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"I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job," Trump said, according to the document, which was read ...

Donald Trump flees 'Russia thing' as Washington reels

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Traffic has been diverted following a crash on the Hume Motorway.

Man's arm amputated in Hume Motorway crash near Pheasants Nest

47 mins ago

Police seized $1 million from a safe deposit box during Wednesday's raids.

More than half of $165m fraud cash won't be recovered

EXCLUSIVE

The man is escorted off the American Airlines flight after it landed in Honolulu.

Fighter jets scrambled after man 'rushed cockpit' on US flight

Easts rugby player George Cross

His team hasn't won in three years, but ACT warrior won't give up

Chris Dutton
12 mins ago

UTS students with the name Isabella. Story by Jenna Price. Photographed at University Hall, University of Technology, ...

Named Isabella? So are 10% of your classmates

Jenna Price

Reko Rennie: A gold Rolls-Royce up the Hume Highway

Canberra cops month's rain in one night during wettest day of year

23 mins ago

Rio or rust: More than 100 defective Olympic medals handed back

Dead 'thug' was the perfect scapegoat for $165m fraud

Sacked FBI director to testify in public over Russia probe

CNN News anchor Anderson Cooper attends the Turner Network 2017 Upfront presentation at The Theater at Madison Square ...

'If he took a dump on his desk you would defend it': Cooper's Trump outburst

18 mins ago

Heading to Cronulla: Josh Dugan.

Done deal: Sharks confirm four-year Josh Dugan coup

56 mins ago

Chris Cornell was one of grunge's 'big four' voices - and now only one remains.

Wife of Chris Cornell reveals his final words to her

Shearer Ian Elkins giving a demonstration.

Canberra has a woolly weekend at Old Bus Depot Markets

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Chair of ACT Region Crime Stoppers Diana Forrester promotes the role that Crime Stoppers plays in community safety.

The $1000 rewards Canberrans aren't collecting

Schapelle Corby.

Schapelle Corby: life after Bali

mr biggles, utter bastard

Shelter writes adoption plea for 'utter bastard' of a cat

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Workers construct one of the new houses, conceived by Tateh Lehbib to be weather-resistant, eco-friendly homes ...

A refugee is building homes out of plastic bottles

Labor's accountant deduction limit to hit mostly ...

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Planning review

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Berry delivers winning double on Dagny and New ...

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For several months there have been growing concerns from international bodies about the risks baked into Australia's ...

The Canberra suburbs where vendors are discounting homes

The six things Australians blame for high property prices.

The six things Australians blame for high property prices

Allhomes. Canberra. Domain. 4 Winchester Street, Casey.

Bang for your buck: Demand for prestige suburban homes

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 18: Chris Nicholls pose for a picture at his house on May 18, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo ...

Chris spent $600,000 just to be able to use his own home

HotelHotel room

Destination Canberra: Why we are leading Australia's hotel market

People braving the rain on Commonweath Avenue.

Canberra cops a month's worth of rain in one night

23 mins ago

'Disgusted': ACT contractors caught up in ATO tax fraud

'Zeeshan was loved here': A dad's 10,000km journey to Canberra

Education Minister Yvette Berry.

'Don't write to our schools': ACT minister rebukes fed counterpart

Andy Nicholls, owner of Straight Line Ski & Scuba, Fyshwick - preview the upcoming snow season. Photo by Karleen Minney.

Primed for ski season, despite a grim forecast

Chief Minister Andrew Barr takes the wheel in a self-driving car at the announcement of a new trial in Canberra.

Canberrans to be recruited for driverless car technology

Charles Conder Primary School year 1 Rhiley Williamson

Pinterest provides inspiration for school's special garden

Police in John Street, Waterloo.

Three boys arrested after boy, 10, stabbed

NSW

Michael Spence redacted email .

The secret emails Sydney Uni doesn't want you to see

EXCLUSIVE

Koala and the impacts of land clearing for new residential

Injured koalas not returned to the wild: RSPCA

QLD

The fire took nearly three hours to put out.

Ex-Bunnings HQ fire racks up $9m damage

WA

National manager of cyber security at DHS Narelle Devine with a Lego model to be used in cyber war games this year.

Cyber war games to test public service hacking prowess

Tim Cole an I.T. contractor who was withheld wages by Plutus Payroll, which is at the centre of the ATO scandal. Photo ...

Canberra contractors 'disgusted' by ATO tax fraud scandal

Former Tax Office public servant Ron Shamir says there is a culture of fear at the ATO.

ATO's 'bad apples' have no fear of being caught: whistleblower

The HMAS Canberra was to host the RSL fundraiser.

Two new $1.5 billion warships may have design flaws, navy chiefs say

David Wroe

Seventy terrorism investigations under way across Australia

David Wroe

Doctors throw weight behind same-sex marriage push

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Manus Island

Calculated cruelty on Manus is a reflection on all of us

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

Trump's Russia conversation 'within expectations', says Bishop

Fergus Hunter

Both full and part-time workers appear to be putting in fewer hours.

