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Malcolm Turnbull on Bill Shorten: "This bloke has no consistency or integrity."

PM lets rip with savage attack on 'parasite' Shorten

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited the Crace Early Learning Centre in Canberra on Wednesday to announce the changes.

'Holding parents hostage': Turnbull's surprise move

Curtis Cheng, who was shot dead outside Parramatta police headquarters, with his son Alpha.

Donald Trump, you're wrong about my father's murder

COMMENT
Alpha Cheng

Dr Walker (not pictured) says he has suffered a loss of income.

Surgeon sues airline after mishap with tray table in business class

US President Donald Trump claimed terror attacks are not being reported.

Trump argument leaves experts shaking their heads

ANALYSIS

Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan says real-time reviews of multinationals are taking place, despite companies reporting nil ...

A lesson for public servants in handling unethical instructions

PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMANT

Real estate deal leaves Turnbull minister under constitutional cloud

EXCLUSIVE

Church a "law unto itself" Archbishop tells commission

Tillerson cleans up Trump's mess with Bishop phone call

'What took you so long?': Bernardi clashes with Stefanovic

ANALYSIS

The safest risk Turnbull can take to keep his job

COMMENT

Portrait of Maureen Mcilquham who's daughter Michelle (28yo) died of meningitis after doctors overlooked an ear ...

'This doctor judged her': Michelle died after being sent home from hospital

Which way are you going to go? When politics wrecks your relationship.

Wife leaves 22-year marriage because husband supports Trump

COMMENT

Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz.

Judy Garland groped by the Munchkins, ex-husband claims

Tziporah Malkah (previously known as Kate Fischer) discussing her relationship with James Packer in the <em>I'm A ...

'Everyone is terrified of him': Tziporah opens up about Packer

Nine News Canberra, hosted by Vanessa O'Hanlon, began on ?Monday February 6.

WIN and Nine news Canberra: what's with the lookalike logos?

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Severe weather temperatures across central Australia.

Seal

Unfrozen in time: A stark warning to us all, from Antarctica

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Australia, we have a sleep deprivation problem

When Cory called Malclom: How that call might ...

10:49PM

AFL boss McLachlan says league offered Hird ...

10:42PM

Sleek sequel improves on Fifty Shades of Grey

10:01PM

Historic buildings at the Kingston Arts Precinct, which is set for major redevelopment.

Geocon-led group wins tender to develop Kingston Arts Precinct

Shane does big sell on The Big Issue

Parents thank 'hero' Canberra student who helped lost son

The proposed Jupiter wind farm would be close to two other wind farms, including the one at Lake George, and a solar farm.

Council opposes Jupiter wind farm

An eastern grey kangaroo in Canberra. The government wants to cull the kangaroos each year without having to apply for ...

ACT kangaroo cull to become annual event under new rules

Liberal MP John Alexander chaired a committee looking into high speed rail for the east coast of Australia. Photo: Alex ...

ACT could join high speed rail funding drive

Dr Hodo Haxhimolla (no hat) has performed surgery using the da Vinci Xi Surgical System. His first patient was Jim ...

Canberra hospital at cutting edge with new $3.5 million robot

The hole on Wentworth Street in Point Piper.

Sinkhole opens in exclusive suburb near PM's home

NSW

Hello, anyone there?

New stadium could be empty for start of 2018 AFL season

WA

Sameh Bayda is already facing terrorism charges.

Married teens to be charged over terror attack plot

NSW

Officers from the ABF and Queensland Police raided the strawberry farm near Stanthorpe early on Tuesday.

Strawberry farm raid nets 27 illegal workers

QLD

The $5.6 million dollar man: Australia Post boss Ahmed Fahour.

Australia Post loses bid to keep chief's salary a secret

No guarantees on tax time: Australian Taxation Office chief information officer Ramez Katf.

Tax time in danger from ATO's tech wreck

We can improve our emotional intelligence through training.

'Too emotionally dumb to be promoted'

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce laughs as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attacks Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

PM lights up backbench with savage attack on 'parasite' Shorten

Tony Wright

'Holding parents hostage': PM rolls welfare cuts into childcare reforms

Matthew Knott

PM moves to rebuild trust with Aboriginal Australia

Michael Gordon

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MPs' family reunion travel perks could be next on chopping block

Leading law firms are studying Centrelink's handling of the debt recovery scheme.

Centrelink robo-debt scheme an 'atrocity' but class action unlikely

Nationals MP David Gillespie says he will vote in line with his conservative-leaning NSW seat of Lyne,

Turnbull government minister under constitutional cloud

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Cory Bernardi

Cory Bernardi unable to explain why he's quit the Liberals

ANALYSIS

Sufia Begum, a Rohingya who crossed over to Bangladesh from Myanmar's Rakhine state in November.

Where is the outrage about Myanmar's devastating cruelty?

COMMENT
Lindsay Murdoch

A group of Muslim men pray while supporters hold up signs during an interfaith prayer and rally against the ban at John ...

