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Big year: Queensland and Raiders backrower Josh Papalii.

Raiders star Josh Papalii charged with drink driving

BREAKING
11 mins ago

Kamar Deep of Macgregor has the NBN while his neighbours across the road do not.

'Ridiculous': How the NBN split this Canberra street

North Canberra Community Council recommended the government drop the residential suburban default speed limit to 40km/h.

Call to reduce speed limits, more cul-de-sacs and higher tolls

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has defended his use of taxpayer-funded entitlements

Cormann's $23,000 Broome weekends on taxpayer dollar

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott

Vince Colosimo. Supplied by SBS. March 2012

Underbelly star to face court on alleged drug possession charge

President-elect Donald Trump went on the attack on Twitter criticising the civil rights leader.

'All talk, no action': Trump attacks civil rights icon

1 hr ago

Tradition and sexism: Why girls wear skirts to school

PM's plan to avoid a major reshuffle

47 mins ago

Taxpayers billed thousands for MP's prayer breakfast

Why we weren't warned about the windstorm

Palmer goes ballistic over alleged massacre of 'sex-crazed' deer

Canberra couple Adrian and Jenny Kovacs were married at Murramarang Beachfront Resort in March, 2016. Murramarang has ...

Is getting married at a van park a new wedding trend?

The Bueti family (father on left, daughter on right) from Adelaide used the Cancer Council aerosol spray sunscreen but ...

Are spray sunscreens safe? How one family saw red

Australia's squad for India has been named.

One bolter in Australian Test squad for India tour

Rose Weller, 15 of Giralang has been nominated for the second year in a row for a BHP Science and Engineering Award. She ...

The Canberra teen who could help clean up oceans, catch drug cheats

Canberra Raiders hooker Josh Hodgson says he's ready to play 80 minutes if Ricky Stuart needs him to.

Hodgson ready to play full 80 if Ricky needs him to

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'You made me a better man'

Why terrorism shouldn't stop you from travelling

Why terrorism shouldn't stop you from travelling

These Instagram accounts are making fashion fun again

These Instagram accounts are making fashion fun again

Canberra Raiders star Josh Papalii charged with ...

1:02PM

Why we're getting crazy company names like Altbaba

12:59PM

Don Dale resident in medical emergency

12:56PM

HSBC says the fact that housing loan approvals and credit growth have slowed point to an overall cooling in what has ...

First-home buyers' struggle worsens with grant changes

Canberra Domain Allhomes. 5 Standbridge Place, Spence. January 15, 2016.?

Auction Watch: Year begins with a single sale in Spence

In 2001 the average Queenslander used 300 litres of water per day to wash, eat, drink and in the garden.
In 2015 that ...

How to start preparing your property for an autumn sale

Workers fitting a new weather vane on the lighthouse tower.

Challenge accepted? Live alone on this island for six months

Canberra Domain Allhomes. A 320-home mixed-use development is slated for Watson. January 12, 2016.?

A 320-home sustainable village slated for Watson

The man handed himself in to police on Friday.

'God' told man to hand himself in six years after 2011 nightclub explosions, court hears

Thirsty work: Where to find Canberra's cheapest schooners

Man hit with wine bottle in racially motivated attack: police

The family's Mitsubishi mobile home hit a tree after allegedly being struck from behind by a B-double at Yarra near ...

Family of four in hospital after semi-trailer crash on Hume

An artist's impression of QIC's proposed section 96 development looking from Donaldson St, with the the office tower at ...

Canberra Centre expansion plans reach city height limits

ACT Greens leader and Minister for Mental Health, Shane Rattenbury.

Study of demand for suicide prevention services on agenda, but funding still uncertain

Dan Bourchier is replacing Virginia Haussegger, presenting the ABC TV news in Canberra from Monday to Thursday. Craig ...

Morning radio and nightly news: Meet ABC's Two Job Man

Brisbane New Parallel Runway project director Paul Coughlan (left) with works inspector Des Hasemann on top of 11 ...

Brisbane's new airport emerges from the sand

QLD

The man has been charged with murder.

Police charge man with murder after violent argument

WA
1 hr ago

The women were attacked within 20 minutes of each other.

Two women assaulted in separate attacks

NSW

Sea gull on a hot night.

Sydney record hot night: Mercury hits 30C at 2am

NSW

Computer says no: Digital Transformation Minister Angus Taylor.

How the Turnbull government killed off its big website dream

New chief executive of the Australian Digital Health Agency, Tim Kelsey.

Digital health chief gets big bucks to fix troubled system

The pay gap: Comparatively small in the ACT public service, where women outnumber men and are paid almost as well as ...

Women dominate ranks of ACT public service, but their pay a surprise

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is greeted by the Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull on arrival at Kirribilli ...

Trump looms large over Turnbull's talks with Japanese PM

Adam Gartrell

Turnbull's plan to avoid major reshuffle after Ley expenses furore

47 mins ago

MP billed taxpayers $2000 to attend US prayer breakfast

Clive Palmer addresses the media at a press conference on the High Court challenge, in Canberra on Thursday 10 November ...

