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There was a 16 per cent increase in ACT Emergency Department presentations compared to the same period last year, with a ...

ACT emergency dept's busiest week in history

Clare Sibthorpe

A 30-year-old man has died in hospital after being injured in a 'single vehicle incident' at the Summernats Car Festival ...

Man, 30, dies after falling off vehicle at Summernats

Clare Sibthorpe

Oliver Anderson

The video footage that allegedly caught out tennis champ

EXCLUSIVE
Nino Bucci

Mower operators work extra hard to cut long grass over the summer months in Canberra.

ACT mows enough lawn to circle the planet more than four times

Emily Baker

Health Minister Sussan Ley says the government is working towards a "mutually satisfactory outcome" over a funding ...

PM under pressure to sack health minister over Gold Coast unit

Patrick Begley, Tom McIlroy

David Eastman's legal team has filed an application in the High Court for special leave to appeal against an ACT Court ...

Eastman takes fight against murder retrial to the High Court

Megan Gorrey

Oversupply of doctors to hit this year amid calls to halt imports

Anna Patty

Tania Hird breaks silence on James Hird's overdose

Sam McClure

Leading jockey accused of torturing stingray fishing trip

Marika Dobbin Thomas

This is not the time of year to submit to the pub test, Minister

COMMENT

Massive haul: NSW fisherman's catch nearly as bug as his boat

Georgina Mitchell

Zac Needham 16 of Jerrabomberra with Benjamin Kennedy 15 and brother Jonathan 13 of Macarthur at Kambah Pool. Photo ...

Summer sizzler: Canberra braces for heatwave

Clare Sibthorpe

Washington Post typo

'Biggest typo ever': Washington Post in front page clanger

No Debbie Reynold and Gene Wilder: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling put on their dancing shoes for <i>La La Land</i>.

La La Land is a terrible film but it will win an Oscar anyway

COMMENT

Steve Smith continues to plunder runs for Australia.

Steve Smith and David Warner feast on wounded spinner

A Bundanoon woman woke up to this funnel web spider crawling on her and biting her - in her bed.

The stuff of nightmares: Funnel web spider bites woman in bed

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Shark 'out of this world'

New York City

The 12 types of holidays you should take in your lifetime

Take a lunch break - on your first day back, and every day from then on.

The things everyone does in the first week back at work

HSBC sees six upside risks

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Multiple fatalities, injuries in shooting at Fort ...

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Morgan Stanley to cut some bonuses

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Canberra's Vince Gelonese will be heading to the Parkes Elvis Festival from January 11 to 15, 2017.

Canberra's own Elvis packs his blue suede shoes for Parkes Festival

How much lawn will be mown in Canberra this summer?

'Smile every day': the secret to Phyllis's long life

Friday morning burnout competition at Summernats.

Where's there's smoke, there's tyres: raining rubber at Summernats

Back to work on Friday in Garema Place, Stasia Dabrowski and grandson Joshua Kenworthy want to thank Canberra for ...

"Thank you Canberra" - city helps out famous soup kitchen lady

Dr Willson warns lethargy is common in the summer months as a person's sleep cycle can be impacted by heat, travel and ...

Hot tips for getting a decent sleep in the heat of summer

A bond for life: University of Canberra student Sarah Hazell had her right hand re-attached by Canberra Hospital plastic ...

Canberra student's severed hand saved in marathon surgery

Matthew Day works at Casino News where the $55 million Powerball entry was sold.

Public servants share in $55m Powerball win

UPDATED

A Bundanoon woman woke up to this funnel web spider crawling on her and biting her - in her bed.

Woman bitten in bed by funnel web spider

NSW

A 30-year-old man has died in hospital after being injured in a 'single vehicle incident' at the Summernats Car Festival ...

Man dies after injury at Summernats

The man was arrested at the Bankwest William Street branch.

Man allegedly lit fire in bank during robbery attempt

WA

Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce.

Fears Armidale move could cost public servants $100k

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says relocating 200 Canberra public servants to northern NSW is about jobs and growth.

Armidale move all about jobs and growth: PM

AFR Generic picture of Australian Troops bound for Iraq parade prior to departure, ADF, Army, defense, soldiers, ...

How the Australian Defence Force plans to invade Facebook

Health Minister Sussan Ley.

This is not the time of year to submit to the pub test, Minister

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

'No apology': Government doubles down on Centrelink debt clawback

Fergus Hunter

One Nation will get bigger but can Hanson steady the ship?

COMMENT
Amy Remeikis

Health Minister Sussan Ley.

Ley bought house from Liberal donor on taxpayer-funded trip

PNG MP Ronny Knight: "This is Papua New Guinea. This is not Australia."

Australia's dirty little secret

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts says New Zealand has a 'hostile attitude' towards Israel.

NZ MP labels Roberts 'village idiot' over sanctions comments

Labor's human services spokeswoman Linda Burney.