Trump lawyer proposes travel ban compromise in appeals court

Paul McGeough

Australia exports cattle to Japan. Pictured: a cattle show in New South Wales.

US cattlemen seek help to beat Australia

Peter Mitchell

Afghan villagers gather around the bodies of people killed during clashes between Taliban and Afghan security forces in ...

Bombing near Afghan Supreme Court kills and wounds dozens

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Senator Cory Bernardi in the Sentate on Tuesday.

Hypocritical Bernardi must quit the Senate

COMMENT
Alan Stokes

The youngest children in the class are significantly more likely to be medicated for ADHD.

Scientists' lurid claims about ADHD do parents no good

COMMENT
Sarah Gill

For 2016, Rio earned a net profit of $US4.6 billion, a reversal from the $US866 million loss in 2015.

Rio Tinto cash bonanza fails to trickle down to shareholders

Brian Robins

Commonwealth Bank has been expanding quickly in the housing investor market, where bank growth is capped at 10 per cent year.

CBA puts brakes on housing investor lending

One said he had to borrow a mattress from friends because he could not afford to buy any furniture.

Cafe owner threatened to 'kill' underpaid Indian cooks

Anna Patty

CIMIC chairman Marcelino Fernandez Verdeshabtoor leighton at the four seasons hotel

CIMIC boss gets $17m pay packet as company reels from allegations

Sarah Danckert

Holden in safety warning over counterfeit bonnets

Mark Hawthorne

Pencils and pyjamas prove the winning formula for Premier

Catie Low

ASX rises as investors buy into retail surprises

Jessica Sier

Fahour's $5.6m Australia Post packet doesn't stack up

COMMENT
Colin Kruger, CBD

The home up for offer at 10 Gillison Close, Melling.

Man decides to raffle off his mansion with $3 tickets

Hyperloop Sydney to Melbourne. Artist impression

Australia's solution to housing affordability could be the Hyperloop

I accumulated a staggering amount of accessories found in vintage shops, garage sales and decor stores.

The one thing I stopped buying when I turned 30

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The Canberra school zones where house prices have skyrocketed

Airbnb has said it plans to house 100,000 people in temporary homes over the next five years.

Airbnb offers accomodation to refugees

Once you know the essentials to great style, you can start improving on them.

Check mate: Eight style rules every man should know

Men's Style

The Giulia goes head to head with the BMW 3-Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Audi A4.

The car going head-to-head with BMW, Mercedes and Audi

Cars

Experts warn areas such as Melbourne's Docklands are "fraught with danger" for investors.

Property price boom masks risks for investors as yields plummet

John Collett

Centrelink's robo debt recovery scheme has been controversial because of high error rates.

Centrelink overload sees families unable to access payments

Bianca Hartge-Hazelman

Timothy Pilgrim, Australian Privacy Commissioner, found Veda had breached KB's privacy.

Veda freezes business' credit due to typo

Business etiquette is a minefield.

What not to put in a voicemail message

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Counterfeit Holden Commodore bonnet latch warning

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Catholic bishops would 'probably' turn in priests

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Malcolm Turnbull's extraordinary spray

Parliament

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Why Labor is laughing at the PM

Federal Politics

A woman waits to cross a street during a severe thunderstorm in Sydney.

Severe thunderstorms and flash flooding hit Sydney

Stan - Sherlock

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

Stan - Imposters

Liar. Lover. Con artist - Imposters, new series premiering exclusively 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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Far better suited, could this be the start of something new? Cheryl and Andrew hit it off on Married At First Sight.

How the Married At First Sight matchmakers got it so wrong

COMMENT
Aja Styles
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"They hold onto my arm and they tell me their stories": <i>Lion</i> director Garth Davis.

Director: 'Lion unlocked emotions people didn't know they had'

Garry Maddox

The annual Rainbow Serpent Festival has come under fire for drug-related incidents in recent years including deaths, ...

Police call for shorter Rainbow Serpent Festival following death

Hannah Francis

Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz.

Judy Garland groped by the Munchkins, ex-husband claims

Tuesday night's show was the first time anything resembling the original Guns N' Roses lineup has played Brisbane.

Reunion brings Guns N' Roses to a new generation

Jorge Branco

Rosie O'Donnell has put up her hand to play Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon on SNL.

O'Donnell wants to play next gender-bending Trump staffer

Broede Carmody

Chan's new movie, Bleeding Steel, is being shot in Australia.

The best Jackie Chan clip ever: bring the tissues

HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 05: Lady Gaga performs during the Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show at NRG Stadium on ...

Lady Gaga's music sales jump after Super Bowl performance

Broede Carmody

Jordan King (left) helped Alvin Zhao (right) track down his parents after he became lost five kilometres from home.

Parents thank 'hero' student who helped their lost son

New Canberrans will never see the city the way those born here do, including the regular childhood memory of the giant ...

