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Is the federal government using the sudden concern for the wellbeing of renters as an excuse to do nothing?

'Catastrophically dire': ACT's rent affordability crisis

Public servants not coping at work are costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars each year..

$73 million compo bill for one year of public service mental stress

Noel Towell

News. 74 year old Hackett resident, Ron Kirk, has been the good
samaratin a number of times this year, by giving bus ...

Names of Canberra's light rail stops revealed, next the design

Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg and Malcolm Turnbull had a blunt message for representatives of the gas industry in ...

Turnbull intervenes in gas market to tackle surging prices

Centrelink has been slammed by the Ombudsman over its "robo-debt" program.

Robo-debt collectors 'never visited homes', inquiry hears

Vicky Campbell is on the pension, but was somehow upsold a $90 a month phone plan including a tablet she did not know ...

Vicki couldn't afford $30 phone plan, so Telstra sold her one for $90

EXCLUSIVE

Girlfriend, 14, of alleged murderer refused bail after guilty plea

AOC submits to independent review amid bullying claims

Five-year-old dies in front of her mum after alighting from bus

'Glug, glug, glug': Keating's stark warning on China

It's now clear the whole campaign on free speech has been a sham

COMMENT

Canberra Christian School principal Bree Hills wants an environment where students are excited about going to school. ...

From tuck shop lady to principal: How a Canberra school saved itself

Kadee Hollis' dad Ed is a physiotherapist who worked for the Raiders and the Brumbies and is now seconded to a rugby ...

Canberra has another Miss World Australia contender

From English language teacher to writer, Marija Pericic has been named winner of the 2017 Vogel Literary Award for ...

English teacher wins prize for book no one knew about

Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Interview in 1983 may have given away twist in latest Star Wars

In some significant ways, it’s the single people who are doing particularly well.

More people than ever before are single - and that's a good thing

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Actor Tom Hardy apprehends 'fleeing motorbike thief'

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internet network addict mother using digital tablet pad ignoring little sad daughter left alone bored and depressed ...

It's almost impossible not to judge other parents

China talking with ESA about moon outpost

5:27AM

Donald Trump 'has no intention' of releasing tax ...

5:19AM

Trump team unveils opening bid for `biggest tax ...

4:23AM

International relations get a seeing to on one of the new Canturf signs.

Pun alert! Three new Canturf road-side signs go up

Canberra man defends allegation he hit child with piñata stick

Virgin Australia will introduce Canberra-Perth service in August

Hackers could potentially hijack Australian smart meters, holding households to ransom by cutting off their electricity.

Thousands of smart meters in Canberra vulnerable to hacking

Health Minister Meegan Fitzharris speaking to media after the fire in the Canberra Hospital's main switchboard earlier ...

ACT Health delayed replacing hospital switchboard for years

The man has yet to enter pleas to charges of unlawful confinement, threat to kill and choking.

Man 'sharpened axe' in front of partner he locked up for five days

The 31-year-old Narrabundah man is set to face court in May for inflicting grievous bodily harm on the complete stranger.

'Coward punch' assault outside Hellenic Club on Anzac Day

A Kiama drone operator has told of his urgent efforts to raise the alarm after a shark made an unexpected appearance in ...

When he realised what his drone was capturing, he ran

NSW

Mohammed Ali Baryalei suggested using a child to transfer money to him in Syria.

'I'm strapped': ISIS recruiter begged man for cash

The image of Dylan Voller in a spit-hood at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre that helped trigger the royal commission.

Guards goaded detainees to assault inmates

The man was alleged to have assaulted the boy with a piñata stick.

Man accused of hitting child with piñata stick

Public servants not coping at work are costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars each year..

$73 million compo bill for one year of public service mental stress

Treasurer Scott Morrison will hand down the federal budget on May 9.

Budget could see 4500 more public service jobs cut

Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce: "They're just trying to be smart alecs by sending across this ridiculous little ...

Calls for inquiry on public service decentralisation

Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg and Malcolm Turnbull had a blunt message for representatives of the gas industry in ...

PM intervenes in gas market to tackle surging prices

James Massola

New budget rules allow Treasurer to boost spending on big projects

James Massola

'Australia must build a missile defence shield'

EXCLUSIVE
David Wroe

A photograph showing an injury allegedly sustained in the Good Friday incident at Manus Island regional processing centre.

'We didn't do anything wrong': refugees hit back at Peter Dutton

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Gordon

Cory Bernardi announced on Wednesday that his Australian Conservatives movement will merge with Family First

Bernardi looks for more mergers after Family First takeover

Matthew Knott

Australians all let us rejoice, for we are girt by a national anthem that is almost universally derided.

