Queanbeyan man's 'hand-licking' joke is now a TV show promo
Have you seen the latest promo for First Dates Australia? The guy who makes the hand-licking gag is from Queanbeyan!
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An inspiring but little-known true story gets told
This play about an Indigenous experiment has modern resonance.
Former Westpac planner cops five-year ban
A former Westpac financial planner has been slapped with a five-year ban after it was revealed 177 clients had been charged fees without receiving all the services they had paid for.
Terror offence sentences 'too lenient'
The appeals court is hearing prosecution challenges to the sentences imposed on three young men for separate offences.
'Catastrophic': Alan Finkel auditions for the role of Australia's chief political scientist
Australia's chief scientist has steered a politically pragmatic course in his landmark energy report.
Pair jailed for theft of Ferraris
One of the Ferraris was valued at between $1.5 million and $2 million, and had previously been owned by Dodi Fayed and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters.
'The moment I hit my head': Jane Halton on the public service glass ceiling
Former department boss says she was wrong to believe there was no barrier for women in Canberra.
Dogs ward off rivals to re-sign gun back-rower
Adam Elliott has knocked back rival offers to sign a three-year contract extension with Canterbury.
Kenyans count cost of Chinese-backed railway
How can the country repay its monstrous debt to China?
Looming cloud over Trump just grew darker
Thanks to Trump's own actions, dark clouds seem likely to hover over his presidency for months, if not years, to come.
Malmsbury unsuitable for high-risk inmates, review reveals
The Malmsbury youth detention centre is unsuitable for dangerous violent offenders who should be moved to high-security facilities, a review into a mass outbreak from the prison has found.
Home loans fall for third month in a row
Home loans to investors have fallen to their lowest level in a year following a federal government crackdown, as first home buyers creep their way back into the market.
Police allege man was Facebooking Qld teen before she went missing
A man has been charged with abducting a 15-year-old girl went missing from Central Queensland.
Police pelted with bottles and cans as car meet in Docklands car park descends into hooning
Police were pelted with bottles and cans as they tried to break up a huge car meet in Docklands where hooning drivers did burnouts and raced through the streets.
Gripped by James Comey fever, Washington takes the day off
For the citizens of Washington DC, as the former director of the FBI prepared to speak, it was not the time to work. It was time to covfefe.
Mother's 'unusual' behaviour at school should have set off 'alarm bells'
A Sydney mother's "unusual" behaviour when she dropped her child at school in pyjamas should have set off alarm bells, says a NSW coroner who has found she is dead.
Theresa May and Malcolm Turnbull made the same miscalculation
The commonalities between a series of recent elections, including last year's poll in Australia, are striking.
McLachlan confirms increased security presence at footy
AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has urged footy fans not to be deterred by recent global terror attacks and to get to matches this weekend.
WA speeder fined by cops for 'being a dick'
Points for honesty perhaps - but the driver copped six demerits and an $800 fine.
Secret recordings of Pauline Hanson 'justified in the public interest'
Airing secret recordings of Pauline Hanson and James Ashby during an investigation into One Nation were not a breach of rules, the media regulator has found.
Rating the AFL coaches in 2017: Asleep at the wheel or in cruise control?
The mid-season is upon us and it's time we shone the blowtorch on the AFL coaching landscape.
Six Pointers: Can the Saints further expose the Crows ?
Everything you need to know about Round 12.
James Comey refers to third Jeff Sessions encounter with Russians
Former FBI Director James Comey said that the bureau had information about Attorney General Jeff Sessions that would have made it "problematic" for him to be involved in the probe.
Murderer jailed for 11 years over cold case Perth rape
A convicted murderer with a long criminal history has been sentenced to a further 11 and a half years in jail for the rape of a Perth woman 23 years ago.
Humpback whale beached on NSW coast
About 50 locals are working to help the mammal stay upright so it can breathe.
The Finkel review explained: what's in it, and why you should care
Finkel review of Australia's energy security has potential to shake up our future energy supply.
Bombers hopeful of Windy Hill games if they get AFLW licence
Essendon are hopeful of returning to play games at their spiritual home of Windy Hill if the club successfully lands an AFLW licence for 2019.
Gunston, Puopolo won't be traded: Clarkson
Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson insists the Hawks have the platform to build for what he hopes will be their next premiership era and has all but ruled out trading premiership stars Jack Gunston and Paul Puopolo.
The ACT's hidden educational underperformance
Our best students are not being extended, our disadvantaged children are not being improved.
Cheika gets it right on Moore and the Wallabies XV
Michael Cheika's decision to drop Stephen Moore sets the right tone.
Perth swept up in food delivery revolution
When WAtoday met with Tyrone Castillo and Luanne Balaba on Saturday, the couple were in the midst of coordinating an expansion to their popular cafe, Baguette Me Not, into a neighbouring vacant shop.
Path now clear for Emperor Akihito's abdication
It will be the first abdication by a Japanese monarch in nearly two centuries.
UK Election: Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn in shock nail-biting race
The UK has voted and registered a shock result.
Perth father loses legal battle to remove 'God' from daughter's school creed
A Perth father has lost his legal fight for his daughter's government school to remove the word 'God' from its school creed.
ANZ, Suncorp targets investors with rate hike
ANZ Bank is hiking interest rates on interest-only home loans by 0.3 percentage points, but at the same time cut rates for customers who are paying principal and interest.
What to expect from E3 2017
Our one-stop guide to all the major events of next week, what you're likely to see and where you can watch it live.
Sunshine Coast man died while in Bali for wedding
A Sunshine Coast man has died while on a trip to Bali for a friend's wedding.
More than 750 residents fined over donations left outside charities
Sarah Deery's made a donation of clothes to her local charity only to be 'punished' months later with a fine for almost $250.
Al Jazeera network 'under cyber attack'
The attack was targeting "all systems, websites & social media platforms" the network said.
'Stay cool': The plan to keep Trump away from Twitter
Key aides convinced Donald Trump show uncharacteristic restraint during the Comey testimony and let his combative lawyer Marc Kasowitz be his voice.
UC study disproves the 'fructose makes you fat' fiasco
Canberra researchers have conducted a myth-busting study clearing up confusion about good and bad sugar.
AIS cast adrift?
We need to seriously debate the institute's future now, before it's gone.
ACT Health executive pay increases 50 per cent in four years
The total cost of executive-level pay packets at ACT Health will reach $8.1 million this year.
Markets jittery on UK election uncertainty
The certainty with which financial markets had treated the British election has disintegrated, with markets now pricing in more political risk.
Comey testimony shifts focus to Trump
The ongoing investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election has taken a dramatic turn.
The jobs with the best prospects for a pay rise this year
The latest salary survey by recruitment firm Hays shows workers in some sectors will do better than others in the pay stakes this year.
The power of the game, and its people, make me forget about everything else in the world
Martin Flanagan presents an ode to football in his last column for The Age.
Theresa May only has herself to blame
If the UK election exit poll is anywhere near right, the prime minister is finished.
Canberra cars towed to Wagga and Sydney for smash repairs
Insurers are driving small crash repairers out of business with unfair policies, the ACT's peak motor trade body claims.
Enterprising Singaporean developer starts work on 555 Collins
A Singapore billionaire has begun marketing apartments in a dilapidated Collins Street building.