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Unfair competition: John Flanagan with some of his video equipment.

'They ruined my life and have to be held to account'

A young woman has been killed in a road crash on the NSW south coast.

Young woman killed, man critical in south coast head-on crash

Kaitlin and Charlie McGrath, Andrew Brookes with Tegan and Judy McGrath all from Alice Springs cool off in the mist of ...

If you thought it was hot yesterday, the heat is just getting started

Luke Newsome and partner Caity Lye.

'Top bloke': Luke's fatal fall leads to ute riding ban at Summernats

The most frightening thing about the Centrelink malware debacle is the verve with which the government embraced it.

Centrelink and its weapon of math destruction

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Vicki Painter, 46, of Kaleen has been missing since Friday.

Have you seen Vicki Painter? She's been missing since Friday

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Russia aimed to influence US election, top spies tell Trump

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Gunman suspect 'specifically' flew to Florida for attack: FBI

How the ACT ended up with number plate slogans in the first place

Hume Highway police chase reaches speeds of 180km/h, officers say

'People do it all the time': Sussan Ley's splurge explained

ANALYSIS

An artist's impression of the development.

Going up: Currong flats plans have been revealed

Jessie Swan posted to the Cancer Council Facebook page after her baby was hospitalised for an averse reaction to sunscreen.

Doctors address sunscreen concerns after baby hospitalised

First-time Summernats patrons Amy Judd and Chris Meli of Melbourne have spent five hours in the front row of the ...

The show goes on at Summernats

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Crowd hero: Substitute fielder Mickey Edwards.

Is this Australia's newest sporting cult hero?

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

Under pressure: Jamie Oliver shuts six restaurants

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Man dies riding ute at Summernats car festival

All but two of the 56 high earners paid no income tax at all.

Man got a Centrelink debt for a time he wasn't on Centrelink

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Nails, detox and church: I spent a week trying not to be judgmental

Have you seen Vicki Painter?

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The reason Rousey's sparring partners aren't ...

8:59AM

Young woman killed in Narooma head-on crash

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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

The Land Development Agency's indicative layout of the suburb of Taylor.

LDA to release first Taylor blocks

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

Richard Lansdowne recently discovered he is the great, great, great, great grandchild of Patrick Connolly, one of the ...

Ruins in Googong point to the past

'Extremely sad': Summernats has its first ever death

Police seek witnesses to cyclist-pedestrian crash

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

The ACT emergency department just had its busiest week in history

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

How much lawn will be mown in Canberra this summer?

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

Phyllis Coble celebrated her 100th birthday with her family and friends at Uniting Mirinjani Weston.

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

A woman will face court over the alleged axe attack.

Woman to face court over alleged axe attack

NSW

The trainee heart surgeon was fined after filming men showering in the public bathrooms at South Bank Parklands.

Doctor fined for filming men in shower

QLD

Claremont victims Ciara Glennon (left) and Jane Rimmer (right). Investigation into the disappearance of Sarah Spiers ...

Claremont murders probe: Police seize car

WA

A woman attacked with an axe at a service station in Sydney's inner west has described the terrifying ordeal.

Better off dread: hair helps woman survive axe attack

NSW

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

Senator Pauline Hanson and her increasingly powerful chief of staff James Ashby.

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

COMMENT
Amy Remeikis

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

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

How Centrelink unleashed a weapon of math destruction

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Health Minister Sussan Ley said she was meeting patients on the Gold Coast to discuss access to new medicines when she ...

Health Minister under pressure over Gold Coast home purchase

Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce.

'No apology' on Centrelink debt clawback

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

Ahok is now on trial for blasphemy after mass rallies, spearheaded by Islamic hardliners, called for him to be jailed.

Fighting intolerance a challenge for Indonesia's moderate Muslims

Jewel Topsfield

President-elect Donald Trump is still questioning the validity of the Russian hacking findings.

'Gross negligence' by Democrats led to Russian hacking

John Wagner

Suspect Esteban Ruiz Santiago flew specifically to Florida to carry out the attack.

Airport gunman suspect chose Florida to carry out attack, FBI

Trump's tweets are moving share prices of the companies he targets.

Russia aimed to influence US election, top spies tell Trump

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

PNG Police defend their brutal treatment of assylum seekers released on Manus Island.

Australia's dirty little secret

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

A worker cleans windows in front of an advertisement board at a shopping mall in Jakarta. Indonesia is now creating a ...