Labor seeks audit office probe into Centrelink debt clawback

EXCLUSIVE

James Clapper, director of National Intelligence, speaks at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on foreign cyber ...

Trump says focus on Russian hacking is a political witch hunt

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Man almost dies in freak backpack accident

Trump says the Russian hacking is a political witch hunt.

Trump admits US will pay for border wall, bill Mexico later

Jennifer Epstein

Undated handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry claims to show Russian Military engineers driving in ...

Russia says it has begun reduction of forces in Syria

Queen Elizabeth II poses for a photo in the Regency Room of Buckingham Palace after recording her traditional Christmas ...

Forget the PM's plan, here's how we should become a republic

COMMENT
Crispin Hull

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Consumers appear to have a lay theory, or an intuition, that healthy foods are more expensive.

The surprising reason healthy food can be so expensive

Kelly Haws, Kevin Sample and Rebecca Walker Reczek

What lies ahead for Australian companies in 2017? There's some things we can predict - but brace yourself for the ...

Looking into the crystal ball: Is 2017 the year the scales tip?

Used to angry letters from retirees: Former Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens.

Interest rate cuts not win-win for all

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

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Packer tipped for tie-up with pokie-heavy clubs

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Jamie Oliver returns with Jamie's Super Food Family Classics.

Jamie Oliver shuts six UK restaurants in Brexit squeeze

'Emerging mismatch:' Oversupply of doctors to hit this year

Jan Cameron rules out taking Bellamy's chair

PM's office in push for Alcoa deal

Royce Millar

Allen's Lollies hits the personalisation sweet spot

An artist's impression of Yamaroshi in Braddon.

The developments set to drastically shape our city

It's time to move the focus off home ownership and on to renters.

2017 needs to be the year of the renter

How to succeed at renting (by trying).

Six tips for a successful rental application

12 Hunter Street, Yarralumla.

A record-breaking year: 36 ACT suburb records smashed

Rachel Packham

Three Parts House by Architects EAT.

Architecture in 2017: What's in, and what's out

Bausele Oceanmoon.

Eight Australian watch brands you need to know

Watches

Sometimes the money and the car and the corporate card just aren't enough.

How my dream job turned into a nightmare

Life On Mars

Speak up, and put your hand up.

Invest in yourself in 2017

Annika Bradley

The excellent John Oliver, British comedian and host of the US Last Week Tonight Show, takes a satirical view of news, ...

Six ways to be better investor through entertainment

Chris Brycki

Wing La Cakes owner Wing La expects fellow existing businesses to adapt to the newcomers.

'We need the hipsters': Asian small business leader

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

HiSmile founders Nik Mirkovic and Alex Tomic have used Kylie Jenner to spruik their product.

Dental dimes: $10 millon turnover in 18 months

Kate Jones

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Man dead after boat accident at Pittwater

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Pharrell speaks to Ellen about homophobia

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Samsung addresses exploding phones

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Is China's epic short squeeze a return to 2016?

2SM Sports commentator Reg Grundy, pictured in January 1953. SUN NEWS Picture by LAURIE SHEA Radio broadcasting hhollins ...

Rewind - When they were young

Room

In "Room", 5-year-old Jack and his Ma escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life.

Sherlock

Brand new season of Sherlock 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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2DayFM's fledgling breakfast show stars Rove and Sam have been axed and moved to a night show.

Bye, Rove and Sam, you never stood a chance

COMMENT
Nathanael Cooper

Nailed it: Tony Di Blasi, shown here during an Avalanches show in London, and the Avalanches got the party tone just ...

The Avalanches review: Ultimate party time

Bernard Zuel

No Debbie Reynold and Gene Wilder: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling put on their dancing shoes for <i>La La Land</i>.

Why 'terrible' cult film La La Land will still win an Oscar

COMMENT
Lee Tran Lam

Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford in The Force Awakens.

Carrie Fisher's scenes may be cut from the eighth Star Wars film

Broede Carmody

Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams perform on NBC's Today in December.

Pharrell, Ellen address gospel singer's anti-gay statements

Kelly Lawler

My sales are this big ... Adele finished 2016 as she finished 2015, with the highest selling album of the year in Australia.

Top seller of 2016: It went bigger than Christmas

Bernard Zuel

JonBenet Ramsay as Little Miss of Charlevoix County.

Australian director's JonBenet Ramsey doco success

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: Neil Patrick Harris performs during the Hillary Victory Fund - Stronger Together concert at ...

Being ugly is refreshing: NPH relinquishes his vanity

Andrew Murfett

Back to work on Friday in Garema Place, Stasia Dabrowski and grandson Joshua Kenworthy want to thank Canberra for ...

"Thank you Canberra" - city helps out its famous soup kitchen lady

Phyllis Coble celbrated her 100th birthday with her family and friends at Uniting Mirinjani Weston. Photo by Karleen Minney.

'Smile every day': the secret to Phyllis's long life

A bond for life: University of Canberra student Sarah Hazell had her right hand re-attached by Canberra Hospital plastic ...

