security guard's casually amazing BBL catch

1 hr ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Cooper Cronk of the Storm waves to the crowd after playing his 300th game the NRL ...

Cronk crowned world's best

BAGSHOT, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 29: Eddie Jones, the England head coach looks on during the England training session held at ...

Jones reveals his coaching future

Court case: Former Knights player Alex McKinnon plans to sue the NRL.

McKinnon case may change rugby league forever

COMMENT

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 20: FFA CEO David Gallop (1st R) addresses media during a press conference where they ...

The bright side of FFA's new pay-TV deal

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

Stadium officials confident in safety after storm blows out glass

Raiders CEO Don Furner says the agreement with the NRL is a good outcome for the club.

Raiders less reliant on clubs under deal