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Mr Turnbull has cautioned travellers to arrive early.

'The threat is real': Airport security tightened

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Joint counter terror and Australian Federal Police operation in Cleveland Street on Saturday.

Four men arrested in Sydney over alleged plot to blow up plane

Opposition leader Bill Shorten wants a vote on a republic in his first term.

Shorten promises $17.2 billion tax crackdown

EXCLUSIVE

The internal review found systems and people were to blame for the escape.

Report into ACT prison escape says physical security is really 'robust'

Trump's rant against the filibuster kicked off early Friday with a series of tweet.

Trump erupts on Twitter at Republican senators: 'They look like fools'

Police continue their hunt for another man.

Girl raped twice on same night in UK, the second time while seeking help

White House merry-go-round flings Reince Priebus from the ride

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Paul McGeough

Migrant farm workers take on wealthy family

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'Incredible shrinking airline seat': Court slams reduced legroom

Govt forced to consider pill testing at this year's Spilt Milk festival

When Justine Betteridge walks into a home, death is already close by

Thredbo landslide anniversary

Meet the heroes of Thredbo: How Stuart Diver's rescue unfolded

David Koch and Natalie Barr for The Goss

Barr and Kochie's fights are 'absolutely real'

Aidan Sezer will look to lead the Raiders to victory over the Cowboys

Raiders halfback reveals how he turned his season around

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The late Diana, Princess of Wales.

Royal family friends 'aghast' at release of Diana tapes

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Chris Lilley's social media post about 'S.Mouse - Squashed N**ga (Jayden Bloch Bootleg) ft. Chris Lilley' has since been ...

Chris Lilley condemned for re-posting clip after Elijah verdict

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Canberra keep slim finals hopes alive

If offered this box of doughnuts, could you stop at one?

COMMENT

Are you a carboholic? Why cutting carbs is so tough

The Forde joint venture to develop and sell more than 1250 blocks is nearing an end, with land sales complete.

Solutions for Canberra's most baffling planning rules

'I don't see an issue with it': Dangerfield says ...

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Raiders halfback reveals how he turned his season ...

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Seebohm breaks Australian gold drought in Budapest

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The Forde joint venture to develop and sell more than 1250 blocks is nearing an end, with land sales complete.

Solutions for Canberra's most baffling planning rules

COMMENT

58 Endeavour Street in Red Hill was the biggest sale of the day.

Auction watch: Clearance rates on the rise across Canberra

Property experts predict rents could fall as much as 10 per cent in the next 12 months.

Rents ease but tough times remain for Canberra tenants

Towers grew but not quite high rise nation.

The top Canberra suburbs for apartment living

Allhomes Rising Star Awards 2017. Winner Sebastian Gutierrez. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos

Looking for an agent? One of these rising stars could be the one

Taniela Manu Pikula, 29, being escorted by police in a van to court.

Man faces ACT court charged with accessory to Eden Waugh murder

'We can't be naive': ACT Labor to review its complaints procedures

'Like she's still out there': Canberra rider Riharna Thomson's final gift

Housing minister Yvette Berry: Has released a dicussion paper calling for ideas to boost affordable housing.

Affordable housing lure: developers could get bigger ACT footprint

Don Barnby celebrated his 21st birthday in the jungles of Vietnam in 1971. He was an a member of the elite SAS Regiment ...

'I saw worse things as a policeman than I did in Vietnam': ACT veteran

The pair will appear before the ACT Magistrates Court on Saturday morning.

Florey pair arrested on stolen property charges

The Dirrum Dirrum Festival has been organised by Radford College year 12 students. (back from left), Holly Daniel 18; ...

No talk fest: Radford College students organise festival of ideas

Parking app Kerb may be the solution to some of Brisbane's parking woes.

Park-sharing app could solve parking problems

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Sydney GPO has been sold in a secretive deal for $150 million.

Sale of most loved building an asset strip

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AMA WA is sending a survey to senior doctors across the state.

Doctors warn low morale could impact patient care

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Don Barnby celebrated his 21st birthday in the jungles of Vietnam in 1971. He was an a member of the elite SAS Regiment ...

Tales of courage from the frontline and home

Greg Moriarty was announced as the new anti-terrorism coordinator by Prime Minister Tony Abbott during a press ...

Turnbull names new Defence Department secretary

The ATO has told staff Tony Poulakis will remain a senior executive at the agency.

ATO senior executive returns after being stood down

Adios Ahmed - we'll miss you!

Australia Post should keep its public service roots: Ahmed Fahour

Opposition leader Bill Shorten wants a vote on a republic in his first term.

