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Steve Evans on his NSW property, Cardinia Estate, about 1km from the ACT border where he runs cattle and sheep: Mr ...

Yass council plans no-development zone on ACT border

Liberal Leader Alistair Coe wrote to the ACT Public Service Standards Commissioner over the ACT government's support of ...

Barr's push for 'yes' vote is politicising public service: Coe

Senator Nick Xenophon is a key player on the Senate crossbench.

Exasperation as senator hits out at Facebook bosses

Shinkansen high-speed bullet train N700 series Nozomi passing a platform blurred from motion. Shizuoka, Japan ...

The push for very fast trains just gained an important supporter

EXCLUSIVE

Damage to the portside of the USS John S. McCain is visible.

US divers find remains of missing sailors in hull of damaged destroyer

Former CSIRO general manager for business and infrastructure services Mark Wallis.

CSIRO sacks senior executive over credit card 'breach'

What $1 million buys in Canberra property market - and beyond

A Macca's bag worth $50,000 lost Abdul his house and cars

Can The Project save Ten from terrible Sunday ratings?

ANALYSIS

Health Department boss Martin Bowles to retire

Two remarkable things about Trump's Afghanistan speech

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley

Sue Neill-Fraser has spent the past seven years in jail.

Explosive file casts doubt on one of Tasmania's most notorious crimes

EXCLUSIVE
1 hr ago

Too easy: Ryan Crotty makes a break through the threadbare Australian defence.

'Doing it for years': All Blacks break grim news to Wallabies fans

Greg Lally, owner of Infamous Gentleman, says beards improve confidence and sex lives.

The Canberra brand cashing in on the best beards of Braddon

Shrinkflation has pushed up the unit price of brands such as Tiny Teddy, Magnum ice-creams, Smiths chips and Cadbury ...

Winner counts chickens after supermarket war on hot item

Strathayr's Peter Casimaty with some of the new tilted planter boxes that will feature at this year's Floriade event.

Floriade is going to the next level this year

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How do Afghans see Trump's new policy?

SIBLING RIVALRY: Kids strive to be number one in your affections.

Truth behind sibling stereotypes and what they actually mean

Russell Smith said anyone can learn to taste cheese like a pro.

Don't shy away from food facts, even those that are hard to digest

North Korea will never surrender nuclear arms, ...

12:14AM

Global coalition defends deaths of children of ...

11:38PM

Vodafone uses NBN to launch first fixed line ...

11:22PM

Canberra's light rail Stage Two, overseen by Transport Minister Meegan Fitzharris, is unlikely to extend to Canberra ...

Most popular light rail route to hospital 'unlikely'

A Macca's bag worth $50,000 lost Abdul his house and cars

Behind the wire at the Bimberi youth detention centre

Capital Recycling Solutions representatives on the site of the proposed waste-to-energy facility.

Fyshwick recycling plant faces public grilling

A crash on the Monaro Highway. The ACT government's first citizen jury will look at proposed changes to compulsory ...

Will the topic of Canberra's first citizen jury 'bore the people'?

ONTHEGO Sports founder Mick Spencer in the Sheffield Wednesday dressing rooms last week. He flew to the UK for ...

Canberra company kitting out an English football club

Police monitor the movements of the Commanchero bikies in Canberra on Saturday.

Calls for bikie crackdown after Comancheros run

The top 10 pubs for poker machine profit made $117 million.

The pubs that hit the jackpot with $117m windfall

EXCLUSIVE

Burn victim Dana Vulin as she appeared on Seven's Sunday Night program and (inset) before the fire attack.

Burns survivor says she has 'no time to hate'

WA

Crown Prince Frederik was in Queensland for a regatta but Princess Mary reportedly did not make the trip.

Crown Prince turned away from bar: report

QLD

Canberra's light rail Stage Two, overseen by Transport Minister Meegan Fitzharris, is unlikely to extend to Canberra ...

Light rail unlikely to go to hospital despite backing

Department of Health Secretary Martin Bowles during a Senate estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra.

Health Department boss Martin Bowles to retire

Labor's Andrew Leigh says Australia needs action from the government on tax.

$8 million ad campaign to change the way Aussies see tax

The Tax Office is fighting with the Australian Services Union over a trial of hot-desking at two offices.

Tax time IT problems strike again at ATO

Chris May fought in Afghanistan with the Australian Defence Force.

'Part of their hearts fell out': what Trump's strategy means for home

David Wroe

Multinational tech giants grilled over offshore revenue shift

Eryk Bagshaw

Government pushes court to hear citizenship saga within four weeks

Facebook 'not moving fast enough' to stop fake news in Australia

Amy Remeikis

"I'm sick and tired of hearing people say 'that's my money'": Cheryl, who preferred not to give her last name, at ...

Surprising support in Bankstown for drug-testing trial

Garry Maddox

Attorney-General George Brandis has urged the High Court to see to the citizenship saga as quickly as possible

Inquiry labelled 'waste of time' after judges were excused

Stephanie Peatling

Defence Minister Marise Payne says she will discuss Australian troop numbers in Afghanistan with the US.