Clive Palmer goes ballistic over 'rogue killers'

Foreign Affairs minister Julie Bishop welcomed Frances Adamson as Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and ...

PM's pragmatic call frees him for a Bishop manoeuvre

ANALYSIS
Michael Gordon

"We should tell the new US administration from the get-go that Australia will not be part of such adventurism": Former ...

US 'threatens to involve Australia in war with China': Keating

Fergus Hunter

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

How a Sussan Ley's ministerial career unravelled

Anti-Trump protests will run throughout the week leading up to his inauguration.

Anti-Trump protests kick off in Washington ahead of inauguration

Syrian security forces and residents gather at the scene where a suicide bomber attack.

Dozens dead in Syria as IS launches biggest attack in months

47 mins ago

Iraqi special forces advance inside Mosul University during fighting against Islamic State militants.

Air strike targeting IS kills up to 30 civilians in Iraq's Mosul

Some refugees have no warm clothes, as the freeze settles in south-east Europe.

Little humanity in Europe for refugees stuck out in cold

Nick Miller

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announcing the resignation of Sussan Ley from his frontbench in Sydney.

Scandal a disaster for Malcolm Turnbull - but it has a siver lining

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Things will certainly be different under President-elect Donald Trump's watch.

We haven't learnt anything from rise of Trump and Brexit

COMMENT
John Hewson

Yahoo is selling its operating unit to Verizon

Why company names seem to be getting stranger

Analysis
14 mins ago

Bellamy's former CEO Laura McBain, who was ousted this week.

Milk shakes: Bellamy's disaster was only a matter of time

Seven West Media chief executive Tim Worner is under scrutiny.

Embattled Seven boss set to front at the Australian Open

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

Chance and incompetence - our recipe for success

Jessica Irvine

The relationship with his bank was clear. Then it started to blur

If banks can't make it in Asia, what Australian businesses will?

COMMENT
Alex Malley

Deutsche Bank bans text messages

Give ombudsman tools to tackle no-name wage fraud

COMMENT

The 2012 Hennessey Venom GT Spyder Owned by Steven Tyler.

Million dollar babies: 10 rare luxury rides that could be yours

Cars

2016 saw a lot of endings, including some seriously good whiskey vintages.

Six rare whiskies you should buy before they disappear

Smart Sipping

Sometimes focusing on the details means we miss the bigger picture.

Investors should focus on the forest, not the trees

COMMENT
Scott Phillips

Many people are paying for gym services they don't use.

How to avoid spending too much on gym memberships

John Collett

First lady Michelle Obama is perceived as a succesful leader.

The one factor that determines leadership success

James Adonis

Nick Haddow runs a successful cheese business from Bruny Island.

Meet the small business owners living in paradise

Nina Hendy

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Jimmy Kimmel joins #jacketgate

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Obama: I'm 'forever bonded' with 'brother' Biden

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Sussan Ley resigns

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ACT apartment supply easing

Allhomes

Marjorie Cox Crawford serving during a tennis game, New South Wales, ca. 1930, 2 [picture]

Rewind - Tennis time

Preacher - STAN

Every episode of Preacher - now streaming only on Stan.

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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Sienna Miller attends a special screening of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Live By Night" at Metrograph on Tuesday, Dec. 13, ...

Miller escapes gossip in search of career-defining role

Andrew Purcell

Hundreds "flee' fictitious monsters in Brisbane's CBD as Pacific rim - The Maelstrom - begins shooting in Brisbane's CBD ...

Hundreds flee as 'monsters' attack Brisbane during filming

Tony Moore

Carrie Fisher on the set of <i>Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. </i>

Lucasfilm shuts down rumours of digitally recreating Carrie Fisher

Sarah Thomas

Jimmy Kimmel and Amber Sherlock

Kimmel takes a crack at Amber Sherlock's wardrobe tantrum

Amelia Zhou

James McAvoy as Dennis in Split.

James McAvoy, man of many faces, adds another 24 in Split

Andrew Purcell

FILE- In this March 11, 2015, file photo, Actress Shailene Woodley poses for photographers upon arrival at a central ...

Divergent author Veronica Roth's next big series

Jason Steger

Dev Patel stars in Lion.

Dev Patel goes on 'a journey of real pain' in Lion

Garry Maddox

Meryl Streep poses in the press room with the Cecil B. DeMille award at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards at the ...

Number of women making films in Hollywood is 'pitiful'

Rob Moran

Julie Snook , pictured here safely in a black top, worked for The Canberra Weekly, Canberra FM and Southern Cross Ten in ...

ACT ex-colleagues support Julie Snook in all-white wardrobe war

Mister Maker aka Phil Gallagher is coming to Canberra.

Sharing his craft: Mister Maker on his way to Canberra

Former Canberra Grammar student now newly-minted heroic police officer in the NT, Zach Rolfe.

