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Donald Trump is interviewed about the meeting on Fox News last week.

Russia probe wants to interview all in Trump jr meeting

1 hr ago

Two people faced court after a police raid in Canberra's south.

Woman arrested in Canberra raid hurls water at magistrate

CPSU deputy secretary Beth Vincent-Pietsch.

Bureau of Meteorology faces rolling staff strikes over three weeks

1 hr ago

Former WA Liberal MP Michael Sutherland.

Liberal Senate hopeful calls refugee activists a 'bunch of cockroaches'

The Catterick family, Josh, 4, Riley, 7, Terryn, 12, Dean and Kylie who are encouraging Canberran's to support Jeans for ...

The simple step that could help children with cancer like Josh

It's business as usual for Islamic School of Canberra teacher Kayis Ablahd and his year 2 pupils.

Islamic School of Canberra could close 'within weeks'

31 mins ago

How Canberrans could save $800 on their energy bills

New rules are no 'excuse to hit customers', Morrison tells banks

Pig's head left outside school for Muslim children in Brisbane

UPDATED
1 hr ago

Police seek witnesses to robberies, carjackings in Canberra's south

NRL officials descend on Manly as salary cap probe begins

1 hr ago

Grenfell Tower - this could happen here.

Thousands of Australian apartment blocks 'at risk of Grenfell-style fire'

23 mins ago

In their final appearance together on Tuesday, Constable Kenny Koala greets students at Ngunnawal Primary School with ...

Constable Kenny Koala farewells his mate and meets new handler

1 hr ago

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Audi ad comparing women to used cars in China backfires

1 hr ago

Dairy farmer Jason Smith with Emma, his eight-month-old kelpie.

This farmer wants the right to marry whoever he chooses

40 mins ago

Delta Goodrem's Apple ad breaches community standards, the ASB has found.

Delta Goodrem's ad banned for setting 'bad example'

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Man removed from plane after flight forced to turn back to Perth

Flying rules were a little more relaxed in the 1980s, when comedy classic Flying High was released.

Smoking or non-smoking? What flying was like in the '80s

Bullied

How to tell if you're being bullied at work

'It still happens' - white men dominate ASX ...

5:10PM

Finding hope for troubled indigenous communities

5:10PM

Daley should coach on, says former NSWRL boss

5:06PM

Impact investment group head of renewable infrastructure Lane Crockett. The company owns and operates the Mt Majura ...

Majura Solar Farm will 'save lives', operators say

Canberra community stalwart Val Jeffery dies

Government admits special deal for inner south Fluffy owners

An owl sculpture, by Bruce Armstrong, keeps watch over Belconnen.

CCTV cameras to be installed at Belconnen Owl to stop vandals

Fire crews and police investigate the fire at the Brierly Street cafe in Weston in March 2014.

Detectives unearth banking fraud in arson investigation

Connie and Samuel Johnson.

Love Your Sister's Connie Johnson facing final days

Nathan Hindmarsh on the field for the Parramatta Eels in 2012. Off the field, Hindmarsh is helping people seek help for ...

Former NRL star in Canberra to help fight problem gambling

Northbound tolls on the Sydney Harbour Bridge would help pay for the two new tunnels.

Harbour Bridge tolls set to soar to pay for new tunnel

NSW

New technology will be trialled in Brisbane as part of a crackdown on shoplifting.

New tech trial takes aim at shoplifters

QLD

Asbestos taskforce head Andrew Kefford: A special case was made for an inner south Fluffy property because of the need ...

Special deal for inner south Fluffy owners

Shawn Newton and Rebecca Jane Gascoigne.

Police manhunt searches bushland in Perth's north

WA

More than 64,000 people are believed to have over stayed visas in Australia

More than 64,000 people overstaying visas in Australia

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.

Peter Dutton to control national security super department

Critics have labelled a work-for-the-dole program applying mainly to Indigenous people as racist.

Union concerned over controversial work-for-the-dole program

Grenfell Tower - this could happen here.

Thousands of Australian apartment blocks 'at risk of Grenfell-type fire'

Eryk Bagshaw
23 mins ago

Greens leader says senators should not pay back $3 million in salaries

Amy Remeikis

MPs scramble as question marks hover over more than 20

Amy Remeikis

Former WA Liberal MP Michael Sutherland.

'Bunch of cockroaches': Liberal's attack on local activists

Peter Dutton

Doubts over Turnbull's new home affairs ministry

David Wroe

Australia following in the UK's footsteps: Mr Turnbull said the changes were largely modelled on Britain's Home Office ...

The rise and rise of Peter Dutton, our new security tsar

ANALYSIS
James Massola
1 hr ago

Forced to resign: Larissa Waters left Canada before she had even turned one.

The absurd rule that forced the shock resignation of two Greens

ANALYSIS

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced Peter Dutton will become the Minister for Home Affairs.

UK Home Office a curious model for Australia's super-ministry

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller

People walk past a TV screen showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday.

