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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addressed the National Press Club in Canberra on Thursday 30 June 2016. Election 2016. ...

Turnbull may be forced to call early election

1 hr ago

Wage growth in Australia remains at low levels.

Workers are getting a record low share of GDP

1 hr ago

Donald Trump is said to have been left seething by James Comey.

Key attorneys set to sue Trump over foreign payments

Williamsdale solar farm in the ACT.

Documents 'do not exist' for solar farm land purchase

"If you're armed with the fact that the firm has seen 20 per cent growth in one year, but your salary is under par, ...

Wage rises are good for us. Really. And they don't cost jobs either

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Dan Watters with his two childen Sam, 6, and Tilley, 4. He is speaking about the advantages of being a stay-at-home dad.

'I felt this enormous amount of conflict': rise in stay-at-home dads

CEO departs with $730k payout, months after Dreamworld tragedy

28 mins ago

Is Coles strategic or desperate?

ANALYSIS
Madeleine Heffernan

Once again, the honours list has failed Australian women

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Nail gun fired at staff, patrons during robbery of southside club

1 hr ago

Legal stoush reveals cracks in the $60m cult of Thermomix

Bobcat

Club's despair: 'They didn't even steal anything, it was just pure vandalism'

UPDATED

Police are seeking to identify these two men in connection to an aggravated burglary at Canberra Hospital.

Burglars haul safe out hospital cafe in wheelchair

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and their son Barron Trump walk from Marine One across the South Lawn ...

Melania and Barron Trump finally join Donald in the White House

1 hr ago

The Xbox One X is being touted by Microsoft as the most powerful console ever created.

Microsoft unveils the 'most powerful console ever created'

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 17: A dejected Billy Slater of Queensland walks from the ground after game two of the State ...

Slater back as Maroons wield axe

UPDATED

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Richard Hammond: 'Sorry for being such a colossal...'

Cate Blanchett

The full list of Queen's Birthday Honours

Popular fresh food markets for sale with units on cards

Outback Car Trek raises money for Royal Flying ...

6:26PM

Dugan's Dog of a day as Daley breathes sigh of ...

6:24PM

NSW child protection receives $68m budget boost

6:16PM

Sarah and Tom McGoram, with son George,10, and dog Winston.

ACT mum faces $10k-a-month cost for having 'the wrong cancer'

Derailment delays trains on Sydney-Melbourne line near ACT

Canberra P-plater speeds 140km/h in 90km/h zone

Rottweiler Koda and malamute Tikaani were both found dead after a suspected baiting in Kaleen.

'They were already gone, cold': more dogs baited in ACT suburbs

Two sites in Moncrieff sold for a total of $8.14 million on Wednesday. February 22, 2017.

Here's where new land will be released in the ACT in the next year

Queen's Birthday honours recipient Dianne Firth.

A quintessential Canberran: Dianne Firth honoured

Chief Defence Scientist Dr Alex Zelinsky is now an officer of the Order of Australia.

ACT entrepreneur doesn't want this to be his last achievement

A 55-year-old Queensland man is in hospital after being charged by a bull.

Man in hospital after being flung into air by bull

QLD

Dean McGlinchey in 2014.

Ex-rugby player accused of trying to kidnap woman

NSW
1 hr ago

The man made it across Toodyay Road before panicking and ditching the painting.

Brazen art theft in Swan Valley caught on CCTV

UPDATED

Damage at Amaroo Sporting fields believed to be caused by a stolen bobcat on Saturday night.

Stolen bobcat tears up Canberra sporting field

UPDATED

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce in full flight during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra.

Barnaby's Armidale move driven by 'political self-interest'

Public service managers say they fear false bullying claims.

APS managers powerless against false bullying claims

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'

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the campaign trail in 2016.

PM may be forced to call election after just two years of governing

Heath Aston
1 hr ago

Lawyers condemn Dutton 'power grab' on citizenship

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

New coal tech would gain approval under CET, says Finkel

Mark Kenny

Treasurer Scott Morrison's efforts to distinguish "good debt" from "bad debt" in the lead-up to the budget appear to ...

No tax revolt as Australians happy with what they pay

EXCLUSIVE
1 min ago

Antony Green is the face of elections in Australia.

ABC election analyst Antony Green is now a national treasure

Five-year-old Mohannad Ali lies on a hospital bed in Abs, Yemen, in December. His two-year-old cousin died of hunger.

The humanitarian catastrophe Australians know nothing about

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

Peter Dutton seeks stronger powers over citizenship decisions

Desert energy - lithium evaporation pools on the salt lakes of Bolivia.

