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Jared Kushner met Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak in New York late last year.

Trump's son-in-law focus of FBI's Russia probe

27 mins ago

Returning serve: Casey Dellacqua.

Dellacqua hits back at Court's anti-gay marriage stance

1 hr ago

Pauline Hanson raised the issue of cattle exports at the regional and rural affairs committee.

Hanson's One Nation investigated over $100k private plane

1 hr ago

Tasmanian senator Eric Abetz.

Taiwan just ruined the dumbest gay marriage argument

COMMENT

Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs has endured several fiery Senate hearings.

'Carrying on like bloody children': Senators descend into farce

Back injuries represented 42 per cent of all accepted ACT Ambulance Service compensation claims from 2011-2016

'We're hurting people': ACT paramedics trial electric stretchers

Mobile phone 'saved woman's life' in Manchester blast

Boycott Qantas? How 'bout rename the Margaret Court Arena

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

The rich list: Meet Canberra's new billion-dollar man

Amid all the Lindt siege excuses, one act of brutal honesty was vital

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Daughter yelled 'die' when she saw her mother wasn't dead

In this image taken from NATO TV, Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Markovic, second right, appears to be pushed by US ...

Trump pushes past PM after chilly reception at NATO meeting

Tigerair will introduce flights between Canberra and Brisbane in September.

Tigerair launches Canberra to Brisbane flights with $10 special

1 hr ago

Jason Dundas has released his own range of activewear. Or tights.

Is it ever really ok for men to wear tights?

President Donald Trump shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the US Embassy in Brussels.

Macron out-Trumps Trump in handshake duel

Actress Rebel Wilson leaves the Supreme Court on Wednesday in Melbourne.

How Rebel got the wrong Wilson

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South Korean 'politician swag' has gone viral

Why you should take some time out to 'waste time'

Want to be more productive? Take time to 'waste time'

How to win the office fridge war

How to win the office fridge war

Markets Live: Can retail rally?

10:15AM

Mariah Carey rankles co-stars with diva antics

10:13AM

Sutherland ready to 'empty the tank' for Movistar

10:03AM

The Museum of Australian Democracy has launched a chatbot for Facebook Messenger to help mark the 50th anniversary of ...

Canberra institution using Facebook Messenger to teach

Move over dogs, it's the cats' turn to shine

Fathers' emotional pleas to find their missing children

9 mins ago

Historic Namadgi homestead Orroral has been vandalised, and not for the first time either.

Vandals trash historic homestead after a decade of restoration

An artists' impression of the future light rail stop at Dickson.

Dickson Interchange lessee still to name a price after acquisition

Rod Little, chair of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elected body, near the government owned site reserved for an ...

'ACT govt is blaming Aboriginal people': Winnunga

Pastor Rev Gabor Szabo at St Paul's Lutheran Church, where an ecumenical service will be held on Sunday to commemorate ...

Christians commemorate historic Lutheran split

Police were investigating the death of a toddler overnight.

Cardiac arrest: Pair assisting police after toddler dies

QLD

A 24-hour bus strike added to traffic and commuter woes in Sydney's inner west last week.

'Fanciful' plan for Uber-style buses derided

EXCLUSIVE

Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs has endured several fiery Senate hearings.

'Carrying on like children': Senators descend into farce

'Evil 8" accused Alfred John Impicciatore is believed to be travelling to the eastern states with 40-yea-old Rachel Galvin.

'Evil 8' accused may be heading to eastern states

WA

Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce was the driving force behind the APVMA's controversial forced move to his New England ...

Staff resignations double at APVMA before move north

Finance minister Senator Mathias Cormann appeared before the Finance Estimates committee at Parliament House in Canberra ...

Almost no policy developed for APS decentralisation

Happier times: former Shared Services Centre chief executive Delaine Wilson.

Federal government gives boot to $210m shared services centre

A sea of flowers at Martin Place formed a makeshift memorial in the days after the siege.

Monis was the murderer but face it, our system failed too

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Growth forecast flattens as Australia nears finishing line

Peter Martin

Electoral Commission confirms One Nation investigation

Fergus Hunter
1 hr ago

Bill Shorten said he would lobby the government to establish a commission on violence and neglect in the disability ...

Labor pledges royal commission on disability abuse

Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs has endured several fiery Senate hearings.

'Like bloody children': Triggs showdown descends into farce

Jenny Munro and delegates address the media after walking out of the First Nations National Convention at Uluru.

Uluru convention set to agree on recognition, despite walkout

"One down, many to go": Peter Dutton welcomed the axing of Yassmin Abdel-Magied's program.

'One down': Dutton calls for ABC purge after Abdel-Magied axing

US President Donald Trump, right, speaks with British Prime Minister Theresa May.

Trump vows to find Manchester bombing evidence leakers

Nick Miller

Police activity at an address in Elsmore Road, in connection with the concert blast at the Manchester Arena, in ...