Australia to talk troop numbers with US after Trump unveils plan

David Wroe

Damage to the portside of the USS John S. McCain is visible.

Divers find remains of missing US sailors in hull of USS John McCain

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop holds a press conference in Melbourne, Friday, August 18, 2017. Ms ...

Duterte's drug war a 'deep concern' for Foreign Minister Bishop

Lindsay Murdoch

Peter Madsen on board his submarine.

Dark turn in missing journo mystery as a headless torso is found

President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Myer in Arlington Virginia.

Donald Trump clears way for troop increase in Afghanistan

If the feds want someone to go rabid on same-sex marriage, Tony Abbott's their man.

Abbott unleashed on the same-sex debate could be a happy marriage after all

COMMENT
John Birmingham

David Pope

David Pope's latest cartoons

The outcry against President Donald Trump proved the hypocrisy of the left, according to some Australian commentators.

Look what the left has done now

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Banks are wary about a proposal to give the industry regulator greater power to intervene in remuneration.

Banks face shareholder battle over the bonus BEAR

Clancy Yeates
1 hr ago

Lendlease managing director Steve McCann

Male champions to tackle gender pay gap

Anna Patty

BHP chief executive officer Andrew Mackenzie.

'They went too hard' - BHP's American retreat wins plaudits

Darren Gray

Spotless CEO Martin Sheppard was going about his normal day-to-day business on Friday as Downer moved higher up the ...

No Downer as Spotless boss makes abrupt exit

Colin Kruger, CBD
1 hr ago

'Huge win' for small business as banks eliminate unfair contracts

EXCLUSIVE
Cara Waters
25 mins ago

Vodafone uses NBN to launch first fixed line products

Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

After 93 years on the same famous street, this antiques dealer is going

Simon Johanson

Roast chook standoff brings profits home to Inghams

Patrick Hatch

14 Savery Street, Garran.

What can $1 million get you in Canberra - and beyond?

It takes two to tango.

Even if a bank will give you $1 million, doesn't mean you should take it

Tena and Ray Bluhm.

Ageing parents, lots of stuff and children who just don't want it

Experts fear how indebted households will manage economic shocks.

'Perfect storm of issues' leaving Aussies on verge of mortgage crisis

The key to designing the perfect room is to choose clever furniture and make it work hard for you. Georgia and Ronnie's ...

Yellow is out: What you need to know about creating a kids room

Nineties inspired sneakers such as Nike's Dunks will be making a big impression.

Slam dunk: The retro sneaker trend you need to know about

Men's Shoes

The new M5 has all the room of a sedan and acceleration power of a sports car.

The luxury sedan that accelerates like a sports car

Cars

Dominic Grevsmuhl works for a company that provides software for online retailers and travels frequently between ...

Australians are being ripped off on currency exchange

John Collett

Lazy investors could do better than the diligent.

Why lazy investors can come out ahead

John Collett

Small Business Ombudsman Kate Carnell says such enterprises need somewhere to go if they feel aggrieved by their ...

'Huge win' for small business as banks agree to eliminate unfair terms from contracts

EXCLUSIVE
Cara Waters
25 mins ago

Cathy Morrissey runs The Renovation College through Facebook.

Meet the Facebook business queens

COMMENT
Alexandra Cain

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Sam Kerr makes history with four-goal heroics

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US prepares for total eclipse

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Cheika can't pinpoint Kiwi dominance

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Kyrgios into Cincinnati Masters final

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Best of Fairfax cartoons Aug 23

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The truth is out in the brand new season of Younger - now streaming only on Stan.

The other guy stan

Brand new Stan Original Series The Other Guy - 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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A Lannister reunion is on the cards.

What the Game of Thrones' season finale has in store

Broede Carmody

Helliar in June, joking about Ten's financial woes.

Can The Project save Ten from terrible Sunday ratings?

ANALYSIS
Michael Lallo

Taylor Swift is set to release her first new solo single in almost three years later this week.

Mystery snake post follows Swift wiping entire online presence

Rob Moran

Falls Festival 2017/18

Silver anniversary Falls Festival line-up announced

Martin Boulton

Now into his seventh life, Beric ought to have afew more answers than he does, surely.

Game of Thrones fans' distress over game-changer

Broede Carmody

Shorten compared repeated questions over his citizenship status to the Obama birth certificate conspiracy.

Q&A; recap: Shorten emerges unscathed from solo grilling

Neil McMahon

Australian singer/songwriter, Paul Kelly has finally made it to No.1.

Life is Fine after Paul Kelly's first No.1 album in Australia

Martin Boulton

Tina Arena says she has been approached to play the role on many occasions.

Iconic role lures Arena back to the music theatre stage

Nathanael Cooper

ONTHEGO Sports founder Mick Spencer in the Sheffield Wednesday dressing rooms last week. He flew to the UK for ...

