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US President Donald Trump prepares to speak at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, after the US launched the air strike in Syria.

Trump uses strike to reinstate rule Obama threw away

COMMENT

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 01: Dane Haylett-Petty of the Western Force on his way to scoring a try during the round ...

It's official: One Australian Super team will be axed

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One of the accused teenagers arrives in Queanbeyan after being extradited from the ACT.

Qbn teen murder accused was on bail for sex charge

Canberra was pelted by heavy rain on Sunday afternoon (file photo).

Canberra pelted by rain and hail as storm hits the territory

George Calombaris told staff last week that ''I am so sorry we have messed up''.

Former staff say Calombaris empire ignored penalties

President Donald Trump is urging unity in the attempt to contains threats from North Korea

US warships sail toward Korean peninsula after Syria strike

Kim's despair at finding out childhood secret most of her family knew

Larkham ready to let Brumbies run wild after Reds demolition job

Man charged following fatal crash near Goulburn

14yo Queanbeyan girl charged with domestic-related offences

Syria continues airstrikes despite US missile barrage

Henry Speight of the Brumbies is tackled.

SANZAAR offers no guarantee for Brumbies

Eamonn Tiernan
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Despite the lack of a clear alternative, politics is still framed in anticipation of yet another prime minister not ...

PM's sausage 'no' denies us all

Annabel Crabb

On the charge: Sonny Bill Williams makes a break.

'Conscientious objection': SBW uses strapping tape to cover logo

Oops, dropped it! When a new model is available, the research suggests, iPhone users become more careless with the ...

Damaging your phone, accidentally on purpose

Team captain Lleyton Hewitt, top, celebrates with Nick Kyrgios of Australia after he won his match against Sam Querrey ...

'Happier place': Kyrgios silences critics after booing furore

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Cronulla win grand final rematch

Have you ever seen a better-looking sandwich?

What made the banh mi the world's best sandwich

Balmain's signature biker jeans are priced up to $3000, and routinely sell out.

Aussies made jeans environmentally friendly

Cleary won't rule out asking Moses to backflip on ...

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Storm coach blasts 'embarrassing' errors

9:31PM

Dons' loss highlights issues: Worsfold

9:09PM

Allhomes. Canberra. April 4, 2017.?Siesta Villa, East Jindabyne, is on the market.

Snowy Mountain resort for sale offers year-round siestas

Allhomes. 3 Edman Close, Florey sold for $960,000. April 8, 2017.?

Auction watch: A suburb record among Super Saturday sales

Canberra Domain Allhomes. 21 Higgins Crescent, Ainslie. April 8, 2017.?

Good styling is always in season when selling your home

Falling interest rates have made the transition from a tenant to homeowner more affordable but saving cash for the hefty ...

Canberra's median asking price on the rise

Ben and Sandi Reay are selling their home in Latham on Saturday. Pictured with their children Adalynn, 3, and Owen, 5 months.

Super Saturday: Canberra's biggest auction day on record

Mark Will said more information should be provided to drone users in order to prevent crashes or near misses with aircraft.

Canberra drone bootcamp aims to cut number of mid-air dramas

Google Maps gives Canberra an ocean view

NCA proposes planning changes on the need for green space in south

News. Sunday. The Canberra Times photo by Stephen Jeffery. October 11, 2016. The Serbian Australian Club in Mawson.

Serbian Club redevelopment passes first hurdle

Parts of Hibberson Street in Gungahlin will be closed to vehicles because of the light rail construction work.

Part of Hibberson St, Gungahlin, to be closed to vehicles

The Canberra hospital, Garran.

Firefighters called to Canberra Hospital after smell of gas

Four of the 12 bands at this year's Enlighten festival were from Canberra.

Canberra artists call for more representation

Operation QUEENSLAND ASSIST 17:?The Australian Defence Force (ADF) continues to assist the people and communities of ...

Climate challenges mount up in 'disaster alley'

Zeeshan Akbar, 29, died in an attack at Queanbeyan.

Teenagers charged with Queanbeyan murder

The Dutch backpacker had only been in Australia for a few weeks before she was allegedly attacked in a Surry Hills laneway.

Dutch backpacker 'raped in Surry Hills laneway'

NSW

Premier Mark McGowan.

It's official: WA's economy is a basket case

UPDATED

Labor's Joel Fitzgibbon.

Barnaby's 'largesse' goes to Nationals heartlands

Sir Peter Lawler in 2003 after giving evidence to the Parliament House inquiry into then recent bushfires in Australia.

Sir Peter Lawler: 'a colossus in his time' as well as a family man

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says 'operation tetris' is bearing fruit.

Taxpayers footing bill for 21,000 empty public service desks

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media during a doorstop interview after his visit to the Bomana War ...

Tight-lipped: PM places longer timeline on closure of Manus

Michael Gordon

Syria, Kokoda and the 'hinge of fate': Question on PM's mind

Assad must be punished for war crimes: Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull says Russia has a 'solemn obligation' to rein in its 'client' Syria.