UK police: possibly suspicious items found in Wigan

People hold miniature American flags during a naturalization ceremony in San Diego, California, US.

Appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump's travel ban

Police officers carry the coffin of their colleague Sergeant Gilang Imam Adinata who was killed in Wednesday's
bombings ...

Jakarta suicide bombing linked to IS: police

Jewel Topsfield

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

In my imagination, my daughter was in that Manchester Arena

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

David Pope

The latest cartoons from David Pope

Curbing short-lived pollutants will not only give short-term relief from rapid warming, but will also score a major ...

Why we must urgently depoliticise climate

COMMENT
John Hewson

careers

1100 jobs at risk as Careers Australia goes into administration

19 mins ago

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Markets Live: Can retail rally?

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Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
5 mins ago

Paul Romer.

Dislike of the word 'and' proves costly for star economist

56 mins ago

Opec's clout has diminished, with the oil price slumping despite its output cut.

Oil plunges even as Opec extends production cuts - here's why

Growth forecast flattens as Australia nears finishing line

Peter Martin

Wage battle breaks out on Bass Strait oil fields

Nick Toscano

Scam targets NAB customers with fake website

UPDATED
Emily Woods

Businesses estimate skills shortage of 54,000 jobs

Anna Patty

'Our instincts are always to save energy.'

Should we make teenagers clean their rooms? Maybe not

1 hr ago

Auction gavel.

Buyer hotspots: Canberra's fastest-selling suburbs

Have your avo and eat it too at 822 Tagigan Road, Goomboorian.

Get your smashed avo and eat it too: Buy your own avocado farm

1 hr ago

Simon Pressley, managing director of Propertyology, is a national market researcher as well as buyer's agent ...

Housing affordability crisis is 'horseshit', analyst claims

If youâve ever thought your rent costs could fund a mortgage, you might actually be right.

Renting v paying off a mortgage: Only $62 a week difference

The point of activewear is to be active in them, not head out for a coffee.

Gentlemen: please stop wearing your activewear everywhere

Style Advice

50 of the most exciting young winemakers in Australia.

50 young Aussie winemakers who are shaking up the industry

Fine Drinks

A psychologist helped the writer understand that her partner's behaviour was financial abuse.

'My ex-boyfriend left me broke'

FIRST PERSON
Anonymous

Super funds are on track to deliver a bumper return.

A good financial year for super fund members is almost a certainty

John Collett

Father guilt does exist, just nowhere near as much.

Mother guilt: A woman's work is never done

Comment
James Adonis

Opendoor just might epitomise the 'fat' start-up.

Expensive, risky and ambitious: the rise of the 'fat' start-up

Farhad Manjoo

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New video of Manchester bomber emerges

1 hr ago

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Trump shoves Montenegro Prime Minister

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Queen comforts Manchester child victims

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Manchester victim: 'I have holes in my legs'

Illustration Jim Pavlidis

Best of Fairfax cartoons, May 26

18 mins ago

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It is happening again. The new Twin Peaks is now streaming. Only on Stan.

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The brand new season of iZombie - now streaming 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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Fans enjoying Falls Festival in 2016, could be sharing that experience around the world soon.

Selling you a big ticket to the musical future

Bernard Zuel
6 mins ago

Jimmy Barnes won the biography award at the Australian Book Industry Awards on Thursday.

Working class man Jimmy Barnes wins book award

Linda Morris

Tom Cruise in the original Top Gun.

Why the new Top Gun is probably a bad idea

Kyle Stock
12 mins ago

From left, Jeff Varner, Sarah Lacina, Zeke Smith and Debbie Wanner at a so-called tribal council on Survivor.

Survivor's Zeke Smith on life after he was outed on the show

Joey Pucino

Ellen DeGeneres is returning to stand-up after 15 years.

Netflix lures Ellen DeGeneres back to stand-up

Rob Moran

Gable Tostee after being cleared of charges in October 2016.

Gable Tostee back on Tinder, doing media rounds

Rob Moran

Luke, Leia and Han in 1977's original Star Wars: A New Hope.

40 years of Star Wars: Our original review from 1977

Flashback
Colin Bennett

Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in a first-look image from season seven of <i>Game of Thrones</i>.

GoT7 trailer: Enemies to the east, enemies to the west

Broede Carmody

Matt Okine is headlining the first Academy Comedy Club.

6 things to do in Canberra this weekend

Blak Douglas with his work Domestic Violets, 2016, part of the the National Gallery of Australia's Defying Empire: the ...

NGA's Defying Empire paints unvarnished history

Gothic coffee has arrived in Canberra.

Gothic lattes - the new way to order a black coffee in Canberra

The Manchester bombing was an attack on girls, and on LGBTIQ, because Ariana Grande is a gay icon.