Canberra company kitting out an English football club

Family and friends are remembering Harry Haureliuk.

Tributes flow for Canberra bodybuilder Harry Haureliuk

Klarisa Cengic, owner of new salad bar The Goods Wholefoods, in No Name Lane in Civic.

The new Canberra cafe aiming to win friends with salad

Joss Whedon cultivated a certain feminist mythology about himself and then used that mythology to justify repeated ...

Not just cheating: Why Joss Whedon's behaviour matters

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Taylor Swift shuts down Kim, Kanye, Katy and Calvin with snake clip.

Taylor Swift shuts down Kim, Kanye, Katy and Calvin

Amy Croffey

We're drinking differently, DrinkWise report says.

How our drinking culture has changed in 10 years

Sarah Berry

As a bloke, I was allowed to express a doomsday scenario about parenthood freely and openly, which was quite cathartic.

The key to enjoying parenthood? Low expectations

Paul Chai

Supermodel Emily Ratajkowski looks fierce in a short skirt with a pinstripe trench and boots for a DKNY photo shoot ...

We love to hate bankers. So why do we dress like them?

Melissa Singer

Polly Dunning has calculated that if she returns to full-time work her family would have to fork out $32,900 in ...

Childcare costs more than my salary. Don't tell me to work

COMMENT
Polly Dunning

From left, Channel Seven's Mel Doyle, Nine's Lisa Wilkinson and Channel Ten's Sandra Sully at Audi Hamilton Island Race ...

Doyle, Wilkinson and Sully get competitive on Hamilton Island

Social Seen
Amy Croffey

Dr Kerryn Phelps believes two parasites whose names are unfamiliar to many of us may contribute to irritable bowel ...

The two gut parasites that most of us haven't heard of

Paula Goodyer

Bacon and pea soup.

Three Blue Ducks' velvety green pea and bacon soup

Benjamin Law with his finished sourdough bread.

Dough boy: Benjamin Law's quest for the perfect sourdough

A Biggie Smalls kebab.

The best way to score a big serving (hint: it's not tipping)

Freedom Eubanks with her newborn daughter Eclipse, named after Monday's total solar eclipse in the US.

Baby girl is total solar Eclipse of her parents' heart

Two boys helped themselves to food and alcohol in a Sainsbury's store

Two boys get locked in supermarket overnight - consume $500 worth of food

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Is this the most incredible cubby-house ever?

You can't impress an Australian with a beach.

The 13 things you will never hear an Australian traveller say

Ben Groundwater

Private Boeing 787 Dreamliner 787 VVIP. Photo: Kestrel Aviation

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner that costs $100,000 an hour to fly

Traveller

The fake Qantas website that the 'free flight' posts will take users to.

No free flights: Thousands hit by Qantas Facebook scam

Craig Platt

Oreo

Android 8 is officially called Android Oreo

What Mars could have looked like during an ice age 400,000 years ago.

How is it possible that it snows on Mars?

President Donald Trump points to the sun, unprotected, during the solar eclipse.

Yes, Donald Trump did just stare directly at the solar eclipse

The Essential smartphone, with and without its sold-separately 360 degree camera.

Is Essential's Android phone ... essential?

The THeMIS ADDER, from Estonian company Milrem, is a smart unmanned system that could potentially be controlled by AI.

Musk, others warn UN on killer robots

2009 Subaru Forester.

What used SUV should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Audi's S1 offers turbocharged performance.

The sweet spot: Audi A1 Sportback

David McCowen

2017 Mercedes-AMG E63 S 4Matic

The fastest Merc on sale reviewed

Andrew Maclean

Skoda will offer a diesel variant of its Kodiaq seven-seat SUV.

Skoda Kodiaq diesel confirmed

Dom Tripolone

2018 BMW M5.

New BMW M5 revealed

Greg Kable

Great Wall is interesting in buying Jeep.

Jeep denies Chinese sale

Stephen Ottley

Force benefactor: Andrew Forrest at a Save the Force rally in Perth on Sunday.

ARU rejects $50 million offer from Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest

Canberra Raiders five-eighth Blake Austin says everyone needs to give the referees more respect.

Austin calls for everyone to respect the refs

Canberra's Michael Matthews now has his sights set on conquering the world.

Bling wants to shine on world stage

Jordan Rapana hopes there's no repeat of his spectacular golden try against the Knights at Canberra Stadium last year.

Rapana is for and against repeat of golden try

Nick Winter has signed his first full contract with SA.

Winter's summer looking up

The Brumbies have re-signed Andrew Smith for another season.

Brumbies re-sign outside back Andrew Smith

Raiders playmaker Blake Austin says the players will hold firm on retaining their privacy.

Austin says NRL players will 'stick solid' on privacy

Former Kookaburras striker Glenn Turner backs Anna Flanagan to get back to her best.

It has been a good learning curve for Flanagan: Turner