Trust buster: Bill Shorten promises $17.2 billion tax crackdown

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Bill Shorten vows to hold vote on republic during first term

James Massola

One property only in $51 billion plan to curb negative gearing

Peter Martin

Malcom Turnbull and Julia Banks together in the electorate of Chisholm after the election.

Liberals move to extinguish doubts about MPs' Greek ancestry

James Massola

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull holds power by a one-seat majority.

Latest eligibility flurry may not be last such panic for Turnbull

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Mark Kenny

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts is refusing to release documents about his citizenship status.

Roberts case set for High Court as Pauline's sister poised

Adam Gartrell

Definitely not an alien: One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts.

His Honour Paul Murray finds Malcolm Roberts is not an alien

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Tony Wright

Trump's rant against the filibuster kicked off early Friday with a series of tweet.

Trump latest Twitter rant: 'They look like fools'

Avi Selk

Police officers secure the area after the knife attack at a supermarket in Hamburg.

Hamburg supermarket attacker was 'known Islamist'

Two people were killed in the stampede.

Spectators killed at stampede at South African soccer match

Australian man Shaun Davidson is still on the run.

'I've left fans amazed police and governments dazed' fugitive boasts

Jewel Topsfield

Pezzullo has been accused of stepping beyond his role as an independent public official to become "a muscular ...

Stellar career of a thwarted historian

Peter Mares

David Pope

David Pope's latest cartoons

Resources Minister Senator Matt Canavan's position will be considered by the High Court after he claimed his mother made ...

Heads down as s44 bullets pepper the battlefield

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Jack Waterford

The Aussie's rally makes the prospect of rate rises quite remote, says Goldman Sachs.

Time to sell the Aussie, global asset manager says

Netty Ismail

Will big brands such as Coke get squashed by increasingly powerful retailers?

Can brands survive the rise of the retailer?

COMMENT
Scott Phillips

Jeff Bezos' Amazon has become so powerful researchers have built a Death by Amazon index of companies that it leaves in ...

Death by Amazon: It's a powerful, money-printing machine

ANALYSIS
Jeff Sommer

Speculating on rates. Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

It will be a long time before we start putting up rates

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

'He said I owed him': Women entrepreneurs reveal harrassment

Cara Waters

Rising dollar sends jitters through local manufacturers

Nick Toscano

Branson cedes Virgin Atlantic control for `true love'

Court slams `incredible shrinking airline seat'

Alan Levin

Champion Craft Beer awards.

Little-known beer named Australia's champion craft brew

Fine Drinks
James Atkinson

The Phantom now incorporates cameras that scan the road ahead

Rolls-Royce's $1 million Phantom is a 'new level of Magic Carpet'

Luxury Cars
Toby Hagon

Gift cards can be beautifully presented in a box, but they're more likely to be lost or forgotten than digital versions ...

Australians waste $70m a year on unused gift cards

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Research suggests economic empowerment for women improves outcomes for the whole society.

What The Handmaid's Tale teaches us about money

COMMENT
Catherine Robson

Chef Matt Wilkinson says three robberies in 18 months were the "nail in the coffin" for cash.

Pope Joan bans cash after three robberies

Kate Jones

Part-time work for school kids means sacrificing other pursuits.

Is it bad for high school students to work?

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James Adonis

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Sydney arrests: 'bomb plot involving aircraft' foiled

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Trump replaces chief of staff

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Critically ill UK baby Charlie Gard has died

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Japan condemns North Korea missile test

Lee Fung Sham, 58, whose daughters are at school and university, and whose husband is at work but monitoring her daily ...

Final destination: on the road with a palliative care nurse

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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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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Hi-5 (left top to right): Shay, Joe, Bailey, Lachie and Courtney.

Fighting words from kids TV creators as inquiry heats up

Karl Quinn

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgment Day

James Cameron: Terminator 2 predictions are happening

Garry Maddox

Australian Survivor is back again.

How Australian Survivor's latest incarnation has survived

Bridget McManus

Casey Affleck says he loved being shrouded by a sheet. "I just loved ... not being seen."

How A Ghost Story stayed a closely guarded secret

Mark Olsen

Agatha Gothe-Snape by Mitch Cairns.

'Not his fault': Top artist rounds on Olsen over Archibald criticism

Linda Morris

'Nothing replaces the feeling of 30 people singing on stage': Mills has the lead role in <i>Jesus Christ Superstar</i>.

'No wonder I was going crazy': Rob Mills on his Idol days

Michael Lallo

Taylor Mac backstage at St Ann's Warehouse in New York.

This 240-year history of pop music might just change your life

The success of Courtney Barnett (left) has created feelings of jealousy and admiration for her partner and fellow ...

Courtney Barnett has hit the big time. Now meet her wife.

