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Overly large breasts can cause physical problems such as back, neck and shoulder pain.

$180k spent to fight $20k compo claim by ex-staffer

Noel Towell
1 hr ago

Faysal Ishak Ahmed (in green T-shirt), who died on Christmas Eve after being flown from the Manus Island detention centre.

Manus detainee Faysal Ishak Ahmed denied bed days before his death

Michael Gordon

Icon Water, which manages Cotter Dam, has reported a $24 million boost in profits for the 2015-16 year.

Icon Water posts a $24m bump in profits for fiscal year 2015-16

Daniel Burdon
41 mins ago

New Labor Member for Yerrabi Suzanne Orr.

Meet your the new ACT Assembly: Suzanne Orr, the city planner

Katie Burgess

Sarah Hort outside Martin Place post office on Wednesday, after discovering the Potts Point office was closed.

Surprise in store when Sarah arrived for passport appointment

Victoria Ticha
1 hr ago

Australia has a higher proportion of its prisoners (around 15 per cent) in private prisons than any other country in the ...

Private prisons have pluses but the ACT is not ready for one yet

COMMENT
David Biles
39 mins ago

Damning data shows Canberra cyclists most at risk in Australia

1 hr ago

Canberra's Erin Molan overjoyed by record Sydney to Hobart win

Georgina Connery

Turnbull has been close to a disaster for Australians

COMMENT
Ross Fitzgerald

Mark Nicholas back in hospital after health setback

Menzies would turn in his grave': Our aid shame

SMH/ NEWS REVIEW? Portrait of Bob Hawke former Australian Prime Minister. Hawke will talk about his friendship with ...

Hawke says abolish state governments, think bigger

Amy Remeikis

Gianmarco Senatore and Hannah Ingle manage Urban Pantry in Manuka, one of the few businesses that stays open over the ...

'It's been hectic': Canberra's cafes enjoy busy silly season

1 hr ago

Top critics' pick ... Julian Dennison plays a boy who becomes the subject of a manhunt with his foster uncle, played by ...

Not this one: Guess which movie declared the year's biggest dud

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 28: David Warner of Australia leaps in the air as he celebrates reaching his century ...

Warner says South Africa series like a 'kick up the backside'

Flying high: David Warner celebrates his century.

Warner's transformation from rodeo clown to serious actor

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Carrie Fisher's Star Wars audition

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She went to Alaska to photograph polar bears, found no snow

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Caffeine-free ways to kick start your day

Thunder fizzle against Heat

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Melbourne Victory put Mariners to the sword

10:11PM

The Turnbull government's assault on pensioners ...

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The Rural Fire Service is conducting hazard-reduction burns around Sydney.

Firefighters bring grass fire at Cooleman Ridge under control

ACT's hot weather, high humidity will be here for a while yet

APS superannuation bill set to almost triple to $672m

(L-R) Constables Trevor Gay and Scott Burrows with the ACT Police trail bikes used to patrol ACT National Parks.

Off-road trail bikes a successful new tool for police in bush capital

Armed men rob a supermarket in Canberra's south.

Woman charged over running man down with car on Christmas Day

Music-lovers out at Falls Festival last year. The AMA has urged all festival-goers to look after themselves, and their ...

'Easy to overindulge': AMA's warning to festival-goers

Michael Pettersson MLA. photo by: Jamila Toderas

The 'Tinder guy': 25yo ACT pollie on getting teens into politics

Tui Gallagher, 14, went missing in rough surf at Maroubra Beach on Tuesday night.

Search fails to find teenager missing in rough surf

NSW

CCTV footage of the alleged West End rapists in 2011.

Two men charged over savage rape of 20-year-old

QLD

A man enters the water at the baths at Coogee Beach earlier this week.

Severe heatwave prompts warning for NYE revellers

NSW

Canberra Cycling Club president Nathan Edwardson says the ACT boasts "really good" cycling infrastructure.

The Aussie cyclists most at risk of serious injury

1 hr ago

Auditor-General Maxine Cooper has found the ACT government will be dependent on a 'substantial' rise in interest rates ...

The bill for ACT public servant's super will almost triple to $672m

Don't mention the FWC: public service minister Michaelia Cash.

2016: the year that was different to 2015 in more ways than one

Public servants at the pesticides authority are to be offered big bonuses to stay with their employer after Barnaby ...

Public servants offered big bucks to move to Armidale

Faysal Ishak Ahmed (in green T-shirt), who died on Christmas Eve after being flown from the Manus Island detention centre.

Manus detainee told there was no clinic bed for him days before death

Michael Gordon

Australia's foreign aid spending at lowest level in eight years

Tom McIlroy

Abolish state governments and think big to fix the nation: Hawke

Amy Remeikis

Pauline Hanson in parliament.

