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"Complex" rules put public servants in danger of getting burned:
Canberra financial advisor Dan Blackman.

Public servants face big super hit

Noel Towell

Commsec chief economist Craig James says economic growth is likely to continue in the ACT.

'Momentum on its side': ACT economy second strongest in Australia

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.

North Korean threats will leave alliance countries little choice

COMMENT
Mark Kenny
1 hr ago

Portrait of Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 29 August 2016. Photo: Alex ...

Greens in bid to stymie Turnbull's visa changes

EXCLUSIVE

Tony Blair, former UK prime minister, gestures while speaking during a Bloomberg Television interview in London.

Tony Blair 'almost motivated' to make political comeback

Melanie Driencourt in the newly-reopened Franco-Australian museum in Villers-Bretonneux.

All quiet on the Western Front: visitors down in lead up to Anzac Day

1 hr ago

Health insurers push for new rule to reap extra $130m

Unqualified teachers burning out as they 'try to keep ahead of kids'

Canberra skateboarders forced to carry out own repairs on skateparks

Bishop responds to North Korea threat of nuclear strike

Driver threatens to sue Queanbeyan Council over cracked windscreen

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 23: Samuel Johnson poses with the Gold Logie Award for Best Personality On Australian TV ...

By golly it's Molly: Samuel Johnson wins Gold Logie

53 mins ago

'Worst parent's nightmare': Kate and Gerry McCann about daughter Madeleine's disappearance.

Maddie McCann's parents deny killing their daughter

39 mins ago

Amber Sherlock at the 59th Annual Logie Awards in a white gown by

Why Amber Sherlock wore white to the Logies

1 hr ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 23: Carrie Bickmore arrives at the 59th Annual Logie Awards at Crown Palladium on April 23, ...

The best and most creatively dressed at the Logies

Hall of fame inductee Kerri-Anne Kennerley arrives at the 59th Logie Awards.

Logie golden girl: Kerri-Anne inducted into TV Hall of Fame

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Dutton on Manus shooting: 'I have facts you don't'

Breaking News Alert - The Sydney Morning Herald

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Krispy Kreme. 040706. Pic. Andrew Quilty. Generic : Krispy Kreme, doughnuts, sugar, sweets, lollies, health, bad health, ...

What is it about sugar that causes such dramatic weight gain?

Logie winners 2017: Every actor and program that ...

1:25AM

Trump's approval at record low in first 100 days

1:46AM

Graves and memorials serve as reminder of the ...

12:27AM

Allhomes. Canberra. April 9, 2017. 7 Holley Place, Kaleen.

Auction watch: A new suburb price record for Kaleen

1 Bishopthorpe Lane, Goulburn.

Goulburn's landmark Bishopthorpe Manor up for sale

News. 6th July 2015. 81 Sternberg Crescent, Wanniassa is the first Mr Fluffy house to be demolished.

The Canberra ...

Tips for choosing and building on a Mr Fluffy block

Allhomes. Canberra. Domain. April 18, 2017. 22 Jindabyne Street, Duffy.

Sustainable homes are a sound investment in Canberra

Pete and Amber Nichols with their two children Charlie, 3, and Olive, 1, at home in Harrison.

Where in Canberra are house prices growing the fastest?

Protesters gather outside Parliament House for the March for Science.

ACT's March for Science calls for consistency in research funding

Unsafe work environment contributed to student violence incident

Canberra school cleaning business underpaid migrant workers

Larger venues like Mooseheads nightclub, pictured, would have been hit with huge licence fee hikes to open after 3am.

Man bashed in Civic by off-duty policeman: court documents

Photographer Darren Bradley fears that the rapid piecemeal approach to construction will see Canberra lose its ...

Canberra's unique architecture inspires photographer

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr: Stands behind his tax reform shift from stamp duty to rates.

Rates revenue in the ACT has doubled in four years

Peter Marshall of Braidwood's 'Carboniser' retorts, which he has made to be transportable so biochar can be made on site.

Braidwood man capturing carbon the old-fashioned way

The boy was stopped by Highway Patrol on Saturday, police said.

Boy stopped after 'driving solo across NSW' to Perth

NSW
1 hr ago

The LNP has slammed the updated Anzac Day weapon exemptions, saying it hinders re-enactments and commemorations.

Anger over 'nanny state' weapons exemptions

QLD

"Complex" rules put public servants in danger of getting burned:
Canberra financial advisor Dan Blackman.

New rules mean public servants face super slug

Noel Towell

Esperance shark attack victim Laeticia Brouwer.

Shark attack deterrent devices favoured over cull

WA

The Australian Cyber Security Centre is expected to be moved out of the ASIO headquarters.

Green light for Cyber Security Centre move

Barnaby's bingo

Barnaby's Bingo: Where will decentralisation send your department?

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority's forced relocation to Armidale has been cited in a new ...

Public servants no magic bullet for bush

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has stepped in to defend Tony Abbott.

That's 'the Twitter version': Dutton stands by Manus claims

Adam Gartrell

Vexed Liberals move to dump O'Dwyer while on maternity leave

Amy Remeikis and Judith Ireland

Address vaccination concerns to keep immunisation rates up

Amy Remeikis

A Labor internal lobby group is pushing for Bill Shorten to "start a global conversation" on the future of mining.

