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Jordan Horowitz, producer of "La La Land," shows the envelope revealing "Moonlight" as the true winner of best picture ...

'I wasn't trying to be funny': Historic Oscars blunder

31 mins ago

Immigration secretary Michael Pezzullo took aim at the "unworldly" audit office after another critical report.

Border Force warned over 'unlawful' searches

32 mins ago

Victims of the alleged blackmail scam were contacted through Facebook and gay dating apps such as Grindr.

ACT extortion accused driven by 'perverted sense of morality'

14 mins ago

A $17.5 million refurbishment is planned for the Geoscience Australia building in Canberra.

Geoscience to get a $17.5m upgrade for its building

Minerals Council of Australia chairman Vanessa Guthrie

Govt ignores advice, appoints Minerals Council boss to ABC

20 mins ago

White House press secretary Sean Spicer has ordered staff to submit to random phone checks.

Spicer searches phones of White House staffers

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Parliament House fence cost kept secret to 'deter terrorists'

72 hours of hell, maybe more: Rare diseaseon the rise in region

'Gunman on the run' after Vic police smash into home to end siege

BREAKING

Australia has taken a big step in the same direction as 'crazy' US

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

PM accuses Shorten of 'utter hypocrisy' over penalty rates

Live

Fred Berger, foreground center, and the cast of "La La Land" mistakenly accept the award for best picture at the Oscars ...

Whoops. Wrong film announced as best picture at the Oscars

Live
Karl Quinn
57 mins ago

Owner of The Wood Duck Inn, Allyson Wedrat (front) has officially closed its doors.

'I have bawled and bawled': city's last 'Aussie pub' closes

Portrait of the Raiders players at Canberra Stadium, Blake Austin and Aidan Sezer

The Raiders' plan to beat the heat - and end their Cowboys hoodoo

30 mins ago

Controversial comments: Surfing champion Kelly Slater.

Kelly Slater calls for 'serious shark cull' after surfer's death

47 mins ago

Laticia Gibson child abuse and family violence survivor in Canberra on Wednesday 22 February 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

'I was not coping': Canberra reporter's secret past

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Beatty's Oscar bungle

Office politics

Don't lower yourself: How to avoid bitchy office politics

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Mum's post sums up why parenting used to be easier

Kohli down, but not out yet

6:07PM

Parents on trial charged with murder of ...

6:01PM

Australia's success leaves India's pitch doctors ...

6:01PM

Canberra man Joel Koppie has been found in Sydney, police say.

Canberra man missing for two months found in Sydney

New calicivirus strain to wipe out nearly 40pc of ACT wild rabbits

'I'm an old lady': ACT girl begs for diagnosis of mystery illness

CEO of The Royal National Capital Agricultural Society Ben Copeman.

Revamped Royal Canberra Show draws a diverse crowd to EPIC

Canberrans are returning to the lake. Kelly Dixon of Lyneham sunbaths on the water earlier this month.

More to Lake Burley Griffin's unpopularity than water quality

COMMENT

police.

Motorcyclist hurt when he crashed into street sign on Kings Highway

Margaret Barker has had to contain her cat Ivy using netting over her backyard in Forde.

RSPCA reports increase in cats captured from containment suburbs

A rescue helicopter is flying to Hamilton Island after a golf buggy crash.

Three injured in golf buggy crash on Hamilton Island

QLD

A person has escaped serous injury after being bitten by a bull shark.

Woman bitten by bull shark while snorkelling

WA
42 mins ago

Domestic violence offenders are five times more likely to be male than female in the ACT.

Family violence charges up 30 per cent in 12 months

11 mins ago

Gordon Wood arrives to the Supreme Court for his case against the State of NSW on February 24.

Gordon Wood describes goodbye to girlfriend

NSW

Steve Bannon.

Defence pulls ads from White House-linked website

EXCLUSIVE

Martin Bowles has announced staff cuts at the Health Department.

250 jobs set to go at Health Department in redundancy program

Mongrel punter: Defence Department Secretary Dennis Richardson.

Consultants, contractors outnumber public servants in department

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull points the finger on Monday.

Source of PM's poll problems far bigger than Abbott

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny
24 mins ago

Green bank receives $1.2 billion coal power plant funding request

Adam Morton
15 mins ago

Government ignores panel advice, appoints Minerals boss to ABC

Adam Gartrell
20 mins ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the company tax cut is key to the government's agenda.

Company profits surge to record highs as wages go backwards

31 mins ago

Immigration secretary Michael Pezzullo took aim at the "unworldly" audit office after another critical report.

Border Force warned over 'unlawful' and 'inappropriate' airport searches

32 mins ago

Mr Turnbull on Monday.

'Calculated attack': Turnbull blames Abbott for poll slump

Senate President Stephen Parry is keeping secret security upgrades planned for Parliament House.

Parliament fence cost kept secret to 'deter terrorists': government

President Joko Widodo and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull talk to a father carrying his eight-week-old baby.

Malcolm Turnbull to make surprise visit to Jakarta next week

Jewel Topsfield
38 mins ago

'We don't seem to have a long-term strategy': Former US ambassador to China Max Baucus.

