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WWII veteran John Hendry surrounded by great-grandchildren after participating in the 2017 Anzac Day National Ceremony.

'Rather special': 94yo vet reflects on Anzac Day

48 mins ago

Donald Trump

$1.3t plan: Trump looks to Australia for inspiration

Malcolm Turnbull with Australian troops at Camp Baird in the United Arab Emirates.

PM drops strongest hint yet that troops will stay overseas indefinitely

35 mins ago

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: Honoree Abigail Breslin attends the National Women's History Museum 5th Annual Women ...

Four simple words sum up why actress never reported rape

One of the three drugs that the Arkansas Department of Correction purchased to perform several executions. The top photo ...

First double execution in US in 17 years doesn't go entirely to plan

Canberra sunset

Stop bashing Canberra and take pride in the beautiful capital

COMMENT

For years the Macrons' relationship was hidden but now it's on stage

Startling election map in France as Le Pen steps down

ANALYSIS

False: Ataturk's famous 'quote' an Anzac con

COMMENT
David Stephens

Charge Duterte with mass murder, lawyer tells The Hague

There's an inconvenient truth about Anzac Day

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

The group documented their road trip across Australia, cracking open ATMs, along the way.

They stopped for photos on the road trip, unaware police were watching

23 mins ago

Try time: Aiden Guerra scores in the traditional fixture back in 2014.

Dragons and Roosters clash in Anzac fixture

Live

Blake Austin of the Raiders.

NRL side's rep withdrawal could open door for Blake Austin

1 hr ago

Topshop has released a pair of clear plastic 'jeans', which cost about $100.

It's hard to know what's most shocking about these 'jeans'

COMMENT

Australian Army officer Captain Yikang Feng at Taji Military Complex, Iraq.

Shanghai to Sydney to Baghdad: Captain Feng's own Anzac journey

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Lost digger's identity discovered

Breaking News Alert - The Sydney Morning Herald

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Lettuce growing in the garden

The food scraps that magically regrow themselves

Aged-care providers should air dirty laundry: ...

5:49PM

Public sector embraces digital records management

5:40PM

MUA, Patrick at battle stations as 'peace deal' ...

5:39PM

Punters playing two-up at Mercure Canberra on Anzac Day.

Come in spinner: Two-up in Canberra

38,000 brave rain for Anzac dawn service in Canberra

Four NGA sculptures from Asian collection listed as stolen

Hiroshi Yamaguchi of Koitoya Design / Make / Teach spoke of his love for Oaks Estate. April 14 2007 Good Friday?

How years of neglect created Oaks Estate's unique character

Police allege an ongoing dispute between neighbours turned violent on Sunday afternoon.

Man 'heard neighbour sharpen knives' before unit block attack

Cafe Garema in Civic. The Fair Work Ombudsman has taken the cafe's directors to court over alleged record-keeping ...

Popular Canberra cafe in trouble for allegedly underpaying staff

Ben Salmon, QC, pictured at his apartment in Kingston in 2015.

Legal fraternity remembers long-serving Canberra QC

A mystery Australian collector paid $855,000 for these four stamps at auction last week.

Aussie pays $850,000 for four Indian stamps

1 hr ago

John Coates, president of the Australian Olympic Committee.

Coates hits back at 'vindictive' campaign

A large number of police cars descended on Coogee.

Wild Coogee night: Brawling teens surround cops

NSW

Canon Garland was the Anglican parish priest at Kangaroo Point and Red Hill.

Meet the priest who created Anzac Day as we know it

QLD

'Massively unfair': CPSU deputy secretary Melissa Donnelly.

More public servants vote 'yes': is industrial stand-off almost over?

Going global: Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan.

ATO launches global hunt for student loan repayments

PM Malcolm Turnbull.

Public servants struggle to deal with backlash from citizenship chaos

A North Korean defector unleashes a coloured liquid protest on a poster of Kim Jong-un during a rally in Seoul. Kim Hwa ...

There are no easy answers for a nuclear North Korea

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Turnbull makes surprise visit to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bianca Hall

North Korea highlights US marines in Darwin to warn of nuclear war

Kirsty Needham

Australian Army officer Captain Yikang Feng at Taji Military Complex, Iraq.

From Shanghai to Baghdad: Captain Feng's Anzac journey

North Korean soldiers look out of a military vehicle as they are paraded on the Kim Il-sung Square during a military ...

There is an upside to North Korea's threat against Australia

ANALYSIS
David Wroe

PM Malcolm Turnbull.

'You are 268th in the queue': Citizenship changes spark chaos

Dismissed from office: Former Manus Island MP Ronny Knight appeared on Radio National on Monday.

PNG politician critical of Dutton was dismissed as MP

EXCLUSIVE

North Korean defectors prepare to release balloons carrying leaflets and a banner denouncing North Korean leader Kim ...

Kim Jong-un marks army's anniversary with subdued fireworks

Kirsty Needham
15 mins ago

Heart

President stands accused in death of a boy called Heart

Lindsay Murdoch

Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron waves to supporters.