Big opportunies in Indonesia for bold entrepreneurs

COMMENT
Peter Dawson

Trump's plan for the US to spend itself out of trouble just "won't work", says Nobel laureate and globalisation expert ...

'It will not work': Nobel Prize winners slam Trumponomics

UBS says stocks including Domino's Pizza, Cochlear, Ramsay Health Care and REA Group are vulnerable to any profit ...

Extra toppings: Domino's staff get big Sunday pay rise

Fig is a popular scent used by several fashion retailers.

Why figs could make you spend more on clothes

Forget using the iPhone in the car - the info may soon be on your windscreen.

Move over smartphone: Smart windshields are the next big thing

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

'Mismatch': There'll be too many doctors in Australia this year

Wall Street parties like it's 19,999, with indices closing at records

Trump tweets again? New app alerts investors

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 dies at Summernats

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Russia hacks: Intel chief pushes back at Trump

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Multiple people dead in Florida airport shooting

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Man dead after boat accident at Pittwater

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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Mel Gibson takes a selfie with Nicole Kidman as they attend The AACTA International Awards in Los Angeles.

Selfies and fairy bread as Aussies win at International AACTAs

Michael Idato

Melbourne author Liam Pieper.

Holiday hell: Why trying to relax sends me into a panic

Liam Pieper

Tony Martin and Damian Cowell of TISM

TISM's Damian Cowell and Tony Martin's star-studded adventure

Michael Dwyer

06.tif David Bowie: Fenton Lake, New Mexico, 1975. From the Blender Gallery's Celebrate Bowie exhibition. To be run only ...

The untold story of how John Lennon's killer targeted Bowie

Gabriel Wilder

Carrie Fisher, left, and her mother Debbie Reynolds perform together in archival footage from the documentary, ...

'Heartbreaking' film shows Fisher and Reynolds together at home

Yvonne Villarreal

This image released by STX Films shows Hailee Steinfeld, left, and Haley Lu Richardson in a scene from "The Edge of ...

Hailee Steinfeld and the birth of a new teen classic

Paul Byrnes

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

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

Roxy Jacenko with Hunter, two, and Pixie, five.

What Roxy Jacenko tells her kids when they ask to see their incarcerated father

Amy Croffey

Michelle Obama delivers remarks honouring the 2017 School Counsellor of the Year and counsellors from across the country ...

'I hope I've made you proud': Michelle Obama's final speech

Joe Heim

"Everything we did, we did ourselves. There wasn't any fanfare to it."

Forget the big wedding as more couples 'include' you through Facebook

Megan McDonough

Sunglasses, $429, Karen Walker.

Monochrome swimwear: anything but boring

Melissa Singer

Disgraced deputy Auburn mayor, Salim Mehajer, wants to return to politics in 2017.

Salim Mehajer to return to politics to do what he loves most - 'help others'

Amy Croffey
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Emma Jane

Rapeglish - the hyberbolic, sexualised vitriol found online

Emma Jane

Carrie Fisher attends the European Premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at Leicester Square on December 16, 2015 ...

Carrie Fisher's urn shaped like an anti-depressant

Mary Ward

Crowds at the Falls Festival in Lorne.

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

Nicole Economos

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

smart cycle

The latest gadget that's dividing parents: smart idea or just ridiculous?

Staff writers

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

Symi island, Dodecanes, Greece .

Fourteen amazing islands that offer more than just beaches

Brian Johnston

Have you been issued a speeding fine after driving a hire car?

Traveller letters: Speeding fine? I wasn't even in the country, Avis

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

World's safest airlines named in annual rankings

Sinead Pearson

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

Under-employed: Hilton Cartwright in the change rooms after Australia's victory.

Cartwright the forgotten man after just 24 deliveries

Steve O'Keefe celebrates dismissing Misbah-ul-Haq.

Clean sweep: Australia wrap up victory over Pakistan at SCG

Death threats, jealousy and lonely days for Bouchard

Canberra United's Lisa De Vanna against Adelaide United

Controversial refereeing calls deny Canberra United top spot

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 05: Josh Hazlewood of Australia comforts Matt Renshaw of Australia as he leaves the field ...

Lehmann refuses to guarantee Renshaw a start

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Crowd hero: Substitute fielder Mickey Edwards.

Is this Australia's newest sporting cult hero?

Incoming: Billy Stanlake.

Queensland bolter and BBL sensation named for ODIs

James Frawley in action against Mislav Bosnjak during day one of the Canberra Challenger qualifiers.

Kyrgios courtside in Canberra for mate ranked world No.1934