Labor being pushed to embrace policy of leaving coal in the ground

Exclusive
Amy Remeikis

Manus Island

Waiting for America: what we found when we visited Manus

Michael Gordon & Alex Ellinghausen

Kirribilli House, the official prime minister's residence in Sydney.

Houses of Parliament: Politicians buy up big in property

Adam Gartrell

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, wearing an Akubra, in a still from a video released on his Facebook page.

Prime Minister doubles down on 'Australia first' message

Amy Remeikis

A supporter of French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron glues a campaign poster in Bayonne, south-western ...

Media blackout ahead of most unpredictable French election

Paul Ryan told Republicans they need to show they can get something done.

No shutdown this week, Ryan assures anxious Republicans

An injured soldier recovers in hospital after Friday's attack in Mazar-i-Sharif.

Shortage of coffins after Taliban's deadliest attack on soldiers

Anti-Donald Trump cut-outs at the March for Science in Philadelphia.

Marchers across US have a science lesson for Donald Trump

Cassie Jaye's film <I>The Red Pill</I> is journalistically weak.

The Red Pill ban: an absurdity only online activism could create

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

Former foreign affairs minister Gareth Evans has some choice words for President Donald Trump.

Alert and alarmed at life

COMMENT
Paul Malone

When did you last sit down and listen to what the capital's trees had to tell you?

Surely trees wouldn’t lie to us?

COMMENT
Ian Warden

The OceanaGold gold and copper mine on Luzon island employs 1800 workers, most of them Filipinos.

OceanaGold fights against Philippine mine suspension

Lindsay Murdoch

The launch of the Raise a Glass initiative at the Kent Hotel in 2009. Peter Cosgrove, centre, with Stephen Finney from ...

Anzac Day among 'most dangerous days' for marketers

Madeleine Heffernan
1 hr ago

Almost every one of the most overfunded private schools is in a safe Liberal seat, and the few that aren't are in safe ...

The upside-down school funding debate is hurting students

Eryk Bagshaw

The mass adoption of battery storage systems poses risks for those who don't install them.

How battery storage can take on the power companies

Brian Robins

Network Ten market cap tumbles ahead of half-year results

Lucy Battersby

Amazon to affect shopping centres

Carolyn Cummins

High-frequency trading OK by ASIC

Jessica Sier

Brad Banducci joins the Salvos Army

Carolyn Cummins

There's been a recent explosion in the consumption and production of rye whiskey.

Which retro spirit has increased sales by 500 per cent in five years?

Smart Sipping

Hyundai's bold GV80 concept was revealed at the recent New York motor show.

The car brand taking on BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz

Cars

All it takes to fix the pay gap is analysis and action.

Why fixing the pay gap is easy if you try

Georgina Dent

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Do I need to make an 'educated guess' about my SMSF?

ASK NOEL

Sarah Wilson's latest book deals with anxiety.

The anxious entrepreneur: Struggling with anxiety helped build a business

Cara Waters

Shearing contractor Greg McAtamney, who owns Progress Shearing, with one of his shearing teams at York.

Country businesses using city start-ups to grow

Christine D'Mello

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Arthur 'Neddy' Smith attempts hospital escape: reports

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North Korea warns Australia of nuclear strike

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France prepares to elect new president

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Mike Pence guarantees Australian refugee deal

Dawn: 960425: Age General: Pic by Bruce Postle: Pic shows ANZAC DAY Dawn Service at Mt. Macedon.

Rewind - Anzac Day

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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Gold Logie nominee Grant Denyer on the red carpet.

Logies 2017 live: Molly actor Samuel Johnson wins the Gold Logie

Broede Carmody
17 mins ago

'Worst parent's nightmare': Kate and Gerry McCann about daughter Madeleine's disappearance.

Maddie McCann's parents deny being killers or negligent parents

Aja Styles
39 mins ago

Della's rare show of tears on MKR.

Della's tears over first and last MKR Sudden Death

Aja Styles

Sophie Monk is the new Bachelorette,

Popstar, radio host Sophie Monk revealed as new Bachelorette

Michael Lallo

The cast of <i>Happy Days</i> from left to right: The Fonz (Henry Winkler), Chachi (Scott Baio), Marion Cunningham ...

Happy Days' the Fonz pays tribute to Erin Moran who died 'too soon'

Dave Hughes, pictured during his opening monologue at the 2016 Logies, has been workshopping his gags for this year's ...

Hughesy on the art of mastering the Logies

Bridget McManus

Screen shots of Melbourne and Victorian locations in season three of The Leftovers, starring Justin Theroux, Scott Glenn ...

The Leftovers puts Australia on the map, just in time for the end

Karl Quinn

Hannah Gadsby hit back at MICF founding patron Barry Humphries, who called transgender women 'mutilated men'.

Gadsby ends stand-up career on a high with coveted prize

Hannah Francis

The tenth Jane Austen Festival runs from Friday to Sunday at Albert Hall. Ariella Hall and Simon David practising their ...