Russian hackers who targeted Clinton appear to attack Macron

Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn attends a rally in Whitchurch in the Cardiff North constituency in Wales on April 21.

UK Labour facing election wipeout - if polls are right

WW1 Centenary. Picture: GEORGIA MATTS kiama generic anzac

Ataturk's 'quote' is an Anzac con

COMMENT

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Australian values need to change to encourage expression and communication.

Why should immigrants speak perfect English when Australians can't?

COMMENT

Interest rates on some riskier loans are still cheaper than a year ago despite a series of rate hikes, data shows.

Crackdown? What crackdown? The truth about home loan rates

Georgia Wilkins
1 hr ago

Aldi Home Deliveries has been registered to the corporate regulator - but not by Aldi.

Aldi Home Deliveries is here ... but not as you would expect

Madeleine Heffernan
1 hr ago

Would a cut to licence fees save commercial networks?

Would you pay to watch free-to-air TV?

ANALYSIS
Lucy Battersby

Bill O'Reilly has said he is "sad" that he's not on TV anymore.

'I am sad I am not on television anymore': O'Reilly breaks silence

Why is Trump 'looking very carefully' at Australia?

The biggest bet in town: who wins the $11b war for Tatts?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

How a lost street food recipe made Hiroe a millionaire

Wall Street jumps on French election results

Tamsin and daughter Martha in their vegetable garden.

'The hills were so green, I cried': Tamsin's triumphant treechange

1 hr ago

“City shapers” can hold contradictory opinions on urban consolidation.

Vested interests behind 'city shapers' often subvert good policies

COMMENT
1 hr ago

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

The Canberra ...

Reserve prices released for Fluffy blocks up for auction in May

The waterline at Miami, Florida.

The nightmare scenario for Florida's coastal homeowners

Understanding real estate jargon can give an insight into what to expect.

‘Character-filled, cosy': Real estate jargon decoded

Longines Heritage 1945.

10 new vintage-style watches that will never go out of fashion

Watches

- 125 S, la prima vettura costruita dalla Ferrari nel 1947.
- Nella foto la vettura replica realizzata nel 1987 dalla ...

Looking back at 70 years of triumphs and disasters at Ferrari

Luxury Cars

As BrickX chief executive, Anthony Millet heads a fintech start-up that offers a different way to invest in residential ...

How to protect yourself from housing bubble downside

ANALYSIS
Melissa Browne

After getting a refund, Conal Hanna is no longer grieving for his actual cash, just his pride in his budgetary acumen.

I spent three years paying someone else's tolls

FIRST PERSON
Conal Hanna

Unroll.me apologised, not for its actions, but for the fact users were upset.

Unroll.me's classic non-apology not good enough

COMMENT
Cara Waters

A budget measure announced last year that was meant to apply from July 1, 2016 has still not been passed.

The tax loophole for optimistic small businesses

Max Newnham

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Why Australia was born at Gallipoli

SAT NEWS - Fiona de Jong - Queens Park

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - APRIL 21: Former AOC CEO Fiona de Jong on April 21, ...

Bullying allegations within Austalian Olympic Committee

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Dutton contradicted for third time over Manus

Samuel Johnson wins gold Logie

Samuel Johnson wins gold Logie ... and quits acting?

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Thousands attend Anzac dawn services

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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Elton John fell ill after his recent South American tour.

'Violently ill': Elton John fights 'potentially deadly' infection

Busby Marou.

Busby Marou new song plays at Anzac AFL clash

Bernard Zuel

Molly Meldrum gifts Samuel Johnson with a golden Stetson.

'I profusely apologise if I upset anyone': Meldrum apologises

Rob Moran

House of Bond stars Adrienne Pickering and Ben Mingay.

Alan Bond's family condemn 'shameful' Channel Nine biopic

Broede Carmody

Erin Moran suffered a huge fall from grace after playing Joanie Cunningham.

Happy Days star's death not likely to be drug related autopsy finds

Germaine Greer takes aim at the 'odd' new citizenship test

Neil McMahon

Boy George and his buttons.

Confected catfights between the blokes to be The Voice's theme

Nathanael Cooper

Are the two (annoying) hastaggers, David and Betty actually among the best cooks of the MKR competition?

Are David and Betty the dark horses of MKR?

COMMENT
Aja Styles

Author of The Four-Hour Work Week, Tim Ferris, is a keynote at this year's TED2017 Conference Opening. The opening will ...

A dose of inspiration and innovation, popcorn optional

Australian jazz musician James Morrison will be joined on stage by his two sons.

Jazz king will perform with his sons in Canberra

"Sometimes a girl just needs to belt things": Karen Hardy hits a tackle bag hard.

We tried: Training with the Brumbies

"My friend believed that had she given birth to daughters, rather than sons, her life would be complete."

There is nothing harmless about sex selection

Cat Rodie

Topshop has released a pair of clear plastic 'jeans', which cost about $100.