Girt by derision: a tortured history of our national anthem

COMMENT
Tony Wright

A study of Chevron's and Exxon Mobil's Australian operations concluded that the petroleum resource rent tax regime is broken.

Global gas giants use loophole to avoid tax on billions

Mark Kenny

President Donald Trump holds up the signed executive order in Washington on Wednesday.

Trump orders review of national monuments to open land for drilling

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The newly-built Chinese aircraft carrier is transferred from dry dock at a shipyard in Dalian, Liaoning Province, on ...

First 'Made in China' aircraft carrier unveiled

Kirsty Needham

US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

Mar-a-Lago promotion pulled from official US sites after uproar

A Kayapo paints the face of her daughter during an assembly in Brasilia,on Monday. Indigenous ethnic groups are in the ...

Brazil indigenous protest over land rights turns violent

Illustration: Matt Davidson

The irony of the push to unseat Kelly O'Dwyer

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

The Productivity Commission says shifting agencies to regions would offer only limited economic stimulus.

Messy politics of public service decentralisation

COMMENT
John Warhurst

Coles is subject to an enforceable undertaking from the Fair Work Ombudsman regarding its trolley chain service.

Coles' trolley push reduces underpayment of workers

EXCLUSIVE
Sarah Danckert

Ardent Leisure's new chief executive Simon Kelly.

Ardent's new boss gets $1.5 million sign-on bonus

Sarah Danckert

Nine's new live streaming service doesn't include the cricket due to existing online rights deals.

Cricket's revenue problem is all in its timing

ANALYSIS
Mark Hawthorne

Illustration John Shakespeare

Little's $340m sell out to Japan Post isn't taking Toll

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Timber! Lendlease completes first wooden office

Carolyn Cummins

Clyne to chair 'TripAdvisor for health care'

Clancy Yeates

BHP takes the broom to shale assets

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Security fears over new technology being rolled out across NSW

Lucy Cormack

A converted church at 38 Weedallion Street, Bribbaree, NSW.

Converted churches, bush retreats that cost less than a Canberra unit

Naomi Findlay has completed - and survived - 110 renovations.

The biggest renovation mistakes to avoid, from someone who's done 110

The renovated carriage is located in no ordinary train. We're talking Great Southern Rail's iconic Ghan.

The inside of this train is more glamorous than most restaurants

Many see the property market as out of reach, or aren't yet convinced it's the best place to park their savings.

Plenty saved, so why don't these millennials want to buy a house?

Bishopthorpe Manor, in Goulburn, is up for grabs for the first time in a decade.

Goulburn landmark manor with monks quarters, chapel for sale

Comfort and variety are the biggest trends in denim right now.

The most uncomfortable trend in menswear is finally over

Men's Style

When do you know you've finally transitioned into adulthood?

When does adulthood begin? Here's five signs you've officially made it

Self

A-REITs have done very well, including ALE Property Group, which owns pubs.

The best-performing asset class of the past five years

John Collett

Make sure your offset account isn't really a redraw facility in disguise. Illustration: Michael Mucci

The fake offset accounts that could make your savings vanish

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

There's a steady stream of would-be childcare educators who don't understand the basics.

No clue in reality: when vocational training falls short

Sylvia Pennington

Physiotherapist Pete Hunt is starting to see a lot of people with neck and back pain related to their mobile.

There's one very good reason your neck's sore

Alexandra Cain

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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?

A penguin pauses during a swim to check out the crowd celebrating World Penguin Day.

World of Photos

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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Demme, left, Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins all won Oscars in 1992 for their work on 'Silence of the Lambs'.

Acclaimed 'Silence of the Lambs' director dies at 73

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Valarie and Courtney fight back tears after it's announced they made it into the grand final.

MKR grand final battle revealed as one team crumbles

Broede Carmody

Jude Law and Diane Keaton in <i>The Young Pope</i>.

The Young Pope is a very human story, says Jude Law

Michael Idato

From English language teacher to writer, Marija Pericic has been named winner of the 2017 Vogel Literary Award for ...

Fake memoir wins richest prize for undiscovered manuscript

Linda Morris

Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Did Mark Hamill give away The Last Jedi plot twist?

Broede Carmody

Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Die Hardy: Tom Hardy chases down motorbike thief in London

Rob Moran

The ABC has said Yassmin Abdel-Magied's personal views do not represent those of the national broadcaster.

ABC stands by Yassmin Abdel-Magied after Anzac Day outrage

Broede Carmody

Disney's mega release date announcement is part of a Hollywood land grab.

Why Disney's 'save the date' spree is the new normal

ANALYSIS
Michael Idato

International relations get a seeing to on one of the new Canturf signs.

Pun alert: New Canturf signs go up in Fyshwick

Kadee Hollis, who grew up in Canberra, is in the NSW finals for Miss World Australia.

