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Once a scammer steals credit card details online, they can launder the money on eBay before too many red flags go off.

'I got the shock of my life': How Mary spotted a scam

1 hr ago

Bol and twins Madit and Anger all died.

Mother murdered three of her children by driving car into lake

UPDATED
8 mins ago

Daniel Meyers show the injuries sustained after being mauled by two dogs in a public housing block. He has launched ...

Complaints about dogs months before they did this to Daniel

Singapore Airlines has been operating in Canberra since September last year.

Canberra Airport pushes for another international flight

US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration is to be marked by protests across the country.

Trump dumps top officials in purge without precedent

In New York, Lululemon Athletica shares rose 4.9 per cent to $US71.48 after first-quarter sales beat analyst expectations.

Popular activewear label is struggling in Australia

1 hr ago

Four Hawthorn AFL grand finals on Andrew Barr's expenses tab

In line for promotion, Sinodinos has a weight around his neck

ANALYSIS
Kate McClymont

CIA director tells Donald Trump to watch his words

Govt slips in midst of Centrelink, entitlements furore: poll

Just how many Australians still have a landline?

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

Shorten's skin is so thick it puts a rhino's to shame

COMMENT

Adam Voges will lead the Prime Minister's XI against Sri Lanka in Canberra next month.

The PM's XI name their captain

31 mins ago

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.

'A golden opportunity': Baldwin makes his SNL return as Trump

Meghan Markle has reportedly met the Duchess of Cambridge.

Meghan Markle meets the Duchess of Cambridge: reports

Amber Sherlock's career can't be defined by a white wardrobe surely? Asks Sarah Thomas.

Sinister edge to furore over leaked newsreader footage

COMMENT

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Australian Open tennis stars come out to party

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We can't expect our kids to love their bodies if we don't

Travel

The 12 best travel sites and apps you need right now

Berlin market attacker 'was on cocktail of ...

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Anthony Morabito to extend career in the WAFL ...

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Live Australian Open: Day one coverage from ...

11:03AM

Axel Godeck with his neighbour Jim Croft at home in Campbell. Croft hasn't had power since Friday when a tree damaged ...

Axel threw his neighbour Jim a lifeline after freak windstorm

1 hr ago

Barr cheers the Hawks and a nasty dog attack: News in 90 seconds

'Ridiculous': One side of the street has NBN, the other doesn't

Raiders star Josh Papalii has been charged with drink driving.

Canberra Raiders star Josh Papalii facing drink driving charges

The man handed himself in to police on Friday.

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

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

Hellenic Club bartender Jaimee Bain pours the cheapest schooner in Canberra - a steal for members at just $4.90.

Thirsty work: Where to find Canberra's cheapest schooners

NSW Premier Mike Baird says "all views deserve respect".

Euthanasia laws to come before NSW Parliament

EXCLUSIVE

Hellenic Club bartender Jaimee Bain pours the cheapest schooner in Canberra - a steal for members at just $4.90.

Reducing MPs expenses, one schooner at a time

Police allege the couple stole a car with a pet chihuahua inside and demanded money for its safe return.

Cash or your Chihuahua? Pet held to ransom

WA

People used to use these.

The slow inexorable death of the landline

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

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces the resignation of Sussan Ley.

Turnbull slips further in midst of Centrelink, entitlements furore

Amy Remeikis

Abbott slapped down as Turnbull opts for 'minimalist' reshuffle

Michael Gordon

2017 will be better than you think

Amy Remeikis

Japan's giant abattoir ship Nisshin Maru with a minke whale on the deck.

First glimpse of Japan's whale slaughter since hunt ruled illegal

Faysal Ishak Ahmed, who died on Christmas Eve after being flown from the Manus Island detention centre.

Refugee's death set to be probed by Senate committee

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is not keen on a major reshuffle.

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

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

Cormann bills taxpayers $23,000 for weekend trips to Broome

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott

Trump says Hillary Clinton was 'guilty as hell' over the email claims.

Outgoing CIA director tells Donald Trump to watch his words

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has called the United Nations' human rights chief an "idiot".

Duterte green light for bombing kidnappers and their captives

Lindsay Murdoch

John Kerry uses a map to identify the location on the Mekong River Delta where the action took place for which he ...

'I'm glad we're both alive': John Kerry's Vietnam encounter

US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration is to be marked by protests across the country.

Trump dumps top officials in purge without precedent

Bill Shorten is looking like a flimsy opportunist with his complaints about the Coalition clawing back welfare overpayments.

Shorten's Centrelink hypocrisy is staggering

COMMENT
Amanda Vanstone

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Christopher Pyne has been labelled a 'menace' by a Coalition backbencher for coveting Marise Payne's job.

Tertiary education costs spiralling out of control

COMMENT
Ross Fitzgerald

The crackdown on super tax concessions makes geared property portfolios more attractive.

NAB and ANZ Bank hike fixed mortgage rates

Clancy Yeates
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Markets Live: Banking on gains

Live
Jens Meyer
46 mins ago

Dealers said the market was reacting in part to a report in The Sunday Times newspaper that British Prime Minister ...

British pound tumbles on 'hard Brexit' concerns

1 hr ago

Companies exporting to Chinese consumers, such as Bellamy's, face challenges that did not apply for miners selling to China.

Selling to China proving to be risky business

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Country where male make-up is big business

Bellamy's board to push to unmask the Black Prince

Why the Aussie is unlikely to rise to US80¢

'Backlash': Exec pay a symbol of inequality for Davos crowd

While Airbnb asks hosts to tick a box saying they are allowed to let the property, its policy does not include checking ...