Andrew Stafford

The ANU expedition will help solve the mysteries of the underwater continent.

ANU expedition to uncover the lost continent Zealandia

QL2 Dance performs This Poisoned Sea at the Canberra Theatre. photo by Karleen Minney.

New dance work inspired by classic Coleridge poem

Dan Skeehan and Wade Hurley in the Capital Brewing Co brewery.

Canberra's newest hotspot is emerging in...Fyshwick?

In Caroline Charles at the Braemar Games, 1981. “I was so thrilled with this look. You have to understand the rules of ...

Meet the woman who made Diana into a style icon

Bethan Holt

We are all flawed, insecure, tired, self-indulgent, often bewildered human beings.

Jane Caro: We're not 'fabulous,' just ordinary. And that's OK.

Old friends: James Packer in 2005 aboard Arctic P with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes (right) and Tommy Davis (shirtless, ...

James Packer removes last Scientologist from his inner circle

PRIVATE SYDNEY
Andrew Hornery

David Koch and Natalie Barr for The Goss

Barr and Kochie's fights are 'absolutely real'

Amy Croffey

I was forced to slow down and prioritise what's important.

My tree change didn't come without its challenges

Magdalena Roze

Bumble dating app founder Whitney Wolfe.

The dating app founder trying to make it better for women online

Melissa Singer

Jeanette Francis

Meet three women who are changing the face of Australian TV

Sharon Verghis

Some of the most vulnerable women and children are being left with nowhere to turn if they need to escape domestic violence.

Refuges: Citizenship changes may put migrant women at risk

Mary Ward

Love your leftovers: Dan Lepard's pepperpot pork pies.

Love your leftovers: Pepperpot pork pies with sweet potato

Jill Dupleix's berry cheesecake pancakes.

Weekly meal planner: Berry pancakes with cheesecake cream

Brisket is not just for smoking.

Brisket isn't just for smoking. Try this red wine braised beef

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Keepsake of baby's feet revealed a serious issue

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Taking on the City2Surf at 27 weeks pregnant

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Why period undies are a teenage girl's dream

Loud and clear: Could passengers be missing out on vital information due to low English skills?

Traveller letters: Why can't all airline staff speak English properly?

High-speed trains at Madrid's Atocha station.

At 300km/h, this train journey feels like we're in the space age

Paul Chai

A natural beauty: Port Stephens.

Overrun by tourists in summer, this Aussie hotspot is perfect right now

Sheriden Rhodes

Splatoon 2

Review: Fun, fish and fashion in Splatoon 2

Don't wait until disaster strikes before you think about how to protect irreplaceable files like precious family photos.

Google Backup & Sync is insurance for your data

COMMENT

Disney

Disney building AI to figure out exactly when you'll laugh

The Nintendo Switch,

How Australians play video games in 2017

Kotaku

The ANU expedition will help solve the mysteries of the underwater continent.

How researchers search for a lost continent

From Breakfast Point to Dinner Plain: Audi R8 Spyder.

We take a supercar to the snow

Stephen Ottley

A star and their car. Ross Wilson with his Jeep. 14th Jun e 2017. Photo by Jason South

Look who bought a Jeep

Owen Thomson

2017 Volkswagen Golf Trendline.

Review: New VW Golf

Stephen Ottley

2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo.

Porsche's super wagon driven

Stephen Corby

2017 Honda CR-V VTi-LX AWD.

Honda's CX-5 rival tested

Andrew Maclean

Uber isn't the only player in the ride-sharing game.

Would you share your car?

Alessandra Melville

Aidan Sezer will look to lead the Raiders to victory over the Cowboys

Raiders halfback reveals how he turned his season around

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Nikola Cotric (right) of the Raiders is congratulated by teammate Jarrod Croker after scoring a try.

Raiders keep their finals hopes alive with win over Rabbitohs

Nikola Cotric slides over to score for the Raiders.

Could Raiders rookie Cotric be the first player of the year?

Patty Mills.

Mills wants to maintain Spurs 20-year play-off record

The much-anticipated bout between Sonny Bill Williams and Paul Gallen looks set to become a reality.

Sonny Bill-Gallen fight could break new ground

Opals star and Asia Cup MVP Kelsey Griffin shoots during the gold medal game against Japan.

Opals fall to hot-shooting Japan in Asia Cup final

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Brumbies Acting Head Coach Dan McKellar will lead a group of Brumbies on their Singapore tour next week. Photo: ...

Brumbies ready to sign new players, despite delays on Super axe

Low friction: Old-fashioned club rivalries are disappearing as more teams share venues.

NRL's retro round shows genuine club rivalries are all but extinct