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Emergency personnel tend to an injured person close to the Palace of Westminster, London.

Death toll rises, 40 injured in London terror attack

28 mins ago

Controversial tweet: Donald Trump jnr.

Trump jnr branded 'a disgrace' over London attack tweet

"It's an embarrassment to the government": Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie.

Jacqui Lambie in tears during emotional plea against welfare cuts

Live

Footage of the robbery has been released by ACT Policing.

Footage of armed robbery at Canberra club released

15 mins ago

An armed police officer stands guard near Westminster Bridge.

'If police tell you to run, run': Inside a terror attack

COMMENT
46 mins ago

President Donald Trump said the suggestion of any collusion with Russia was 'fake news'.

'Like a drunk': Wall Street Journal rips into Donald Trump

Suspected drug mule dies on flight from LA to Australia

1 hr ago

'Nobody knows what's happening': ANU cafe owners in the dark

1 hr ago

'Absolute hero': MP tried to save dying cop in London attack

They botched an $800m overhaul but will lead PM's 'transformation'

Moving APS is core business, and there will be more of it: Joyce

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'I just cried and cried': Terminally ill man has Centrelink payments cut

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Amer Sajed came to the US aged 19, with a one-way ticket and $US900 in cash, cleaning toilets at a McDonald's before he ...

Top banker quits to become civil rights activist

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Love Actually

Love Actually sequel trailer asks who's aged the best

The Shorten family as they appear in the new issue of The Weekly.

Shorten does dad jeans better than Obama in photo shoot

Brumbies training- Saia Faingaa. Photo by Karleen Minney.

Homegrown Brumby set to make emotional return

1 hr ago

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Woman plummets into River Thames during terror attack

Consumers appear to have a lay theory, or an intuition, that healthy foods are more expensive.

A simple guide to healthy snacking

Watermelon / generic Taken 24rd September 2003 SMH Features pic Natalie Boog

A guide to relax your neck at work, featuring watermelon

'What you are doing is shameful': What's in the ...

1:02PM

'I just cried and cried': Terminally ill man has ...

12:58PM

As Missing Richard Simmons wraps, his reps speak ...

12:56PM

Astor Air Condition site supervisor Greg Axon and director Johan Esterhuizen who are owed money from collapsed ACT ...

Subcontractors chase $7m after construction firm crashes

Canberra lecturer sexually assaulted students, court told

Canberra scientist taking the guesswork out of border security

Greg Ritchie in 1985 during his days playing Test cricket for Australia.

Greg Ritchie polarises audience at police union ACT dinner

White Rabbit bar owner Nick Tuckwell

Drunk loiterers in ACT's sights under proposed new liquor laws

Giulia Jones makes history breastfeeding her son Maximus in the ACT chamber in 2015. On Wednesday, she brandished a ...

Liberal Giulia Jones brings breast pump into ACT parliament

Greens member Caroline Le Couteur is leading a call for an extension of land tax to vacant properties.

'It doesn't make sense': ACT govt to investigate change to 'unfair' tax

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 22: Courtney Thompson, Sister of missing man Samuel Thompson looks distressed as her family ...

'Help us find our boy': Family plea for missing driver

QLD

A tour bus plunged into a ravine near Kangaroo Valley in 2010, killing its male driver.

Bus in fatal crash 'failed brake inspection'

NSW

A fake scientist was appointed as editor to almost 50 journals.

The honeytrap that uncovered a scientific scandal

NSW
1 hr ago

Mr Rayney is suing the West Australian government for being named as the prime and only suspect in the murder of his ...

No money trail for Rayney hitman theory

WA

'Good for the nation'. Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce

Moving APS is core business, and there will be more: Joyce

Human Services Minister Alan Tudge.

They botched an $800m overhaul but will lead PM's 'transformation'

Pesticides authority public servants hope McDonald's days will soon be over.

Bye-bye wi-fi as APVMA public servants leave Macca's

A tearful Jacqui Lambie attacks cuts to welfare in the Senate on Wednesday night.?

Lambie's tearful plea in chamber: 'You have no idea how tough it is'

Live
Stephanie Peatling

'A sensible approach': Dutton confirms push for postal plebiscite

Matthew Knott
1 hr ago

'Assault on democracy': Parliament security increased

Michael Koziol

Australian security forces are preparing for foreign fighters to return home.

Security chief predicts returning foreign fighters will polarise

David Wroe

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce poses for a portrait in his office at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 22 ...

Joyce breaks with cabinet to blast Liberal fringe 'extremities'

EXCLUSIVE

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said the penalty rate reduction could be phased in.

Penalty-rate pain 'won't be softened by transition measures'

Employees at Centrelink will join other staff at the Department of Human Services in strike action on Friday.

Centrelink 'transformer' led $800m ATO bungle

A coalition fighter jet on its way to bomb Islamic State targets in a file pcture.

Syrian civilians killed in air strike by US-led coalition: reports

1 hr ago

Armed officers attend to the scene outside Westminster Bridge.