Things you'd only know if you grew up in Canberra

Hannah Gason, <i>Harvest</i> in <i>Refraction</i> at Beaver Galleries

Glass review: Refraction at Beaver Galleries is a whisper chain

In 2000 Melania Trump mused that being first lady is something every woman aspires to be.

Don't be shocked, Melania is doing what the Trumps do best

COMMENT
Jenna Clarke

Christie Brinkley poses with her daughters for Sports Illustated's 2017 Swimsuit Issue.

What we can learn from Christie Brinkley's bikini body

Annie Brown

Ruth Negga, star of 'Loving', poses at the premiere of the film in Beverly Hills.

Ruth Negga is about to be your next style inspiration

Bee Shapiro

Lena Dunham attends the the New York premiere of the sixth and final season of Girls.

Lena Dunham shares the 'Trump diet' behind her weight loss

Annie Brown

Tziporah Malkah (previously known as Kate Fischer) discussing her relationship with James Packer in the <em>I'm A ...

'Everyone is terrified of him': Tziporah Malkah says of Packer

Amy Croffey

I didn't need my parents to have some grand love story.

After their divorce, I got to know my parents all over again

Ali Kelley

Which way are you going to go? When politics wrecks your relationship.

Can a relationship survive in the era of Donald Trump?

COMMENT
Annie Brown

Hillary Clinton has declared women "heroes and history makers, the glass ceiling breakers of the future."

Hillary Clinton declares 'the future is female' in new video

Nicole Economos

Stretch and stress relief: It's in.

Stretching muscles is in as the next fitness fad

JOANNE KAUFMAN

Are we inadvertently giving children the equivalent of alcohol for breakfast?

Are we giving children the equivalent of alcohol for breakfast?

Sarah Berry

Feeling sad? Ecotherapy could help.

Are you suffering from nature deficit disorder?

Alice Wilkinson

Barbecued seafood with gochujang butter sauce.

Delicous barbecued seafood with gochujang butter sauce

Neil Perry

Canned butter, from Red Feather.

Tinned butter you don't need to keep in the fridge

'Pretty much nothing in it': Chocolate cloud cake from Anthia Koullouros.

19 smart sweet swaps to crush sugar cravings

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'I'm normal!': Pink's post-baby statement

Facebook: Melinda Tankard Reist

Aussie preschooler's lunchbox prompts scathing note home

Movie time

What I said when my daughter asked me about my sex life

Airbus Beluga

Six incredible planes you'll never get to fly on

Craig Platt

You'll be sharing your European travel experience with many others.

The 10 things that will annoy you about Europe

Ben Groundwater

The infinity pool.

The exclusive Aussie resort where on 28 guests are allowed

Rachael Burnett

Counter-Strike is a series of multiplayer first-person shooter video games, in which teams of terrorists and ...

Online 'paedophile' gamer banned for life

Stan is stepping up, taking the fight to Netflix and Amazon in Australia's subscription video showdown.

Stan announces 4K content, offline viewing

COMMENT

Perth school boy Kai finds it easier to concentrate on the teacher's voice with Nuheara's IQbuds helping to compensate ...

Smart earbuds promise relief for kids struggling in classroom

Freeview

How to fill your phone with cheap data

Lifehacker

Twitter has a troll problem.

Twitter's plan to weed out abusive tweets

2017 Toyota Yaris.

New Toyota Yaris revealed

Drive Staff

The Audi A1 is offered with a 1.0-litre three-cylinder engine in Australia.

The age of smaller engines may be over

Dom Tripolone

2017 Mazda3 Maxx hatchback.

What safe small car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia QV is powered by a 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6.

Alfa's BMW M3 rival reviewed

Jonathan Hawley

2017 Volkswagen Amarok Core Plus.

Updated VW Amarok revealed

Dom Tripolone

Audi RS 3 LMS

Audi to build on local motorsport program

David McCowen

SPORT - Raiders CEO Don Furner announces that the club has sacked Josh Dugan, Bruce, Canberra. 14th March 2013. Photo ...

Raiders hoping to bring the glory days back to the stands

ACT Brumbies chairman Robert Kennedy

Brumbies announce financial loss, appoint two new board members at AGM

35 mins ago

Kate Gaze playing at Tuggeranong Stadium.

Caps change game time to avoid Canberra heat

Canberra Giants netball season launch at the national museum Coach Julie Fitzgerald

Giants trio pushing for a spot in Australian netball top flight

Jordan Jackson-Hope scored his first try in just his second Super Rugby game last year.

Jackson-Hope lives childhood dream alongside Brumbies heroes

Brownlow returned: Jobe Watson announced he would be handing back the medal last November.

The mystery of Jobe's missing Brownlow has been solved

Surprised: Wallabies coach Michael Cheika didn't think anyone would be charged in relation to the discovery of a ...

Cheika not expecting an apology from New Zealand Rugby

Appeal: Anthony Mundine lost the fight to Danny Green.

Mundine to appeal Green fight loss: report

1 hr ago