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Not paid enough? Check what people in your job earn

Government departments should protect subcontractors from companies withholding payment from them, a parliamentary ...

Subcontractors 'not protected' by public service contracts

1 hr ago

The ATO is able to data-match rental income with third party data.

'Lack of expertise': the crisis engulfing the Tax Office

Noel Towell

Donald Trump smiles while meeting with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday.

'Let this go': Comey memo says Trump asked him to end Flynn probe

59 mins ago

Michael Pezzullo, Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection during the hearing into the ...

Staff face sack as Immigration outsources visa centres

Noel Towell

Coates Hire is the latest major Australian employer to flag the option of applying for the Fair Work Commission to ...

Hundreds of workers in danger of 'devastating' 40% pay cut

ACT isolated from NSW draft bill by 'legislative sledgehammer'

'Incidents are a daily occurrence': ACT investigation drags on

53 mins ago

Police receive advice on Pell historic abuse investigation

Trump defends his 'absolute right' to share intel with Russians

'It's a sham': Bowen targets Morrison over housing package

White House press secretary Sean Spicer on the grounds of White House on Tuesday.

Tempers flare at a White House under siege amid rumours of sackings

ANALYSIS

A deepsea lizardfish grows to almost 70 centimetres long.

The incredible new life we can expect to see in the ocean depths

PHOTO MARINA NEIL - 23.9.04 - Open Garden at Polly and Peters Parks House in Red Hill, standing in their Japanese ...

The world reflected in Polly's Canberra garden

Some of the gold recovered by police.

Man caught with $200k worth of gold from mine site

Jo Hirst launches her book 'The Gender Fairy' at a primary school in 2015.

I was wrong about the one thing I thought I knew about my child

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Sharapova shunned for French Open wildcard berth

Nature strips are where you'll discover which bits of furniture have been relegated to the scrap heap of style.

What became of the waterbed and the furniture time forgot?

A higher bid for Fairfax Media is expected from private equity group TPG.

Apology to Chris Jermyn

Two crash on Kings Highway outside Bungendore

8:57AM

Moses has point to prove: Aaron Woods

8:55AM

Murray suffers shock loss to local favourite in ...

8:50AM

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr boards a train to Sydney where he will meet with NSW Minister for Infrastructure Andrew ...

Canberra Now: The wait for a fast train and NSW assisted dying laws could leave ACT isolated

Garage fire in Dunlop causes $250,000 worth of damage

1 hr ago

Jamie Oliver's struggle to buy back Aussie restaurants

Access Canberra service centres deal with 45 per cent of drivers' licence transactions and 38 per cent of car registrations.

Access Canberra service centres get users' tick of approval

A message sent from the prisoner who died at the Alexander Maconochie Centre on Saturday night to his partner the night ...

'Love ya': Canberra prisoner's last words to partner before death

court

Holt shooter was 'just passing by', now will spend years in jail

A car crashed into the guard rail November 2016, causing problems with its structural integrity.

Commonwealth Avenue guard rail finally repaired

Marcus Volke and Mayang Prasetyo were heard arguing prior to Ms Prasetyo's death.

Argument before neighbours noticed 'putrid smell'

QLD

Christopher Ryan Jones will be sentenced in May.

School teacher recorded dozens of kids in stockings

WA

Police arrest Gregory John Thompson over the murder of Michael Moad.

It wasn't a flash of rage that led to fatal stabbing

NSW

Droughts will worsen at 1.5 degrees of warming in south-eastern Australia mostly from the impact of higher temperatures.

'Alarming': The difference half a degree will make

Consultants aim to gain future contracts, which encourages them to say what they think government clients want to hear.

Outsourcing is exposing a big weakness for APS

ANALYSIS

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said the government considered several regional cities to host the new Regional ...

New APS agency to be put in electorate Nationals lost

Liberal MP Dan Tehan addresses the media during a doorstop interview in the press gallery at Parliament House in ...

How the APS is protecting against latest cyber hack

School students on an excursion, generic school, private schools, student, girls, education. Thursday 18 May 2006 AFR ...

Revealed: the wealthy schools to win big under Gonski changes

Matthew Knott

'It's a sham': Bowen targets Morrison over housing package

James Massola

Government 'looking at' international flights laptop ban

Fergus Hunter

Health Minister Greg Hunt's Medicare rebate thaw only applies to seven per cent of diagnostic scans.

Medicare rebate thaw will cover only a fraction of scans

RSL national president Robert Dick.

NSW branch shrugs off RSL demands to stand down despite scandal

The government will not refer welfare recipients who test positive for drugs to the police, Assistant Minister for ...

Welfare recipients caught on drugs 'won't be referred to police'

Former Family First senator Bob Day.

Bob Day to face ombudsman over 'sham contracting' allegations

John Zakhariev, the 21 year-old former Sydney schoolboy, in court in Bulgaria.

