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British Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Theresa May's early election call has backfired spectacularly.

Conventional political wisdom gets it wrong again

COMMENT
Simon Cowan
9 mins ago

Departing Finance Dept chief Jane Halton. Photo Jay Cronan

Jane Halton explains Australian Public Service glass ceiling

1 hr ago

Thursday's job data will be critical to the Aussie's next moves.

'Once in a lifetime' chance households can save on power bills

1 hr ago

Senator Pauline Hanson

Secret recordings of Hanson 'justified in the public interest'

British Prime Minister Theresa May after retaining her seat.

Theresa May rolled the dice on an unnecessary election

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller
54 mins ago

Max Kelly has been left up to $15,000 out of pocket after the Schnitzel Haus Erindale restaurant collapsed. His mother ...

Max chasing $15k in unpaid wages after ACT restaurant collapse

1 hr ago

The plan that kept Trump off Twitter after Comey's testimony

'This is catastrophic': Is this Australia's big goodbye to Paris?

ANALYSIS
1 hr ago

'Negative on every measure': ACT's hidden education crisis

COMMENT
Jack Waterford

Will Canberra lose the Australian Institute of Sport for good?

COMMENT

APS managers feel powerless against false bullying claims

1 hr ago

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May listens as the declaration at her constituency is made for in the general election ...

May's call backfires as hung parliament confirmed in UK

Live
52 mins ago

Exit polls predicted gains for Britain's Labour party and a possible hung parliament.

'I don't play by the rules': 'Jezza' memed his way to political gain

1 hr ago

Gen George, founder of casual work start-up OneShift.

Gen, 26, spotted a gap in the market and became a millionaire

45 mins ago

Stephen Colbert couldn't hide his delight over Comey's testimony.

Stephen Colbert delights in Comey testimony

Zierholz owner Christoph Zierholz is suing the University of Canberra for over $2 million in damages.

'We're not going to go away': Zierholz suing UC for millions

1 hr ago

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Encryption concerns for Australia

According to the 2016 census, women do between 14 and five hours of unpaid domestic work every week.

Women still doing lion’s share of housework even when men stay at home with kids

AFR, EDUCATION, AFREDUCATION
University of Canberra. Laboratory technician conducting experiments. Holding a model of a ...

Scientists are trying to bring a dead brain back to life

Is this the start of Canberra's own "Sculpture by ...

4:11PM

Pendlebury: Courageous Fasolo not expected to ...

4:10PM

Tuggeranong United into Federation Cup final

4:05PM

Fines to park in a disabled parking spot if you're able-bodied has increased to $600. Robert Altamore who is blind, with ...

Fine for parking in a disabled space a very expensive practice in ACT

Canberra study myth-busts debate over good and bad sugar

Light rail work ramps up, set to disrupt traffic on Northbourne

Doctors were one of the worst performing groups, along with cleaning and food staff and personal care attendants.

ACT Health executive pay increases 50 per cent in four years

1 hr ago

Verity McWilliam will start as a new Associate Judge of the ACT Supreme Court later this month.

Canberra lawyer comes back to capital as Supreme Court judge

1 hr ago

Merici College students Jade Esler, year 10, Maddison Berry, year 12 and Lucy Pembroke, year 8.

Enrolments at single-sex schools in Canberra see huge drops

The Canberra Southern Cross Club has proposed a new enterprise agreement for staff, which is being disputed as unfair by ...

Fair Work to rule on club's 'misleading' pay deal with staff

A man has been arrested after allegedly damaging 22 cars while fleeing police in Kangaroo Point.?

Driver hits 22 parked cars while fleeing police

QLD

People thought fructose in itself was worse than other types of sugar, but that is not the case.

Study myth-busts debate over good and bad sugar

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian

Police to have more power to shoot terrorists

NSW

Mandurah Forum's first job fair attracted hundreds of eager job-hunters.

1000 fight for 100 jobs at new shopping centre

WA

Public service managers say they fear false bullying claims.

APS managers powerless against false bullying claims

1 hr ago

The CSIRO will try again to convince workers to accept a new deal on conditions and pay.

CSIRO pay offer takes away 20 per cent of 'legal safeguards'

Legal challenges to Centrelink debts are growing.

Centrelink robo-debt legal issues could last for years

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Australia should adopt this delightful but awful UK tradition

Judith Ireland
1 hr ago

Households could save up to $1000 over a decade under energy plan

James Massola
1 hr ago

Behind left-wing Antifa movement that attacked Andrew Bolt

Michael Koziol

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May listens as the declaration at her constituency is made for in the general election ...

Theresa May and Malcolm Turnbull made same miscalculation

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny
1 hr ago

The Finkel review of the electricity sector will promise a new clean energy target to put downward pressure on prices.

Finkel climate review promises lower power bills

James Massola

"Hello?" says a slightly panicked voice on the phone.

Sketch: Donald Trump calls Jeremy Corbyn, gets his JCs mixed

SKETCH

Chief scientist Dr Alan Finkel.

The man who could bring peace to Australia's climate wars

Stephanie Peatling

British Prime Minister Theresa May after retaining her seat.