Owner discovers tenant illegally subletting unit on Airbnb

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

The 1979 Melbourne train carriage that Jeanette Hergenhan turned into a rainforest retreat.

Rainforest refuge: The woman who lives in a 1979 train carriage

1 hr ago

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 06: Actress Portia de Rossi (L) and tv personality Ellen DeGeneres attend the People's Choice ...

Ellen and Portia 'shopping' for a new house in Australia

1 hr ago

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

Auction Watch: Year begins with a single sale in Spence

A great relationship has some seriously good perks.

The best thing you'll ever do in your life

Life on Mars

The 2012 Hennessey Venom GT Spyder Owned by Steven Tyler.

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

Cars

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

Inner-city congestion costs Australian businesses $3.37 billion annually, according to recent data.

Traffic congestion could ruin the delivery economy

Caroline James

First lady Michelle Obama is perceived as a succesful leader.

The one factor that determines leadership success

James Adonis

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Late United goal holds Liverpool

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Australian Open tennis stars come out to party

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Ringling Bros. circus to close after 146 years

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Batting collapse costs Australia in Melbourne

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

Rewind - Tennis time

Triple 9 - STAN

Dirty cops and the Russian Mob face-off in all star action thriller Triple 9 - now streaming on Stan

Sherlock

Brand new season of Sherlock now streaming, Only on Stan.

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian.

How 10 years of Khloe, Kim and Kourtney has change television

Ebony Bowden
1 hr ago

Nicole Kidman in <i>Lion</i>.

Nicole Kidman on sudden loss and the personal connection to Lion

Garry Maddox

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.

Alec Baldwin returns to SNL to mock Trump’s ‘pee pee’ moment

Rob Moran

Amber Sherlock's career can't be defined by a white wardrobe surely, asks Sarah Thomas.

Just stop with the misogyny onslaught that is Jacketgate

COMMENT
Sarah Thomas

Dev Patel as Saroo in <i>Lion</i>.

Lion is not a great film, but it's effective: review

Craig Mathieson

Sienna Miller as Emma Gould.

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

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

A group of men surround a young woman and shout 'black top, black top' requesting she remove her top. She didn't remove ...

The behaviour that cannot be excused or ignored

COMMENT
Clementine Ford
1 hr ago

The character slowly peels off her prosthetic mask, revealing a young woman with black hair and dark eyes underneath ...

Katy Perry's chilling PSA comes with a shock twist

Kristine Guerra

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

Celebrity style: Portsea Polo in pictures

Meghan Markle has reportedly met the Duchess of Cambridge.

Meghan meets Kate, now let's imagine the conversation

Mary Ward

Kim Kardashian West with bodyguard Pascal Duvier in Paris on September 30, 2016, one week before the heist.

Kim Kardashian's bodyguard has no regrets about night of robbery

EXCLUSIVE
Amy Croffey

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.

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

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

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

Andrew Hornery

Carrots: Don't slice away the goodness, keep the skin on.

Diet tweaks for a healthier 2017

Paula Goodyer

Nutella: A jam or nut butter on toast?

How Nutella plans to 'trick' you into thinking its healthier than it is

Caitlin Dewey

'Alkalise' with lemons or just eat more unprocessed foods?

Why clean eating is now a dirty word

Dr Giles Yeo

Now there's no excuse for left-over chicken this Christmas.

9 BBQ chook recipes from top Aussie chefs

It's just the beer talking...

What your beer says about you

Pasta alla gricia

Weekly meal planner with an easy, delicious pasta dish

1 hr ago

Sarah Louise Bryan and the shoes that started it all.

Mum demands $530 for daughter's shoes after playdate

Can these songs help you through the last weeks of school holidays?

School holidays top ten playlist - for parents

There are ways to avoid falling into the 'dadsplaining' habit.

Kids, let me tell you all about how dadsplaining works

Flight times are getting longer for a number of reasons, including fuel costs.

Why flights take longer now than they did 40 years ago

Hugh Morris

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

Air India will have rows reserved exclusively for women from January 18.

Airline creates women-only rows after groping incidents

Samantha Schmidt
48 mins ago

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

The Holden manufacturing plant at Elizabeth, Adelaide, South Australia will close October 20, 2017.

Holden confirms factory shutdown date

Stephen Ottley

The Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ concept has been revealed ahead of the 2016 Paris motor show.

Mercedes goes cold on hydrogen

David McCowen

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

Raiders star Josh Papalii has been charged with drink driving.

Raiders star Papalii caught up in drink driving incident

Adam Voges will lead the Prime Minister's XI against Sri Lanka in Canberra next month.

The PM's XI name their captain

31 mins ago

Matt Giteau in the Bledisloe match in August.

Giteau praised in Toulon return

AB de Villiers may not return to the Test arena for South Africa.

De Villiers' Test future in doubt

Nick Kyrgios is a tough opponent on any given day, but hasn't shown endurance yet, says Roger Federer.

Kyrgios hard to beat, but not ready to win Open just yet: Federer

EXCLUSIVE

DHARAMSALA, INDIA - MARCH 18: Mitchell Marsh of Australia looks dejected after being dismissed by Mitchell McClenaghan ...

Marsh out of one-day series with shoulder injury

Heavy burden: Steve O'Keefe is all but assured of starting in the Test side for the India tour.

Australia adopt spin to win mantra for tour of India

Man of the match: Mohammad Hafeez on his way to a commanding 72 at the MCG on Sudnay.

Pakistan grind out victory after solid start