Russia must act, says PM as Australia welcomes missile attack

David Wroe

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the flightdeck of a C-17 Globemaster during a visit to the Middle East.

Will Australia be drawn into a fresh conflict in the Middle East?

ANALYSIS
David Wroe

Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Turnbull 'knew in advance' of US plan to strike Syria

David Wroe

Education Minister Simon Birmingham says he will need to find similar savings from elsewhere in the higher education ...

Turnbull kills off high-fee course plan

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott

President Donald Trump is urging unity in the attempt to contains threats from North Korea

US navy strike group sails toward Korean peninsula

Protesters threw petrol bombs during a protest in Caracas on Saturday.

Venezuelans riot after opposition leader banned from office

US President Donald Trump prepares to speak at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, after the US launched the air strike in Syria.

Middle East waits for Trump's next move after Syria air strikes

COMMENT
Maher Mughrabi

An officer stands guard as police cordon off a large area in Oslo around a subway station on a busy commercial street ...

Oslo police detonate 'bomb-like device', suspect in custody

Tanya Plibersek wrote the Government had told the Fair Work Commission that "the minimum wage should be frozen".

Labor's Fair Work claims are demonstrably false

COMMENT
Michaelia Cash

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Portraits from the 'You Look Like A...' series.

'Terrorist or hipster': Assumptions people make about beards

COMMENT
Cherine Fahd

The Aussie dropped below US75¢ in the wake of iron ore's collapse. The spot price of iron ore shed 6.8 per cent to ...

ASX poised to climb a wall of worry

Timothy Moore

Our phones are vital tools that we need to get the job done.

I'm Not Texting. I'm Taking Notes.

JONAH STILLMAN

Protesters from Stop Adani Sydney gathered outside Westpac's 200th birthday celebrations in Sydney on Saturday night.

Anti-Adani mine protesters disrupt Westpac's birthday party

Lucy Battersby

Chin-scratcher: RBA governor Philip Lowe is caught between worries around the economy and overheated property markets.

Why the RBA will be sweating on this week's jobs data

Patrick Commins

Guys love to shop, and want bargains: retail veteran

Madeleine Heffernan

Cyclone Debbie coal disruption set to ease

Brian Robins

Google accused of underpaying female workers

AP

Why we need to worry about the level of household debt

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Room temperature isn't quite the same as it is in Europe.

We're 'anaesthetising' our wine - here's how to drink better

Fine Drinks

Think more Billy Crudup in Almost Famous, less Greg Brady.

Back to the future: How to rock this season's biggest menswear trend

Stitched Up

Mortgage rates are on the rise and borrowers don't want to get in above their heads

How to avoid squeeze of rising mortgage rates

John Collett

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

The $300m GST grab hardly anyone knows about

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Peter Strong, chief executive of the Council of Small Business Australia, is calling for an investigation into the loans ...

Call for ASIC and ACCC to investigate 'coercive' small business loans

Cara Waters

Almost two thirds of genuine sickies can be traced back to work-related infections.

Feeling sick? Just. Go. Home.

James Adonis

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Panda Qifu lands on her child's head

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Venezuela: anti-government protests turn violent

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Raiders ransack Gold Coast

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Do ultrarunners feel less pain?

Murray Wilkinson with his cattle dogs, at the Easter Show in Sydney. 4th April 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

Fairfax photos of the week - April 6, 2017

STAN - better call saul

Criminal. Lawyer. Better Call Saul returns April 11 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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Rhys Muldoon picked France Soir, where he describes the wine list as 'incredible'.

Rhys Muldoon: St Kilda grimmer and scarier than Kings Cross

Kylie Northover

Joanna Murray-Smith's Three Little Words raises existential questions about life and love.

Why the ripple effect of a break-up can be catastrophic

Kerrie O'Brien

Carrie Fisher in her best known role as Princess Leia

Carrie Fisher to appear in final Star Wars, three years after death

Karl Quinn

Hugo Weaving as Alex and Susie Porter as Gina.

Seven types of terrific: The Australian TV show you must see

Karl Quinn

Garrance Marillier stars as vet science student Justine in Julia Ducournau's French horror film Raw.

Vegetarian-turned cannibal flick Raw redefines the horror film

Karl Quinn

Actor Bill Nighy attends the premiere of "Their Finest" at the SVA Theatre on Thursday, March 23, 2017, in New York. ...

Bill Nighy goes from 'laughably low expectations' to Finest hour

Garry Maddox

Kristen Stewart in <i>Personal Shopper</i>.

Kristen Stewart stripped bare in new film Personal Shopper

Craig Mathieson

A former Saturday Night Live cast member said Trump ''didn't get the jokes'' either in 2015.

Trump 'struggled to read' while preparing to host SNL

Broede Carmody

Connie Johnson at her home in Kaleen. She wants to use the Big Heart Project in Canberra on May 10 to personally meet ...

Connie Johnson and her heartbreaking 'last hurrah'

Canberra singer Kirrah Amosa.

Canberra singer lands dream role in The Bodyguard

Founder of soccer training website Train Effective, Nick Humphries, wants to hit one million paid subscribers by 2020.