The Jane Austen Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary

Nick Valois as Princeton and Emma McCormack as Kate Monster in Supa's <i>Avenue Q</i>.

A musical Sesame Street aimed at adults

Sisters and creators of lifestyle website Swiish, Maha Koraiem and Sally Obermeder.

Swiish on how to live luxe for less

Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson at the 59th Annual Logie Awards.

At least one Today host will go 'wild' and pull an all-nighter after the Logies

Amy Croffey
1 hr ago

Sophie Monk arrives at the 59th Annual Logie Awards at Crown Palladium.

Sophie Monk, AKA woman of the hour, red hot on the Logies red carpet

Amber Sherlock at the 59th Annual Logie Awards in a white gown by

Amber Sherlock 'couldn't shy away from' wearing white to the Logies

Amy Croffey
1 hr ago

Sylvia Jeffreys in Rebecca Vallance.

Sylvia Jeffreys stuns social media with a 'vagina dress' on the Logies red carpet

Jenna Clarke

TV personality Caitlyn Jenner at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.

Caitlyn Jenner distant with 'a couple' of her kids since transitioning

Laura Harding

“I want to be you when I grow up!” That’s what someone shouted to social-media icon Tziporah Salamon on the streets of ...

How 66-year-old style icon Tziporah Salamon is redefining fashion

Caroline Leaper

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 23: Carrie Bickmore arrives at the 59th Annual Logie Awards at Crown Palladium on April 23, ...

The best and most creatively dressed at the Logies

Melissa Singer

Thomas Puttick “Adina” shirt, $560. Palindrome “Waspie” corset, $100.

Kelly Rowland's road to self acceptance

Cosima Marriner

The markings relate to key points typically used in a motion lab.

This Australian design could 'revolutionise' the way we train

Sarah Berry

"Psycho": we can change the stigma by changing our words.

Stop calling people 'psycho' for all our sakes

Sarah Berry

In your 20s you can set the scene for your future health.

In your 20s and not worried about your health? Think again

Steven Petrow

Fruity: Beef with fennel caponata.

Weekly meal planner: Make the most of late April produce

Eat your greens: Grown-up cheese toasties.

Are you cooking below your age range?

Neil Perry's devilish chicken.

Devilish chicken with lemon and chilli

Neil Perry

baby

Australia's 100 most popular baby names of 2016

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'I could go months without it': when your sex drive disappears

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Dad's hack takes pain out of swimming lessons

Silence is not golden: Jetstar.

Traveller letters: This is your Jetstar captain, not speaking

Turtle Island.

This unforgettable Fijian island offers more than just luxury

Alison Stewart

The famous Grand Mosque or Sheikh Zayed Mosque is a highlight of Abu Dhabi, UAE.

World wonders: The 25 traveller highlights of the Islamic world

Brian Johnston

Illustration: Michael Mucci

Turn on, tune in, stress out - with your mobile

<i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> was mastered in Dolby Vision HDR to reveal what evil lurks in the shadows.

High Dynamic Range format war looms

COMMENT

A technical drawing of what appears to be an iPhone.

Apple iPhone 8 rumours: Business at front, fingerprint party at back

asus

ASUS's PG258Q monitor is gaming overkill

The light frame plane is boosted by a rear propeller.

Flying car worth $1.7m goes on show in Monaco

There was plenty of colour at the 2017 Shanghai motor show

China's weird and wacky cars

Andrew MacLean

Eleanor Pendleton and a Jaguar XE.

Star & Car: Eleanor Pendleton

Owen Thomson

Performance sedans comparison: Alfa Romeo Giulia QV v Mercedes-AMG C63 v BMW M3 v HSV GTS.

Alfa Romeo's biggest test

Andrew MacLean

HSV's GTSR W1 is the ultimate Australian muscle car.

Is this the best Aussie-made car?

David McCowen

2017 Ford Escape Titanium.

Road test: Ford Escape Titanium

Stephen Ottley

BA Ford Falcon Ute.

Used review: Ford Falcon Ute

David Morley

Portrait of BMX rider Harriet Burbidge-Smith who is making her comeback from two knee reconstructions at the BMX ...

Burbidge-Smith gunning for close Buchanan at BMX nationals

Ex-Raiders captains expect players to use hurt of close losses to "want it more".

Extra-time Manly loss to make Raiders 'want it more'

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 03: FFA CEO David Gallop speaks during a Socceroos Caltex sponsorship announcement naming ...

Who is leading the new charge for Canberra A-League team?

Joe Powell of the Brumbies is tackled by Dillon Hunt of the Highlanders.

We'll keep attacking to get rewards: Powell

Raiders suffered a heasrt-breaking loss to the Sea Eagles.

Raiders' golden heartbreak and Brumbies get ditched

Podcast

Heath Shaw has apologised for his comments.

Despite Shaw incident, players see the worth in on-field mics

Magic moment: Aaron Woods, Michael Chee-Kam and Mitch Moses of the Tigers celebrate.

Sin binning costs the Bulldogs as Tigers storm home to claim victory

Samara Johnson has enjoyed plenty of success.

Samara Johnson finding life in the saddle As Easy As anything