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President-Elect Donald Trump.

Donald Trump will stop Australia-US refugee deal

EXCLUSIVE
Tom McIlroy

Luke Newsome and partner Caity Lye.

Summernats boss slams 'blame game' over death

Bill Shorten says Centrelink's automated debt recovery system is a 'toxic mix of incompetence and cruelty'.

Centrelink debt recovery a 'farce', Shorten says

A development application to develop the Baptist Care Aged care facility in Hicks Street, Red Hill site into a 100 unit ...

Development finally gets go ahead in Red Hill after four-year fight

Christine Milne has called for members advocating a split to stand down.

'They should leave': Greens tensions boil over as Milne wades in

Health Minister Sussan Ley is facing calls to provide a full explanation of her trip to the Gold Coast or resign.

'Error of judgment': Sussan Ley apologises, will repay expenses

Rolf Harris faces trial on new indecent assault charges

Federal agency 'ruined my life and have to be held to account'

19yo dead, four teens injured in south coast head-on crash

Cyclists' plan to reduce conflict on shared paths

Couple threw hatchet in 100km high-speed Hume highway chase

Canberra schoolboy Edward Osei-Nekita broke the under-16 national 100m record and his coached by his father Augustine ...

This Canberra schoolboy is the fastest 15-year-old ever in Australia - but not the fastest in his family

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - JANUARY 07: 30-year-old Lauren Wood poses for a photo on Seven Shiilings Beach, Double Bay, on ...

Data shows at what age Aussies get married (and then divorced)

Mae Love, 22 months, cools down in her family's Latham backyard on Sunday.

Hot days, warm nights forecast with ACT set to swelter all week

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Queen Elizabeth II arrives to attend St Mary Magdalene Church at Sandringham on Sunday.

Queen seen in public for first time since illness - with Kate and Pippa

Miss Summernats 2017 Jazmyne Wardell, centre, with Sandra Horne and Kali Shaw.

Meet Miss Summernats 2017

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Shark bites another shark in half

Scarlett Johansson in 2006

Fifteen iconic Golden Globes dresses

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

This 'Hearing Protection Act' is about making gun ...

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Man stabbed, another beaten unconscious in Sydney ...

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Liverpool held by fourth-tier team at Anfield

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Todd Bulkeley, 38, of Lithgow, has had a passion for Japanese sports sedans since before the accident that left him a ...

Todd's second Summernats in 21 years a triumph over adversity

'Blame game' over Summernats deaths, and like father like son: Canberra news in 90 seconds

1 hr ago

How did the ACT ended up with number plate slogans?

The same sex marriage debate has been listed as a reason human rights inquiries are rising in the ACT.

What Canberrans complain about when it come to human rights

Jazmyne Wardell.

Meet Miss Summernats 2017

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

The pedestrian suffered a fractured arm.

Police seek witnesses to cyclist-pedestrian crash

Shark

Stopping sharks without the slaughter

Brian Rudd, who was a regular shoeshiner in Sydney's Pitt St Mall, has passed away.

City's beloved Shoeshine Brian dies, again

NSW

Luke Newsome and partner Caity Lye.

Summernats boss slams 'blame game' over death

The red-bellied black snake, one of the most commonly encountered suburban snakes in south-east Queensland.

Scary snake stories rolling in as weather warms

QLD

Most of the real scandals of poor public administration don't come from the actions or omissions of well-meaning but ...

The APS blame game: who should really be held to account?

COMMENT

After 10 years as Canberra's mouthiest union bloke, the CPSU's Vince McDevitt is hanging up his megaphone and seeking a ...

Saying goodbye to Canberra's mouthiest union official

Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce.

Fears Armidale move could cost public servants $100k

Health Minister Sussan Ley is facing calls to provide a full explanation of her trip to the Gold Coast or resign.