Don't let Beijing push US around, warns former ambassador

1 hr ago

A Christian woman who fled northern Sinai months ago as IS embarked on a string of sectarian killings.

Muslims help Egyptian Christians flee from IS violence in Sinai

Cynthia Sularz, the host of a weekly English-language version of <i>StopFake News</i>.

To battle fake news, Ukrainian bulletin features only lies

There's no smooth sailing ahead for Bill Shorten on this one.

Labor's position on Israel is more fraught than it thinks

COMMENT
Amanda Vanstone

An offshore wind farm near the Danish island of Samso.

Tiny island that leads the world

Soren Hermansen

Research shows that the average male barrister in NSW earns 62 per cent more than the average female barrister.

The silent truth about Australia's female barristers

COMMENT
George Williams

NBN will connect about 700,000 households using fibre-to-the-curb technology.

These are the suburbs getting the NBN by June

Lucy Cormack

Businesses will win from penalty rate changes but will anybody else?

Cut in penalty rates another win for 'bizonomics'

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett says spending excess cash on buying back shares is a great way to use ...

Applying Buffett-isms to the ASX

Jessica Sier
1 hr ago

The benchmark ASX200 shed 0.3 per cent to 5724.2 on Monday, despite strong leads from the S&P500 and Dow Jones, the ...

Big banks drag ASX into the red

Jessica Sier
1 hr ago

Problem with your credit report? New fears it'll be harder to resolve

Esther Han

Forget banks, they're amateurs compared with health insurers

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

If you paid 17% interest in the 1980s, you're lucky

COMMENT
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

QBE chief hit with $550k cut after relationship with secretary

Elizabeth Knight
2 mins ago

Allhomes. Canberra. February 8, 2017. 6 Lockyer Street, Griffith.

Strong clearance rates despite a record number of Canberra listings

Allhomes. Canberra. February 22, 2017. Bawley Bush Retreat at 101 Willinga Road,?Bawley Point.

Popular South Coast nature retreat offers plenty of potential

The blue-hued bedroom, with views over the city.

The $50m penthouse in NYC's tallest residential building

Hiring a professional organiser helped me regain control of my bedroom clutter.

How a professional organiser changed my life

We often think of our children's bedrooms as part of a reflection of ourselves.

Your step by step guide to decorating childrens' rooms

Writer Phil Barker with partner Jayde.

My partner and I are breaking an outdated relationship taboo

Life On Mars

Riz Ahmed at the Oscars.

Men in black, boys in blue: The best dressed blokes at the Oscars

Men's Style

Australians spend more on vitamins than prescription drugs.

Do we pay more for hope than health?

Georgina Dent

We all need a house, but buying one is not so cheap.

The case for letting first home buyers use super

Daryl Dixon

With the passing of the small business entity tax and capital gains tax concessions, small business owners are now ...

Can I still run my business and get the age pension?

Max Newnham
1 hr ago

Melany McBride and Amy Parfett had 'nothing to lose' when they started WedShed in their 20s.

Why starting a business in your 20s is the way to go

Cara Waters

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Turnbull and Widodo talk trade

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Everton continue undefeated run

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Stan Grant to host new ABC show

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West Brom come from behind to beat Cherries

People react as a sculpture is burning at the Maslenitsa festival at the Nikola-Lenivets art park in Nikola-Lenivets ...

World of Photos

Stan - Billions

Binge every episode of Billions before the brand new season - 20th Feb

Stan - Underground

Gripping escape thriller Underground - all episodes 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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Ryan Gosling, right, stands with his arms folded as Emma Stone, center, congratulates Mahershala Ali, for winning the ...

Biggest fiasco in Oscars history as La La Land wrongly named winner

Garry Maddox
31 mins ago

Jordan Horowitz, left, of "La La Land", mistakenly accepts the award for best picture at the Oscars.

World reacts to 'awkward' Academy Awards

Broede Carmody
3 mins ago

Emma Stone collects the Oscar for best actress for her performance in <i>La La Land</i>.

As it happened: Oscars wrong best picture announced

Live
Karl Quinn
57 mins ago

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Storm chasers honour Twister star Bill Paxton with GPS tribute

Megan Levy

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's <i>The Salesman </i> was awarded Best Foreign Language Film.

Absent Oscar winner slams Trump's travel ban as 'inhumane'

Broede Carmody

Jimmy Kimmel hosting the 2017 Academy Awards.

Elephant in the room: Trump barbs kick off the Oscars

Michael Idato

Bill Paxton has died at the age of 61.

Actor Bill Paxton, known for roles in Big Love, Titanic, dies at 61

Erin McCann

Kris Smith has revealed he is a survivor of domestic violence on I'm A Celebrity Australia.

Kris Smith reveals he was a victim of domestic violence

Broede Carmody

Emily panicking.

We Tried...getting frozen at Cryospa Canberra

Androgynous queen: the Canberra model blurring gender lines

30-year-old Troi Anthony aka Vanity Wilde will be marching with the Camp Berra Queen Capital float at this year's Mardi ...

