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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull disembarks a JGSDF Chinook helicopter at the Japanese Ministry of Defence in ...

$3.8b plan to join the world's top arms exporters

ACT has rated well in CommSec's first State of the States report of 2018.

Happy news for Canberra economy, economists say

Anthony Mundine is the first intruder on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

'God will judge you': Mundine says gay people 'confuse' society

The AFP are developing a new app which will also be used to report crime to ACT police.

Human rights watchdog 'concerned' about ACT police app

The Australian National University's images of the Union Court development.

ANU trees cut down without govt approval

New president of the federal Young Liberals Josh Manuatu is a former small business owner.

Meet the Canberran who was just elected Young Liberals president

RAAF plane catches fire in US training exercise

Australian collapse hands England 4-1 ODI series win

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Canberra man Peter Witting recalls his family's great escape

Now, you can use a ring to pay for your daily coffee

New emailed ACT speeding tickets 'ripe for scammers'

Roger Federer celebrates his 20th grand slam victory after defeating a dogged Marin Cilic of Croatia.

Federer wins 20th grand slam to stand alone among champions

Peter Helliar, Hamish McDonald, Lisa Wilkinson and Rachel Corbett during Lisa's first appearance on The Project after ...

Ten wrecks the buzz as Wilkinson debuts on The Sunday Project

COMMENT

Good Nick: Kyrgios' mental approach could make him 'best player in the world', says Rod Laver.

Laver tips Kyrgios for world No.1

I'm A Celebrity hosts Chris Brown and Julia Morris.

Revealed: The stars going into the jungle for I'm A Celebrity...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after they announced their engagement. The pair are yet to send out invitations.

Donald Trump unsure of royal wedding invitation

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Italy Train Crash caught on CCTV

Robert Bobroczkyi, 17, trains at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva.

What is life like at seven foot, seven inches?

Photo: Mediamate.com.au

Why kids don't need Instagram-worthy food at school

Not even the ever-popular Magda Szubanski could save Ben Elton's Three Summers.

Australian cinema is in deep trouble, and not even Magda can save it

Never again should strong women – women of flair, principle and imagination – allow themselves to be routinely ...

It takes a troubled woman to change a troubled world

COMMENT

Ruby Wax's hints on becoming the person you ...

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Motive unclear in deadly car wash shooting in ...

7:14AM

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange to repay users ...

7:03AM

Toni Dennis grooms her English cocker spaniel Gidget.

Canberra pooches compete to be top dog

Canberra Now: Cut-off after 1200 massages; Pialligo Estate rebuilds

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Canberran fighting for life in Japanese hospital

Police attend the scene of the fatal accident on Yarra Glen in Hughes.

Woman charged over fatal crash that killed former politician's son

L-R: , Tara McCormick, Lucy Absalom, Sam Mercer, Meg Alver, Drew Hart, Jessica Grove, and Liz Fonceca at the Duxton ...

Date change didn't ruin the party for Hottest 100

The face of the Emir on a building in Doha, Qatar. Qatari are showing solidarity with the government for withstanding ...

How a boycott led Qatar to eye Canberra flights

Lizette Cabrera fought hard but lost in three sets during the first round of the Australia Open to Brazilian Beatriz ...

Canberra restaurant gets big rap from Aus Open player

bat flying fox hendra virus

Flying foxes travel kilometres for finest flowers

QLD

NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley said that Monday would demonstrate if the new timetable and network was capable of ...

Commuters braced for huge queues, train cancellations

NSW

The newly elected Tasmanian Labor Leader Rebecca White.

'Farm girl' who could be Tassie's next premier

Tas

Detective Breda (top), and Nick Newman (bottom) were engaged in a scuffle with a knife.

Stabbed detective yelled 'can you help me?'

NSW

Centrelink call wait times have grown for its customers.

Call to use technology to address Centrelink call time increases

Greg Fletcher has been appointed a member of the Order of Australia for his work managing and maintaining facilities at ...

An Australia Day honour in Baghdad for DFAT contractor

Delays and cost blow-outs have hit a crime intelligence commission IT project.

'Paying over the odds': Coalition lashed for ACIC's tech wreck

Julia Gillard and Hillary Clinton plan to work together to encourage more women to go into politics.

Female leaders vent in bathroom meetings, Gillard says

Fergus Hunter

Malcolm Turnbull issues Holocaust remembrance warning

Fergus Hunter

Cost of tax breaks soars on profits selling family homes

Peter Martin

Treasurer Scott Morrison had said that if there were to be changes to the tax, "it is my view as Treasurer they will be ...

A tick from the IMF but company tax cuts no sure thing

Peter Martin

Former prime minister Julia Gillard.

Gillard and Clinton to confront bias against female leaders

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Gordon

Julie Bishop will tell an American audience that the US should remain open to free trade in the Indo-Pacific.