Jobless rate down, but Australians are working fewer hours

Peter Martin

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 20 April 2017. ...

Generational change forces Nats to consider emissions scheme

US President Donald Trump waves while walking towards Marine One with wife Melania Trump.

Trump flees as Washington reels

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Voters show their ink-stained fingers outside a polling station for the presidential election in Tehran.

Iran counts votes after big turnout in election

Employees watch electronic boards to monitor possible ransomware cyberattacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency ...

Hackers' bluff called as ransomware deadline nears

The man is escorted off the American Airlines flight after it landed in Honolulu.

Fighters scrambled after man 'rushed cockpit'

The ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Minister for Transport and City Services Meegan Fitzharris announce the first ...

Listening to all, not only the noisy

COMMENT
Andrew Barr

David Pope

The latest cartoons from David Pope

Robert Menzies lost the prime ministership in 1941 but came back in 1949 to run Australia for another 17 years.

Remembering the forgotten people

COMMENT
J. R. Nethercote

Illustration: Simon Bosch

'Not sure it's a great idea': Early struggles for Britain Bunnings

Neil Craven and Catie Low

David Gonski chaired the 2011 government inquiry into school funding.

Gonski 2.0: A sequel worth watching

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Most investors thought Donald Trump would lose to Hillary Clinton.

The Trump punt: the latest fashion in gambling

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

All three major US indexes clocked losses for the week with the Dow and S&P falling 0.4 per cent and Nasdaq off 0.6 per cent.

More Trump turbulence on Wall Street

Ailes' death leaves behind several harassment-related lawsuits

Jena McGregor

Numbers add up for childcare centres

Carolyn Cummins

Macron can lead France to a Napoleonic ascent

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Coming for the tax lawyers – and quantity surveyors?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

10 of the best world whiskies for WWD.

Celebrate World Whisky Day with one of these innovative drams

Smart Sipping

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This shirt, it’s YSL I got it in Paris which sounds very douche but it’s the nicest thing ever.

Trend setters: The 24 best-dressed men at Fashion Week

Men's Style

Remember: An investment's tax benefits are the cream on the cake.

The one thing most investors get wrong

Noel Whittaker

Reverse mortgages are not very popular in Australia, probably because the rates tend to be higher than standard loans.

How would a reverse mortgage affect my age pension?

George Cochrane

Wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat can be an issue at work.

Politics is supposed to be a no-go zone for the workplace

James Adonis

Michael Schaper, deputy chairman of the ACCC, says small businesses are a far more attractive target for scammers than ...

Business scams top $3.8 million: ACCC

Cara Waters

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If Trump 'took a dump on his desk'

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Fighter jets scrambled after man 'rushed cockpit'

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Three victims critical in Times Square attack

9 mins ago

Schapelle Corby.

Schapelle Corby: life after Bali

A man enjoys the autumn sun at Bondi Beach while exercising on the open air gymnasium equipment, on May 17, 2017 in ...

Fairfax photos of the week - May 19, 2017

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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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Chris Cornell was one of grunge's 'big four' voices - and now only one remains.

'I'm just tired': Last words of Chris Cornell

On his new album, <i>Is This the Life We Really Want?</i>, Roger Waters draws heavily on his rage about contemporary ...

Pink Floyd's Waters drops C-bomb on Trump

Andrew Purcell

Everywhere: Amy Shark's rise has been meteoric.

Amy Shark's epic six-month adventure

Nathanael Cooper

Lauren Child: Children must come to reading out of a sense of pleasure.

Testing may damage kids' love of reading, say authors

Linda Morris

Legal tangle ... Prince on stage during his 1984 Purple Rain tour.

Prince's multi-million dollar estate carved up

The past 10 years have seen the emergence of a feminism that isn't interested in being palatable or popular. ...

Meet the new-wave feminists sick of playing nice

Rachel Hills

Harry Styles channels Elton John on his debut solo album.

Harry Styles' solo debut is actually really good

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 18: Zac Efron and Alexandra Daddario attend the Australian premiere of 'Baywatch' at Hoyts EQ on ...

Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario on body parts and Baywatch

Sarah Thomas

Simon Buchanan and Dave Graham at Academy.

So, a comedy club walks into a nightclub...

Christine Thomson will open seven pop-up stalls at shopping centres across the ACT to cater to Canberra's fidget spinner ...

Former pastor back in town selling fidget spinners

The Truffle Farm owner Jayson Mesman and his truffle dog in training Dingo.

Dingo the labrador digs up an early truffle

Seeing how amaze-bouche Princess Mary of Denmark looks here makes us want to see finger-waves on Duchess Cathy one day ...

Princess Mary remains one of the most underrated style icons

1 hr ago

Roger Ailes' treatment of his female employees is being treated as a footnote to the greater story of his corporate ...