Project to map locations of North Korean mass killings

President Donald Trump

Trump, Putin had second, undisclosed discussion at G20

UPDATED

Emmanuel Macron and France have displaced the US at the top of the soft power index.

Macron trumps Trump in new soft power index

Nick Miller

Forced to resign: Larissa Waters left Canada before she had even turned one.

Rule banning dual citizens is a relic but we're stuck with it

ANALYSIS
Adam Gartrell

David Pope

David Pope's latest cartoons

"Yo, bum rush the show, citizens. Fight the powers that be."

You should be far more scared about your data security

COMMENT
Andrew P Street

Super funds added $140 billion to the national nest egg, with an average 10.4 per cent performance for balanced options.

Sharemarket rebound adds $140b to nation's super funds

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Investors eye the 'unquestionably strong' requirements.

Markets Live: Banks in $14b relief rally

Live
Jens Meyer
11 mins ago

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This Audi ad likened women to used cars. It didn't go well.

Amy B Wang
1 hr ago

Banks will need to re-engineer their IT systems to become more software controlled and data driven.

New rules no 'excuse to hit customers', ScoMo tells banks

Clancy Yeates

Pharma Bro vowed to make fund manager's family homeless

1 hr ago

Who is going to inherit 7-Eleven after death of recluse?

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

BHP lifts iron ore output, books hefty charge for mine strike

Darren Gray

Sydney street where shops pay $20,000 just to rent a metre

Carolyn Cummins

Having a baby in the house means all the time management plans in the world are undermined.

What I’ve learned after six months at home with a baby

The RBA has pegged 3.5 per cent as the new normal for the official cash rate.

Homeowners, get ready for Australia's dark days of mortgage stress

ANALYSIS

Lowe says derelict warehouses remain a huge, untapped potential that could benefit guardians and property owners alike.

The pod-like housing solution for the UK's abandoned buildings

30 mins ago

Alpine Villas, Moncrieff, Gungahlin.

More townhouses have been released in the Gungahlin region

St Georges Road, Toorak where it is believed Melbourne's biggest sale has taken place.

The big league: Aussie mansion likely to sell for $40 million

Being serious about weightloss means make a commitment to get moving.

10 of the easiest exercises to help you lose weight (and keep it off)

Boot Camp

Mercedes-Benz X-Class is targetting everyone from tradies to grey nomads.

Mercedes-Benz targets the tradie dollar with new luxury ute

Cars

Australian near the top in global rankings of retiree wellbeing

Australia near top in global retiree wellbeing

John Collett
57 mins ago

Super funds added $140 billion to the national nest egg, with an average 10.4 per cent performance for balanced options.

Sharemarket rebound adds $140b to super funds

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Energy price rises have put small businesses into a precarious position, says Kate Carnell.

Small business gouged and hung out to dry in Australia's energy crisis

COMMENT
Kate Carnell

Ashley Newland is the creator of the Scrubba stealth pack.

What Ashley did next

Alexandra Cain

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Pig's head dropped outside Muslim school

1 hr ago

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California fire burns through 8000 hectares

1 hr ago

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Sexist Audi ad draws ire

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Grenfell warning for Australia

Federal Politics
15 mins ago

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - JULY 17: Yukiko Inui of Japan competes during the Synchronised Swimming Solo Free, preliminary round ...

World of Photos - July 19, 2017

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It is happening again. The new Twin Peaks is now streaming. Only on Stan.

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Gather the congregation for the brand new season of Preacher - 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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Foxtel was given $30 million over four years in this year's federal budget to promote underrepresented sports on television.

Foxtel's $30 million government handout questioned

Broede Carmody
23 mins ago

Tom Hardy as Spitfire pilot Farrier in Dunkirk.

Dunkirk is an assault on the senses (and Harry Styles fares OK)

Jake Wilson

Sunday Night has re-examined one of Australia's most baffling crimes, but the boss of arch-rival 60 Minutes isn't happy ...

60 Minutes boss lashes out at arch-rival Sunday Night

Broede Carmody

Delta Goodrem's Apple ad breaches community standards, the ASB has found.

Delta Goodrem's Apple ad banned by Standards Bureau

Rob Moran

Utopia

Politics is the television gift that keeps giving

COMMENT
Melinda Houston

<i>Australian Ninja Warrior </i>has continued to smash TV ratings.

Ninja Warriors weren't screened for 'drug enhancements'

EXCLUSIVE
Broede Carmody

Netflix shows like Stranger Things have become must-watch viewing for a global audience.

Netflix officially goes global as non-US subscriptions take over

Michael Idato

MasterChef Australia 2017's final five.

Elimination: A dark horse has emerged on MasterChef

COMMENT
Aja Styles

Miss Bennetts, Golda Mitchell and Ann Corkhill, dressed for high tea.

What the modern woman can learn from Jane Austen

Starke said Robb Stark was "of course" his favourite character until the fateful Red Wedding of Season 3.

