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Joel Fitzgibbon is Labor's shadow minister for agriculture and regional Australia.

Labor electorates line up for ACT public servants

An F/A-18 fighter prepares to take off from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson at an unidentified location ...

China masses troops on North Korean border as nuclear fears grow

Regurgitator have pulled out of a Canberra gig after controversy over the event's all-male line up.

ANU Bar reopens finale lineup after controversy causes bands to pull out

3 mins ago

Australia rates high for wage taxation compared with its developed world counterparts.

Tax on some Australian families second highest in developed world

A new digital system for recording academic results will crack down on credential fraud.

Revealed: Australia's most and least satisfied university students

EXCLUSIVE

US President Donald Trump says he will solve the North Korea 'problem'.

Trump pledges US will 'solve' North Korea 'problem'

Corby prepares to be deported to Australia within weeks

Meet 'Lucy': The snapshot of a typical Canberran

Students in limbo after large colleges stripped of funding

APVMA boss won't say if she'll move to Armidale

On my 60th birthday, this is what I wish I knew 30 years ago

COMMENT
Jenna Price

DORTMUND, GERMANY - APRIL 11: (L-R) Sven Bender, Marcel Schmelzer and Nuri Sahin of Borussia Dortmund are escorted to a ...

Player in hospital as German soccer team bus hit by explosions

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Maxing Spratt and her partner defended her Facebook comments on Tuesday.

'I just don't like the players': Fan denies 'ape' post was racist

The man was visibly bloody and injured after the incident.

United shares fall as social media firestorm spreads to China

Mr Jenkins was the first Australian approved by the NDIS for training in the ReWalk device, which has a built-in motor ...

Paraplegic UC student walks on stage to graduate

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The Museum of Australian Democracy is hosting the Great Easter Egg Trail on Easter Sunday.

Seven things to do this Easter long weekend in Canberra

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North Korea 'ready for war' with US

One way to avoid grease (and also not wash your hair) is to just wash the front and dry just that section.

What happened when I cut back washing my hair to just once a week

HuffPost

The moment I told my fiancee I was transgender

ANU Bar Finale reopens lineup after controversy

7:42AM

Canberra Now: APVMA uncertainty, and Forrest hits ...

6:35AM

United apologises for 'horrific event'

6:29AM

Spanish company Talgo is proposing to run its state-of-the-art trains (pictured) between Canberra and Sydney.

Momentum builds for Canberra to Sydney high-speed train

Canberra Now: APVMA uncertainty, and Forrest hits a record

1 hr ago

Regurgitator pulls out of ANU Bar gig after all-male lineup controversy

6 mins ago

Land Development Agency chairman Ross Barrett, a civil engineer and businessman.

LDA board members are enmeshed in the industry

ANALYSIS

An artist's impression of Doma's plans for the Canberra Brickworks site.

Tender chosen to develop Yarralumla brickworks site

Canberra's petrol prices are on the way down according to the NRMA.

Canberra's petrol prices on the way down for Easter

The Department of Human Services denies it issued letters to welfare recipients in error during its debt recovery program.

'Imagine the backlash for a bank': ACT's robo-debt error rate revealed

Police would get extra powers to search people during the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games under a new bill under consideration.

Push for greater police powers for Gold Coast Games

QLD

Spanish company Talgo is proposing to run its state-of-the-art trains (pictured) between Canberra and Sydney.

Canberra to Sydney high-speed train gathers steam

Deputy Police Commissioner Catherine Burn addresses a counter-terror media conference.

Catherine Burn removed as top counter-terror cop

NSW

Mr McDonald's lawyer said the case showed the "other side of the methamphetamine equation."

Family supports dad who tried to kill son

WA

Joel Fitzgibbon is Labor's shadow minister for agriculture and regional Australia.

Labor electorates line up for Canberra public servants

APVMA chief executive Kareena Arthy.

APVMA boss refuses to say if she will relocate to Armidale

The APVMA move to Armidale, a pet project of deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce, has been plagued by problems.

Taxpayers to be slugged for public servants' networked homes

Construction workers rest near a board with an artist's impression of the Central Business District outside a ...

What happens if China stumbles? A $140b doomsday scenario

James Massola

Funding stripped from two of Australia's largest colleges

Eryk Bagshaw

Budget razor gang to consider medicine scheme shake-up

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

A new digital system for recording academic results will crack down on credential fraud.

Revealed: Australia's most and least satisfied university students

EXCLUSIVE

Sydney University senior lecturer Tim Anderson.

'Syria hoax': Sydney University at centre of pro-Assad push

Australia rates high for wage taxation compared with its developed world counterparts.

Tax on families on $82,000 second highest in developed world

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is received by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a ceremonial welcome at the ...

Turnbull kills off Abbott's India free trade deal, for now

Seismic monitoring equipment at Warramunga monitoring station near Tennant Creek in Northern Territory.