Why my dad votes One Nation: The Christmas chat we had to have

COMMENT

<a href="https://www.toygalaxy.com.au/ravensburger-world-globe-3d-puzzleball-540pc" target="_blank">Ravensburger World ...

The politicians' 'study tours' costing you millions

Tom McIlroy

Special Minister of State Scott Ryan says pensioners will be better under January 1 pension changes.

'Scare campaign': Coalition, Labor argue over pension changes

The missing WA votes may literally have fallen off the back of a truck.

The big change that may come to a ballot box near you

Rohingya children at a refugee camp in Rakhine state in 2014.

Malaysian NGOs reveal plan to send flotilla to Rohingyas in Myanmar

Lindsay Murdoch

Lashed out: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel warned NZ UN resolution was 'declaration of war'

A Chinese labourer works at an unauthorised steel factory in Inner Mongolia, China. Pollution levels in neighbouring ...

Forget Beijing, world's worst air is in another country

Barack Obama listens as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks on Kilo Pier in Joint Base Pearl Harbour-Hickam, Hawaii.

'We must never repeat horrors of war': Japan PM at Pearl Harbour

Australia has a higher proportion of its prisoners (around 15 per cent) in private prisons than any other country in the ...

Private prisons have pluses but the ACT is not ready for one yet

COMMENT
David Biles
39 mins ago

Time is one of the most valuable commodities we possess, but we often spend unwisely.

How to find more time for fun next year

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Cricket. Boxing Day test cricket at the MCG - Australia V India - the crowd warms up with police and alcohol in ...

Gone are the days of watching an innocent cricket match with kids

COMMENT
Toby Hall

Macquarie Bank is causing alarm in Britain over its proposed takeover of the UK's Green Investment Bank.

'Deeply troubling': Now Scotland hits out at Macquarie Bank

Latika Bourke

There is a positive sentiment in the market this morning.

ASX closes at highest since August 2015

Jessica Sier

Telco customers don't really understand their contracts, research confirms.

The brands and products that got your goat in 2016

Esther Han

Julia, Janelle, Shane and Kirsten - some of the staff at Paul Sadler Swimland Essendon who have banded together after ...

Scandal in Swimland: School caught underpaying instructors

Adele Ferguson

Slater & Gordon faces more debt woes, weighs up recapitalisation

Woolworths to sell service stations to BP for $1.8 billion

Business Day summer quiz: retail and consumer affairs

Peter Hall in shock exit from Hunter Hall

Creative styling tips for homes with history

A town in Tasmania called Nowhere Else, has the same name as a town in South Australia.

The state with the weirdest place names

Bestie Row: meet the eight friends living together, sans share house

Potter fans will know the living room from the letters scene.

TV and movie homes listed or sold in 2016

Republic, Canberra's largest mixed-use precinct, will be built over the next 10 years.

The developments set to drastically shape Canberra

Some buyers may be hibernating through the winter season, which offers a big opportunity for those keen to get ahead of ...

How much sleep do you really need?

Self Improvement

Facing backlash: Host Jimmy Fallon.

Social success: Eight habits of highly likeable people

Personal Development

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

Illustration: Simon Letch

What happens to my health care card when I lose my pension?

Noel Whittaker

Martin Hosking, CEO of Redbubble.

'My biggest mistake': Entrepreneurs reveal where they went wrong

Adam Stone, entrepreneur and founder of Speedlancer.

22-year-old entrepreneur on to his second company

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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Six suffocate in Jakarta armed robbery

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Abe offers condolences to Pearl Harbour war victims

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Woolies sells fuel business to BP

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Solving the productivity crisis

Clique's Summer Herald photo competition: Congratulations to Anne-Maree Lloyd, of Yaraka, Queensland. Winner, December ...

Clique Summer Herald photo competition: December 28, 2016

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The Hunger Games - Binge all 4 movies now

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Brand new season of Mozart In The Jungle - 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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George Michael leaves the Cote Brassiere restaurant in Highgate on August 25, 2013 in London, United Kingdom.

George Michael was working on a documentary days before death

Maria Puente

Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford on the set of <i>Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back</i>.

Harrison Ford leads tributes to Carrie Fisher

Miriam Webber

Top critics' pick ... Julian Dennison plays a boy who becomes the subject of a manhunt with his foster uncle, played by ...

Not this one: Guess which movie declared the year's biggest dud

Garry Maddox

Ice-cream row: Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May.

Grand Tour's Richard Hammond under fire for 'gay' joke

Carrie

Fisher's Star Wars audition tape resurfaces as fans pay tribute

Rob Moran

Unrecognisable: One of the final photos taken of George Michael.

George Michael's declining health as he battled pitfalls of fame

Carrie Fisher will reprise her role as Princess Leia in <i>Star Wars Episode VIII</i>; it will be released a year after ...

What now for Star Wars? Fisher's final performance due in 2017

Michael Idato

British author Richard Adams (pictured in 1978), whose 1972 book Watership Down became a classic of children's ...

