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Sevag Chalabian has quietly quit the legal profession.

ATO scandal claims first scalp as lawyer quietly quits

EXCLUSIVE

On board the AirAsia flight.

A midair boom - then 90 terrifying minutes as plane shook

49 mins ago

Cory Bernardi

Cory Bernardi lures another MP to his political party

EXCLUSIVE

The point-to-point cameras on Athllon Drive.

Speed camera on major Canberra road is out of date after just 4 years

Kaufland is believed to need at least 15 to 20 stores to make its Australian investment viable .

The new Aldi? German discount chain buys Australian land

"Only someone who is very committed to early education would choose to work there for less money and longer hours than a ...

The teachers paid less than carpenters

Canberra pubs now want the chance to install poker machines

Blackmail fears as Westminster hit by hacking attack

Meet the people who work only a few months a year

Politics need some weight, not Labor-lite or Liberal-lite

COMMENT
Jack Waterford

US man shocked after call from his 'dead' son

Tim Allerton, in his Sydney office. 14th June 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

'Once you're in, it's very hard to get out': The retirement racket

52 mins ago

The Socceroos celebrate James Troisi's first-half goal.

Jubilation turns to heartbreak for the Socceroos

Daniel Ricciardo on the podium for Red Bull Racing after winning the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix at Baku City ...

Ricciardo storms home with incredible win in Azerbaijan GP

1 hr ago

Woman

I discovered my partner was paying for sex

Girlboss has been axed on Netflix.

Another Netflix original bites the dust after one season

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The pollies refusing to evolve

DO NOT USE HUFFPOST Senior people having fun at a party

How to plan and celebrate your birthday as a grown up

A piece of icy, frozen beef on a cutting board with a knife tip barely sticking in it.

Forgot to defrost? How to cook the perfect steak straight from the freezer

8@eight: Flat start to the week for ASX

7:45AM

Socceroos better against Chile, but can't prevent ...

7:33AM

Johnny Depp's legal battle takes dark turn

7:37AM

Kylie and James Wiggins celebrate the first birthday of their son Dolton with family and friends.

Canberra Now: Miracle baby Dolton turns one

1 hr ago

Grave concerns over Woden cemetery expansion

Prayer, celebrations mark end of Ramadan

The Harmonie German Club's Erika Merkel organising items that will be sold at this weekend's German Winter Markets.

Harmonie German Club posts record profit

The new role will come under Andrew Barr's directorate.

New Treasury role to work on industrial relations

Griffith Butcher's Mike, Richard and Tim Odell whose bacon has won in the Australian Bacon Awards.

Proof that Canberra really is the nation's bacon capital

Members of Canberra's refugee, immigrant and asylum seeker community take part in the Refugee Week World Cup in ...

'There's no barrier when you're playing soccer'

Jim Dodrill in the PA Hospital Emergency Room after the attack on Sunday.

Anti-corruption campaigner 'hit with bars' in attack

EXCLUSIVE

Canberra Greyhound Racing Club chairman Alan Tutt, three-year-old greyhound fan Kree Gibbs, with retired greyhound ...

Greyhound race ban 'won't force surge in rehoming'

Police are investigating the mysterious death of a man on the Central Coast.

Mystery surrounds the death of man Jayden Mason, 21

NSW
30 mins ago

In WA, fishermen can only pull pots registered in their name- they can't do it for a friend.

Lobster fisherman fined, banned for stealing pots

WA

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

Alan Tudge, Michael Sukkar and Greg Hunt could be charged with contempt of court.

'I don't see how PM can keep them on': Call for trio's axing

Adam Gartrell

Liberal MPs defend tough citizenship test

Greens tensions boil over with spectacular attack on Rhiannon

Senator Chris Back and Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham during debate on the Australian Education ...

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

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 19 June 2017. fedpol ...

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

Rescuers with search dogs near the site of the Xinmo landslide in south-western China's Sichuan Province.

More than 100 still feared buried in China landslide

Eyewitnesses said about 30 motorcycles that had carried villagers to the accident site lay in charred ruins nearby.

Pakistan oil tanker fire kills scores

Arnold Schwarzenegger attends a photocall for Wonders of the Sea 3D at the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival.

Arnie and Macron team up to 'make planet great again'

Under pressure: Nevada senator Dean Heller, left, says he cannot support the Republicans' Senate bill in its current form.

Nevada senator in eye of storm over Trumpcare

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

Free market faithful should support gender quotas too

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

David Pope

The latest cartoons from David Pope

President Donald Trump: perhaps Australia should distance itself from USA.

Change doesn't have to lead to war

COMMENT
David Wroe

Lachlan Murdoch (left), Bruce Gordon (centre), James Packer.

Murdoch, Gordon should be investigated over Ten: experts

Lucy Battersby

South Australia's bank tax could mark a new phase in the toxic relations between banks and government.

As bank wars escalate, shareholders are the losers

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Kaufland is believed to need at least 15 to 20 stores to make its Australian investment viable .

New Aldi? German discount chain buys Australian land

Madeleine Heffernan

Embattled CPA CEO Alex Malley.

The 'Naked CEO' who walked off with $4.9m

Colin Kruger, CBD
1 hr ago

Amazon building own grocery chain 'unlikely'

Madeleine Heffernan

Crown 19 to face Chinese court

Kirsty Needham

'Merry go round' of unpaid interns provide accounting and finance services

Anna Patty

Glencore's late bid for Rio assets

Thomas Biesheuvel and Mark Burton

Willinga Park has been recognised at the 2017 ACT Architect Awards.

City building, Terry Snow's horse park win architect awards

Autumn leaf

Canberra house prices surge over autumn

Nik Bulum in his Braddon store Unit Concepts.