Meet Canberra's Game of Thrones namesake, Rob Starke

Ron Cerabona tries ballroom dancing with Charli Gearside.

What it's like to go through a ballroom dancing bootcamp

Zoe Foster Blake and her husband, Hamish Blake, last year.

Zoe Foster Blake and Hamish welcome baby girl

Jenna Clarke
47 mins ago

Justine Damond (left) with friend Eloise King. The pair ran mentoring workshops together through Soul Sessions in Sydney.

We only met twice, but Justine Damond changed my life

Jacinta Tynan

Madonna performs during the Women's March on Washington, Saturday, January 21, 2017, in Washington.

Court stops auction of Madonna's Tupac break-up letter, underpants

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 17: Singer R. Kelly attends the Brooklyn Nets vs the Atlanta Hawks at The Barclays Center on ...

What you need to know about the R. Kelly 'cult' allegations

The problem with start-ups in Australia and elsewhere is this: Bro culture.

There's a major problem for women in start-up culture: Bros

Kasey Edwards

'When we talk about size we shouldn't be using terms such as plus size' ... model Stefania Ferrario, one of the faces of ...

Face of fashion week: 'Don't call me plus-size. I'm a size 12'

Melissa Singer

We shouldn't let the government chip away at our rights, writes Elizabeth Duck-Chong.

For women like me Turnbull's attack on privacy is matter of urgency

Elizabeth Duck-Chong

Jodie Whittaker will replace Peter Capaldi as the Doctor in the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special.

I too used to think the Doctor had to be a man

COMMENT
Clem Bastow

Pork menchi katsu with apple katsu sauce.

Pork menchi katsu (Japanese pork schnitty anyone?)

Adam Liaw

Mushroom and pea risotto.

35 non-boring rice recipes that will become your go-to dishes

53 mins ago

Steaks at Hawksmoor.

What makes the perfect steak?

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Face-to-face bullying still more common than online bullying

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Could a dusty house be making you fat?

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It's time to recognise how cool girls really are

Flying rules were a little more relaxed in the 1980s, when comedy classic Flying High was released.

Smoking or non-smoking? What flying was really like in the '80s

St. Petersburg, FL, USA - April 6, 2016: The exterior of the Salvador Dali Museum viewed from Tampa Bay. The museum ...

Ten unpopular US cities with a single incredible attraction

David Whitley

Travel writer

'F*** off to Afghanistan': Why people hate travel writers so much

Ben Groundwater

Glass 2.0

The much-ridiculed Google Glass is back

Stairs proved to be the K5's nemesis.

How the security robot ended up in a fountain

Designer Benjamin Geskin visualises the Galaxy Note 8 based on the latest leaks.

Is releasing a new Samsung Galaxy Note playing with fire?

Hub

RIP USB: these are the ports you need in 2017

Lifehacker

The upcoming Atari box is modeled on the iconic Atari VCS, complete with a wood grain front.

Atari shows off a new 'modern' games console

2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class.

New Mercedes X-Class to be Oz's most powerful dual-cab

Drive Staff

All grunt, and Italian styling. "I am convinced a customer of Ferrari buys a Ferrari because he wants to drive," says ...

Meet Ferrari's Dr No

Tony Davis

2017 Holden Astra sedan.

Holden's South-Korean sourced Astra sedan reviewed

Daniela Intili and David McCowen
1 hr ago

A leaked image of the 2018 Buick Regal GS, which will share its V6 engine with the new Holden Commodore.

First look: Range-topping Holden Commodore

Stephen Ottley

Porsche may phase out diesel in favour of EV and hybrid models.

Porsche weighing up whether to ditch diesel

Reuters

Everty founder Carola Jonas.

Sydney startup aims to be AirBnB of electric cars

David McCowen

Michael Matthews celebrates on the podium after the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France.

Michael Matthews takes Tour de France stage 16 in photo finish

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 29: Raiders coach Ricky Stuart looks on during the round nine NRL match between the Canterbury ...

Ricky Stuart slams the Blues' 'booze brothers'

Christian Lealiifano training on Monday afternoon ahead of his expected Super Rugby return.

Why the Brumbies never doubted Lealiifano's comeback

Joe Tapine has been named on the edge to replace the suspended Josh Papalii.

Tapine to help Raiders weather the Storm

The Brumbies squad at Garema Place to meet the fans and sign posters ahead of the huge Quarter Final clash with the ...

Fresh faces for Brumbies bid to end New Zealand nightmare

Vinesh Bennett will hang up the bat at the end of the World Cup.

ACT Rockets Vinesh Bennett retiring after World Cup

The Manly Sea Eagles are suspected of breaching the salary cap via secret payments to at least one player.

Manly officials offered immunity for cap rorting secrets

Callan Ward and Josh Kelly at ANZ Stadium on September 10, 2016.

AFL facing ANZ Stadium finals dilemma