Terror attacks on kids are nothing new, and Manchester won't be the last

Ruby Hamad

The infamous male romper from RompHim has stormed the globe.

5 revolutionary new concepts in gender-bending clothing, inspired by the 'RompHim'

SATIRE
Clem Bastow

(From left) Ivanka and Melania Trump with President Donald Trump and Pope Francis. They adhered to the Vatican's strict ...

Sorry, but Melania Trump's official outfits were by-the-book

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

Rihanna acknowledges applause at the end of her ready-to-wear collection for Fenty as part of Paris Fashion Week.

How Rihanna became a bona fide fashion star

Vanessa Friedmann

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 24: Meghan Markle attends the 2015 NBC New York Summer Press Day at Four Seasons Hotel New York on ...

Meghan Markle's friend defends her credentials on US talk show

Jenna Clarke

Dad? Annabelle Wallis, Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella at The Mummy premiere at State Theatre on Monday in Sydney.

Why are Tom Cruise's love interests 20 years his junior?

COMMENT
Amy Croffey

Anna Heinrich and Tim Robards.

Unpopular opinion: Maybe The Bachelor... works?

Mary Ward

Young girls are unlike any other audience in music, writes Clem Bastow.

Pop concerts are a rite of passage that cannot be stopped

COMMENT
Clem Bastow

Break fast with water.

Ramadan highlights benefits and risks of fasting

Sarah Berry
51 mins ago

Condoning self-hate hurts us all.

'Fat-hating culture': Overweight people told to take advice from anorexics

Sarah Berry

Snacking isn't bad, it just depends what yo're snacking on.

Is snacking just a guilty pleasure? Short answer, no

Victoria Lambert
45 mins ago

The Capsule Hotel has opened above Bar Century, which has undergone a significant makeover, courtesy of Ed Kenny from ...

Had a few too many? Australia's first Capsule Hotel opens above bar

1 hr ago

Neil Perry's pork hokkien noodles with black bean.

27 speedy stir-fries including Neil Perry's black bean ramen noodles

For chefs and restaurateurs, a bad review – whether based in fact or not – can lead to lost business.

Restaurant sues customer for bad TripAdvisor review

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The new advice on when to start giving juice to young children

Joel, Henry and their son Ben.

Airline apologises after making gay dad 'feel like a criminal'

Marvel Hero Super Discs from Woolworths are selling for up to $400 on Ebay.

Woolworths' latest promotion leaves parents scrambling

It's your choice.

How to score the best seat on a plane

Gavin Haines
43 mins ago

A cutting edge tool can help you decide when to book.

New cutting edge tool can help you find cheap flights

Michael Gebicki

Virgin said it would tailor its food and beverage selection to the time of day and the duration of flights, varying from ...

How to make your plane food taste better - and it's not by adding salt

Gavin Haines

Facebook CEO and Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg delivers the commencement address at Harvard University.

What Zuckerberg told Harvard grads

DJI is the world's leading maker of drones, but most of the gadgets in its existing lineup cost $US1000 or more and are ...

The $859 drone that flies from your hand

Jupiter's south pole, photographed from the Juno spacecraft, showing swirling cyclones of ammonia gas.

Juno mission reveals a much more complex Jupiter than we imagined

xbox

Xbox launches Netflix-style service for games

Kotaku

Shooooooryuken!

Review: Street Fighter II is back, yet again

2017 BMW 8-Series concept.

BMW 8-Series returns

Greg Kable
33 mins ago

Tickford has added tyre and wheel upgrades to its personalisation packages.

Tickford reveals more mods for Mustang

Andrew MacLean

2017 Audi TT RS.

Audi's Porsche Cayman rival driven

Drive Staff

RadioApp on CarPlay

RadioApp launches on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto

Dom Tripolone

2017 Maserati Levante S in Dubai

Can a luxury SUV go off-road?

David McCowen

2017 LDV G10 automatic van.

This could be the best Chinese vehicle to date

Mark Short
1 hr ago

Ricky Stuart was named the NRL's coach of the year on Wednesday night.

'That's rubbish talk': Stuart dismisses Origin drain

Ben Alexander.

'Alexander the great' set to equal Brumbies record

Zac Santo.

Raiders fullback set to gain contract release

Australian and Canberra United defender Emma Checker [middle] can't tale a trick after another injury setback.

Matilda Emma Checker can't take a trick: back in rehab

Out: Johnathan Thurston.

Thurston refused to believe diagnosis that ruled him out

UPDATED

Gary Ablett

AFL teams: Cloke dumped, Ablett and Riewoldt injured

UPDATED

Now or never: Blues players James Maloney, Mitchell Pearce, Aaron Woods and Nathan Peats.

NSW will never get a better chance to turn the Origin tide

ANALYSIS

Rhys Pinter is gunning for victory in front of family and friends at the National Capital Rally this weekend.

Brain injury forces Pinter to swap footy for rally