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The race that saw Greysynd Ace win by a surprisingly comfortable margin in Canberra last year is the subject of an ...

Curious case of the Canberra roughie who cleaned up

Harriet Alexander

Peter and Maree Toscan's 13-year-old Pomeranian was killed after being savaged by three large dogs on a public footpath.

Call for legislative changes as dog attacks 'out of control' in ACT

Kimberley Le Lievre

Mrs Kiddey said she decided to start shopping around for health insurance after seeing the costs of premiums rising.

1 in 7 Canberrans don't know how much they pay for health insurance

Andrew Brown

Changes to workers compensation laws will allow easy access to lump sum payments for people with asbestos-related conditions.

Workers compo changes for asbestos impacted workers criticised

Kimberley Le Lievre

The demolition of a Mr Fluffy home in Kaleen.

Strong results for former Mr Fluffy blocks at March auctions

Rachel Packham

Shane Rattenbury has come out in support of the Australia 21 report.

Rattenbury calls for drug decriminalisation in Canberra

Andrew Brown

Australia signs secretive military deals with Saudis

EXCLUSIVE
Patrick Begley

Chinese Premier's visit positions US on the outer

Catherine Armitage

The bamboozling plot twists in the marriage equality saga

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

Hamilton grabs pole in Australian Grand Prix as Daniel Ricciardo crashes

FORMULA ONE

Laundry incident nearly brought Premier Jay Weatherill undone

Mark Kenny

John Randall's dad was the lead engineer of the Captain Cook Memorial Jet at Lake Burley Griffin. Photo: Jamila Toderas

Lake jet builder's son a fountain of knowledge

Kimberley Le Lievre

Canberra Roller Derby teams the Surly Griffins and the Red Bellied Black Hearts training ahead of their season launch.

Canberra Roller Derby League launches its biggest season yet

Australia's captain Steven Smith leaves ground after his dismissal for 111 by India's Ravichandran Ashwin during the ...

Smith fires again, but Australia stumbles in reaching 300 in India

Canberrans participate in the 2017 Relay For Life, with funds going towards Cancer Council ACT. Ben Robets and his wife ...

Capital's AIS track turns purple and yellow during Relay for Life

Brumbies flanker Chris Alcock storms over for the first try against the Highlanders.

Kiwi hoodoo continues as Highlanders topple Brumbies

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Capital's most anticipated sale

books love stock pic

How not to get stressed out on your wedding day

Kate Winslet attends the EE British Academy Film Awards.

Kate Winslet shares anti-bullying advice with kids

EU leaders mark 60th anniversary with unity pledge

1:40AM

Militia decapitates 40 police officers in ...

1:10AM

The role Warnie played in Australia's collapse

12:15AM

Allhomes. Canberra March 1, 2017. 8 Brown Street, Yarralumla.

Auction watch: Strong results for rare Canberra properties

Australian Homestay network host Andrew Barry with indonesian student Yehuda Bemey at home in Flynn.

Network helps international students find a Canberra home

Canberra Domain Allhomes. 15 Mulga Street, O'Connor. March 25, 2017.?

Canberra home trends get even more high-tech

Sydney couple Mina and Scott O'Neill have bought 28 properties, with plans for more.

The Gen Y couple with 28 investment properties

Canberra Domain Allhomes. The old Downer primary school site will be replaced with 280 dwellings. March 23, 2017.?

Long-awaited plans for the old Downer school site revealed

Police at the crime scene on Knoke Avenue in Gordon in March 2015.

Girl saw father with knife, bloody shirt the night mother was killed

Ana was young, healthy and pregnant, then she got cancer

Canberra mum named one of Australia's influential bloggers

Thomas Oubin, 25, (left) and Sara Bank, 27, (right) from said Canberra might not be for everyone but they enjoyed it.

Backpacker numbers down in Canberra

Brent Toderian (right) and Dr Anthony Burton (left) said better designed cities could actually improve the health of ...

Expert urges more density for 'car-centric' Canberra

Alleged abuser Peter Cuzner.

Accused to rebuild life after Daramalan sex abuse verdict

Bungendore locals are gathering items for the victims of the Carwoola fires this summer. From left, Mike and Chloe ...

Community rallies after Carwoola fire

The race that saw Greysynd Ace win by a surprisingly comfortable margin in Canberra last year is the subject of an ...

Curious case of the betting roughie who cleaned up

The Queensland Urban Utilities pump plant at Eagle Farm, where a fault caused sewage to be pumped into the Brisbane River.

Untreated sewage pumped into Brisbane River

QLD

Gold producer Blackham Resources is seeking to expand to more than 200,000 ounces of gold a year.

Sydney's real politics of envy isn't about wealth

COMMENT

WA's share of the GST is expected to create an economic black hole in the 2017/18 state budget.

WA's new share of GST 'abysmal' and a 'joke': Treasurer

Biometric facial map. The federal government is experimenting with facial recognition for users of its online services.

Face-Gov: facial recognition IS system a step closer

Centrelink is to begin harvesting financial data on hundreds of thousands of Australian pensioners.