May rolled the dice on an unnecessary election

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller
54 mins ago

TOKYO - DECEMBER 23: (L-R) Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko greet the well-wishers gathered to celebrate the ...

Path now clear for Emperor Akihito's abdication

Elaine Lies

Al Jazeera network 'under cyber attack'

Emily Tamkin

Former FBI director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee.

'Lies, plain and simple': Comey testifies in senate probe

18 JULY- 2012- GENERIC- THE CANBERRA TIMES- PHOTO BY MELISSA ADAMS. Pic shows the Australian Institute of Sport, Bruce.

Will Canberra lose the Australian Institute of Sport for good?

COMMENT
Andrew Leigh

David Pope

The latest cartoons from David Pope

A man holds his beer while people flee terror attacks in London on Saturday.

'Don't put the pint down': the radical approach to terrorism

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

Westpac said is welcomed the ban imposed on its former planner.

Former Westpac planner cops five-year ban

Clancy Yeates

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Markets Live: UK cliffhanger sparks wobbles

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Senator Pauline Hanson

Airing secret Hanson recordings 'justified in the public interest'

Lucy Battersby

The bank said the cut would benefit 80 per cent of its owner-occupier customers, who were paying principal and interest.

ANZ, Suncorp target investors with rate hike

UPDATED
Clancy Yeates
1 hr ago

Aussie shoppers can charge their Tesla for free while they shop

Carolyn Cummins

Families should brace for $660 electricity bill increase

Esther Han

Deutsche Bank says privacy laws won't let it spill beans on Trump

Seven years after deadly oil spill, analysts let BP off the hook

Hassett Park at the Campbell 5 precinct has won a national Good Design Award.

Canberra park wins green gong at national design awards

More than 18 per cent of all Australians use Airbnb.

I'm an Airbnb host and I'm falling out of love with Airbnb

COMMENT

SG House, by Ben Walker Architects.

These clever Canberra homes rebel against McMansion trend

According to the 2016 census, women do between 14 and five hours of unpaid domestic work every week.

Women do majority of housework even when men stay at home

"Parents are very involved in their children's lives, so of course they think they know what the child needs," says one ...

Would you trust your parents to buy your house for you?

Keep backseat passengers entertained with their own TV screens.

The hottest luxury upgrades your car needs this snow season

Cars
51 mins ago

Craigellachie Distillery has become infamously known as the "bad boy of Speyside".

Why the 'bad boy of Speyside' is the world's best single malt

Fine Drinks

The Acorns app rounds up each purchase you make and stores it in an investment portfolio for you.

Noel Whittaker's verdict after a year of using micro-investment app Acorns

Noel Whittaker

Active funds have higher fees, so they need to consistently outperform the market to earn their keep.

Index funds v actively managed funds

Daryl Dixon

Do you have expectations of lunches, drinks and water cooler gossip?

Friendships at work: are you indifferent?

COMMENT
James Adonis

Gen George, founder of casual work start-up OneShift.

Gen George sells OneShift to Programmed

Cara Waters
45 mins ago

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Rogic launches missile

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North Korea launches multiple cruise missiles

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The subtle art of safecracking

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London Bridge attack: CCTV shows final shootout

Portrait of Faezeh Jalali who is an acclaimed Indian playright, director and actress in India. She is in Sydney with a ...

Fairfax photos of the week - June 9, 2017

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The brand new season of Better Call Saul - now streaming on Stan.

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It is happening again. The new Twin Peaks is 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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Sofia Boutella revisits Boris Karloff's menacing Mummy in the new Universal thriller.

The Mummy: a female-empowering horror-laden thriller

Sarah Thomas

Katy Perry and Taylor Swift in happier times.

Taylor Swift and Katy Perry's feud continues

Joey Pucino
1 hr ago

Stephen Colbert couldn't hide his delight over Comey's testimony.

Stephen Colbert delights in Comey testimony

Rob Moran

Like several well-known musicians, Lorde is a synesthete.

Lorde, Harry Styles announce Australian tour dates

Bernard Zuel

Who can forget Kanye West taking the microphone from Taylor Swift as she accepted an MTV award in 2009?

Taylor Swift cried 'hysterically' at 2009 MTV awards

Broede Carmody

The Killers are reportedly coming to Melbourne to perform at the 2017 AFL Grand Final.

The Killers 'locked in' for 2017 AFL grand final

Broede Carmody

Game of Thrones fans can access the series through Foxtel Now for just $15.

'Foxtel Now' is smoke and mirrors; and a smart move

Comment
Craig Mathieson

Jill Singer has died at the age of 60.

Award-winning journalist Jill Singer dead at 60

UPDATED
Broede Carmody

Coffee Lab store manager Steph Urosevic says that for some time now, they have offered a 50 cent discount for customers ...

The Canberra cafes reducing - or banning - disposable cups

Tash Sultana has been announced in the 2017 lineup for Spilt Milk music festival.

Lorde, Tash Sultana heading to Canberra for Spilt Milk

Canberra Centre manager Amanda Paradiso inside the new Monaro Mall precinct.