Bishop in message to Trump: avoid protectionism, resume freer trade

David Wroe

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the former leader of the republic movement in Australia, says the flag won't change.

Malcolm Turnbull's bold declaration on the Australian flag

Fergus Hunter

Four men carry the coffin from a deadly suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Kabul attack deepens the toll of a long war as deaths rise above 100

Water rushes past Alma bridge by the Zouave statue.

Paris on flood alert as rising Seine threatens the Louvre

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal in November 2016.

Mystery shrouds detaining of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal

Young Beijing resident Dan Hong charges her new electric vehicle at a public charging station.

While Australia debates electric cars, China pushes ahead

Kirsty Needham

Malcolm Turnbull at the Australia Day citizenship ceremony in Canberra.

Coalition dreams of a future

COMMENT
Jack Waterford

Teenagers' use of mobile devices is eating into their sleep.

No time to think? Reclaim sleep

COMMENT
Toni Hassan

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

Labor's backroom 'buffoonery' may come to haunt Shorten

COMMENT
Tony Walker

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Tension and paranoia as Foxtel confronts the Netflix threat

COMMENT
John McDuling

The big four banks have benefited from a falling Australian dollar.

How the banks can win back our trust

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Facebook is getting better at knowing what to advertise to you.

Facebook is close to finding the 'holy grail'

Patrick Hatch

The Aussie dollar has jumped in recent weeks.

Stronger $A a bump for RBA rate hike

Patrick Commins

Banks slash coal loans by 50 per cent as investor pressure mounts

Clancy Yeates

The top five oil and gas trends for 2018

Cole Latimer

Cryptocurrency exchange to repay victims of $493 million hack

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Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA empire, dead at 91

Simon Johnson

Treasurer Scott Morrison said a shift away from interest-only loans was helping to keep household debt under control.

Summer auction event draws a crowd despite January slowdown

Pepper the humanoid robot is the world?s first ?social? robot, able to recognise basic emotions.

How robots are gradually taking over retail

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Top three: Allhomes’ pick of open homes to see this weekend in Canberra

BRW 120912 Photo by Louise Kennerley generic Paddington housing terraces streets Sydney photos for a brw Paddington story

New Year’s resolutions for the Australian property market, that we will all quietly ignore

This home in Austin is for sale for $59,000 USD

Millions of Aussies searching for American properties every year

The BMW3 Pure is the price leader of the M3 lineup.

When paying more for your car doesn't always pay off

Cars
Toby Hagon

Fendi has embraced the retro look of bowling shirts.

Style strike: Rock the summer's hottest trend

Men's Style
Jane Rocca

Quick fix: Australians lose $200 million a year from not redeeming gift cards, but there are calls for uniform rules to ...

Move to extend expiry dates for gift cards nationwide

John Collett

Georgina Dent.

School's back and our hip pocket will be better for it

Georgina Dent

Night Fix is a small coffee van business run by Steve Taylor and Shane Leighton visiting Melbourne's major hospitals ...

Up all night: local business taps into 'night coffee'

Rachael Dexter

Samantha Cardone is the founder of Plane Pal.

'Copycat' claims against Australian Plane Pal inventor

EXCLUSIVE
Cara Waters

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Crocodile killed then dragged behind car

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France's Macron lays out his strategy for Europe

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Harbour Bridge wallaby released

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'This is why you get f---ing killed!': truckie's cyclist tirade

Matt Golding Taken from Looney Tunes' Chuck Jones created Sam Sheepdog and Wolf animation, but with Malcolm Turnbull as ...

Best of Fairfax cartoons Jan 29

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Every episode ever of The Office (U.S) - this Thursday on Stan.

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The brand new season of RuPaul's Drag Race: Allstars - this Friday only on Stan.

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Peter Helliar, Hamish McDonald, Lisa Wilkinson and Rachel Corbett during Lisa's first appearance on The Project after ...

Ten wrecks the buzz as Wilkinson debuts on The Sunday Project

COMMENT
Debi Enker

I'm A Celebrity hosts Chris Brown and Julia Morris.

Revealed: The stars going into the jungle for I'm A Celebrity...

Michael Lallo

Anthony Mundine is the first intruder on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

Anthony Mundine: Gay people are 'confusing' to society

Michael Lallo

Not even the ever-popular Magda Szubanski could save Ben Elton's Three Summers.

Australian cinema is in trouble, and not even Magda can save it

Karl Quinn

Bernard Tomic is appearing on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here

I didn't have a childhood... That took its toll: Tomic

Michael Lallo

Kendrick Lamar's song <i>Humble</i> is No.1 in the 2018 Hottest 100.

Humble: Kendrick Lamar's hit single tops the Hottest 100

Broede Carmody

Kerry Armstrong will take part in season four of <i>I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!</i>

Acclaimed actor Kerry Armstrong joins I'm A Celebrity! But why?