'This shows what kind of a justice system there is in this country'

Nick Miller

Former FBI Director James Comey.

Comey memo says Trump asked him to end Flynn probe

Michael S. Schmidt
59 mins ago

Appetite for chaos: President Donald Trump.

Israel was source of intel Trump gave to Russians, officials say

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine disembark from a plane after arriving in Washington.

Donald Trump praises President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as ally

Girls with a reason to be alive don't self-harm or have eating disorders or depression.

The spark that keeps girls alive

COMMENT
Steve Biddulph

David Pope

The latest cartoons from David Pope

school census data

The key to 'jobs and growth' too often overlooked

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

underemployment

Wage growth set to stall at all-time low

Eryk Bagshaw

Investors are playing it safe.

8@eight: Aussie dollar in focus

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1 hr ago

Coca-Cola Amatil now expects first half net profit to decline, while full year earnings will be flat.

Coke chairman's exit speech was missing one big thing

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD
1 hr ago

Myer ambassador Rachael Finch (centre) with We Are Kindred designers Lizzie (left) and Georgie Renkert ahead of the ...

Myer returns fire at David Jones with new brand signing

Melissa Singer

Major manufacturer sees gas prices topping out by early 2020s

Brian Robins

Apartment slowdown warning over stamp duty changes

EXCLUSIVE
Simon Johanson

Can kombucha get Coca Cola back on track?

Catie Low

Fairfax Media keeping books closed, for now

Lucy Battersby

We've all met a know-it-all.

From the obliger to the know-it-all: Reno personality types

19 mins ago

Jack Chen and his wife Margarethahave amassed a property portfolio using a buy-and-hold strategy.

Jack and Margaretha's $5 million plan to be stay-at-home parents

A good place for a cup of coffee.

The Canberra suburb with a common ingredient to success

16 mins ago

32 Marie Pitt Street, Franklin.

'Value for money': More suburb records tumble in Gungahlin

Young parents are the most concerned about the financial future of their children.

Most Aussie parents fear their kids will never leave home: survey

A whole new level of perks could be yours and you never knew.

The secret perks hiding in your frequent flyer cards

High Flyer
11 mins ago

Charles Oates Fine Apple Brandy is an Australian homage to the French spirit known as calvados.

The new Tasmanian spirit every whisky lover needs to try

Fine Drinks

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 15: Portrait of Tom and Irene Han at their North West Sydney home. The retired couple intend to ...

Budget incentives for downsizers only benefit the well-off

John Collett

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The basic money quiz no high schooler has aced. Can you?

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Thomas Hegarty was the founder of collapsed business Ready Flowers.

Phoenix activity investigation into Ready Flowers and ZFlowers

Cara Waters

It's hard to say no to work so delegation is the solution.

How I learned to delegate and not catastrophise

Comment
Alexandra Cain

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CCTV: Man sets mosque on fire

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FM vs AM radio presenter fight

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Trump talks about meeting with Russian foreign minister

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McMaster: Trump didn't know source of information

John Shakespeare

Best of Fairfax cartoons, May 17

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It is happening again. The new Twin Peaks premieres 22 May. Only on Stan.

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Brand new season of Billions - now streaming. 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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Jimmy Kimmel is set to host the Oscars for a second consecutive year.

Jimmy Kimmel to reprise Oscars hosting duties in 2018

Broede Carmody
1 hr ago

Michael.

Seven Year Switch finally brings the drama with intense face-off

COMMENT
Rob Moran

Actress Melissa McCarthy portrays White House spokesman Sean Spicer, while taping a segment for Saturday Night Live.

How Melissa McCarthy came to play Sean Spicer on SNL

2 Broke Girls has been axed after six seasons.

Which of your fave US shows are coming back – and which aren't?

Rob Moran

Em Rusciano slammed radio veteran John Laws, calling the 81-year-old's comments "sexist" and "irrelevant".

Em Rusciano roasts John Laws after 'sexist' skirt comments

Broede Carmody

George RR Martin has said HBO is in fact developing five potential scripts for a Game of Thrones spinoff series.

George RR Martin's Game of Thrones 'successor shows'

Broede Carmody

Will & Grace

Will & Grace tease comeback season with musical trailer

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John Oliver called the New Zealand PM "the very poorest man's Daniel Craig".

John Oliver roasts New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English

Broede Carmody

Charlotte Collier-Hill, who has a big extended Queanbeyan family, is becoming a Channel Nine regular.

Queanbeyan baby makes her debut on 'Love Child'

Jamie Oliver has re-bought his Australian Jamie's Italian restaurants.

Jamie Oliver on buying back Jamie's Italian and those 15 minute meals

Kevin Hingston of Pact Beer Co. They have teamed up with Melbourne's Butterbing Cookie Sandwiches to make a salted ...