Richard Adams, creator of Watership Down, dies at 96

Jason Steger

You can take your dog swimming Lake Ginninderra.

Top five ways to keep your cool and still have fun this week

The Roberts family playing cricket in their annual boxing day tradition at Kingston Oval.

It's not just cricket but a family tradition

Renee Watson is spreading her obsession with science across the world through new service The Curiosity Box.

Queanbeyan girl becomes 'Head of Explosions' at BBC

Princess Leia in her famous gold bikini. The only underwear George Lucas allowed in space, according to Carrie Fisher.

This is how Carrie Fisher wanted us to know she died

Jenna Clarke

Carrie Fisher in 2011

Carrie Fisher's galvanising message on mental illness

COMMENT
Clem Bastow

Peter Dutton

Why our 2017 resolution should be to sack Peter Dutton

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Clementine Ford talks trolling with Daily Life 2016 Woman of the Year, Mariam Veiszadeh.

Clementine Ford and Mariam Veiszadeh on being trolled

Daisy Dumas

Women are sharing pictures of themselves dressed as Princess Leia.

Women are sharing photos of themselves dressed as Leia

Mary Ward

Kardashian- West Christmas snap.

The Kimye Christmas photo is everything you would expect

Nicole Economos

Stock up on those casual luxe looks this weekend.

The secret feminist history of shopping

Jeff Guo

MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 27: Linda Tol poses wearing Gucci loafers before the Jil Sander show during the Milan Fashion ...

Trends we hope won't return in 2017

Melissa Singer

Surviving suicide: Coming out of the dark.

Surviving a loved one's suicide

Jason Nark

Savour the splurges.

Strategies for getting through the holidays without weight gain

Jae Berman

Bloated? Watch what you eat and get moving.

Overindulged? Try these remedies for gas

From Mayo Clinic News Network

Adam Liaw's super-easy cold Kilpatrick oysters.

How to make the easiest-ever summer lunch: oysters Kilpatrick

Karen Martini's summer vegetable lasagne.

Here are the top 10 most popular recipes of 2016

Magical marmalade custard cake.

This cake magically separates into custard and sponge layers by itself

The Modern Mumma

The best and most creative pregnancy announcements of 2016

Is it OK for parents to post photos of their children online?

Think before you post those pics of your kids online

What is the definition of strength?

What is it that makes a woman 'strong'?

Rock star treatment: Laura Stevens on board the British Airways flight.

Like rock stars: Three women get entire plane to themselves

Oslo ranks among the world's most expensive cities.

How to cope visiting one of the world's most expensive cities

Kerry van der Jagt

Passengers on board two Virgin Australia flights missed Christmas due to the International Date Line.

Virgin passengers get surprise after missing Christmas Day

Traveller.com.au

Windows 10 is almost a year old.

Microsoft admits it pushed upgrade too hard

A female redback.

Amazing things humans learnt in 2016

A human pilot can control the "Method-2" robot using arm gestures.

Yours for Christmas 2017, a giant robot that you sit inside

VPN

The five best VPNs for internet privacy in 2017

Lifehacker

Britney Spears performs earlier this month at the 2016 Jingle Ball.

Hack sparks false reports of Britney death

2017 Suzuki Swift

Suzuki reveals new Swift

Drive Team

2017 Subaru Impreza hatch.

Driven: Subaru's all-new Impreza

Andrew MacLean

The new Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce represents Alfa Romeo's latest hot hatch.

Alfa Giulietta Veloce quick spin review

David McCowen

RSR Nurburg offers enthusiasts a chance to drive performance cars on the Nurburgring.

Nurburgring: The ultimate test drive

David McCowen

Opel GT concept.

Holden-designed Opel GT could still be built

Stephen Ottley

Ferrari's latest one-off creation, the SP 275 RW Competizione

Ferrari's latest retro racer

Drive Team

Big innings: David Warner celebrates after reaching his century.

Warner tons up, Khawaja set to join him

Canberra Cavalry manager Michael Collins says shortstop Scott Kelly makes everyone around him better.

Kelly's presence making the Cavalry charge

Canberra United players celebrate a goal during the round nine W-League match against Melbourne Victory.

Canberra scores late W-League win but it may come at a cost

Back-to-back titles: Nick Kyrgios.

Kyrgios needs things to go right to win Aussie Open: Cash

Canberra trainer Nick Olive is considering the Doncaster Mile for Single Gaze.

Olive's Gaze on Doncaster and Coolmore

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 28: Nathan Lyon of Australia bowls during day three of the Second Test match between ...

Lyon's career in a spin

HOBART, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 28: Perpetual LOYAL owner/skipper Anthony Bell celebrates with sponsors and crew at ...

Loyal's crew revels in perfect weather

"There was a time when I didn't feel incredibly comfortable about my body because I felt like I was too strong": Serena ...

Serena Williams continues to fight the good fight