The most disappointing thing about Topshop's $100 clear plastic 'jeans'

COMMENT
Melissa Singer

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order reinstating the gag rule prohibiting receivers of aid from discussing ...

Trump's global policy on women's health should be called 'pro-death'

COMMENT
Nicholas Kristof

Stephen Belafonte and former Spice Girl Mel B.

Mel B's 'abusive' husband Stephen Belafonte granted visitation

Amy Croffey

Cabbage and cartooning with friends on the home-school porch.

Home-schooling my kids in Vanuatu has been a learning curve

Rachael Mogan McIntosh

Serena Williams won the Australian Open in January, and has regained her world number one title.

'I can't wait for you to join the players box': Serena's letter to unborn child

Sheryl Sandberg speaks at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington.

Sheryl Sandberg: 'I felt like a ghost' after my husband's death

Alia E. Dastagir

Abigail Breslin.

The three reasons why this Abigail Breslin did not report her rape

Mary Ward

Drinking at home over dinner still counts.

More older Australians are drinking booze in a risky way

Sarah Berry

Healthier, happier and more productive?

The Swedish six-hour workday could help you live longer

Thomas Heath

Menopause: it's never too late to get moving.

Powering up - why women should get in training for menopause

Paula Goodyer

The Happy Kitchen's sesame seared tuna with crunchy Asian slaw.

Good-mood food: Seven recipes to boost your happiness

Neil Perry's bruschetta with cherry tomatoes, basil, olives and feta.

The Mediterranean diet is healthy. But is it actually Mediterranean?

Keep them fresh: Adam Liaw's spring greens salad.

Freeze the miso, rinse the chicken? Take our food safety quiz

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'Am I unreasonable?': woman shocked by cafe nappy change

Bradley Herbst, dressed in his daily costumes, with daughter Sydney.

Dad's social media deal with teen gets job done in hilarious way

This mum's method of managing her feuding siblings has divided the internet.

Mum shares unusual way to manage feuding kids

Berkeley River Lodge was built in 2012 and is open for eight months of the year.

No Wi-Fi, phones, or roads: Aussie hotel at the edge of the world

Louise Southerden

Silver Muse, the newest luxury cruise ship from Silversea.

New, ultra-luxury cruise ship takes to the sea for the first time

Brian Johnston

Half of the world's aircraft are expected to be equipped for Wi-Fi within the next six years.

How Wi-Fi actually works on planes and why only some airlines have it

Hazel Plush
1 hr ago

The Kitty Hawk Flyer is one of several prototypes being designed by Kitty Hawk, a start-up based in Mountain View, ...

Silicon Valley takes on dream of the flying car

The Galaxy S8 started shipping last week, but some people who pre-ordered in South Korea complained about the display. ...

Samsung to roll out fixes for Galaxy S8

Like Telstra Wholesale, NBN also denies there is a deadlock.

ACCC fails to break Telstra, NBN broadband deadlock

EXCLUSIVE

Amazon announces new products or services all the time that don't go anywhere. But the potential is intriguing.

Amazon takes on Apple, Google as digital master

Telstra only shut down its twenty year old 2G GSM network last year.

Future of Australia's mobile network

Holden Commodore VFII SS-V Redline Ute.

Two up: The best two-seat cars

Stephen Ottley

Few cars can match what HSV's Tourer offers.

Quick spin: HSV Tourer LSA

David McCowen

Honda Civic TypeR Nurburgring Time Attack
April 2017
Worldwide Copyright: ? Patrick Gosling, Chris Brown/ ...

Honda's supercar-beating hatch

David McCowen

Apple has kitted out a Lexus RX450h with computer game controls.

Apple's unconventional idea

Drive staff

The 2017 Suzuki Swift will arrive in June.

Suzuki Swift coming soon

Drive staff

The car features somewhat derivative styling.

Driven: MG's Mazda CX-3 rival

Andrew MacLean

Brumbies CEO Michael Thomson. Photo Jay Cronan

Brumbies going nowhere: club boss shuts door on merger

Blake Austin of the Raiders.

Bulldogs' rep withdrawal could open door for Blake Austin

1 hr ago

Try time: Aiden Guerra scores in the traditional fixture back in 2014.

Dragons and Roosters clash in traditional Anzac fixture

Live

Collingwood players Henry Schade (left) and Will Hoskin-Elliott (right) pose for a photo with Corporal Chris May.

Essendon v Collingwood at the MCG

Live

Canberra Raiders v Manly Sea Eagles at Canberra Stadium Junior Paulo.

Raiders star says he was denied crucial try against Manly

GWS Giants captain Phil Davis wants Manuka Oval full for their clash against the Western Bulldogs on Friday.

A Giant call out to Canberra fans for historic Friday night fixture

Centre of attention: Sonny Bill Williams.

Smith goes from park footy to SBW battle in matter of weeks

Brumbies athletic performance director Ben Serpell puts Karen Hardy through her paces.

What it's like to train with the Brumbies