London attack: What we know and what we don't know

Josephine Tovey

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the Meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition on the Defeat of ISIS ...

Tillerson urges other countries to cough up more for war on IS

Paul McGeough

Huns and other nomadic populations in central Asia sometimes bound infants skulls' to modify their shapes. MUST CREDIT: ...

Romans depicted Huns as barbarians but their bones disagree

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has criticised companies agitating for the government to take action on marriage equality.

It's not 'bullying', it's just lobbying

COMMENT
John Warhurst

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Keeping a full-time, permanent job has become the exception as we move to the "gig economy".

Pessimists miss one factor when they forecast the end of jobs

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Amer Sajed came to the US aged 19, with a one-way ticket and $US900 in cash, cleaning toilets at a McDonald's before he ...

Top banker quits to fight Trump as a civil rights activist

21 mins ago

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Markets Live: Miners steady ASX ship

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Adam

Government 'looking for scapegoats': This CEO owes $1.5m

Lucy Cormack

CommInsure had relied on out-of-date medical definitions to deny claims, ASIC found.

CommInsure: Fresh hope for heart attack victims

Mario Christodoulou

New union chief Sally McManus has a problem with facts

COMMENT
Mathew Dunckley

Trump Trade or Trump Tantrum? Today will tell

1 hr ago

Sam Walsh gets new gig at global trader Mitsui

Brian Robins
1 hr ago

Emirates to let travelers keep laptops, tablets until boarding

1 hr ago

Divorcees Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow have sold their Tribeca penthouse for $12.98 million.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin sell lavish $13m penthouse

Fruit is one styling tool.

Look familiar? Items stylists use every time to prep a home for sale

The Owen Flats, on Northbourne, among the swathe of public housing being demolished, with new units being built around ...

Mega Northbourne Avenue site snapped up for $45 million

One state is driving a nationwide rise in Aussies falling behind on home loan repayments.

The state driving a nationwide rise in mortgage stress

Apartment-owners fare only slightly better, than house owners in the Airbnb profit stakes, likely to make a little over ...

Airbnb hosts stand to make less than half of what they charge

It might not be as easy as you think being Justin Trudeau.

The one big downside to being too good looking

Culture

Grant Trebilco, founder of Fluro Fridays.

'I was angry at the world': The bright idea that saved my life

Self Improvement

Markets can over-react to an event in both directions.

ASX rout was fall we had to have

Scott Phillips

Apple's quiet update of the iPhone SE has only bumped up the storage.

Resale value to crash for iPhone SE

Alex Kidman

Google has been criticised for publishing ads in the wrong places.

Scattergun online ads are killing brands

Tony Featherstone

Colin Porter from CreditorWatch says there is a domino effect that a failing business has on the other businesses within ...

Revealing small business tax debts to credit agencies a major win

Colin Porter

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In Full: British PM's statement on London terror attack

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Parliament House security increased

Federal Politics

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Rex Tillerson strategy to defeat ISIS

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How events unfolded inside the Houses of Parliament

Emergency services at the scene outside the Palace of Westminster, London, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. London police say ...

London terror attack: Scenes on the street

Stan - Underground

Gripping escape thriller Underground - all episodes now streaming. Only on Stan.

STAN - better call saul

Criminal. Lawyer. Better Call Saul returns April 11 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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MKR contestants Josh and Amy have been painted as this season's villains.

MKR contestants defend Josh amid 'angry' barbs on Eat Street

Broede Carmody

Disney's Zootopia is facing a lawsuit.

Disney sued for allegedly stealing Oscar-winning Zootopia

James Lemon

Love Actually

Love Actually sequel trailer asks who's aged best since the original

Broede Carmody

Show stealers: Luke Evans as Gaston and Josh Gad (left) as Lefou.

Review: Gaston and LeFou are Beauty and Beast's best couple

Jake Wilson

Dan Stevens as The Beast and Emma Watson as Belle.

Hollywood finally plays catch-up with LGBT representation

Garry Maddox

Matthew Newton's latest film has opened to wide acclaim in the US.

Matthew Newton directing new Hollywood film

Michael Idato

Ed Sheeran will be sharing his royalties with a few more writers after conceding similarities with a '90s hit.

Ed Sheeran quietly admits to 'copycat' claims over new hit

Bernard Zuel

The Gatwick Hotel has a prime location on Fitzroy Street, St Kilda.

Nine finally confirms intense rumours about The Block

EXCLUSIVE
Broede Carmody

Stella Bella Children's Centre director Suzanne Tunks in the new centre at Fyshwick with Arcadia Williams, 10 months, ...

New day care and children's respite service for sick kids

Laneway! Streetfood! Party! is on as part of Canberra Good Food Month.

Three foodie events not to miss at Canberra Good Food Month

Chef Matt Wilkinson will come to Canberra for Monster Mash Volume Two.

Seven things to do in Canberra this weekend

Katherine Allen

I weigh 78kg, should I be on The Biggest Loser?