Lithium powers the world at a terrible price

Bostjan Videmsek

US President Donald Trump's Washington hotel is illuminated with projected messages by Robin Bell, an artist and filmmaker.

Key A-Gs to sue Trump over foreign payments

A new battleground: Facebook

Philippine Islamic extremists open second front on Facebook

Lindsay Murdoch

Donald Trump is dogged by the "Russian thing".

For Donald Trump, this 'Russia thing' is a real problem

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

On most issues, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is putting his electoral ambitions ahead of the nation's interest in good ...

Labor's professed preference for policy purity is phoney

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

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Wage rises are good for us. Really.

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Chief scientist Alan Finkel recommends a CET be adopted after 2020 to ensure a stable transition towards cleaner energy ...

The truth behind Finkel's power play and your bills

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Australian workers missing out.

Wage woe: Workers share of GDP hits record low

Anna Patty
1 hr ago

Britain's Kate Duchess of Cambridge arrives for the premiere of the film "A Street Cat Named Bob", event in aid of her ...

David Jones scores win in the store wars

Melissa Singer

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Sydney-centric: Ad types hit the road to find out about Australia

Lucy Battersby

Ardent Leisure chief executive Deborah Thomas, a week after the accident at Dreamworld that killed four people.

Deborah Thomas to exit with $731,000 payout

Colin Kruger, CBD
28 mins ago

Is Coles strategic or desperate?

ANALYSIS
Madeleine Heffernan

Westpac hits back at ASIC responsible lending claim

Clancy Yeates

Tougher ID requirements under spotlight

Anna Patty

Same-sex marriage issue pays off for Qantas, says Joyce

Miriam Steffens and Patrick Hatch

Bath

Selling your home? This colour bathroom adds the most value

1 hr ago

Tara Dennis is a Better Homes and Gardens presenter.

Better Homes' Tara Dennis didn't always have a 'perfect' house

Popular fresh food markets for sale with units on cards

The clearance rate dropped over the weekend.

Auction clearance rate drops as long weekend distracts buyers, sellers

Andrew Wilson

Lisa and Josefine from Scandilove Gift Co.

Stylists answer the questions you've always wanted to ask

Two-tone watches are tied to old school alpha-male sex appeal.

The new watch trend that comes with 'alpha male sex appeal'

Watches

The actor Jonah Hill is one of the celebrity practitioners of the black-socks-and-shorts trend.

The ugly style fail that became menswear's hottest fad

"If you're sitting on some bad apples you might as well bring forward the realisation of a loss to offset any gains."

Ten things you're doing wrong at tax time

Katrina Haskew

Renting to a relative is one way to avoid the ups and downs of the rental market.

Nicole helps … get the best loan for an investment

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Grace Mazur came across Thermomix on a visit to an old school friend's house in Poland.

Cracks in the $60 million cult of Thermomix

Cara Waters

Josh Mihan is the owner of The Bearded Man. His business sees 2000 customers a year.

Behind the barber shop renaissance

Elissa Doherty

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Rafael Nadal: Roland Garros by the years

Crash in Switzerland.

Richard Hammond of Top Gear in dramatic crash

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Trump denies obstruction, calls Comey 'a leaker'

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Carlton pip Giants by slimmest of margins

Brumbies in the hogh grasslands near Kiandra in the Snowy Mountains.

Snowy Mountains Brumbies

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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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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Ben Platt and the cast of Dear Evan Hansen perform at the Tony Awards.

How the Tony Awards dictate our live entertainment diet

ANALYSIS
Nathanael Cooper
1 hr ago

Actress Rowena Wallace.

Embattled Rowena Wallace hopes crowdfunding will relaunch career

Broede Carmody

Kevin Spacey performs at the 71st annual Tony Awards.

Blanchett, Minchin miss out on awards at Spacey's Tonys

Broede Carmody

Katy Perry at an event.

Katy Perry undertakes bizarre livestream of her life

Joey Pucino

In Conversation with Ben Mendelsohn ? Ben Mendelsohn talk at Sydney Film Festival

'One day you'll be in Star Wars': Ben's renaissance

Garry Maddox

Dylan Voller explains his actions and apologises to his victims on 60 Minutes.

Voller tells how he felt he was 'going mad' in detention

Aja Styles

"I was thinking for a moment that I wasn't going to make it": Candice Hedge.

'Like a horror movie': Aussie describes London attack

Cameron Mee

House Rules judge Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen was out for blood.

House Rules elimination almost ends in burning at the stake

COMMENT
Aja Styles

Lucy's performance of 'Wrecking Ball' on Sunday June 4.

Lucy's down to the 'The Voice' final 10

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

A powerful man's mistake is his own, while a powerful woman's mistake "hurts all women" according to this ...

