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A likely new ADF pay deal will leave civilian Defence employees far behind.

Army's new pay deal to leave public service far behind

The Coalition will hold a special meeting on climate change policy on Tuesday.

Tensions erupt in marathon meeting as MPs confront Turnbull

15 mins ago

All guns blazing: Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie.

Armidale move will fix the APVMA, according to Nationals

Donald Trump

Bid to save Trump tweets as judges use one against him

ANALYSIS

Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial.

Bill Cosby trial shocker: Defence rests after just six minutes

Maged Al-Harazi has been found guilty of murdering his wife Sabah Al-Mdwali in March 2015.

Canberra family spits, swears at killer during court session

Australia's next generation fighter jets starve pilots of oxygen

15yo in extortion ring used his photo to attract men on Grindr

Senate gangs up on government to loosen cannabis rules

AOC media boss apologises after intimidating phone call

Why Albanese is a winner in the UK election result

COMMENT

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is in a must-win situation with Tony Abbott on climate policy.

PM can not afford misstep in dicey dance with Abbott

ANALYSIS

Mia Freedman's podcast has come under fire.

Mia Freedman in hot water for 'humiliating' remarks about guest

Former star of 'The Bachelor' Tim Robards is heading to Canberra for a wellbeing masterclass.

What can this ex-Bachelor teach Canberrans about wellness?

49 mins ago

Tomi Juric, Aziz Behich and Aaron Mooy congratulate Tom Rogic after he scored the winner in the 2018 FIFA World Cup ...

Brazil scores in first 12 seconds against Socceroos at MCG

Live
1 hr ago

Elle Macpherson and husband Jeffrey Soffer in May 2015.

'Definitely over': Elle Macpherson 'splits' from husband

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Beer truck crashes into M4 bridge

Bare feet standing on bathroom scales on a wooden floor after removing clothes

Are scales the best way to monitor our weight?

Bread

The best (and worst) supermarket breads on the shelf

Thurston says Sydney win could be Mission ...

8:27PM

Smith says Maroons must rise to new benchmark

8:16PM

AFL mid-year report card: Lethal attack has Crows ...

8:13PM

Tanya Caltabiano wants to host Bondi Vet so she can 'educate Australians on how to care for animals'.

Could a Canberran become the next Bondi Vet?

'We don't know why': family dog stabbed to death in backyard

Ayla to headline She-Riff event for female musicians

48 mins ago

Police arrested the men outside the Cash Converters in Woden.

'Fake cop' arrested for caper at Cash Converters

1 hr ago

The Truffle Farm owner Jayson Mesman with the former Habibiz shipping container at Westside.

From Westside shipping container to life on a truffle farm

Telopea Park School in 2013.

High demand has Canberra public school bursting at the seams

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

'They didn't even steal anything': Canberra club hit by vandalism

UPDATED

Police caught up with the alleged kidnapper almost 400km from Sydney.

Teen in terrifying ordeal after alleged kidnapping

NSW

A Woodridge man has been arrested over the 2015 death of a two-year-old boy found unconscious in a Logan home.

Police arrest man over death of two-year-old boy

UPDATED

Australian Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd.

Five-point plan to get public servants to show up

Brisbane was forecast to receive about 50 millimetres of rain on Tuesday, with heavier falls expected on the Gold Coast.

Heavy rain, winds close in on south-east Queensland

QLD

A likely new ADF pay deal will leave civilian Defence employees far behind.

Army's new three-year pay deal to leave public service far behind

Australian Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd.

Five-point plan to get public servants to show up

ASIO wants the government to expand its powers to detain people for questioning without charge.

ASIO asks for expanded powers to fight terrorism

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 27: Australian Greens Leader, Dr Richard Di Natale speaks to the media at Federation Square ...

Medicinal cannabis rules loosened after Senate gangs up on government

Adam Gartrell

Federal government debt surges past half-a-trillion dollars

Eryk Bagshaw
18 mins ago

Income inequality, the new handbrake on growth

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny
14 mins ago

One of the two new Australian Joint Strike Fighters at the Avalon Airshow

Australia's next generation fighter jets starve pilots of oxygen

Adam Gartrell

Senator Pauline Hanson will pay the ABC's legal costs after dropping a case against the broadcaster.

Hanson drops case against ABC, forced to pay broadcaster's costs

17 mins ago

The Coalition will hold a special meeting on climate change policy on Tuesday.

Government to hold crunch party room meeting on climate

15 mins ago

Malcolm Turnbull joined the chorus of outrage after this week's terror attack in Brighton.

