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Banks are charging customers with interest-only home loans interest rates up to 0.56 percentage points higher, RateCity ...

Property investors should expect interest rate pain

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates
54 mins ago

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Outstanding Community Spirit ??? Winner
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Hospital stays for 68 ACT kids could have been avoided

Top of the world: Jeff Horn points to the sky in celebration after being announced the winner.

Underdog Jeff Horn's victory met with global outrage

US President Donald Trump.

Trump tweets WWE meme of him attacking man with CNN head

35 mins ago

Jaye Min, owner of The Gods Cafe.

Campus cafe facing eviction takes ANU back to court

Jeff Darwin, owner of the corner building at the Ainslie shops: Hoping to get them cleaned as soon as possible, with as ...

Timeframe set for Ainslie shops to be cleaned of asbestos

'A national disgrace': Coalition slammed on tax reform failure

Australia needs Turnbull to survive so we're not a worldwide joke

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny
43 mins ago

Sydney Archbishop backs Pell, but won't pay legal bills

Pope sacks cardinal in charge of sex abuse cases

Capital Football match marred by pregame fight

Rough afternoon: Jeff Horn wore a series of blows from Manny Pacquiao.

'If I had a towel, I would've thrown it in the ring': dad

42 mins ago

Peter Capaldi ends his run as Doctor Who at the end of this season.

Doctor Who takes a heartbreaking final bow

Spoliers
46 mins ago

The women at the Pacquiao-Horn fight, with the men behind them.

Women subjected to vile, sexist tirade at Pacquiao v Horn fight

At 20, I had so little belief in myself that I couldn't imagine surviving without the safety net of home.

What I learnt from first-time solo travelling at the age of 44

Lucy Sugerman.

Lucy's dream run on The Voice comes to an end

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Horn takes dig at Mayweather

Australians' wellbeing improved at more than double the rate of growth in gross domestic product in 2016.

What podiatrists really think about your thongs

People paid tribute to Princess Diana at Kensington Palace on what would have been her 56th birthday. She died 20 years ago.

Will, Harry and Kate rededicate Princess Diana's gravesite

Nursing home investigation, and Canberra ...

6:53AM

Celebrating Scott and Charlene's 30th wedding ...

6:46AM

France and African nations launch anti-terror ...

6:18AM

Businesses who think creatively about recruiting will be the big winners in future according to HorizonOne director ...

The Canberra job that starts with six weeks paid leave

Nursing home investigation, and ACT volunteers: news in 90 seconds

7 mins ago

Canberra's Muslims mark the end of Ramadan

Summernats 2017- The show goes on without missing a beat despite the death of Luke Newsome on site.

Person charged over man's death at this year's Summernats

A friendly and attentive woman in the Philippines is keen to help me, but to no avail.

ActewAGL worker charged with stealing customer money

Colder than Thredbo: An icy start to a Yarralumla morning.

Both mornings this weekend were colder in Canberra than Thredbo

Clair Murray, senior conservator at the National Arhives of Australia. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

National Archives celebrates successful move

The clever recruiting stunt is designed to lure talent from interstate.

The Canberra job that starts with six weeks paid leave

Still from CCTV footage of "Young Person A3" being held on the ground at Cleveland Youth Detention Centre.

'Hog-tied, snarling dogs': Stories from youth detention

QLD

Police are questioning a man over the incident.

Man has fingertip bitten off in Sydney pub fight

NSW

A woman has won her legal bid for her church pay damages after she lost her leg in a go karting accident.

Church sued for woman losing leg at go karting event

WA

Tasmanian senator Jonathon Duniam.

Canberra to Tasmania? States want their share of decentralisation

The Department of Human Services, which oversees Centrelink, has spent $32,249 on Cellebrite products in the 2016 / ...

'Blatant misuse': Centrelink uses anti-terror tech

'Insulting': CPSU deputy secretary Melissa Donnelly.

Public service courts staff vote no to 'insulting' pay offer

Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull's battle is ripping apart the Liberal Party.

Why Australia needs Malcolm Turnbull to survive

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny
43 mins ago

Bill Shorten prepares for the Turnbull government to implode

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Turnbull's anniversary party crashed as Abbott fires up the base

James Robertson

Tony Abbott's attack on Malcolm Turnbull is now so broad, and crosses so many policy areas, he is now as easily cast as ...

Tony Abbott, Lee Rhiannon and the age of the party faithless

Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon has been excluded from contentious party room discussions

Leaked Greens emails shed light on 'faceless' offficials

Greens senator Lee Rhiannon will be excluded from decisions on contentious policies for the foreseeable future.

'Massive mistake': leaflet led to the battle tearing Greens apart

Young ex-servicemen are most at risk of suicide, the study found.

Young ex-servicemen most at risk of suicide, major study reveals

Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Trump's man pushes 'review' of climate science

Food stall vendor Poe Arun became teary when asked how she felt about the imminent demolition of the White Building.

