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A child victim of a suspected chemical attack is treated at a makeshift hospital in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern ...

Gas attack poses profound questions for Trump

ANALYSIS

It is estimated that 5.9 million sales of the four products over five years yielded revenue of about $45 million to the ...

Nurofen slapped with multimillion-dollar penalty

1 hr ago

Chapman residents who oppose a proposal to build public housing in their park.

Weston Creek residents aren't nimbies, we just love our parks

COMMENT

Former University of Canberra academic Arthur Hoyle arrives for his trial in the ACT Supreme Court last week.

Former UC lecturer found guilty of raping student

University of Wollongong Sydney Business School

$10m failure: University forced to backpay thousands of staff

Police are seeking witnesses to a crash at Dunlop on Monday.

Children hospitalised after car drives into oncoming traffic

Doug Dingwall
20 mins ago

Government turns to former banker to lead APS digital strategy

1 hr ago

Man who lost legs after 'spider bite' on mend, but venom not to blame

1 hr ago

'Awful lot of pain': The condition that's about to fill GP waiting rooms

Former Family First senator's election 'ineligible'

'A shocking war crime': PM joins condemnation of chemical attack

Spanish company Talgo are proposing to run their state of the art trains between Canberra and Sydney.

Two-hour train journey between Canberra and Sydney under discussion

Top IT professionals can get multiple job offers, giving them bargaining power for their wages.

The jobs that will give you the biggest pay rise this year

1 hr ago

the "Grammar vigilante" at work on the Cambridge Motor's sign.

'Grammar vigilante' corrects bad punctuation on signs, shops

1 hr ago

Kendall Jenner leads the resistance.

Backlash to Kendall Jenner's Pepsi ad was swift and just

Shia LaBeouf and Kate Mara in Man Down.

Shia LaBeouf film earns just $11.50 in opening weekend

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Badger buries cow. Can ya dig it?

Bedroom storage

8 clever storage ideas for small bedrooms

Easy grab-and-go breakfasts you can make ahead of time

$1.5 million cultural centre to be built on ...

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What China wants from Xi and Trump meeting

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Syria chemical weapons attack: removing dictator ...

4:58PM

ACT company Capital Hydraulics and Drains has gone into administration, leaving work at a housing development in ...

Another ACT building company collapses, owing $4 million

'They will never return': ANU alumni angry at demolition

Parliamentary Triangle landmark sites up for sale

Canberra Airport has seized 1400 potential biosecurity risks since opening for international flights in September last year.

1400 biosecurity risks seized at Canberra airport

In the world of standard Commonwealth contracts, cafes in government buildings could be closed over a Facebook post.

Top-secret coffee? Cafe asked to sign confidentiality clause

Two teams from the ACT ESA recently returned from north Queensland where they provided assistance to the recovery of ...

The Canberrans helping with recovery efforts after Cyclone Debbie

Canberra is the story of a successful public service relocation.

Is Canberra losing its grip on the public service?

Stephanie King with her son Jacob.

'Amazing mother': Town rallies after flood tragedy

NSW

The deaths two cyclists in Bundaberg prompted a magistrate to call for road rules refresher tests when drivers renewed ...

Coroner calls for driver tests after two cyclist deaths

QLD

Drummoyne MP John Sidoti.

'Oversight': Lib MP failed to disclose property interest

NSW

A Ford-era fire hydrant, overlooking the Tapajos river in Fordlandia, Brazil, a community founded in 1928 by Henry Ford, ...

Man caused $550k damage after minibar binge

'Hamstrung': AFP Deputy Commissioner Mike Phelan.

Thousands of federal cops in pay limbo

The auditor general has criticised the procurement process for a new vessel to replace Aurora Australis.

Department slammed in icebreaker audit report

The European Union has raised concerns with the Australian Government's new procurement rules, which require ...

EU criticises new Australian Government procurement guidelines

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Chemical attack: removing dictator Bashar al-Assad 'not an option'

Tom McIlroy
9 mins ago

Australian unis commit to releasing sexual assault data

EXCLUSIVE
Eryk Bagshaw
24 mins ago

Anna Bligh concedes banks face 'implosion' of public trust

Heath Aston

Bob Day was ineligible to have been elected, the High Court has ruled.

Family First ruling throws Senate numbers into doubt

Matthew Knott

Treasurer Scott Morrison says Labor would take a chainsaw to the housing market.

'We want to use a scalpel': Scott Morrison hits back on housing

James Massola

Counter-radicalisation clinical psychologist Feriha Peracha in Canberra.

The woman who de-radicalised nearly 200 potential terrorists

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says world leaders will determine a response to the Syrian attacks.

$24b tax cut may be worth just 0.2% to the economy

A child victim of a suspected chemical attack is treated at a makeshift hospital in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern ...

Chemical attack in Syria poses questions for Trump's leadership

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Bill O'Reilly of the Fox News Channel program "The O'Reilly Factor".

Advertisers flee Bill O'Reilly over harassment story

The Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt at Werribee Mansion in 2013.