As it happened: the day in Canberra politics

Tammy Davis-Charles is in a Phnom Penh jail awaiting trial.

Nurse angrily denies Cambodia surrogacy allegations

Craig Skehan
10 mins ago

Donald Trump

Covfefe as law: Anything Trump tweets can be used against him

ANALYSIS

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

Senate opposition to Saudi arms deal grows

Residents of a Qatari-funded housing complex in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis hold a banner in Arabic reading "we ...

Israel approves move to cut electricity to Gaza Strip

Long weekends are often an opportunity to leave town as a family or just getting together with family.

Why every working week should be four days long

COMMENT
Jenna Price

David Pope

The latest cartoons from David Pope

Jeremy Corbyn attends a campaign rally with young activists in May.

British election: what a total and utter disaster

COMMENT
Jeremy Warner

Lachlan Murdoch could be caught by the two-out-of-three media rules, and James Packer has no interest in the media.

Ten Network scrambles to escape corporate undertaker

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Ansell found some support from Morgan Stanley this week, sending its shares soaring.

ASX has best day in seven months

Myriam Robin

Luke Baylis of SumoSalad

Salad days no more: SumoSalad battles Westfield

Madeleine Heffernan

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

Investors' short-term mindset 'destroying capital'

Myriam Robin

Turbulent times for RBA, but no reason to assume crash landing

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Ten in trading halt as board mulls debt options

UPDATED
Lucy Battersby

Crown's detained China staff charged with gambling offences

UPDATED

A terrace overlooks the Amalfi coast.

Inside the villa once owned by one of the richest people on Earth

The school will expand from 66 to 600 places.

School to expand from 66 pupils to 600 in Gungahlin region

Finding an affordable home can be tough but there are options for Canberra's first home buyers.

'Canberra still offers affordable options for first home buyers'

Nicola Powell

Architectural trends have inspired a resurgence of colour in home furnishings.

The bidet is back: The biggest design trends emerging in 2017

Bath

Selling your home? This colour bathroom adds the most value

The new Lexus coupe will come in a hybrid (pictured) and V8 version.

The fuel-saving $200k sports car buyers don't want

Cars

The bridge is the latest must-have detail.

Make sure your next pair of sunnies has this one feature

Accessories

Running the economy is like being a pilot in a modern aircraft: there are lots of gauges and controls.

Turbulent times for Reserve Bank, but no reason for crash landing

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Capital losses can offset capital gains.

Why June is a bloody month for under-performing stocks

Marcus Padley

Tomcar co-founder David Brim in Melbourne.

Australia's last car maker is taking their lead from Tesla

Cara Waters

Running a bed and breakfast didn't turn out to be as lucrative for this reader.

'We never got close to making the GST threshold'

Max Newnham

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Man clings to skyscraper 100m above street

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Parcel bomb explodes at South Korean university

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Network Ten in trading halt

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US basketballer Rodman expected in North Korea

In this Monday, June 5, 2017, file photo, Indians reach to get a cold drink being freely distributed on a hot summer day ...

World of Photos, June 13, 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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Sandra Sully is rumoured to host a national bulletin on Ten.

News cuts could backfire on Channel Ten

COMMENT
Michael Lallo

An artists' impression of the Sydney Modern Project, seen from north-east.

Art Gallery of NSW gets $244m for 'global museum of the future'

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls
1 hr ago

Alison Brie says she was asked to go topless during an Entourage audition.

Alison Brie told to 'take your top off' during audition

Rob Moran

Season four of The Bachelor spinoff 'Bachelor in Paradise' has been suspended indefinitely.

Bachelor spinoff's future in doubt

Broede Carmody

Taylor Swift's lazy year has seen her fall down Forbes' richest celebrities list.

Taylor Swift free-falls from top of Celebrity Rich List

Rob Moran

Monday night's Q&A focused on energy policy.

A carbon tax by any other name would smell as sweet: Q&A;

Neil McMahon

Laura Dreyfuss and Ben Platt in the Pasek and Paul musical Dear Evan Hansen at the Second Stage Theatre in New York.

The Tonys have decided what theatre Australia will be watching

ANALYSIS
Nathanael Cooper

Stop the clock: House Rules competition suspended by Cyclone Debbie.

House Rules suspended for first time ever due to cyclone

Aja Styles

Former star of 'The Bachelor' Tim Robards is heading to Canberra for a wellbeing masterclass.

A wellbeing masterclass with Tim Robards? Yes please.

49 mins ago

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

Roxane Gay described the Mamamia podcast as "a shit show".