The remarkable work of surgeons who saved Sarah's 'severed' hand

Actresses Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher.

Meryl Streep delivers eulogy for Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds

The organisers of the March On Sydney

Women bring anti-Trump inauguration rallies to Australia

Arielle De Bono

Crowds at the Falls Festival in Lorne.

Falls Festival calls on men to 'have some respect' for women

Nicole Economos

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 23: Tamara Mellon arrives at the Diane von Furstenberg & Stephen Alden party at Claridges on ...

Jimmy Choo founder reveals plan to shake up shoe sales

Mad Men's Betty Draper.

What happens when narcissists become parents?

Jody Allard

"I want them to have the option of pushing a button and having it right up in their faces."

'Donated' insults turned into one-click 'rape threat generator'

Daisy Dumas

One of six handwritten notes by Princess Diana that went to auction.

Diana letter about troublesome Harry sells for $4000

State Rep. Ilhan Omar takes the oath of office as the 2017 Legislature convened Tuesday.

First Muslim woman sworn in to US Congress

Arielle De Bono

Showering certainly wasn't conducive to good health for Janet Leigh in the film Psycho.

Is cleanliness harming our health?

Sarah Berry

Starving for seven days won't help your body to 'detox'.

Don't let detox diets deceive you

Ellie Krieger

PMDD affects women more than PMS, and researchers may now know why.

Possible cause of severe PMS discovered

Melanie Eversley

Chipotle chicken in adobo.

How to make 100 dishes from 10 tins in your pantry

Adan Liaw

A snap from his new show Destination Flavour: Singapore.

Adam Liaw: What not to do on a TV cooking show

Adam Liaw

Fratelli Famous pizza is available to eat-in or takeaway to the park.

Why it's better to eat your pizza cold

Callan Boys

Grant Kessler in the waiting room.

Why the internet is swooning for this teen

It's okay for mums to have a rest.

Why I'm aiming to be a worse mum in 2017

Family holidays are about sharing new experiences.

The five trends that will dominate family travel in 2017

The mouth of the Noosa River on the Sunshine Coast.

Two surprise Aussie cities make world's top 50 destinations list

Kylie McLaughlin

Qantas has been named the world's safest airline again.

World's safest airlines named in annual rankings

Sinead Pearson

Six Senses Laamu in the Maldives: But what does this place have in common with Jordan, London and Iceland?

Traveller quiz: What do Iceland, Maldives, London have in common?

Mal Chenu

Tim Baxter, president and COO of Samsung Electronics America, speaks at CES.

Humble Samsung blunt about its 2016 struggles

A 75-inch Samsung QLED TV.

Everything Samsung announced at CES

The Cerevo Taclim VR shoes.

VR shoes let you feel the surface you're not walking on

Google unleashes Go-playing AI online

Kotaku

Faraday Future's FF 91 can summon 1000 horsepower and go from 0 to to 60mph (96.5kmph) in 2.39 seconds.

Faraday Future unveils FF 91 electric car

Mercedes-AMG has teased a new hybrid supercar at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Mercedes teases F1 hybrid supercar

David McCowen

2017 Hyundai Sonata.

2017 Hyundai Sonata reviewed

David McCowen

2017 Skoda Kodiaq.

Skoda now offers five year warranty

Andrew MacLean

2016 Toyota HiLux.

Australia's favourite car revealed

Stephen Ottley

Hyundai will be giving demonstrations of its Ioniq hybrid at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show.

Hyundai's plan to stop you driving

Dom Tripolone

2016 Drive Car of the Year Best Luxury Car over $80,000: Mercedes-Benz E220d

In-car health monitors to prevent crashes

David McCowen

Turn around: Australia captain Steve Smith celebrates catching Yasir Shah of Pakistan off a delivery by Josh Hazlewood ...

Australia close in on clean sweep

Canberra United's Lisa De Vanna. Photo Elesa Kurtz

Lisa De Vanna set to call McKellar Park home for the first time

Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart says Jarrod Croker and Josh Papalii will be ready for round one against the North ...

Croker and Papalii will be at 'peak fitness' for round one: Stuart

a year on and everything's back on track for Carl Valeri.

Carl Valeri says 'scary' illness a 'distant memory'

The world's fastest server Sam Groth says the Canberra conditions are perfect for big serving.

Canberra perfect conditions for big-serving Groth

Canberra cyclist Gracie Elvin made it back-to-back wins in the Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik in Belgium.

Gracie Elvin calls Orica-Scott criticism unfair ahead of nationals

Canberra Cavalry assistant coach Keith Ward will take over the development reins from Jeremy Barnes, who is off to join ...

Cavs development manager Jeremy Barnes shoots for the stars

Winner of Race 2 at Thoroughbred Park, Sky Mission with jockey Carly Frater-Hill. Photo Elesa Kurtz

Canberra trainer Matt Dale confirms Fell Swoop return date