How Nik Bulum has created one of Australia's hippest streets

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

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

Jordan Murdock runs a drone photography business.

Keen teens: how to start a business while still in your teens

Christine D'Mello

AFR. Life and Leisure. Henty founders, Jeremy Grey and Jon Gourlay for clever packing story by Georgina Safe .

Why I won't bother crowdfunding again

Nina Hendy

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Mad moves from massive monkey

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Johnny Depp jokes about killing Trump

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'Date Doctor' runs for Victorian Liberal preselection

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Canadian sniper breaks record for long distance kill

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

better call saul stan

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

twin peaks stan

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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The participants on SBS's new doco series Filthy Rich and Homeless.

The famous five swap privilege for life on the street

Kylie Northover

Johnny Depp is "extremely volatile", according to court documents.

Johnny Depp's legal battle takes dark turn

Broede Carmody
13 mins ago

Girlboss has been axed on Netflix.

Netflix has cancelled another show after one season

Aja Styles

Parkin says it will be tough being out of contact with his family during filming.

Survivor superfan tests his skills in Australian reality

Toby Crockford

Chris Evans arrives for the UK film premiere of "Captain America: Civil War".

Why Chris Evans wanted Captain America to fail

Robbie Collin

Johnny Depp with one of his Yorkshire terriers illegally brought to Australia.

Depp 'fully aware' of breaking Australian quarantine: court

Aja Styles

Jarli catches up on the news.

Cleverman verdict: Better second time, but that fur!

Karl Quinn

Johnny Depp has said sorry after joking in Britain about assassinating President Trump.

'You're fired': Trump Jr calls on Disney to sack Johnny Depp

Lucy Sugerman will perform in the grand final of 'The Voice' next Sunday.

Lucy through to 'The Voice' grand final

Every room at The Little National has a super king bed which sits next to a floor to ceiling window.

We tried... The Forage staycation at Little National Hotel

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

New Zealand superstar Lorde announces a November tour of outdoor shows while Harry Styles adds arena shows in 2018.

Shaming young women who fail to be perfect is now a sport

COMMENT
Natalie Reilly

I figured people like me were not supposed to be in love or get married. Then I met Kevin.

I thought that being transgender meant I would never find love

Alic Custer-Shook

Yoga is the fastest-growing fitness activity in Australia.

'I made a difference '- what it's really like to quit your job to teach yoga

Sarah Berry

Carly Findlay, a Melbourne author and disability activist, says she's received two anonymous death threats online in the ...

'We can't do anything' - how trolls get away with it

Jenny Noyes

How do you come to terms with knowing the love of your life is addicted to seeing sex workers?

I discovered my partner was paying for sex

Armani jacket, $6300. Tome
blouse, $780. Emporio Armani skirt, $1100.

Marta Dusseldorp's fight for better representation

Cosima Marriner

Hollywood actor Rebel Wilson has been praised by stars happy to take cheques for stories in the magazine she sued.

'So brave, so much integrity': celebrities congratulate Rebel

Andrew Hornery

Being "spiritual" is all the rage, which can only be for the greater good – but not when our quest for wholeness is ...

Why I ditched my frantic pursuit of enlightenment

Jacinta Tynan

Thin and crispy choc-chip bikkies.

Thin, crisp choc-chip bikkies

Dan Lepard

Magic: Adam Liaw's bitter caramel and cocoa custard layer cake.

Weekly meal planner - end June

Fresh produce on offer at various Farmer's Markets

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

Elizabeth Clarke

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

Young tourists take a group selfie in Parliament Square.

I'd be lying if I said I felt safe visiting London right now

Aussies in London
Annie Dang

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

Solar flares are among the most powerful forces in the cosmos.

Decoding mystery of Sun's plasma eruptions

Mario + Rabbids

Mario shooter shouldn't work, but it does

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

Overlearning the lesson of Steve Jobs' first fall at Apple, Silicon Valley's investors created a culture where founders ...

Secret history of iPhone: 5 things you didn't know

Gizmodo
57 mins ago

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

The best tools for escaping WiFi hell

COMMENT

2013 Mercedes-Benz A200.

Should you buy a used Mercedes A-Class?

David Morley

2017 Ford Transit Custom automatic.

New Ford Transit Custom reviewed

Drive Staff

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

Why Australian innovation is driving hydrogen cars

David McCowen

Mazda

Feature: Mazda3 and 323 over the years

David McCowen

Kia's Picanto hatch offers value motoring.

The new kia Picanto might be the ideal first car

Stephen Ottley

2017 Toyota Yaris ZR 2017 Toyota Yaris

Toyota on track for best month yet

Stephen Ottley

The Socceroos celebrate James Troisi's first-half goal.

Jubilation turns to heartbreak for the Socceroos

Daniel Ricciardo on the podium for Red Bull Racing after winning the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix at Baku City ...

Ricciardo storms home to win Azerbaijan Grand Prix

1 hr ago

ACT Brumbies flyhalf Christian Lealiifano made his return in Singapore on Thursday, 10 months after being diagnosed with ...

CT sport podcast: Lealiifano returns but when will the Raiders?

Podcast

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart admits it doesn't get an easier going forward.

Stuart admits it doesn't get easier for Green Machine

Flying high: Matt Wright dives to score in the corner.

Out with JT, in with DCE? Manly half orchestrates Sharks upset

Ambition: Wallabies head coach Michael Cheika is backing his players to beat the All Blacks.

Cheika adamant Wallabies can beat All Blacks

Gungahlin Bulls co-coach Lincoln Withers.

Bulls' hangover helps Bushies to win

Demons' Tom Highmore gets the better of Suns' Tom Nicholls in a marking contest.

NEAFL: Canberra cop spray and thumping against GC Suns