Govt to launch mass data-harvest on Australia's pensioners

Human Services Minister Alan Tudge.

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

Jay Weatherill , Premier of South Australia 21/3/2017. Pic Ben Searcy .

Laundry incident that nearly brought SA Premier undone

Mark Kenny

Trump 'not business as usual' for defence, says Christopher Pyne

'Islam is a disease we need to vaccinate': Hanson

United front: Malcolm Turnbull welcomed the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Li Keqiang, ...

Beef breakthrough as China insists regional intentions are peaceful

The Turnbull Government has waved through a proposed cut to penalty rates.

Turnbull government backs penalty-rate cuts for low paid

Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs at an inquiry on Friday.

Triggs slams Turnbull's 'highly unsatisfactory' 18C race law changes

Attorney-General Senator George Brandis has expressed special concern about IS activity in South-East Asia.

IS might form 'diaspora' caliphate, Brandis warns

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.

Australia reverses Myanmar stance to co-sponsor UN resolution

Lindsay Murdoch

A Beijing commuter unlocks her share bike.

Bicycles retake China's streets with a new twist

Kirsty Needham

President Donald Trump faced his first big legislative test.

Donald Trump health plan goes down in a screaming heap

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

An undated photo released by the Metropolitan Police of Khalid Masood.

London attacker had dreams of 'killing someone'

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

The bamboozling plot twists in the marriage equality saga

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

The federal and ACT parliaments are inquiring into the need for, and form of, anti-corruption agencies for their ...

No corruption to see here in squeaky clean Canberra, move on

COMMENT
Jack Waterford

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Pawanjeet Heir: is facing her worst nightmare - deportation, along with her husband and young son.

Blackmail, extortion and slavery at a restaurant near you

EXCLUSIVE
Adele Ferguson

RuPaul (centre) with celebrity judges on <i>RuPaul's Drag Race</i>.

Their habits cost our TV networks $2.5b... so far

Catherine Armitage

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre.

Don't buy the 'money illusion': Here's what's happening to wages

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Jochen Haab, global head of engineering and development Mercedes Benz.

My car can beat Lewis Hamilton, but not a tram

Mark Hawthorne

How sports bodies keep winning the TV rights battles

Mark Hawthorne

Why Airbnb won't find a home in China anytime soon

COMMENT
Adam Minter

Australia's LNG exports to be hit by 'buyers club'

Amazon arrival sparks demand for industrial assets

Carolyn Cummins

Lewis Hamilton made a surprising admission before his appearance at Hugo Boss Crown.

The one thing about Australia that terrifies Lewis Hamilton

Cars

A Tasmanian Cask Company barrel maturing whisky for Tasmanian Independent Bottlers.

The secret weapon behind Australia's best whisky

Smart Sipping

Nic Tait at his renovated cottage in Brunswick, Melbourne.

Home renovations that give you the most bang for your buck

Ben Hurley

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

The true cost of loyalty programs

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey was in Sydney for WeWork's official launch.

How McKelvey's side hustle became co-working giant WeWork

Cara Waters

One question still endures: Do leaders actually matter?

Is leadership irrelevant?

James Adonis

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Warner dropped first ball

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Blind race hate

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Healthcare failure a blow to Trump, GOP

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Putin meets France's Le Pen in Moscow

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

Fairfax photos of the week - March 23, 2017

STAN - Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks: The Return - May 22. Only on Stan

Stan - RPDR

Season 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race premieres tomorrow. 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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Bad girls: Jessica Lange (left) plays Joan Crawford to Susan Sarandon's Bette Davis in the delicious mini-series Feud.

Review: Feud brings Baby Jane back to grotesque, brilliant life

Karl Quinn

Jake Gyllenhaal Editorial Shoot for Columbia Pictures' LIFE. Jake Gyllenhaal portrait. The actor is one of the stars of ...

Life's Jake Gyllenhaal says acting left him 'untethered and lost'

Karl Quinn

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 12: Brett Ratner attends the "Robin Hood" Premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 63rd ...

Hollywood director Brett Ratner slams 'insane' Rotten Tomatoes

Rogue One's director has revealed that Jyn Erso's mother was originally meant to be a Jedi.

Rogue One's rewrites were much more extensive than first thought

Broede Carmody

David Duchovny returns as transgender FBI agent Denise Bryson.

Lynch mob: Stunning first look at the cast of the Twin Peaks reboot

Michael Idato

''I'm President and you're not,'' says Donald Trump.

Trump accused of stealing a line from his bête noire Saturday Night Live

Michael Idato

A public memorial for Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds will be held in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Dying Debbie Reynolds 'asked permission' to 'be with Carrie'

Today's hipster movement has been light on language, Daddy-O.

Why today's hipsters are way less cool than their grandparents

David Astle

Collector mum Barbara Bryan with daughters Brooke, 11, and Samantha, 9, on a recent trip to Bondi. Barbara reviews ...

Canberra mum name one of Australia's influential bloggers

Long-time contributor to the letters pages of The Canberra Times, Evelyn Bean, of Ainslie, has died at the age of 87.

"Farewell dear friends'' - Evelyn Bean's final letter to the editor

The Wiggles are coming to Canberra in June - now for three shows.