Australia has role in monitoring North Korea

Daniel Flitton

A Philippine bomb squad member during an anti-terror exercise in Quezon city, north of Manila, on Tuesday.

Australians may be targeted by kidnappers in Philippines

Lindsay Murdoch

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Tillerson gives Russia an ultimatum over support for Syria

Ivanka Trump has conquered the hearts and minds of young Chinese women.

'Outraged' Ivanka influenced Syria strike decision, brother says

An Iraqi soldier passes through a hole made between buildings during fighting in west Mosul.

Canberra writer's visit to the frontline in Mosul

ANALYSIS
Nicholas Stuart

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Australian prisoners at Bullecourt are escorted to the German rear on April 11, 1917.

The story of the Bullecourt prisoners, captured a century ago

Channel Seven

Tough times ahead for Channel Seven's new HR boss

Sarah Danckert

Coles' lower labour costs make it more profitable, according to UBS.

Coles plays catch-up with Easter checkout promise

Catie Low

BHP said it has looked at making the move but costs would outweigh the benefits.

To get the answer, investors must ask the right question

ANALYSIS
Brian Robins

Professor Garnaut said Australia's tax base was in 'deep trouble'.

Australia should consider Republicans' tax plan: Garnaut

Patrick Hatch

Investors pump cash into office assets

Carolyn Cummins

CFMEU and officials fined $590,800 for industrial action

Anna Patty

Cbus offers affordable housing at Newmarket Randwick

Carolyn Cummins

News Corp guts photography departments amid job cuts

UPDATED
Lucy Battersby

Canberra Domain Allhomes. 51 National Circuit in Forrest smashed the suburb record by $1.6 million, selling for $5.5 ...

Five-bedroom house smashes Forrest suburb record by $1.6 million

Home owners with a mortgage are still the most typical Australian household, but in some areas the dial has moved.

Census data reveals possible 'tipping point' in property ownership

Banning negative gearing would be "cruel", says Treasurer Scott Morrison

Government finally admits what we already knew about property

COMMENT

Renter Stefan Young has given up saving for a house because it seemed impossible and is looking to head overseas instead.

'I'd be shattered': The toll of never owning your own home

The Ginninderry landscape.

Ginninderry attracts 400 registrations on first weekend

Snoring doesn't just keep your other half awake, it can also be detrimental to your own health.

Sweet dreams: A two-minute exercise can stop snoring

Self

Losing fat without exercise: Sounds way too good to be true, right?

The 'magic' way to lose body fat without exercise

Fitness

There are some fund managers with a track record of outperforming the market.

Top Australian share funds named

John Collett

It pays to shop around for petrol before the Easter road trip.

Where to fill up the car before Easter road trip

Money
John Collett

Pod Trackers chief executive Sebastian Langton with Zac, who has the tracker attached to his collar.

The Australian businesses taking design to the world

Paul Wallbank

Stacey Price receives far more referrals for her accounting practice through social media than any other channel.

The accountant winning work on Facebook

Alexandra Cain

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North Korea 'ready for war' with US

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Tillerson tells Russia to abandon Assad

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Turnbull to fix native title for Adani

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Indonesian court adjourns trial of Jakarta governor

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Best of Fairfax cartoons, April 12

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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Karl Hyde of Underworld, who were perfect and perfectly awesome at the Sydney Opera House

Underworld review: euphoria brings the light for a perfect show

Bernard Zuel
1 hr ago

Natasha Exelby, at the moment she realised she was on air on Saturday night.

Natasha Exelby 'not sacked' from ABC, and even gets new gig

Broede Carmody

Author Liane Moriarty, second from left, with Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and producer Bruno Papandrea.

Big Little Lies' Liane Moriarty confirms plans for season two

EXCLUSIVE
Sarah Thomas

Rove McManus performed for two nights only at the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Rove's long absence from stand-up is telling in uninspired show

Cameron Woodhead

Cate Blanchett as Thor's foe, Hela.

Cate Blanchett turns supervillain in the first look at Thor: Ragnarok

Rob Moran

Hasan Minhaj will host the event, which is being boycotted by the president.

Daily Show comic to host White House Correspondents dinner

Ron and Patricia Fellows told the Q&A panel that they would look into some form of euthanasia instead of going into an ...

One word from Q&A audience summed up emotional debate

COMMENT
Neil McMahon

Milanka's face on learning Chris' oldest date was 50 pretty much said it all.

First Dates' Milanka opens up on mid-date bombshell

Rob Moran

Brittany Raymond, star of <i>The Next Step</i>, says she owes her dance career to big sister Sam.

Tweens' 'The Next Step' frenzy

Yumi Morrissey from Zilpah Tart wearing a dress from her new collection, with a print featuring the National Museum of ...