Got a child into soccer? This Canberra app could give them the edge

Daenerys, mother of dragons, knows that power of a bold shoulder and a well-cut suit.

The GoT winter fashion is coming, and it's on point.

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Annie Brown

Kim Ross as a baby with her adoptive mother, Doreen Adams.

'Unreal' - the family secret that everybody but Kim Ross knew

Katherine Feeney

The Kings: Jalen, Milly (the dog), Kobe, Lisa and Harrison with pictures of Noah and Aaron

Under 50 and widowed: How five women are moving through their grief

Nicole Madigan

Royal engagement rumours: Is Prince Harry preparing to propose to Meghan Markle?

Meghan Markle's latest move sparks royal engagement rumours

Things aren't always as they seem.

My 'perfect' fashion friend reminds me that the grass isn't always greener

Wendy Squires

Lizzie Buttrose denies causing a furore during her guest appearance on Sunday night's episode of The Real Housewives of ...

Lizzie Buttrose's run-in with the Real Housewives of Sydney

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Kendall Jenner leads the resistance in the Pepsi ad.

Kendall Jenner: Is she 'complicit' or not in Pepsi ad fiasco?

Maria Puente

Neither Salim Mehajer nor his younger sister Mary would respond to Fairfax Media about their charity ball on Sunday in ...

Mary and Salim Mehajer quiet about charity ball with $15k seats

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Family fun without sugar: it's possible, Shenker says.

Could you raise a sugar-free family?

Sophie Ellis

A University of Queensland report estimates that rates of depression had increased 18.4 per cent in the past 10 years.

Let's talk about changing these depression statistics for World Health Day

Sarah Berry

Adrenal fatigue? It may be a question of meaning.

Is adrenal fatigue real? Forget the label and treat the stress.

Christy Brissette

Chocolate and almond Easter cake

19 gorgeously indulgent Easter desserts

The DASH diet can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.

The DASH diet is proven to work so why hasn't it caught on?

Rachel Khoo's roast chicken

Easter Weekly Meal Planner

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'My name gave me social anxiety - don't do it to your kids'

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Four myths about only children - and why they're wrong

The young girl was found in January and is still unable to speak.

Girl found living with monkeys in Indian forest

Tired? A Qantas Boeing 747-400.

Traveller letters: Qantas jumbo jets are tired, smell of mothballs

Have you ever seen a better-looking sandwich?

What made the banh mi the world's best sandwich

Peter Barrett

Jackalope is designed along a black theme. A lot of black.

Victoria's gobsmacking new hotel is downright sexy

Julietta Jameson

NBN

What broadband speeds are you really getting?

Lucy Battersby

Is Snap even a 'public' company?

Myriam Robin

NBN

Homes without internet are stuck in regulatory limbo

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Turner

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Facebook takes new steps to stop 'revenge porn'

Hayley Tsukayama

Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc. and founder of Blue Origin LLC, pauses while speaking at the ...

'I want humans in space': Bezos sells $1.3b in Amazon stock a year to pay for it

Spencer Soper

2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk

Jeep's supercar SUV revealed

Andrew MacLean

2017 Ford Everest Trend RWD

Quick Spin: Ford's four-wheel drive that isn't...

Mark Short

Mercedes-AMG E 63 S 4MATIC+ designo diamantwei? bright Leder Exklusiv Nappa AMG schwarz designo diamond white bright AMG ...

New Mercedes E63 prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

City SUV comparison: Toyota C-HR, Suzuki Vitara, Holden Trax, Honda HR-V.

New Toyota C-HR v Honda HR-V v Holden Trax v Suzuki Vitara

Toby Hagon

2018 Subaru Outback.

Updated Subaru Outback revealed

Drive Staff

2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 2018 Mitsubishi ASX.

New Mitsubishi ASX city SUV revealed

Drive Staff

Henry Speight of the Brumbies is tackled.

No guarantees for Brumbies as SANZAAR cuts one Aussie team

38 mins ago

Final decision: SANZAAR has made a call on the future of Super Rugby

It's official: Australian Super team to be cut - Force most likely

30 mins ago

Raiders winger Jordan Rapana has poured cold water on the chances of a return to the Gold Coast Titans.

Raiders winger Rapana going nowhere - except to another level

Team captain Lleyton Hewitt, top, celebrates with Nick Kyrgios of Australia after he won his match against Sam Querrey ...

Brilliant Kyrgios sends Australia into Davis Cup semi-finals

Aidan Toua of the Brumbies is tackled.

Larkham ready to let Brumbies run wild after Reds demolition job

Jordan Rapana and Joey Leilua room together wherever they play, shopped for engagement rings together and spend their ...

Leilua's the best right centre in the NRL, says Ricky Stuart

Shock loss: Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson.

Hawks bottom out after shock loss to Suns

1 hr ago

9 April 2017. Canberra Olympic v Canberra FC. Canberra FC's Thomas James is hugged by a team mate after scoring a goal ...

Big win makes FC coach feel reborn after biblical rain

56 mins ago