Ley apologises for Gold Coast trip, agrees to repay expenses

Matthew Knott

Centrelink 'farce' must end, Shorten says

Matthew Knott

Dumped One Nation candidate hits back at party

Cameron Atfield

Dr Bastian Seidel, head of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

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

Anna Patty

Senator Pauline Hanson at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 13 September 2016. Photo: Andrew Meares

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

COMMENT
Amy Remeikis

Health Minister Sussan Ley.

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

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

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

How Centrelink unleashed a weapon of math destruction

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Israeli emergency services personnel at the scene.

Four Israeli soldiers dead in truck ramming attack in Jerusalem

William Booth
1 hr ago

A missile is launched during a drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea.

North Korea ready to test-launch ICBM at any time: official news agency

1 hr ago

Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cheer during a campaign rally, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, in ...

Trump supporters indifferent to Russian interference fears

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Obama: "Russia is not on our team."

Obama: I didn't underestimate the threats from Putin

Rent or buy: A new study reveals the years in which it was financially superior to rent or buy.

To rent or buy? The evidence is in

COMMENT

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

What is it about Russia that winds everyone up so much?

Russia isn't the bad guy you've been led to believe it is

COMMENT

Interest in holiday home properties on the NSW and Victorian coasts is on the rise after years of stagnation.

Sydney, Melbourne coastal holiday homes bounce back

Simon Johanson

The international banks accused of rigging the Singapore intra-bank interest rate including ANZ and Macquarie say the US ...

ANZ, Macquarie join push to have rate rigging case dropped

Sarah Danckert

Cotton On chief executive Peter Johnson (left) and chief financial officer Michael Hardwick.

How Cotton On mastered the middle market

Catie Low

President-elect Donald Trump speaks in Washington.

Trump and Yellen twin risks for investors

Patrick Commins

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

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

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

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

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

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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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 06: Actor Joe Klocek poses for a photo on January 6, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo ...

Kidman, Jackman ... Klocek. Our rising stars revealed

Broede Carmody

Mel Gibson attends the 6th Annual AACTA International Awards held at Avalon Hollywood on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Los ...

'I wanted to strangle him' - Mel is still dirty on Gervais

Jenny Cooney Carrillo

Elvis and Priscilla Barbie dolls are displayed for sale at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. (AP ...

How Elvis makes more money now than when he was alive

Nick Miller

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

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

La La Anthony, Terrence J, Kelly Rowland, Will Packer and rapper Wale all posed for a group photo before heading into ...

President Obama's farewell party draws star-studded line-up

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

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

Amy Croffey

Nicole Kidman led the fashion pack at the 6th AACTA International Awards.

Nicole Kidman leads the charge on the 6th AACTA International Awards red carpet

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

Sunglasses, $429, Karen Walker.

Monochrome swimwear: anything but boring

Melissa Singer

Emma Jane

Rapeglish - the hyberbolic, sexualised vitriol found online

Emma Jane

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

"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

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

Italian guys, they're so good looking?

'Why are Italians so handsome?' What people Google about Italy

Hazel Plush

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

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

Eyes on India: Usman Khawaja.

Skipper tells players to start thinking about India now

Match-winner: Shane Watson goes on the attack.

Thunder still alive in BBL as Watson fires up

Time off: In-form fast bowler Josh Hazlewood.

Hazlewood misses first ODI after heavy Test workload

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 08: Eugenie Bouchard of Canada looks on in her first round match against Shuai Zhang of ...

Bouchard motivated by 'the hate' as she wins after four months

Crowd hero: Substitute fielder Mickey Edwards.

Mickey' parents nearly missed his moment in the spotlight

Miles Scotson takes out the elite men's road race in Buninyong.

Joy to nightmare: what happened when cyclist celebrated too soon

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 05: Sam Groth of Australia serves during his match against Dominic Thiem of Austria during ...

Groth saving big serves for match day ahead of Canberra Challenger

Revved up: David Carney celebrates the match-winner.

Sydney FC secure costly and controversial win