The Wiggles add a fourth show in response to huge demand

UPDATED

I jadorbs this modern-take-on-Katherine-Hepburn suit by Alexander McQueen. Brie Larson has the je ne sais quois to pull ...

Brie Larson + Alexander McQueen = perfection

Ellie Kammer

How Ellie Kammer is channelling her battle with endometriosis into confronting art

Aimee Knight

Mayim Bialik arrives at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Sunday, ...

Big Bang Theory star explains why we shouldn't call women 'girls'

Mary Ward

Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett are alt-right idols, apparently.

What do we make of folks who are fans of Jane Austen... and Breitbart?

Ross Douthat

Sky News presenter and former NSW premier Kristina Keneally.

Keneally may take legal action over Latham's comments

Andrew Hornery

Mike Pence tweeted this photo of the meeting which discussed the future of maternity care in the United States.

Mike Pence tweets photo of men discussing maternity rights

Jenna Clarke

Grid girls at Albert Park on Monday, ready for the grand prix this weekend.

The time has come to retire 'grid girls' for good

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Justin Bieber's fancy Sydney digs had to be "de-odorised".

Bieber stinks out $20 million Sydney home

Andrew Hornery

The Tsimane are into exercise and bananas (well, plantains which are a low sugar variety).

What those with the world's healthiest hearts do differently

Sarah Berry

We often stumble when our hopes meet reality.

Does 'false hope syndrome' make it hard to lose weight?

Juli Fraga

Can you eat bread and lose weight? Yes, according to a new study.

'Dramatic' weight-loss possible without counting calories, study finds

Sarah Berry

Flavour boost: Spaghetti of prawns and prawn oil with parmesan.

The one food rule chefs are breaking

Culinary fable: The story of butter says much about our relationship with food.

Does our complicated relationship with food stem from butter?

T-bone steak with barbecue sauce by Neil Perry. Images by William Meppem, please credit.

34 different ways to cook a great steak. Find your favourite

Chris & Amy Rehs-Dupin and their two children.

Husband gives birth after his wife was unable to fall pregnant

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Girl, 12, suspended from school for selling 'sex toy'

Carter and Rowdy.

How Rowdy the dog is helping this boy accept his rare condition

A TSA agent waits for passengers.

Traveller letters: I'll never go through Los Angeles airport again

Alter do Chao Beach in the Island of Love in Rio Tapajos, Brazil.

One of the world's best beach towns is 1600km from the nearest coast

Simon Romero

Halong Bay in Vietnam.

It's time: The world's next big cruising destination

Brian Johnston

Samsung's new QLED televisions push the boundaries of colour and brightness.

Hands on: Samsung QLED Ultra HD smart TV

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Banks like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo say they want to give consumers access to their data, but are seeking new ...

Data the new gold as banks, tech firms battle

Webcity is experiencing a 24-hour outage.

Webcity services 'meltdown' leaves customers in the lurch

UPDATED

Any electronic device larger than 16 centimetres long is now prohibited.

How the airline laptop ban creates other risks

COMMENT

The Senate vote on Thursday foreshadowed a broader rollback of tech and telecom policies that have drawn the ire of ...

US moves to repeal internet privacy rules

MONTMELO, SPAIN - MARCH 08: Fernando Alonso of Spain driving the (14) McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team McLaren MCL32 on ...

Why you can't miss the 2017 Australian Grand Prix

David McCowen

While Nissan's SUVs are popular, passenger cars such as the Altima present a challenge.

Nissan: Passenger cars 'challenging' for the brand

David McCowen

Bentley Continental GT.

Why the Bentley Continental is a used car bargain

David Morley

2017 Audi S5 Coupe.

New Audi S5 performance coupe reviewed

Peter McKay

2017 Nissan Navara Series 2. Embargo: 4am 24/03/2017

New Nissan Navara Series 2 reviewed

David McCowen

Aston Martin and the F1 Red Bull Racing have created the AM-RB 001.

The way F1 is changing Aston Martin

Stephen Ottley

Brumbies flanker Chris Alcock storms over for the first try against the Highlanders.

Kiwi hoodoo continues as Highlanders topple Brumbies

Joyous feeling: The Crows players celebrate.

Glory to the Crows thanks to a 'perfect 10' from Erin Phillips

Sport
Capital Football season launch at the Pavillon on Northbourne
Former CEO Heather Reid and incoming CEO Phil ...

Capital Football chief confirms Canberra A-League bid rumours

Crows players celebrate during the AFL Women's Grand Final between the Brisbane Lions and the Adelaide Crows on March ...

Canberra connection pushes Crows to maiden premiership

Josh Hodgson of the Raiders.

Raiders could be without England stars Hodgson and Whitehead to face Eels

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart says Andrew Barr's comments highlights the importance of the Brumbies to Canberra.

Raiders need a new stadium, but Stuart agrees with Barr

Generic rugby union.

Le Lievre stars as Whites hold off fast finishing Wests

Marc Polmans on his way to winning.

Marc Polmans into ACT Claycourt International singles and doubles final