No, Theresa May's failures have not 'set women back decades'

COMMENT
Naomi Chainey
1 hr ago

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and their son Barron Trump walk from Marine One across the South Lawn ...

Melania and Barron Trump finally join Donald in the White House

Travis M. Andrews
1 hr ago

A$AP Rocky works 'gorpcore' at fashion week earlier this year.

Polar fleece is having a fashion moment

Annie Brown

'Is the heartbeat going to be there?' Pregnant Megan Gale opens up on miscarriage trauma.

'Is the heartbeat going to be there?' Gale's miscarriage trauma

Amy Croffey

My question to all the men who insist they do in fact want workplace flexibility: What are you doing about it?

How men can fight for workplace flexibility (if they really want it)

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

About one in three nominees for Order of Australia honours is a woman.

Australian honours: time to ditch the men at the top

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Alexandra Shulman with Kate Moss. Moss has appeared on 27 covers under Shulman's reign at Vogue.

UK Vogue departing editor Alexandra Shulman: 'women can't have it all'

Celia Walden

Tina Fey arrives at the 71st annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall.

It was all about frills and feathers on the Tony Awards red carpet

Working out at night is not bad.

Night owls, rejoice: A late workout shouldn't hinder your sleep

Carolee Belkin Walker

Addictive or just enjoyable?

Cheese: is it addictive? This doctor thinks so

Paula Goodyer

Competitive runner Dylan McCuaig-Walton tried minimalist running shoes for a while.

Minimalist shoes may be able to make you run a lot faster

Sarah Berry

Neil Perry's broad bean falafels with mint labna.

Our favourite falafel recipes and hotspots for Falafel Day

Right first dine: Scrambled eggs on toasted wholegrain bread.

Chefs tell: How they tweak their scrambled eggs to perfection

Pete Evans' shepherd's pie. <b>Styling:</b> Deb Kaloper. <b>Photos:</b> Mark Roper.

Weekly meal planner (starring paleo shepard's pie)

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

Airbus may add extended wings to its A380 superjumbo, the world's biggest passenger aircraft.

Supersize superjumbo: World's biggest plane could get even bigger

Fiij Airways business class has just eight seats.

Flight test: No seatback TV in business class? But don't panic

Nina Karnikowski

The debate over seat reclining etiquette continues.

Traveller letters: This is why airlines should ban reclining seats

The Xbox One X is being touted by Microsoft as the most powerful console ever created.

Microsoft announces the Xbox One X

You can usually bypass a VPN block when it's compromising your security.

Beating a VPN block when it puts you at risk

COMMENT

The app lets Powerwall owners monitor their home energy system from afar.

Tesla will drop power bill to $0, says owner

Minecraft will now run a bit more like a service or social media platform than a traditional game.

New Minecraft makes game more accessible

E3 2017

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

2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super.

Alfa Romeo's C-Class rival tested

Stephen Ottley

There are a few trick to stretch out your trips to the bowser.

Fuel saving tricks: Fact or fiction?

Alessandra Melville

The Queen is reportedly a fan of the Netflix drama.

Top 5: Cars fit for The Queen

Stephen Ottley

2017 BMW 530e.

First Drive: BMW's 530e plug-in hybrid

Andrew MacLean

Tesla has played a huge role in shifting perceptions of electric cars.

Why Australians shun electric cars

David McCowen

2017 Renault Clio.

New Renault Clio reviewed

Andrew MacLean

BATHURST, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 10: Nick Cotric of the Raiders looks dejected after defeat during the round 14 NRL match ...

CT sport podcast: Raiders' season unravels in 80 seconds

Podcast
17 mins ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 12: Marcelo Montoya of the Bulldogs celebrates with his team mates after scoring a try during ...

Dogs ease pressure on Hasler with vital win over Dragons

1 min ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 17: A dejected Billy Slater of Queensland walks from the ground after game two of the State ...

Desperate Maroons axe seven for Origin II

UPDATED

Melbourne's Nathan Jones breaks free of a tackle by Taylor Adams.

Queen's Birthday footy: Demons win a thriller over Magpies

Live
1 hr ago

Spain's Rafael Nadal wins the French Open.

Nadal demolishes Wawrinka to win 10th French Open title

Dejected Raiders skipper Jarrod Croker shows his frustration after the Panthers' last-minute win.

Error-riddled Raiders can still make the finals, says Lazarus

Big loss: Anthony Milford leaves the field.

Milford avoids surgery but faces stint on the sidelines

The Boomers want to head to Canberra with home town hero Patty Mills but the move depends on the future of the AIS.

Boomers' Canberra game hinges on AIS Arena future