End of a lonely dance for Cambodia's 'White Building'

Craig Skehan

Ousted: Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, the head of the Vatican office that handles sex abuse cases.

Pope sacks cardinal in charge of sex abuse cases

The coffin of 65-year-old Tony Disson is carried out of church in London.

Blame game continues over London's Grenfell Tower fire

Former prime minister Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard: 'In many ways my life has come full circle'

COMMENT
Julia Gillard

John Edwards captured plenty of headlines with his prediction.

Get ready for interest rate rises - but not overnight

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

If these two are in constant conflict what hope for the party or the broader issue of tough policy decisions?

Abbott's 'solution' to Senate deadlock has its own problems

George Williams

The jobs will be lost across all Telstra divisions.

Telstra must increase spending to protect mobile: UBS

Lucy Battersby

AFR. News. New Australian Food and Grocery Council Chief Executive Tanya Barden poses for a photo near the Fairfax ...

Surging energy prices threaten Australia's food makers

Madeleine Heffernan

Leeway: the ATO is giving time for people to get their tax affairs in order.

ATO takes 'unnecessary, belligerent' stance

Nassim Khadem

Virgin boss John Borghetti lost his likely successor last week when his deputy, John Thomas, was considered the wrong fit.

What's next for Virgin Australia?

Colin Kruger, CBD

Three reasons property investors should brace for more pain

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates
54 mins ago

PPB trussing up Ten for sale for CBA

Lucy Battersby

Will the RBA spring a 'July surprise?'

Patrick Commins

Fairfax buyout ditched, TPG and Hellman & Friedman retreat

Lucy Battersby

Construction workers were among those most at risk of workplace fatalities.

Should ACT landowners try their luck at development?

Sydney and Melbourne markets will both experience price falls over the next couple of years, according to CoreLogic.

Canberra's auction clearance rates down over June

Canberra Domain Allhomes. City 7, Bega Flats site, Reid. June 16, 2017.?

Vibrant precinct slated for Reid public housing site

Canberra Domain Allhomes. 33 Woodger Parade, Karabar. July 1, 2017.?

Auction watch: First home buyers vie for Queanbeyan properties

Banks have a choice to make as consumers dictate structural change.

New home financing takes a dive in Canberra: ABS data

The 911 GT RS Chronograph includes an in-house clock movement that was three years in the making.

Porsche's most powerful car ever even has its own custom watch

Cars

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Enjoy some of the country’s finest beer and ...

The ultimate bucket list every beer lover needs to check off

Fine Drinks

Liz Hall-Downs is among the 13 per cent of disability pensioners to own a home either outright or with a mortgage.

'We built our own home on the pension'

Liz Hall-Downs

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Do sums before you bequeath shares

Noel Whittaker

Dani Zeini has launched Flip City specifically to target Uber Eats customers.

'It's a game changer': How UberEats is changing the way we eat and how restaurants run

Cara Waters

Koskela directors Sasha Tichkosky and Russell Koskela say the homewares market in Australia is highly competitive.

Australian homewares labels killing it

Kate Jones

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Horn stuns Pacquiao and boxing world

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Charles and Camilla join Canada celebrations

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Trump blasts US states refusing to provide voter data

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Caught between war and famine in South Sudan

Lieutenant Colonel Saaed Beder Kathem moves away from the blast range of a planned detonation of one of six IEDs on a ...

The fight for Mosul reaches a critical stage

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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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Bill (Pearl Mackie), The Doctor (Peter Capaldi), and Nardole (Matt Lucas) in Doctor Who.

Doctor Who takes a heartbreaking final bow

Michael Idato
46 mins ago

The iconic 1987 wedding of Scott (Jason Donovan) and Charlene (Kylie Minogue).

Celebrating Scott and Charlene's 30th wedding anniversary

Michael Idato
14 mins ago

The Voice Australia 2017 finalists: Judah Kelly, Lucy Sugerman, Fasika Ayallew and Hoseah Partsch.

And the winner of The Voice for 2017 is ....

Christine Sams

Jay-Z's new album called 4:44 features a song about his gay mother.

Jay-Z raps mum's lesbianism and his infidelity on new album 4:44

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 09: Cinematographer Ari Wegner poses for a photo on June 9, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. ...

Lady Macbeth's Ari Wegner, and the new breed of women shooters

Karl Quinn

Jonah from Tonga.

Jonah from Tonga pulled from Maori TV over negative stereotype

"To say I'm heartbroken would be an understatement": Adele

'Heartbroken' Adele cancels remainder of her world tour

A guerilla artist has sewn a coloured cover for a temporary concrete bollard at Southern Cross Station. The first one to ...

Crafty disguise for anti-terror blocks catches on

Hannah Francis

There are curves and lines and shadows in all sorts of places.