Michael Lallo

Vicky Krieps as Alma and Daniel Day-Lewis as Reynolds Woodcock in writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson's <i>Phantom ...

Phantom Thread director on Daniel Day-Lewis: 'It's intense'

Mark Olsen

An image from Michael Ashley's ever-so-subversive 2018 Canberra calendar.

The quintessential Canberra calendar

Lexi Sekuless as Beatrice and Duncan Driver as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing.

Free Shakespeare by the lakes

Le Diner en Blanc returns to Canberra on February 17.

Everything's going to be all white

"Even when a woman directly asks him a question, if there is a man present, he will address his response predominantly ...

Are you a man-talker?

Kasey Edwards

"Nearly half (47 per cent) of Australian students feel very tense when they study, compared to the international average ...

Why school kids are stressed and how to fix it

Michaela Pascoe

"It means sitting down and reading for the pure fun of it."

Jacinta Tynan: The things I learnt from my year of destruction

Jacinta Tynan

Compile a to-do list for the following day.

Why a steady evening routine is important

Lorraine Murphy

Meryl Streep portrays Katharine Graham in a scene from <i>The Post</i>.

How did these movies get nominated for Oscar?

Natalie Reilly

Roxy Jacenko and Oliver Curtis in the Myer Marquee at the Birdcage on Derby Day last November.

What Roxy Jacenko would rather do than marry Oliver Curtis again

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Home Nightclub in Sydney's Darling Harbour is opening its doors to spin classes.

Fitness after dark: nightclub-inspired workouts

Mary Ward

Writer Jojo Moyes.

Jojo Moyes: Why I will always create independent female characters

Cosima Marriner

Skills your child needs before starting kindergarten.

Skills your child needs before starting school

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Spending time with grandparents helps reduce ageism in kids

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Elsa Pataky reveals the challenges of having kids with Chris Hemsworth

Neil Perry's rocket and prosciutto pizza.

Weekly meal planner: Summer Italian

Grilled chicken with salt, pepper and lime dipping sauce.

34 healthy chicken recipes to add to your repertoire

The iconic Australian spread wasn't always called Vegemite.

Vegemite was called WHAT? 15 things you didn't know about Aussie food

Seoul skyline at twilight.

Underrated Asian country is about to become the centre of the world

Ben Groundwater

The emergency care provided by doctors in Corsica has come in for high praise.

Traveller letters: How the French medical system saved my wife

A United Airlines 787 Dreamliner.

United Airlines saves $290,000 a year through one tiny change

Hugo Martin

Apple's HomePod is the most expensive smart speaker yet, and musically it's the most sophisticated. But will its tie to ...

Do Australians care about smart speakers?

ANALYSIS

Mother of six Galy had cancer and would've died on a waiting list but a petition helped her get treatment.

Australia's favourite online petitions

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a huge achievement.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 review: on the backs of giants, literally

'The notch' that houses the Face ID sensors is the only part of the front of the iPhone X not covered in screen.

Why Apple's Face ID is unstoppable

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Ambeo will make your videos sound as good as they look, but might be overkill for most.

Cinematic sound for small-screen Scorseses

Review

The Australian Tax Office has dual-cab utes in its sights.

Tax changes target dual-cab utes

David McCowen

2018 Hyundai Santa Fe.

New Hyundai Santa Fe teased

Dom Tripolone

Kia Cerato hatch helped drive Kia's sales growth.

Best performing car brands in 2017

Dom Tripolone

2018 BMW X3

Quick Spin: BMW's sportiest new X3

Andrew Maclean

2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Adventure 132TSI.

Road test: Volkswagen's tougher Tiguan

Stephen Ottley

Having dominated in 2017, Ferrari will skip this year's Bathurst 12 Hour.

Winning teams missing in action at Bathurst 12 Hour

David McCowen

Roger Federer with the men's trophy.

Federer wins 20th grand slam to stand alone among champions

Good Nick: Kyrgios' mental approach could make him 'best player in the world', says Rod Laver.

Tennis legend Laver tips Canberra's Kyrgios for world No.1

Full flight: England paceman Tom Curran celebrates after claiming the wicket of Australia's Adam Zampa.

Australian collapse hands England 4-1 ODI series win

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Newcastle Jets defender Natasha Prior and Canberra United forward Michelle Heyman compete for a high ball. Photo: ...

Canberra United lose control of finals destiny in Jets rout

Jason Behrendorff.

Canberra's Jason Behrendorff picked up in IPL auction for $290K

Sally Pearson was "very disappointed" with her win in the women's 100m hurdles.

Pearson 'very disappointed' with win at Athletics ACT champs

Australia team captain Lewis Holland holds aloft the winners trophy.

Australian men cap perfect Sevens with rout of South Africa

Canberra's Chloe Hosking is embarking on a three-year plan that hopefully leads to Tokyo.

Hosking's three-year plan: Great Ocean Road to Tokyo