The National Museum of Australia gets its fashion debut

Richard (Kate Mulvany) claims he is the victim of witchcraft to catch out the credulous Lord Hastings (Ivan Donato) in ...

Mulvany is memorably devilish in Bell Shakespeare's Richard 3

Theatre review

Frankie at 10 weeks.

From heartbreak to hope: watching my baby girl fight for survival

COMMENT
Chloe Adams

Sustainable Style: Why Laura Wells is the modern model to know now

Clare Press

Katy Perry was a big supporter of Hillary Clinton throughout her Presidential campaign.

Hillary Clinton models Katy Perry-designed pumps named after her

Emily Heil
6 mins ago

Emma Stone was very generous in her reply to the teenager who invited her to his school prom.

The celebrity trope that we really need to call time on

Annie Brown

Swipe away your tears.

Is Tinder the best way to distract yourself from heartbreak?

Annabel Ross

Women still assume the lions' share of the housework, according to last year's census.

Census data highlights the depressing housework gender gap

Leah Ruppanner

Drawing on other data, the long-term trend from the mid '90s onwards is bad news for gender equality.

Is my belief that 'things will be better for my daughters' a delusion?

Kasey Edwards

Pepper

Can robot children be the answer for lonely couples?

Rieko Kawachi

Joe Gagnon will be running six marathons in six continents in six days.

When fitness isn't physical: Joe's race towards mental toughness

Sarah Berry

Blueberries for a better mood.

Six foods to eat for a mood boost

Cara Rosenbloom
36 mins ago

Our outdoor lifestyles have a downside.

Why Aussie women are ageing up to 20 years faster than US women

Sarah Berry

Waiter

What's the best way to complain to your waiter at a restaurant?

The Easter egg taste test

Chocolate taste test: We reveal Australia's best Easter eggs

One of Dani Valent's Thermomix dishes.

Future of food: Kitchen gadgets you don't yet know you need

Naomi Facey with husband Neil Bolton and baby Emilia

How a hand in a birth canal for 90 minutes saved baby Emilia's life

Jak's mum says bullies pushed her son and he hit his head on a metal pole.

Mum's plea to parents after son hospitalised by bullies

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The downside of dads being 'mates' with their sons

The 'Stagger Seat' offers three inches of more width space.

New 'stagger seat' design makes middle the best place to sit

Soo Kim

Best for March: Jordan.

Where to go, when: The world's best destinations, month by month

Ute Junker

The Ultimate Abyss, the tallest slide at sea: Harmony of the Seas.

Biggest, most luxurious: The world's 10 coolest new cruise ships

Brian Johnston

NBN's NG-PON2 fibre trials promise to benefit all NBN users, not just those relying on fibre to the premises.

NBN paves way for 10Gbps to the home

The OLED screen can display the time, date, and steps walked.

Hands on: Fitbit Alta HR revamps wearables

Sample fingerprints that the researchers at N.Y.U. and Michigan State University compared against the so-called ...

Fingerprint sensors leave gaping hole in phone security

10 mins ago

<i>Minecraft</i> has sold over 121 million copies worldwide.

Microsoft's Minecraft to launch its own currency

Samsung already has Citibank's Mastercard and Visa credit card holders on board, as well as American Express.

Westpac gets on board with Samsung Pay

Gizmodo

2017 Jaguar XE R-Sport.

Jaguar's Mercedes C-Class rival reviewed

David McCowen

2017 Kia Sportage Si Premium.

Kia adds new Sportage and Cerato models

Dom Tripolone

The LDV D90 SUV will launch in Australia.

Meet China's answer to the Ford Everest

Dom Tripolone

Land Rover Discovery Sport SE SD4

New Land Rover Discovery Sport reviewed

Stephen Ottley

2017 Bentley Bentayga Diesel.

World's most luxurious SUV reviewed

David Morley

2014 Nissan Pathfinder.

What used seven-seat family car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 02: Justin Westhoff of the Power looks upfield during the round two AFL match between the ...

Westhoff unleashes on 'uneducated' supporters

Raiders youngster Nick Cotric scores a try against the Titans.

Raiders team unchanged as rookie Cotric gets advice on rise

Aidan Toua had his best game of the season against the Queensland Reds.

Brumbies duo want to re-sign as "scary" player market looms

Eddie Betts and Paddy Ryder.

Crows, Port rivals unite against fresh AFL racism furore

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Joe Powell of the Brumbies in action.

What the Super Rugby fallout means for the Brumbies

Podcast

Robbie Coleman leaves the field after a clash of heads during the NRC match between the Canberra Vikings and the Western ...

Coleman backs Force, has no regrets about move to Perth

Rory Lobb has re-signed with the Giants.

Giants on alert for Power revenge mission in Canberra

Making the hard decisions: Australian Rugby Union chairman Cameron Clyne and CEO Bill Pulver.

Force and Rebels made to wait as ARU backs down