Troi Anthony's ACT alter ego drags him out of the darkness

Scarlett

Scarlett v Seacrest: The most awkward red carpet moments

Amy Croffey

Dakota Johnson arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan ...

Emma Stone accessorised with a subtle political statement

Jenna Clarke

Meryl Streep (with Javier Bardem) wore Elie Saab to the Oscars after cancelling an order for a Chanel couture gown.

Meryl v Chanel: Streep gets the last word at the Oscars

Melissa Singer

Nicole Kidman, left, and Keith Urban arrive at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. ...

Oscars red carpet as it happened

Jenna Clarke

Halle Berry arrives at the Oscars.

Halle Berry channels Whitney, sets tongues wagging

Ruth Negga wears an ACLU ribbon as she arrives at the Oscars.

Why the stars are wearing a blue ribbon

Annie Brown

George Clooney can't stop gushing about his impending parenthood.

Amal Clooney debuts her baby bump

Annie Brown

Heidi Klum with her "glam squad".

Oscars 2017: Behind the scenes

I found out my emotional and physical capabilities.

How the 18km mark of a half-marathon showed me what I'm made of

Sarah Berry

The Annie Effect tells about the experiences that lead Annie Crawford to create Can Too.

The Annie Effect: How one woman got people moving

Paula Goodyer

Too much exercise can leave no energy or desire for sex.

Intense exercise lowers men's libido, study finds

Sarah Berry

Bistrode food for Feb 23. Eggplant. Italian eggplant and vegetable bake. SMH Good Living. Pix by Quentin Jones. Styling ...

Ditch the wheat but not the taste: the gluten-free weekly meal plan

Jody Allen: "I learnt all the tricks to save money at the supermarket."

A week of groceries for under $50? How one woman does it

Jody Allen

Salmon seasoned with salt, cashews, walnuts, sliced avocado, and olive oil, garnished with parsley.

Why anti-inflammatory eating is in

Sam Bailey

Lily Allen is taking a break from Twitter.

Lily Allen takes Twitter break after taunts about her stillborn son

15 year old girl's face lit up by an iPhone at a bus stop

Dad's clever 'X-plan' for getting teens out of bad situations

'I wonder if I have been my daughter's Elsa.'

The moment I realised my daughter's Elsa obsession was bad news

Women wade in a pool of mud during the traditional "Bloco da Lama" or "Mud Street" carnival party, in Paraty, Brazil, ...

Photos: Revellers get dirty at Brazil's filthiest Carnival party

1 hr ago

Etihad's multicultural flight team are friendly, professional and efficient.

Flight test: Etihad economy impresses after 22-hour long haul

Louise Southerden

St Michael's Mount, Cornwall: A medieval abbey-fortress.

This part of England is like a whole other country

Steve McKenna

Playstation VR virtual reality headset. Tech Know by Adam Turner. Pub date: Oct 30, 2016. M Mag.

Really? Popularity of Sony VR surprises all

The matte black Stealth is as beautiful (and fingerprint-hungry) as ever.

Razer's MacBook killer gets even better

KEYone

MWC 2017: Blackberry is back, but does anybody care?

nbn

NBN updates its online 'address checker'

Gizmodo

AMD's new CPU has accomplished 52 per cent performance increase per core.

AMD Ryzen to challenge Intel for CPU throne

Porsche 911 R

Porsche owner looks to make $800,000 in a month

David McCowen

2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia QV.

Alfa Romeo's plans to take on German luxury kings

Stephen Ottley

Dynamic photo,
Colour: Tango Red 2016 Audi Q2.

Audi's new SUV for millennials reviewed

Drive Staff

Ford has unveiled its replacement for the Fiesta ST hot hatch.

Three-cylinder power for next Fiesta ST

David McCowen

Ford Edge, Scotland. July 2016

Photo James Lipman / jameslipman.com 2016 Ford Edge (overseas model shown).

2018 Ford Edge badge still up in the air

Andrew MacLean

2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid.

850Nm flagship Porsche Panamera revealed

Dom Tripolone

Raiders halfback Aidan Sezer says they've been using sprinklers to get used to the Townsville humidity.

Raiders leave early to beat the heat and end Cowboys hoodoo

30 mins ago

James O'Connor

Live your life James, but please, spare us the platitudes

COMMENT
38 mins ago

Mitchell Starc is the highest-ranked fast bowler on the allrounder rankings.

Starc soaring up the rankings

Struggling: Venezuela's Adrian Solano gets used to the snow for the first time in his life.

'World's worst skier' had never seen snow before championships

James Dargaville.

Larkham calls for 'equal rights' in air after round-one controversy

'That's not rugby': England coach Eddie Jones was furious at Italy's tactics in their Six Nations match.

'That's not rugby': Jones fumes at Italy's 'anti-rugby' tactic

The Brumbies' Chris Alcock, right, and Crusaders' Wyatt Crockett compete for the ball.

David who? Alcock takes first step as Pocock's replacement

Headed to Cleveland? Andrew Bogut.

Bogut close to teaming up with LeBron James: reports