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Labor frontbencher Andrew Leigh had the highest expenses bill out of ACT's four federal MPs.

Canberra's federal MPs send $700,000 bill to taxpayers

Woden Valley Community Council president Fiona Carrick is worried about Woden Cemetery's plan to expand into public parks.

Woden residents concerned the dead may claim their living space

Andrew Brown

The current financial year has had the most prosecutions in the ACT in the past five years.

Tax Office makes record number of prosecutions in Canberra for 2016/17

Andrew Brown

ACT government announced a ban on all greyhound racing in Canberra on Friday.

Ban breaker: Bring ACT's greyhounds to Queanbeyan - Barilaro

Kimberley Le Lievre, Elliot Williams

Qatar Airways will push through with plans to begin flights to Canberra early next year.

Qatar's Canberra plans continue despite diplomatic crisis

Stephen Jeffery

Today's inner-Civic is depressingly decaying and dilapidated.

Can Wonder Woman save dreary Civic?

COMMENT
Ian Warden

Most doctors, nurses back bill on assisted death, survey shows

Malcolm Turnbull promises social media crackdown on terrorists

Bishop welcomes charges against Bali bombing architect

'She has breached our faith': Greens tensions boil over

Phone users could be $650m better off, says Vodafone

Lucy Battersby

Griffith Butcher's Mike, Richard and Tim Odell. Their butchery was named the overall winner in the 2017 Australian Bacon ...

South pork: Whichever way you slice it, this region produces the best bacon

Jil Hogan

Martha, a three-year-old Neapolitan mastiff, won the World's Ugliest Dog Contest on Friday.

Mastiff honour: Meet Martha, officially the world's ugliest dog

Mini cheer team Inferno doing a prep stunt. Molly Hensley, Dani McHugh, Charli Jeffrey, and flying is Haylee Honeyman. ...

500 cheerleaders take the floor for competition in Canberra

AFL: Ainslie v Belconnen. Photo: Sitthixay DitthavongJune 24, 2017. NRL Round 16. Canberra Raiders v Brisbane Broncos at ...

Raiders finals hopes in balance after third straight loss

One of the microbats being looked after by wildcare volunteer Denise Morgan.

Canberra region's small bats that need large amounts of care

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Mad moves by massive monkey

Bill Cosby is facing charges of sexual assault.

Cosby's team wants to educate people about sexual assault

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Statistics that put the UK 'heatwave' into perspective

'Bikie' shot and 'dumped' at hospital dies at ...

6:49AM

Man stabbed on Sydney's north shore

4:52AM

Fire risk in London flats highlights a class ...

4:18AM

It was a lively auction in Woden.

Auction Watch: Blink-and-you'll-miss-it sale in the Woden Valley

A growing number of homes in Canberra are selling for more than $1 million.

More Canberra home buyers cracking the million-dollar mark

Hassett Park at the Campbell 5 precinct, with Mount Ainslie in the background.

Why there's renewed interest in this old Canberra suburb

A childcare site in the Belconnen region has been snapped up.

More childcare on cards with Belconnen site snapped up at auction

The demolition of public housing in civic, the ABC flats (Allawah, Bega and Currong buildings).

Braddon's Allawah Flats demolished opposite Canberra Centre

A Canberra man helped police track his stolen car through his mobile phone left in the vehicle, a Canberra court has heard.

Canberra man tracks his stolen car through mobile phone in the vehicle

Booming mushroom empire on Canberra's doorstep

Land deals at Glebe Park and lake under investigation

EOS chief executive expects 100 jobs to be created to help meet demand for orders.

Queanbeyan-based weapons developer lands $170m contract

Education Minister Simon Birmingham.

Canberra private schools secure millions in Gonski funds

Greyhound racing will be banned in the ACT from June 30 2018.

ACT Labor government faces union challenge to greyhound ban

Nicky Bazley-Smith and Jeremy Thompson are worried about the government's plans to put a large pond on an old asbestos ...

ACT govt plan to build a pond at asbestos dump has locals worried

The blaze after Krste Kovacevski set fire to his ex-wife's home.

Man burned down ex-wife's home out of spite

NSW

Hunters Hill Hotel - 'a cornerstone, integral community establishment' - has been bought by Gallagher Hotel Management.

Two Sydney pubs snapped up for $65m

NSW

Logan filmmaker Mirene Igwabi's Adele has won best short film at Sydney's Film Festival.

Life in 'hood' inspires filmmaker towards Oscar

QLD

A Canberra man helped police track his stolen car through his mobile phone left in the vehicle, a Canberra court has heard.

Man tracks stolen car through mobile phone

Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has said an audit report into the pesticides authority shows the government needed to ...

Labor, union leap to defence of pesticides authority

CSIRO staff have reluctantly agreed to accept a new pay deal.

CSIRO staff narrowly approve new enterprise agreement

$880,000 man: Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Martin Parkinson.

