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Firefighters tackle the building after a huge fire engulfed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in Latimer Road, West London.

Tower tenants told to 'stay-put' in case of building fire

Nick Miller
19 mins ago

Grenfell Tower in London is well alight on Wednesday morning.

Woman seen holding baby out of burning London tower block

ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt.

ANU refuses to reveal vice-chancellor's pay

1 hr ago

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton took aim at Slater and Gordon over the class action.

Peter Dutton blasts 'ambulance-chasing law firm' after $70m payout

1 hr ago

Senator Richard DiNatale is seeking access to intelligence committee hearings.

Greens ramp up pressure for federal corruption probe

EXCLUSIVE
1 hr ago

Lachlan Murdoch (left) holds 7.5 per cent of Ten. James Packer is understood to be keen to sell his 7.7 per cent stake.

Billionaires flush $1b down the toilet as Ten collaspes

Frustrated Turnbull calls for end to war with veiled swipe at Abbott

'They said it was fine': Fire crew checked tower days ago, resident says

29 mins ago

'All bigots must die': Safe School opponents facing threats

1 hr ago

Police release image of suspected Andrew Bolt attacker

An open letter to Mia Freedman: 'How dare you shame women'

COMMENT

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 14: Fire still burns and smoke rises from the building after a huge fire engulfed the 24 story ...

'I've never seen anything of this scale': Fire boss confirms multiple deaths

Live
1 hr ago

Popular Ten programs such as The Project will continue unchanged. For now.

What does Ten's crisis mean for viewers?

ANALYSIS
10 mins ago

Tense time: The French stare down New Zealand team as they perform the haka.

France responds to haka with epic 80-second staredown

Mocan and Green Grout in New Acton.

Canberra is not the 'cool capital' – even if we really want it to be

COMMENT

JK Rowling has expressed upset about language used to describe UK Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May.

Rowling to the rescue after Trump blocks Stephen King on Twitter

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Who needs roads when you have a flying car?

Trying to buy online is more hassle that it's worth.

Why it's time to pull the plug on online shopping

Mixed racial group of friends taking a selfie at the beach on their phone

Look at what I'm doing (I'm sure it's better than what you're doing)

Apartments in another Gungahlin building sold ...

7:07PM

Fifita has every right to ask for $1 million

6:51PM

Actress Anita Pallenberg dies at 73

6:45PM

Geoff Phillips, Amy Duggan and Hannah McEwan present the Canberra bulletin of WIN News.

'Business as usual' for WIN Canberra amid Ten collapse

1 hr ago

ACT health minister to lobby federal counterparts on PBS failures

54 mins ago

Police renew calls for witnesses to January Mooseheads assault

1 hr ago

Police are searching for this man who was caught using a stolen credit card at a Calwell service station.

Canberra cops chase Coombs credit card con

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

All three indecent assualts happened around Yerrabi Ponds in Gungahlin

'Unkept' man sought over Gungahlin indecent assaults

Ben Freeman and Joe Pascall. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos

Think it's cold? Spare a thought for these Canberra teens

An express passenger train, similar to this one, has hit a car, killing the female driver.

Train crashes into car, killing woman at crossing

NSW

Aussies are being warned about cold-call fraudsters

Five charged over alleged $30 million cold call scam

QLD

A teenager received a suspended sentence of imprisonment for his role in an extortion ring that targeted users of the ...

Teen avoids detention for role in extortion ring

Alfaxan is a steroid and anasthetic for animals.

Burglars target veterinary clinics to steal drugs

WA

Female workers are at a disadvantage from the first rung of their career ladder, the study shows.

The grades where pay is increasing most in the APS

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

ACT Labor senator Katy Gallagher supports overturning the Andrews Bill

Questions over public service role in roadshow program

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says "enough is enough" on the ideological debates over climate change.

PM under climate pressure as Abbott makes demands

James Massola
1 hr ago

Greens ratchet up pressure on major parties for corruption probe

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny
1 hr ago

Dutton blasts 'ambulance-chasing law firm' after $90m Manus Island settlement

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has blamed Labor for the payout.

Despite what Dutton says, the Manus Island payout is momentous

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Planet Earth as viewed from space.

Remember the ozone hole? Today's coal apologists don't

Tony Wright

Senator Pauline Hanson has no special sympathy for Channel Ten.

Channel Ten collapse: senators urged to change media laws

Eryk Bagshaw

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull wants an end to the ideological wars over climate change policy.

PM blasts 'glib' slogans, calls for national climate plan

James Massola

Tourist attractions on the shores of Erhai Lake in Yunnan province have been shut down in order to control pollution.