Tradie undies sends box of their best jocks to hero cop Zach Rolfe

Portsea Polo. January 14, 2017. Shanina Shaik at the Peroni marque

Celebrity style: Portsea Polo in pictures

52 mins ago

Kelly Landry and Anthony Bell with their children Charlize and Thea together in happier times.

The moment that cast a shadow over Anthony Bell and Kelly Landry

Andrew Hornery

Prince arrives with his then wife Manuela Testolini for the 2005 Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

Prince divorce files unsealed: Luxe lifestyle, jewels, photos revealed

Rochelle Olson and David Chanen

Saturday afternoon action on Tuff St at Summernats 30 in Canberra. A group of men surround a young woman and shout ...

Surrounded and hounded: This is 'the street where you don't go'

Hosts with the most. Bec and Chris Judd hosted a white party at their Jaggad marquee.

White hot: Judds star at polo

Melissa Singer

Khloe Kardashian is expanding her television empire with <i>Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian</i>.

The trouble with Khloé's 'Revenge Body'

COMMENT
Catherine Bouris

Amber Heard has claimed Johnny Depp cut off his finger tip during an argument.

Depp and Heard finalise bitter divorce

Piya Sinha-Roy

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in a scene from La La Land.

There's nothing romantic about the dapper gentleman

Neha Kale

Running the same route? It's time to shake it up.

This is why you need to change the way you work out

Sarah Berry

Middle age does not have to mean a middle spread.

How to avoid a midlife middle

Maria Lally

Turn-around: From fat-shamer to apologiser.

Fat shamer apologises after he struggles to lose weight

Sarah Berry

Macadamia-dukkah chicken with preserved lemon

Weekly meal planner with delicious Moroccan chicken dish

Stick to house wine and tap water and opt for the pasta section.

How to eat at a hatted restaurant on a budget

Chocolate mousse with hazelnut praline

23 delicious Nutella and choc-hazelnut recipes

Good Food

Sarah Louise Bryan and the shoes that started it all.

Mum demands $530 for daughter's shoes after messy playdate

Dr. Groth performs surgery on his young patient's favourite stuffed toy.

Doctor performs 'surgery' patient's favourite stuffed toy

View from above into a box with many different colourful Lego bricks. Multiple generations of Legos (brick designs from ...

The scientific reason it hurts so much when we step on Lego

Swaying palm trees, white sand beaches, crystal clear waters, beautiful coral and fish filled lagoons, Fiji really is ...

Twenty things that will shock first-time visitors to Fiji

Sheriden Rhodes

The impressive architecture of Munich Airport Centre and Terminal 2.

Traveller letters: When things go wrong, this is the airport to be at

Q Station Manly.

The top 10 best places to stay in Sydney - for visitors and locals

NSW
Mal Chenu

Ubtech's Lynx, a video-enabled humanoid robot with Amazon Alexa.

Robots must get smarter to rule the world

Mark Zuckerberg has described telepathy as the "ultimate communication technology".

Facebook targets a way to read your mind

Exclusive shows like <i>Stranger Things</i> are one of the main reason consumers sign up for Netflix.

Apple looks to launch own content in 2017

Nintendo Switch

Australian details for Nintendo Switch launch

Kotaku

Screenshot of <i>The Lion King</i> on the Jaunt VR app.

Want VR on the cheap? Try these phone apps

The Volkswagen I.D. Buzz concept was one of the stars of the show.

Six best cars from Detroit show

Stephen Ottley

Life and Leisure Abarth 124 Spider for Tony Davis Column

2017 Abarth 124 Spider reviewed

David McCowen

Electric cars like the Chevrolet Bolt (pictured) have the potential to dramatically change car design.

GM design boss: 'Shackles are off'

Stephen Ottley

2018 Lexus LS.

Lexus rejects autonomous tech war

Daniel DeGasperi

Inside the Czech Hyundai plant at Nosovice.

How to build a car

David McCowen

2017 Kia Stinger

Kia doesn't need sub brands

Andrew Maclean

Bolter: Mitchell Swepson has been selected for the Test squad for India.

Who is Mitchell Swepson?

56 mins ago

Australia's squad for India has been named.

Australia name Test squad for tour

Canberra's Ashleigh Sykes leaves the field after scoring four goals.

Ashleigh Sykes scores four as Canberra United routs Perth

Mikaela Ruef.

Canberra Capitals pull off marvellous swing to down Fire

Dudi Sela came from behind to oust Jan-Lennard Struff in the Canberra Challenger final on Saturday.

Jubilant top seed Dudi Sela wins 2017 Canberra Challenger

Josh Hodgson and Josh Papalii win the Meninga Medal player of the year. Photo Jay Cronan

Hodgson ready to play full 80 if Ricky Stuart needs him to

Queanbyean v Weston Creek Molonglo at Freebody oval in Queanbyean Queanbeyan Bowler, Tylah Van Luin

Freak accident sees Ginninderra cricketer rushed to hospital

Nick Kyrgios says he has high expectations for the Australian Open and feels he "can do some major damage".

Knee troubles easing, Kyrgios confident before Australian Open