Sexual harassment allegations against Roger Ailes should be more than a footnote

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

UTS students with variations on the name Isabella.

Our parents all gave us the name Isabella, should we thank them?

Jenna Price

One more sleep ... Pippa Middleton and James Matthews will marry on Saturday morning, London time.

Pippa Middleton's wedding: what you need to know

Melissa Singer

InStyle editor Laura Brown, designer/buyer Yasmin Sewell, and Vogue fashion editor Christine Centenera after speaking at ...

The real 'influencers' came home to roost at Fashion Week

Jenna Clarke

Pamela Anderson attends the Global Gift Gala 2017 at Hotel George V on May 16, 2017 in Paris, France.

Pamela Anderson and Lady Gaga rally to cause of Julian Assange

Jill Serjeant

Co-founder of Etre Cecile, Yasmin Sewell.

Yasmin Sewell wants Myer and David Jones to be more 'kick ass'

Jenna Clarke

"Other people's comments, though meant to soothe, might feel like coldhearted jabs."

5 things I hated hearing when I got divorced (but were all true)

Leah Spellman

Confusion over healthy food leads to a big spend-up on junk.

Healthy eating is cheaper, but we're spending big on junk

Sarah Berry

Tuck into water with lemon before your morning coffee.

5 ways to jump-start a healthy morning

Jessi Roti

Sylvia Keays.

The struggle to make people take gut health seriously

Sarah Berry

Magic: Adam Liaw's bitter caramel and cocoa custard layer cake.

Magic caramel and chocolate custard cake - separates on its own

Adam Liaw

Incredible hunk: Aged parmigiano reggiano is rich in umami - and sometimes 'cheese crystals'.

What are those weird, crunchy bits in cheese?

Dust bakery in Sydney mills flour on site.

Low GI, high fibre and less gluten: Why it's OK to eat this real bread

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Mesmerising video of baby being 'unwrapped' after birth

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The reason girls are getting their period earlier

Daniel Neman

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Parents, keep cotton buds out of your kids' ears

Sherilyn Fenn and Kyle MacLachlan in the original Twin Peaks.

Behind the scenes Twin Peaks: on the secret set

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Kylie McLaughlin

The baggage carousel, often a source of frustration for travellers.

Letters: Why does everyone stand so close to the baggage carousel?

Taktsang Palphug Monastery (also known as The Tiger's Nest),a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site and temple in the ...

Why this is the ultimate trophy destination

Anthony Dennis

Facebook is the world's fifth-most-valuable company by market value.

How Facebook moved from flop to supremacy

A new documentary shows that it wasn't the size or scale of the asteroid's impact that ended the dinosaurs, but where ...

Dinosaurs 'minutes away' from surviving

The tech industry's huge investments in AI might be cause for alarm, because they are not balanced by anywhere near that ...

Google, not the government, is building the future

Farhad Manjoo

The talkative Google Home smart benchtop speaker is vying for a place in Australian homes.

What Aussies can expect from the Google Home smart speaker

COMMENT

Getting ransom money in Bitcoin is easiest for cyber-crooks, but it isn't the most secure.

Why bitcoin may soon fall out of crims' favour

The new Honda Civic Type R is due to arrive in October.

New Honda Civic Type R now available to order

Dom Tripolone

The 2017 Mini Countryman Cooper is finally a family-friendly proposition.

2017 Mini Countryman Cooper road test review

David McCowen

2018 Hyundai i30N preview drive.

Is the new Hyundai i30N better than a Golf GTI?

Andrew MacLean

Michelin was the first tyre maker to commit to sustainably sourced rubber.

GM switches to sustainable sourced tyres

Drive Staff

2017 Mercedes-Benz E220d All-Terrain.

Mercedes-Benz's SUV alternative reviewed

Daniel DeGasperi

Renault Kangoo Z.E. using the dynamic wireless electric vehicle charging road.

Renault's ambitious plan for EV charging

Drive Staff

Sam Carter of the Brumbies is tackled by Jerome Kaino of the Blues.

Brumbies' Singapore sling to break new ground

Back in action: Jarryd Hayne.

Titans look to keep winning streak alive against Sea Eagles

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29 mins ago

Heading to Cronulla: Josh Dugan.

Done deal: Cronulla Sharks confirm four-year Dugan coup

56 mins ago

Steve Johnson braces for impact with Trent Cotchin.

Injury-hit GWS host Richmond

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1 hr ago

Western Australian fast bowler Jason Behrendorff is pushing for Australian selection after excellent form in the ...

Jason Behrendorff says all Aussie cricketers behind ACA

1 hr ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 29: Shannon Boyd of the Raiders is tackled during the round nine NRL match between the ...

Raiders prop plays for Australia, but is no certainty for Origin

Raiders captain Jarrod Croker could finish as one of the club's best ever.

Stuart says Croker will finish as one of Canberra's favourite sons

Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham.

Brumbies players want to repay Larkham in final season