What's behind the hoarding - inside 'Monaro Mall'

Even if someone is only on a dating site to have casual sex, that doesn't mean they're consenting to receive explicit ...

'I could've lost my job': Tinder users taking it too far

Lauren Ingram

Gal Gadot arrives at the world premiere of <i>Wonder Woman</i> in Los Angeles.

The women being left out of the feel-good superhero moment

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Dads are more likely to sing to their daughters and play rough with their sons.

Startling difference in how fathers treat daughters and sons

Ariana Eunjung Cha

Prince Harry meets defence veteran swimmers after touring the Sydney International Aquatic Centre, where the Invictus ...

This trip shows Prince Harry is his mother's son

COMMENT
Jenna Clarke

A little chocolate may not be bad for your heart.

Coming out takes guts, and I had to leave some family behind

COMMENT
Dale Sheridan

"I've always had short hair," Mili told Nebraska NBC affiliate WOWT. "I didn't like my hair long."

Girl kicked out of soccer league after being mistaken for a boy

Heidi Stevens

Nicole Kidman encourages Kit Harrington to propose to Rose Leslie.

Nicole Kidman makes Game of Thrones star squirm

Amy Croffey

Clementine Ford

The message that laughing at rape jokes sends to women

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Excess weight during pregnancy increases health risks to the mother and baby.

The big problem facing half of all pregnant women

Sarah Berry

Man who pedal stationary bikes, cyclette

Boost your workouts with caffeine, even if you chug coffee daily

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Relief from back pain does not come in the form of an app.

The 'false message' given to people suffering back pain

Sarah Berry

Learning the 'why' behind the 'how' of baking will boost your confidence in the kitchen, Anneka Manning says.

How to make a perfect sponge cake

Paleo chocolate pudding by Pete Evans.

Five desserts that are good for your gut, including chocolate pudding

Meatballs with fontina mash.

Luke Mangan's meatballs with cheesy mash

Baby Ezra surprised his mum during a shopping trip.

She didn't know she was pregnant, then gave birth in supermarket

Jessica Simpson and 5-year-old Maxwell.

Jessica Simpson and daughter in bikini photo furore

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What I want you to know about my 'gifted' son

747-8I First Flight Takeoff
K65201-02 Boeing jumbo

The fastest airline plane in the sky revealed

Hugh Morris

Where will you find the Elgin Marbles?

The quiz: Where will you find the Rosetta Stone and Elgin Marbles?

Mal Chenu

Village Weggis, lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstattersee), Pilatus mountain and Swiss Alps in the background near famous Lucerne ...

Achingly beautiful: A must-do trip in this spectacular Europe spot

Keith Austin

A self-driving car guided by Project Apollo, on the test
track at CES Asia in Shanghai.

Baidu prepares China's self-driving car hope

7 mins ago

Shadow Creator's Halomini augmented reality headset looks like Microsoft's HoloLens but falls far short of the mark.

AR headsets still very much works in progress

COMMENT

E3 2017

E3 2017: The Australian gamer's one-stop guide

MVC

Why these games are vanishing from iOS

Kotaku

If all you want is Game of Thrones you can get it for $15 per month, but if you want everything the service has to offer ...

Foxtel Now: everything you need to know

2017 Kia Stinger

The best new cars still to come in 2017

David McCowen

2017 BMW 530e.

BMW not charging premium for hybrid tech

Andrew MacLean

2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT.

Jeep's V8-powered track-ready SUV reviewed

Toby Hagon

2018 Holden Commodore Supercar

Holden reveals next-gen Commodore racer

Andrew MacLean

Honda NeuV driverless car concept was displayed at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show.

Honda wants to usurp Tesla, Mercedes-Benz

Dom Tripolone
1 hr ago

Peugeot has previously talked about developing a dual-cab ute based on the Toyota HiLux. (Digital Illustration).

Peugeot plans to build dual-cab ute, drop performance cars

Drive Staff

Joseph Tapine of the Raiders celebrates with fans after victory in the second NRL Semi Final match between the Canberra ...

Raiders consider going to the country for games

45 mins ago

David Leaney, Yvette Berry and Andrew Moore cut the ribbon for the opening of the courts.

NBL on Canberra radar, but not the Cannons

1 hr ago

Sam Carter wants to increase his physicality with the Wallabies.

Wallabies, finals and Messi in one week for Carter

1 hr ago

Controversial moment: The Australian players stand arm-in-arm in remembrance as Saudi counterparts fail to do likewise

Saudis apologise for minute's silence snub after causing outrage

UPDATED

Juric celebrates after scoring his second goal.

Canberra's Rogic fires stunning winner in vital Socceroos triumph

Jarrod Croker says the Panthers game is "must win".

Raiders skipper calls on forwards to give Paulo a helping hand

Given a rest: Stephen Moore.

Moore gets the chop as Wallabies name new skipper for Fiji clash

UPDATED

Henry Speight. Brumbies captains run (02/06/17) Photo b y Karleen Minney.?

Speight can be the best winger in Australia, says Carter