Canberra has another Miss World Australia contender

Composer Nicholas Ng has brought together 18 of Australia's finest composers for a performance inspired by the Harvest ...

A musical exploration of Chinese Australian history

Emma Watson is understandably wary of the role model title.

We get why Emma Watson is afraid of being a role model

Annie Brown

Madeleine Ryan.

How my autism diagnosis helped me drop the act

Madeleine Ryan

Ivanka Trump defended her father's views and record on women.

Ivanka jeered while defending her father's views on women

End of days or exactly what we deserve?

These $600 mud-stained jeans are exactly what we deserve

COMMENT
Annie Brown

Beyonce in a scene from her visual album Lemonade.

Beyoncé creates Formation Scholarships for women

Nicole Economos

In some significant ways, it’s the single people who are doing particularly well.

More people than ever before are single - and that's a good thing

Bella DePaulo

Changing a lightbulb just seems too risky to contemplate.

The one household chore I cannot bring myself to do

Jenna Price

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge is sprayed with water during the London Marathon.

Prince Harry sprayed William with water and Kate Middleton loved it

Jenna Clarke

The weather affects whether we want to exercise.

How climate change could affect the way we exercise

Sarah Berry

"Flossing": Easing in and out of a nerve stretch.

Nerve Flossing – the easy method for pain relief?

Elizabeth Clarke

Drinking at home over dinner still counts.

More older Australians are drinking booze in a risky way

Sarah Berry

Australians are consuming too much sugar.

Soft drinks feeling the squeeze in the war against sugar

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

Good-mood food: Seven recipes to boost your happiness

Adam Liaw's belly-warming garlic fried rice.

Adam Liaw's quick Filipino garlic fried rice

Abby Plested's children Houston, 3, and baby Goldie.

'Let them learn': why this mum doesn't believe in baby gates

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

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

Mackenna posted this photo to Twitter.

Husband keeps sick wife company in sweetest way

Air Koryo only offers one dish on board, and no one is quite sure what it is.

'World's worst airline' serves only one dish: A cold, mystery burger

Jonathan Kaiman

COMAC could be the single biggest threat over the coming decades to the dominance of Boeing and Airbus, both in China's ...

China's answer to the Boeing 737 ready, but will anyone fly it?

A hiker walks at Barn Bluff at Cradle Mountain Lake, in Tasmania.

Don't forget: 10 essential things you need to take on any hike

Andrew Bain

NBN's Fixed Wireless towers are delivering metro broadband speeds beyond the major cities.

NBN regional Fixed Wireless trials hit 1Gbps

COMMENT

Hipchat is Atlassian's long-running chat app.

Atlassian's Hipchat hacked for user details

In Silicon Valley, what matters is having the biggest and most engaged network. And because Facebook is that network, ...

Tech world witnesses robbery led by 'ruthless' Zuckerberg

ANALYSIS

usb-c

Is the USB-C standard really that good?

Lifehacker

Concept image of a Joby S2, one of the emerging flying vehicles highlighted by Uber in a new White Paper.

Uber to test flying taxis by 2020

A unique BMW Individual interior trim made from salmon skin.

Is this the most unusual car trim in the world?

David Morley

One of the 600 Chrysler Pacifica people mover modified by Waymo, Google's self-driving car company.

Google expands self-driving fleet

Stephen Ottley

Harley-Davidson Street Rod.

Harley-Davidson's sportiest little Hog reviewed

David Morley

Great Wall's Steed did not fare well in ANCAP's crash test.

New Great Wall ute's two-star crash result

David McCowen

2015 Hyundai i30 Series 2.

What long-distance cruising car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

2017 Nissan GT-R Nismo.

Nismo set to expand

Stephen Ottley

Canberra Raiders captain Jarrod Croker was overlooked for the Anzac Test.

Bulldogs given holiday, but Canberra could be raided

Canberra Raiders lock Joe Tapine is using last weekend's loss as motivation.

Tapine using golden penalty as motivation against Bulldogs

Allan Alaalatoa at Brumbies training on Wednesday.

Brumbies hope Sio gets good injury news

Sport
GIANTS training at Manuka Oval ahead of game in Canberra on Sunday.
Harry Himmelberg
Date: July 29 2016
The ...

Harrison Himmelberg in the frame to return for GWS Giants

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

FFA says Centre of Excellence is closing for more opportunities

Capitals' coach Paul Goriss.

Basketball back on par in booming women's sport market: Capitals

Canberra Olympic coach Frank Cachia.

Capital Football clubs a step closer to emulating Canberra Olympic

Rory Arnold at Brumbies training on Wednesday.

Arnold hopes twin tower brother gets Super Rugby clarity