Nation's top public servants now earning almost $880,ooo

Greens senator Lee Rhiannon is under attack from her federal Greens colleagues.

Greens tensions boil over with spectacular attack on Rhiannon

Gonski 2.0: the story of how the government got it done

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott

Turnbull promises social media crackdown to target terrorists

James Massola

Education Minister Simon Birmingham was smiling on Friday after successfully negotiating the passage of the government's ...

'It's a bit rich': state governments forced to increase school funding

Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop says a third Australian is involved in the London attacks.

Bishop welcomes charges against Bali bombing architect

Fergus Hunter

Ben Oquist, executive director of the Australia Institute.

Climate forces consolidate as coal backers rush for help

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny

The scandal that engulfed former speaker Bronwyn Bishop after she chartered a helicopter has put a dent in the total ...

Politicians' overseas travel bill slashed amid expenses crackdown

Davidson appears to be teasing police and the media by "checking in" to locations throughout Europe.

Police suspect crime syndicate helped Bali prisoners escape

Jewel Topsfield

The Houses of Parliament is investigating unauthorised attempts to access email accounts.

British parliament hit by cyber attack, reports

The landslide on Saturday morning smashed some 40 homes, where more than 100 people are feared to be buried.

More than 100 feared buried as landslide destroys Chinese village

Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

'Trump's worst nightmare': Mueller's dream team has nous

Winston Churchill is reported to have described Australian English as "the most brutal maltreatment which has ever been ...

Parliamentarians fail basic English proficiency test

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

David Pope

The latest cartoons from David Pope

Today's inner-Civic is depressingly decaying and dilapidated.

Can Wonder Woman save Civic?

COMMENT
Ian Warden

Geoff Richards

Retirement racket: How retirees sold a dream are being ripped off

Australia's highly-indebted housing market could slow in the second half of the year if banks raise their rates to pass ...

The home loan borrowers being left out to dry

ANALYSIS
Elizabeth Knight

Globalisation has exposed workers in developed nations to competition from cheaper, lower wages workers in developing ...

Workers' share of economic pie is too low: here's how to reverse it

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

James Packer's casino empire has given up on its global expansion.

'It doesn't make sense': Packer's move a risk for Crown casinos

ANALYSIS

The Naked CEO sacked, will walk away with $4.9m

'The precedent is very significant' – bank fears mounting

Clancy Yeates

$65 million deal for two Sydney pubs

Carolyn Cummins

Australia not yet ready for whistleblower bounties: ASIC

Nassim Khadem

St Agnes' XO proves how good Aussie brandy can be.

The underrated spirit you should be drinking tonight

Smart Sipping

George Clooney with the lucrative Casamigos Tequila.

Clooney's $1 billion windfall shows the true power of celebrity

Fine Drinks

Connie Munoz of Maroubra works for a PR agency for seven months, saves all her money, and then takes unpaid leave and ...

Could you work just a few months a year to make time for adventures?

Christine Long

Millennials are not eschewing property ownership for avocado breakfasts - they're turning to share investment.

Millennials are better with money than I was in my 20s

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

The impact of male unemployement affects female partners too.

Unemployment in men wreaks havoc on their female partners

James Adonis

Wei-Jien Tan and Robert Quinn are winning grants for the vital signs monitoring patch.

Prize-winning business inspired by 200 days in a hospital room

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Prince Harry claims 'nobody wants the throne'

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Socceroos and Cameroon draw in Confederations Cup

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Trump drives golf cart onto green

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Fact check: Sean Spicer saying things

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - JUNE 16: An aerial view of surfers at Mackenzies Beach on June 16, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. ...

Fairfax photos of the week - June 23, 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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Fake news? Stephen Colbert considers a run at the US presidency on Russian TV.

Colbert tells Russian TV he's mulling presidential run

Bryan Alexander

A street library in Newtown.

The little libraries spreading love and changing lives

Ali Gripper

Audrey Ormella, Aoife Brazil and Madeleine Albany celebrate the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter in Sydney.

Fans celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter

Broede Carmody

Stan TV series No activity

Netflix is safe, but Australian TV drama might not be

Karl Quinn

Johnny Depp at Glastonbury, where he made controversial remarks about Donald Trump.

'Poor taste': Depp sorry for Trump assassination joke

Stephanie Merry and Lindsey Bever

Ronny Chieng was headhunted for The Daily Show in 2015.

Ronny Chieng on The Daily Show and his comedy bout life at uni

The Good Life
Kylie Northover

Colin Fassnidge has paid tribute to his "sparring partner" Darren Simpson.

'One of the best': Celebrity chef Darren Simpson has died

Mick Molloy and Jane Kennedy will host Triple M's first national drive show.

Radio royalty join Triple M's first national drive show

Nathanael Cooper

Can you capture the best image of a Canberra icon lit up in red and white for Canada Day on July 1?

Canberra icons to be lit up red and white to celebrate Canada Day

2CC's Chris O'Brien and Phil Small will be calling their 500th Canberra Raiders game this weekend. They are in the ...