China scores a win in fight against lake pollution

Kirsty Needham

British Prime Minister Theresa May

May's Northern Irish deal hits a Major snag

Nick Miller

Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the hearing.

Sessions' stonewalling creates more problems for Trump

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

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

Davis-Charles paid for birth certificates, court hears

UPDATED

News flash: Australia doesn't think Lonsdale Street is that amazing.

Canberra isn't the 'cool capital' – even if we want it to be

COMMENT
Jorian Gardner

David Pope

The latest cartoons from David Pope

1 hr ago

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

It's a dark for Channel Ten as the network announces it is entering voluntary administration.

The secret deal that sealed Ten's fate

Lucy Battersby
21 mins ago

Ten needed a new $250 million loan, but its billionaire shareholders moved away from backing it.

Is Ten putting up the white flag part of a bigger plan?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Citi has lifted its target price for the Tasmanian-based company's stock to $5.75, a jump of 34 per cent.

Bellamy's capital raising welcomed

Darren Gray

The big banks have tightened home lending standards in recent years, and there could be more to come.

Aussie banks still more generous than their global peers

Clancy Yeates

ASX surges as investors beat super deadline

Myriam Robin

Markets Live: ASX blows past 5800

'Peace out': Ten stars tell viewers to stick with them

Cuts needed to keep Telstra 'great' says CEO

Nick Toscano

The shopping centre will include a 1000-square-metre supermarket.

'Like no other shops': Denman Prospect village design revealed

Some real estate agents are seeing Chinese property investors turning their backs on Australia.

Are Chinese investors beginning to turn their back on Australia?

Homewares are as personal as clothes. They must be the perfect fit.

Thinking of gifting homewares? It's the ultimate faux pas

Robots can't feed toddlers or break up disputes among cranky four year olds.

North and south: Two more childcare centres slated for Canberra

There are pros and cons to an open-plan room for the kitchen, dining and living areas.

'I live in an echo chamber': Open-plan living is driving me mad

COMMENT

Trying to buy online is more hassle that it's worth.

Cart empty: Why it's time to pull the plug on online shopping

Luxury

The new uniform of cream and azure blue.

The menswear trend that will have you hitting the bench press

Men's Style

Gabriella Munoz will travel to Mexico to try to find her biological family, along with husband Cesar Albarran-Torres, ...

'I'm spending my inheritance trying to find my birth family'

Gabriella Munoz

There is no reset of the cost base once you move into a property that originally started out as a rental.

What's the capital gains tax on a rental property turned home?

Noel Whittaker

Prue Houston training a client.

Why this woman traded in the 'mumpreneur' dream

Alexandra Cain

A gaming console could be on the shopping list for your business this month.

Six surprising items to claim at tax time

Nina Hendy

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Huge fire engulfs London apartment block

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Jeff Sessions: what he did and didn't answer

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Network Ten placed into voluntary administration

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'Let us come together': Theresa May

Refugees and migrants wait to disembark the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) Phoenix vessel after arriving at Reggio ...

World of Photos - June 14, 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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Popular Ten programs such as The Project will continue unchanged. For now.

What does Ten's crisis mean for viewers?

ANALYSIS
Michael Lallo
10 mins ago

Anita Pallenberg walks the runway at the Pam Hogg show at Fashion Scout during London Fashion Week Spring/Summer ...

Actress and Rolling Stones muse Anita Pallenberg dies at 73

37 mins ago

Broad City will bleep out the US President's name in season four.

Broad City to bleep out Trump's name: 'No airtime for this orange'

Broede Carmody

Justin Bieber Justin Bieber has admitted he doesn't know the lyrics to Spanish-language smash hit Despacito.

'I don't even know it': Bieber doesn't know his own song

Broede Carmody

Jungle stars Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi Ghinsberg, a young Israeli who becomes lost in the Amazon.

MIFF kicks off with Harry Potter lost in Jungle

Karl Quinn

Steve Harvey doesn't know what a "caaaaah" is.

Crikey! What's that you said, Robert?

Rob Moran

Queen and Adam Lambert will tour Australia in February and March next year.

Queen and Adam Lambert are coming, with more than hits

Sarah Thomas

So close and yet so far: Bryan Zhu's smile will not fill MasterChef's kitchen again despite his mastering food.

Damn, we almost welcomed back Bryan to MasterChef

Aja Styles

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?

Ben Freeman and Joe Pascall in the chilly waters of the unheated Phillip pool. It was down to 14 degrees in the water ...