Outrage in UK after Cadbury drops Easter reference for egg hunt

arter Page, a former foreign policy adviser of US President-elect Donald Trump, speaks at a news conference at RIA ...

Former Trump adviser admits speaking with Russian spy

When China began modernising, it made 4 per cent of the world's steel. Today it makes more than all the other countries ...

How China built its dominance on our factories

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

7 mins ago

Some people are convinced that drinking a coffee before a nap gives you an extra zap of energy when you wake up.

Why drinking coffee before a nap might turbocharge your brain

COMMENT
Chin Moi Chow

Category four Cyclone Debbie hammered the north Queensland coast.

Debbie does more damage - this time to insurers' profits

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight
1 hr ago

Selling in the big banks was offset by a strong performance in resources stocks on Wednesday.

ASX gains as miners trump banks

Patrick Commins
5 mins ago

Top IT professionals can get multiple job offers, giving them bargaining power for their wages.

The jobs that will give you the biggest pay rise

Anna Patty
1 hr ago

Banks need to rethink how much capital they hold, says APRA chairman Wayne Byers.

Banks struggle to rejig pay for workers that put customers first

Six-week strike may have cost BHP $1.3 billion

Fairfax readies to strip out $30m costs

Jessica Gardner

You can buy a dozen harbourview mansions - or this gem

Divorced couple in legal spat over $93m share bonanza

Colin Kruger, CBD

Listen, but always remember what you want.

Buying property? Why you shouldn't listen to family and friends

Larissa Ham

Prefab homes, such as this one in Brunswick, Victoria, are tipped to become a more common site.

One in 10 new Australian homes could be prefabs by 2027

You cannot throw out other people's things to achieve this.

Inner south hotel named Canberra's best development

DS-600 sofa by de Sede. Leather-upholstered segments can be zipped together, and the price goes up the more you add.

The $70,000 sofa and other insanely expensive housewares

22 Tanderra Crescent, Ngunnawal.

Ngunnawal record broken as buyers spend more in Gungahlin

Master & Dynamic MW50 headphones.

Boys toys: 25 gadgets you probably don't need, but you'll really want

Technology

The Qantas WiFi service will be free to all passengers.

What the airlines aren't telling you about your inflight Wi-Fi

High Flyer

Young adults can do things now that will improve their financial future

15 things to do by 30 to create a better life after 60

Money
John Collett

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What women want from the budget

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Kate Carnell has uncovered the practice of big business offering loans to small business in her inquiry into late payments.

'Pretty close to extortion': Mars, Kellogg's and Fonterra pushing loans on small business

Cara Waters

Mark Chapman is the head of tax communications at H&R Block.

Can you still run a cash business?

Alexandra Cain

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Horrifying gas attack in Syria

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'Pink Star' diamond sale breaks records

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Monster the python's massive weigh-in

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Andrew and Anthony cop a grilling

BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 03: A dog, at the behest of his owner, rides a skatebaord on April 3, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. ...

World of Photos - April 5, 2017

STAN - better call saul

Criminal. Lawyer. Better Call Saul returns April 11 on Stan

Stan - Billions

Brand new season of Billions - 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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Beyonce revealed the new clip on Instagram today.

Beyonce drops surprise song clip for Jay Z on ninth anniversary

Sarah Thomas
1 hr ago

A new documentary will air rare footage of Heath Ledger's home movies.

'Always a director': Ledger doco to air rare home footage

Broede Carmody

Shia LaBeouf and Kate Mara in Man Down.

Shia LaBeouf’s new flop earns just $11.50 in UK opening weekend

Rob Moran

Sir Ian McKellen has revealed he turned down an offer to play Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series.

Sir Ian McKellen turned down offer to play Dumbledore

Broede Carmody

Gone for good: Danielle Cormack may have been the lifeblood of Bea Smith in Wentworth, but the prison lives on.

Can Wentworth survive without Queen Bea?

COMMENT
Nathanael Cooper

A slight clue that the old Josh is still simmering away beneath the surface despite his better manners on MKR.

What has happened to MKR 'bad boy' Josh?

Aja Styles

Casey Affleck in <i>A Ghost Story</i>

Casey Affleck and Whitney Houston films hit our shores

Garry Maddox

Shane Jacobson will host the feel-good talent show.

Seven gambles on kids' talent show to boost ratings

Broede Carmody

Artist Emilio Cresciani combined portraits of people with all the rubbish they produced in a week for his exhibition ...

What does your rubbish say about your life?

Canberra District Wine Week is on until April 9 with events both in the city and out at the vineyards.

7 things to do in Canberra this weekend April 7-9

Back to back wins: Hugh Kelly also won the Australia Barista Championship last year.

Ona Coffee's Hugh Kelly named Australia's top barista - again

Mel B has filed a restraining order against her estranged husband, Stephen Belafonte.

Mel B says her estranged husband punched and choked her

Amy Croffey

My mother took great pride in the fact she did not "dump" her children at childcare.

Why I refuse to feel guilty for sending my kids to childcare

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Kendall Jenner leads the resistance.