Radio duo call their 500th Raiders game

You can get your skates on in Garema Place from this weekend.

6 things to do in Canberra this weekend

Oliver Curtis after a swim at Bondi Beach on Saturday.

Oliver Curtis spends first day as a free man with family

Amy Croffey

Salim Mehajer and his sister Mary Mehajer at the Sparkle of Hope Ball, Fairfield, on April 9.

Salim Mehajer's sister raises $20k for charity as he faces fraud charges

Amy Croffey

Kate Fowler and Justin Hemmes at Sydney Fashion Week in May.

Justin Hemmes and Kate Fowler welcome second baby girl

Amy Croffey

A model wearing a design from the Les Benjamins spring/summer 2018 collection.

Turkish designer accused of misusing Indigenous art

Melissa Singer

NASA has questioned Gwyneth Paltrow's claims about her 'wellness stickers'.

NASA schools Gwyneth on 'energy sticker' claims

Lindsey Bever

Nabil Gazal and Roxy Jacenko dining at Sydney's Otto restaurant in a file picture.

Third wheel Nabil absent as Oliver and Roxy reunited

Andrew Hornery

Imagine the percentage of future 18-year-olds who will one day identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual if they grew up with ...

It's time to retire the 'born this way' argument for LGBT rights

Megan McArdle

Say yes to office appropriate tartan.

The enduring trends to add to cart/your life

Vanessa Friedman

Roast pork with braised red cabbage.

Roast pork with braised red cabbage

Neil Perry

Fresh produce on offer at various Farmer's Markets

A beginner's guide to shopping at a farmers' market

Elizabeth Clarke

Thin and crispy choc-chip bikkies.

Thin, crisp choc-chip bikkies

Dan Lepard

Some newborn babies can't handle too much commotion.

Eight things you should not do when visiting new parents

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Is it a crime to admit you love co-parenting after divorce?

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I struggled to find a connection with my baby

Despite recent bad publicity, United still has a few things to learn about customer service.

Traveller letters: United jet catches fire and then they left us stranded

SATC sponsored content for Good Food. Adelaide cocktail bars Hennessy Rooftop Bar at Mayfair Hotel

Six of Australia's most amazing places to stay are all in one state

Helen O'Neill

Spider-Men on board Jetstar Japan's first flight from Tokyo to Osaka.

Budget swingers: 40 Spider-Men invade Jetstar flight

Craig Platt

Mario + Rabbids

Mario shooter shouldn't work, but it does

A home WiFi map can help troubleshoot your flaky wireless network.

The best tools for escaping WiFi hell

COMMENT

Smartphone makers will be just like any commodity and Aitken thinks the smartphone cycle is peaking so is also cautious ...

iPhone storage not going as far as it used to? It's not just you

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OnePlus 5 is a cheap, amazing flagship killer

Kotaku

FreeviewPlus makes it much easier to find something worth watching on free-to-air television.

FreeviewPlus Catch Up TV gets a revamp

COMMENT

Mazda

Feature: Mazda3 and 323 over the years

David McCowen

Lindy Klim followed a transformation video with a debut image of her golden hued colour on Instagram, writing, ...

Star & Car: Lindy Klim, fashion model

Owen Thomson

Hyundai has big plans for its next fuel cell-powered vehicle.

Why Australian innovation is driving hydrogen cars

David McCowen

2017 Toyota Yaris ZR 2017 Toyota Yaris

Toyota on track for best month yet

Stephen Ottley

Kia's Picanto hatch offers value motoring.

The new kia Picanto might be the ideal first car

Stephen Ottley

A man walks past a Honda on display at Honda headquarters in Tokyo. Honda recalled an additional 4.89 million vehicles ...

Honda halts production after cyber attack

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AFL: Ainslie v Belconnen. Photo: Sitthixay DitthavongJune 24, 2017. NRL Round 16. Canberra Raiders v Brisbane Broncos at ...

Raiders finals hopes in balance after third straight loss

Raiders' Josh Hodgson loses the ball after being ankle tapped near the end of the first half.

All the talking points as the Raiders' season goes on the line

Fitness not up to scratch: Wallabies captain Stephen Moore said the Super Rugby coaches needed to lift the intensity of ...

Wallabies raise key fitness concerns after scrappy win

Toby Greene (left) celebrates a goal for the Giants.

Giants land knockout blows on flailing Lions to go to the top

Whites flyer Danny Matthews looking for a gap in the Vikings defence.

Tuggeranong teenager named MOM then cleans change rooms

Hawks player Ryan Turnbull.

Tuggeranong Hawks make history with father-son duo

ACT Brumbies to follow the British and Irish Lions blueprint in bid to break New Zealand hoodoo ahead of finals.

Brumbies watching British Lions blueprint to break Kiwi curse

Jacob Feilds trying to flank the Kangaroos

Campo felt Blue after first-half sin-binning