'Cruel and humiliating': author Roxane Gay on treatment by Mamamia

Jenny Noyes

There are more and more people embracing polyamory with the enthusiasm that I reserve for napping, writes Kerri Sackville.

The rise of polyamory sure isn't convincing me to try it

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

Bella Hadid doing her bit to make tiny glasses happen.

Alert: small glasses are back in fashion, RIP your peripheral vision

Mary Ward

"The cards never lie, and they never let me lie."

I have autism and tarot cards help me make sense of the world

Madeleine Ryan

Elle Macpherson and husband Jeffrey Soffer in May 2015.

Elle Macpherson 'splits' from husband Jeff Soffer, reports

Amy Croffey

Reem Allouche, left, and Atika Latifi, from the Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia, use a sivaak, or small stick, to ...

Explainer: What Islam actually says about domestic violence

Nada Ibrahim

Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial.

Bill Cosby trial shocker: Defence rests after just 6 minutes

Serena shared a picture of her growing baby bump on Snapchat.

Hell yes to Serena's candid documentation of her pregnancy

Mary Ward

Too much sugar, regardless of the type, is a problem.

Fructose is not the worst type of sugar

Sarah Berry

Taking the first step can result in a ripple effect.

Using the 'ripple effect' to achieve health goals

Evelyn Lewin

Addictive or just enjoyable?

Cheese: is it addictive? This doctor thinks so

Paula Goodyer

Andhraiites typically eat fiery hot food, but this prawn curry packs a lot of flavours too!

Curry in a hurry: Whip up these easy curries in 30 minutes

Right first dine: Scrambled eggs on toasted wholegrain bread.

Chefs reveal how they tweak their scrambled eggs to perfection

Crispy skin barra with mint peas and brussels with bacon peas mint and brussels at Three Blue Ducks in Sydney.

Lemon butter barramundi: The trick to cooking perfect crispy skin

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Baby, it's cold outside: 6 challenges of having a winter bub

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Attention dads: why you need to read Facebook posts when your partner tags you

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Primary school excludes 10-year-old girl with her period

The new 'World Class' ship from MSC Cruises promises to be the world's biggest.

6850 passengers: New cruise giant will be world's biggest

Could Ben Groundwater been Japan's new Mr Sparkle? It's possible.

I was just being a tourist, then a local film crew showed up

Ben Groundwater

Abandoned ferris wheel in amusement park in Pripyat, Chernobyl.

Hostel opens in the most radioactive place on the planet

Hugh Morris

The upcoming PlayStation-exclusive Spider-Man game closed Sony's pre-E3 conference.

PlayStation showcase is all games at E3

Details offered in search results include price, airline, duration and stopovers.

Google targets travel market with Flights

Beyond Good and Evil 2 was finally confirmed at the event, to great applause.

Ubisoft confirms its own Mario game and Beyond Good and Evil 2

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Sprint Telco fined for pretending to be Telstra

Gizmodo

Despite Monday's fall in price, bitcoin still was up more 170 per cent so far this year.

Digital currency frenzy crashes Coinbase trade

2013 Mazda CX-5

What is the best used SUV?

Cameron McGavin

2017 Nissan Navara ST dual-cab 4x4 diesel auto.

Tradie review: New Nissan Navara

Mark Short

2018 Hyundai Kona.

Hyundai's new SUV revealed

Toby Hagon

Opel badge

Opel CEO quits amid PSA deal

Andreas Cremer

Porsche's new GT2 RS features in Forza Motorsport 7.

Revealed: Porsche's fastest 911 yet

David McCowen

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 09: Asia Pacific managing director George Biggs poses for a photo at the launch of / the ...

McLaren 720S arrives in Australia

Drive

Brumbies prop Les Makin is sticking around in Canberra.

Brumbies re-sign prop duo for 2018

Southern shift: Nate Myles.

Shock mid-season move for dumped Origin star

UPDATED

Australian cyclist Michael Mattews of Team Sunweb, Winner of the 3rd stage, a 159,3 km race from Menziken to Bern, ...

Canberra's Matthews takes leader's jersey in Switzerland

Canberra boxer David Toussaint training in the lead-up to his fight on the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn card in Brisbane on ...

Canberra's Toussaint to fight on the Pacquiao-Horn undercard

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

Sebastian Kris

Raiders young gun Sebastian Kris named for junior Blues

Canberra Olympian is Lauren Wells eyeing off $40,000 Stawell Gift cheque after winning her heat.

Canberra sprinter Wells hints at Commonwealth Games swansong

Josh Papalii could shift into Queensland's front-row for Origin II.

Raiders star Papalii to take on a big State of Origin II role