The Canberra brewer serving up dessert beer

Beautiful classy woman standing in the street

Life no longer follows a set timeline, we have to be OK with uncertainty

Lisa Bonos

We are all complicit to different degrees in placing children in rigid gender boxes, including by our choice of gifts.

I threw away my 'parental GPS' and you should too

Jo Hirst

The adorable mismatched velvet loafers on the catwalk at the Magraw show at Fashion Week.

Mismatched shoes are officially a thing, but should we wear them?

Annie Brown

FILE - In this April 3, 2017, file photo, Bill Cosby departs after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the ...

Bill Cosby blames racism for sexual assault claims

Fashion desgners Beth and Tess Macgraw with their assistants from the Country Women's Association Annette Hinde and ...

The CWA just made a charming Fashion Week debut

Jenna Clarke

Being 'zombied': when people come back from the dead to eat your brains and make you go crazy.

What modern dating and horror movies have in common

Kerri Sackville

The perfect holiday dress at Albus Lumen during fashion week.

The strong case for having a 'holiday' wardrobe

Annie Brown

A model falls over on the runway in a design by Victoria Bliss during the Project NextGen show at Fashion Week at ...

Relatable: Model takes a tumble at Fashion Week ... wearing flats

Amy Croffey

The common cold and respiratory infections can trigger a heart attack.

The common problem that can trigger a heart attack

Sarah Berry

Raia battled an eating disorder from age 11 until her death at 25.

We don't understand this about eating disorders, but we should

COMMENT
Sarah Berry

Gluten-free does not mean healthier.

Health-conscious eaters warned gluten-free may not be best option

Sarah Knapton

Andrew Bowden unveils his Rita cake on <i>MasterChef Australia</i>.

ICYMI: The Andy Bowdy cake made on MasterChef last night

Meals at Fika's Swedish Kitchen carry on the hygge tradition.

Beat the wintery chill: Five ways to bring hygge to your plate

Jamie Oliver at the relaunched Jamie's Italian restaurant in Sydney.

'It's not trying to be hipster': Jamie Oliver on why his restaurants aren't cool

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Should Aussie pregnant women wear these on public transport?

These Lego DIY fidget spinners are just some of the DIY options available.

How to make your own fidget spinners at home

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Your 'parent-teacher interview' survival guide

Qatar’s bar takes the prize, despite its roots in a largely dry country.

World's best in-flight lounge bar -and the drinks you should order

Michael Graziano and Alexander Thomas James Hennessy from Global Degree.

Backlash after pretentious 'sorry' from millennial travellers goes viral

Ben Groundwater
18 mins ago

Australia is considering a ban laptops on some international flights.

Possible laptop ban in Australia: would it work?

COMMENT
Anthony Dennis

'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' was released at the movies in 2003.

Hackers reportedly hold Disney film for ransom

Puyo Puyo Tetris

Tetris returns to form, with a Japanese twist

Apple is planning three new laptops, according to people familiar with the matter. The MacBook Pro will get a faster ...

Apple set to refresh laptops as Microsoft fights back

1 hr ago

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The best deals of Click Frenzy 2017

Lifehacker

The MP3 played no small part in the rise of digital music, and of the iPod.

RIP MP3: audio format officially terminated

Haval has added a new front grille and fog lamps to its updated H9.

Haval updates H9 after customer feedback

Dom Tripolone

2017 Hyundai i30 Premium diesel.

What open-road car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

What are the best car related apps?

Top 10 motoring apps for every driver

Alessandra Melville

Mercedes-Benz EQ Concept.

How Mercedes-Benz plans to take on Tesla

Greg Kable

Volkswagen Spirit of Amarok.

How does the new VW Amarok handle going off-road?

Kez Casey

Google's Waymo self-driving division has won the first step in a court case against rival ride-hailing business Uber.

Uber's latest self-driving setback

Mike Isaac

Cara Smith is one of only six women selected for the Indigenous Marathon foundation program and will compete in the New ...

Queanbeyan mum chases marathon goal to inspire son

Josh Papalii returns this weekend.

Papalii to launch his State of Origin bid against Eels

Missing out: Maria Sharapova.

Sharapova shunned by Grand Slam organisers

The Vikings will wear ACT Kookaburras colours in round one of the NRC season.

Vikings keen to 'unite Canberra rugby' with new NRC team

Jesse Hogan could return to the field this season.

Demons star Hogan could play in 4-8 weeks after cancer scare

1 hr ago

Joey Leilua wants his halves to be more vocal. (Photo by Ashley Feder/Getty Images)

Leilua calls for Raiders halves to 'be more vocal'

1 hr ago

The Raiders have been fined for salary cap breaches.

Raiders fined for cap breach for second straight year

Sport Brumbies training on Tuesday afternoon. Nick Jooste 25 April 2016 Photo by Rohan Thomson The Canberra Times

Junior stars can help revive Australian rugby: Cron