The teenagers who love a winter dip in an unheated, outdoors pool

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

A wellbeing masterclass with Tim Robards? Yes please.

Warning: Former editor Mia Freedman.

Mamamia's treatment of Roxane Gay was cruel, but not unusual

COMMENT
Maeve Marsden
1 hr ago

Watch out Kylie, Kim Kardashian is launching a make-up line

Nicole Economos

The then-teenage MacColl moved from Brisbane to Melbourne to see through the pregnancy. 'My teacher and her husband had ...

The insulting advice that pregnant women don't need to hear

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Spreading misinformation: Freelee 'the banana girl'.

Medieval medical advice, or 21st century wellness tip?

Clem Bastow

Oprah Winfrey said she previously thought she lacked the experience to be president.

Five women who should run for office now that Oprah is out

Emily Heil

Valerie Taylor with Madison Stewart.

This Australian movie will shake our convenience lifestyle

Clare Press

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

'Cruel and humiliating': Roxane Gay on Mamamia debacle

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

Watermelon water: super?

Watermelon water: 'super' water or 'super' joke?

Sarah Berry

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

Fructose is not the worst type of sugar

Sarah Berry

Alicia Penhorwood no longer spends hours ruminating over the same problems.

There is an upside to worry

Evelyn Lewin

'Without butter, everything is boring': Marco Pierre White.

Marco Pierre White: "Why I gave back my three Michelin stars"

Speedy spaghetti with prawns.

Light comfort food: Spaghetti with prawns and lemon pepper butter

Adam Liaw

Roast cabbage with porcini and caramelised onion butter.

Cabbage gets an amazing flavour makeover with this roast dish

Adam Liaw

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

The most mysterious Whitehouse tweet since covfefe

Sexy Chest one-piece suit in pink, dark or tan. Plus others in the one-piece range.

Swimsuit promises to give women the 'dad bod' they never wanted

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

China Eastern Airlines: Not the worst, but plenty to be annoyed about.

China Eastern and the world's worst airline experiences

Ben Groundwater

The train from Jungfraujoch station on the move to Kleine Scheidegg.

The world's most beautiful country to see by train

Steve McKenna

OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 11: Festival goers enjoy Day 4 of Wilderness Festival at Cornbury Park on August 11, ...

Bucket list: Nine festivals you need to get to, at least once in your life

Katrina Lobley

Genuine Lepin Star Wart blocks on sale at Shanghai's famed fake markets.

Geek Pilgrimage: Shanghai fake markets

COMMENT

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

Ubisoft confirms Mario, Beyond Good and Evil 2

Super Mario Odyssey worlds feature a range of different graphical styles, but all will feature creatures and objects for ...

The best 5 things Nintendo just announced at E3

foxtel

Foxtel targets 17 more pirate sites in Australia

Lifehacker

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

PlayStation showcase is all games at E3

2018 Range Rover Evoque with Si4 Ingenium petrol engine.

New power for Land Rover

Stephen Ottley

Next Generation Honda Accord will ditch its naturally aspirated engines.

Details: New Honda Accord

Drive Staff

Hyundai plans SUV expansion

Toby Hagon

2017 Toyota Prado Altitude.

New Toyota Prado Altitude reviewed

Andrew MacLean

2018 Holden Astra Sportwagon.

Holden Astra wagon coming to Oz

Dom Tripolone

BMW 6er Gran Tourismo, 640i xDrive, Mineralwei?, M Sportpaket 2018 BMW 6-Series Gran Turismo.

New BMW 6-Series GT revealed

Greg Kable

Canberra Gunners recruit Roy Booker.

Rifles, gangs and basketball: Gunners' recruit's story

Newcastle signing Nikolai Topor-Stanley will use his experience of working with Wanderers coach Tony Popovic to help his ...

Canberra's Topor-Stanley returns to the A-League

Steve Roach urges the Canberra Raiders to continue to be flamboyant.

Raiders don't go into your shell: Roach

1 hr ago

Raiders centre Brent Naden will miss one game due to biting.

Naden bites off a week

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland.

Pay dispute could have an effect on BBL in Canberra

1 hr ago

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 31: Josh Papalii of the Maroons in action during game one of the State Of Origin series ...

Billy Moore says Papalii has a 'critical' role to play

Tense time: The French stare down New Zealand team as they perform the haka.

France's epic 80-second staredown of haka

No curfews: Blues coach Laurie Daley won't make the casino off-limits to his players.

Why Laurie Daley fears the selection of Maroons 'nobody'