Kendall Jenner's 'protest' Pepsi ad will depress you entirely

Annie Brown

FILE - In this April 26, 2016, file photo, actor Chris Evans poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the ...

Dating Captain America: What the end of this relationship tells us

COMMENT
Katherine Allan

Bill and Hillary Clinton‘s 22-year-old nephew, Tyler Clinton, has officially signed a modeling contract with big-time ...

Hillary Clinton's nephew scores himself a modelling contract

Naomi Watts attends the Charles Finch and CHANEL Pre-Oscar Awards Dinner at Madeo Restaurant on February 25, 2017 in ...

When celebs clap back: Naomi Watts outs secret 'snapper'

Prince Philip presents Kylie Minogue with the Britain-Australia Society Award.

Kylie gets royal nod from Prince Philip

Nick Miller

Part of making work function as self-care is considering its impact.

'Self-care' isn't just about relaxing. For me, it's about work

Anna North

We're still not getting the message on the role fruit and vegetables play in physical wellbeing.

The nutrition report card that Australians are failing

Sarah Berry

Make the moments count for a more positive day.

Turning negative thinkers into positive ones

JANE E. BRODY

Being a parent can be stressful, but mindfulness can help create more pockets of calm and connection.

The skill that will make parenting a lot more enjoyable

Sarah Berry

The bootleg iced tea is served in a gumboot.

Just open: Kyte Bar, the new Civic bar where you can order a shoey

Jill Dupleix's mac 'n' cheese frittata.

Hot out the oven: 35 easy, cheesy pasta bake and lasagna recipes

Massimo Buttura gets grilled for Good Food's 20 Questions.

20 Questions with four of the World's 50 Best Chefs

Natasha and baby Danika.

Why red tape is keeping baby Danika's dad off her birth certificate

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The four-letter word helping teens talk about bullying

Bryce Maine when he asked his grandmother Catherine to the prom.

Teen asks his grandma to prom, but school rules it out

One of the wonders of the world, Cappadocia, Turkey.

The world's nine most incredible places where humans live

Ben Groundwater

Singapore Airlines' flight attendants have become iconic.

How Singapore Airlines changed a whole country

Steve Meacham

In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017 photo, visitors enjoy the cherry blossoms at the Yuyuantan Park during spring festival ...

Photos: Japan turns pink for its most magical time of year

42 mins ago

Intel Security has been rebadged as McAfee and now operates as a standalone company.

McAfee rebranding creates pure-play cyber security company

Michael Gorey

Judging by AOL CEO Tim Armstrong's tweet, which points to "20+ brands", it appears that many of the individual services ...

The internet has fun with new name for AOL-Yahoo tie-up

Brian Fung

Amazon is "conducting a storewide test about whether it should change its pricing strategy."

Six questions we have about Amazon in Australia

Elon Musk fired off a provocative tweet as Tesla shares soared. .

'Stormy weather in Shortville': Musk mocks investors as Tesla soars

David Welch and Dana Hull

Wiley Day's dog-tag chain got caught on the prongs of his plugged-in iPhone charger. He was treated at a hospital for ...

'Demonic': Electrocuted while sleeping with his charging iPhone

Amy B Wang

The next-generation Holden Commodore range will feature a high-riding wagon variant.

Holden unveils Subaru Outback rival

David McCowen

Toyota has recalled some Yaris models to replace faulty airbags.

Toyota customers hit again by airbag recall

David McCowen
58 mins ago

2018 Mercedes-AMG GLC63 S Coupe.

Mercedes-Benz reveals two new hot SUVs

Greg Kable

2017 Mercedes-Benz E220d All-Terrain.

Mercedes reveals prices for its high-riding wagon

Dom Tripolone
41 mins ago

City cars like the Mazda2 have seen a dramatic fall in sales over the first quarter of 2017.

Is the writing on the wall for city cars?

David McCowen

Volkswagen Passat 206 TSI R-Line offers plenty of punch.

VW's latest attempt to push into the premium market reviewed

Daniela Intili and David McCowen

Raiders CEO Don Furner confident Cronk effect won't be felt in Canberra.

Canberra confident Cronk chain reaction won't cause them chaos

18 mins ago

Taking on more responsibility: Matt Giteau.

Giteau steps up to coach star-studded Toulon backline

Dumped: Matt Moylan was one of three Panthers dropped for breaking curfew.

Bookies changed markets two hours before players dropped

1 hr ago

Canberra Raiders second-rower Elliott Whitehead admits he was worried he might not get his spot back after suspension.

Whitehead lucky to get his spot back for Titans

17 mins ago

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers predicts Canberra's Tom Rogic will become one of the best midfielders in Europe.

Rodgers tips Our Tom to become one of Europe's best

10 mins ago

Canberra's Duke Didier will fight for MMA gold.

Duke of Canberra opts for cage instead of Commonwealth Games

Jordan Rapana of the Raiders.

Rapana happy to return to where it all began

Brumbies 2017 season launch. Andrew Smith. ?Photo by Karleen Minney.

Brumbies keen to keep squad despite uncertainty