COMMENT

There are a few signs parents can look out for that may indicate your child is bullying.

What if your child is the bully?

Kasey Edwards

Former Vice President Joe Biden gets a kiss from a dog as he greets the crowd on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, ...

Adorable photo alert: Joe Biden meets puppy called Biden on Capitol Hill

Emily Heil

The Shorten family as they appear in the new issue of The Weekly.

Bill Shorten does dad jeans better than Obama in new photo shoot

Jenna Clarke

Original Pussy Riot member Nadezhda (Nadya) Tolokonnikova

Pussy Riot on Trump and Putin: 'We must not give them our fear'

COMMENT
Nadya Tolokonnikova

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 11: Feminists, gender equity activists, and general supporters of women's rights, band ...

We need a far more radical approach to gender equality

Eva Cox

I grew out of my teenage OCD behaviour. Well, mostly.

Jennifer Morton

Triggers are as unique as the parents and children who are dealing with them.

Negotiation is the way to deal with parenting trigger points

Megan Blandford

The exercise guidelines for pregnant women have changed.

Doctors urge more exercise for pregnant women

Amby Burfoot

Forget hours slept and sleep with your cycle? Uh, no.

Using a sleep calculator to determine bedtime is a 'terrible' idea

Sarah Berry

Slow down your workout and you might just speed up your results.

Now strong, slow and steady wins the race

Victoria Lambert

When it comes to pizza, there's nothing better than homemade.

27 easy pizza recipes to make at home

1 hr ago

La Cantina's cornetto dessert.

Review: La Cantina is everything a neighbourhood Italian should be

Adam Liaw's kari-kari chicken with spiced yoghurt.

If you like peri-peri chicken, try this Indian kari-kari chicken

toddler causes mayhem in the bathroom

Real estate agent's terribly timed appointment

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'I was made to feel like garbage': Jerry Maguire child star, 20 years on

While the giant chicken caused some people to be scared and horrified, the Brahma is actually a placid breed.

11 answers about THAT giant chicken video

Generic. A Delta Airlines plane flies into Portland International Airport in Portland, Ore., Monday, July 20, 2009. ...

Overseas flights cheaper than ever: But when's the best time to book?

Michael Gebicki

The End of the World, Saudi Arabia.

Six incredible hiking trails you've (probably) never heard of

Nina Karnikowski

The world's most expensive city, as seen from the Singapore Flyer observation wheel.

The most expensive city in the world named

Melissa Cheok
44 mins ago

Deciding whether to pay $749 for the new iPhone is almost entirely a cosmetic decision.

New Apple iPad, iPhone: to buy or not to buy?

"If Twitter, Facebook and other social platforms make money in the same way as traditional media companies, they should ...

Facebook can't have it both ways, Germans say

COMMENT

They're the premiers, and captain Bob Murphy is back, but how hungry are the Western Bulldogs?

Shut up, the footy's on the internet (with apologies to TISM)

COMMENT
36 mins ago

Building a PC doesn't have to be daunting.

Five things to know before building a PC

Kotaku

The location-sharing feature is aimed at helping people find each other in crowded places.

Google allows users to share locations in Maps

2017 Toyota Yaris ZR Toyota has updated its Yaris hatch for 2017

New Toyota Yaris prices revealed

David McCowen

BMW will join the likes of Audi's Abt team (pictured) in Formula E.

BMW joins Formula E series

David McCowen

McLaren has offered a further glimpse to the spiritual successor to its original F1 road car.

McLaren F1 successor previewed

Greg Kable

Mercedes-Benz may be under investigation for breaking emissions laws.

Mercedes-Benz reportedly probed over diesel allegations

2017 Foton Tunland 4x4 Dual Cab.

Is this China's best ute to date?

Mark Short

2017 Lamborghini Aventador S.

Driving an Aventador S around Australia's fastest track

Stephen Ottley

Saia Faingaa has returned to the Brumbies. Photo by Karleen Minney.

Homegrown Brumby set to make emotional return

1 hr ago

Former Brumbies forward Peter Kimlin played two Tests for the Wallabies.

French police talk to ex-Brumbies player after rape allegation

UPDATED

Minister for Women Yvette Berry.

Sport minister: if Brumbies go, so could stadium in Civic

Defending champion Jason Day, right, walks down the seventh hole after he conceded to Pat Perez.

Jason Day exits tournament in tears due to mum's illness

UPDATED
1 hr ago

Former Canberra Raiders captain Terry Campese expects the Green Machine to go to Queensland confident despite their ...

Canberra hopes for better Brisbane raid

Premier grade referee and Vice President of ACT Rugby Referees Association James Hagan with the new blue concussion card.

Canberra rugby to give concussion the blue card

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 13: Josh Bruce of the Saints marks the ball during the 2016 AFL Round 21 match between the ...

Canberra's Josh Bruce part of St Kilda's leadership group

Canberra and Tuggeranong have joined the newly formed Australian Association of Football Clubs.

Canberra, Tuggeranong join AAFC after meeting in Melbourne