We tried: being a life drawing model

Lucy Sugerman.

Lucy's dream run on The Voice comes to an end

The Warm Trees project will be on show at the National Arboretum Canberra for a month from Sunday, July 2.

Trees get warm at National Arboretum Canberra

Photographs ? Copyright by Julian Andrews. Eye R8 Productions Ltd. 2015. 22/05/0316, Petersham, Surrey, England. Former ...

Lyndall Hobbs: I'm ready to remarry again at 64

Jane Rocca

Before diving into any new lifestyle trend, it’s worth taking a
step back and asking what you hope to achieve.

After 'hygge', what's the next wellbeing trend to pick up?

Cat Rodie

The writer with her former boyfriend and Collingwood player, Alan Didak.

My life as a WAG was glamorous, and I hated it

Cassie Lane

Sophia Forrest, the daughter of Nicola and Andrew Forrest, is on track to becoming one of the country's leading actors ...

Twiggy's daughter is happy he gave away her inheritance

Jenna Clarke

Our fashion habit is out of control. We're buying more and more clothes, at cheaper and cheaper prices, and it's ...

I gave up shopping for a whole year

Clare Press

James Packer on the Arctic P in the South Pacific last week. Model Rose Ashton can be seen in the background to the left.

James Packer did not want his picture taken on holiday with Karl Stefanovic

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Channel Seven's Morning Show hosts Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur will host this year's Jeans for Genes Denim Dinner.

The secret to Gillies' and Emdur's 10-year 'work marriage'

Amy Croffey

"There are so many annoying, obnoxious things in the world that are permitted with less pushback than the presence of ...

What people really mean when they complain about noisy babies

Clementine Ford

Veal shank slow cooked in wine.

Weekly meal planner - beginning of July

Kombucha starts with a mix of bacteria, yeast and nightmares.

The kombucha craze is disgusting - no matter what it does for the gut

COMMENT
Zoe Coombs Marr

Butterscotch pudding pots.

Butterscotch pudding with salted cream and port raisins

Adam Liaw

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Why I had the 'period talk' with my sons

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Cake cutting hack that will change your life

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I gave my baby a fake name before she was born

"Find somewhere for this".

Traveller letters: Flight attendant sorts overhead locker shocker

Letters

The main beach at Noosa Heads.

Why this is Australia's easiest destination for a laid-back holiday

Sally Webb

Komsomolskaya subway station in Moscow.

Inside the world's most beautiful city subway

Facebook said it has already blocked scores of web pages in Thailand.

If Facebook were a religion, it'd be No. 2

COMMENT

'We must take the fight to the criminals', Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says.

Sick of defending, our cyber force will attack

The night sky above the Australian Astronomical Observatory at Siding Spring near Coonabarabran.

Observatory wants Australia's first urban dark sky park

airbnb

Airbnb to launch luxury tier for the super rich

Gizmodo
16 mins ago

Dolby Atmos sound lets you hear what's above you, not just what's around you.

Dolby Atmos wall of sound comes to Netflix

COMMENT

Four-wheel-steering lends the Ferrari 812 Superfast uncanny agility.

What is four wheel steering?

David McCowen

2017 Porsche 911 GT2 RS.

New Porsche 911 GT2 RS revealed

Greg Kable

2017 BMW 520d Touring.

First Drive: BMW 520d Touring

Andrew MacLean

2017 Honda Civic Type R.

Honda Civic Type R price revealed

Jonathan Hawley

Seven seat SUV comparison: Skoda Kodiaq, Mazda CX-9, Nissan Pathfinder, Toyota Kluger.

What is the best seven-seat SUV?

Stephen Ottley

BMW reportedly has plans to add an all-electric variant to its future 3-Series range.

BMW's plan to beat Tesla

Drive Staff

Nick Kyrgios during a training session at Wimbledon on Saturday.

McEnroe doubts Kyrgios can win Wimbledon

Luke Durbridge and Adam Yates riding for Orica-GreenEDGE (now Orica-Scott) in the 2015 Tour de France.

Ankle injury forces Durbridge to abandon Tour de France

German Marcel Kittel celebrates his stage two win with his Quick-Step Floors teammates.

Marcel Kittel wins Tour de France stage two in sprint

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JULY 01: Joseph Leilua of the Raiders leaves the field after being sent to the sin bin during the ...

Fittler blasts 'weak' Raiders for taking the easy way out

Jess Jonassen celebrates dismissing New Zealand's Rachel Priest during the Women's World Cup at the County Ground in ...

Australia start strong against Kiwis in Women's World Cup

Christian Lealiifano returning to rugby in Canberra.

Larkham says Brumbies got a massive boost

Footbal..

Capital Football match marred by pre-game fight

Rough afternoon: Jeff Horn wore a series of blows from Manny Pacquiao.

'If I had a towel, I would've thrown it in the ring': Horn's dad

42 mins ago