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Stuart Flats, a public housing block bordered by Light Street and Captain Cook Crescent in Griffith

Government applies to demolish Stuart Flats

Han Nguyen

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott addresses the media during the launch of Pollie Pedal 2018 at the Australian War ...

Lessons from the Liberals' 'Last Supper'

OPINION
Tony Walker

Teenage girl shot in backside in ACT home invasion

Alexandra Back

Be alert, Canberra: thieves target unlocked houses, cars

ETJRAR Female traveller checking flight departures board. Female traveller checking flight departures board.

Home Affairs tells Fair Work: don't be 'seduced' by CPSU offer

Sally Whyte

One man in his 50s has been injured in the helicopter crash.

Man injured after helicopter crash in Kosciuszko

BREAKING
Jenny Noyes

Coal has no place in Australia’s energy future

OPINION
Crispin Hull

Jamie Oliver's Canberra restaurant closes as Aussie chain collapses

Simon Thomsen

Canberra's exclusive top-floor bar is opening to the public

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, SMH, April 16: Kirsty Browne in Glebe on April 16, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Christopher ...

'I'd probably be dead': Kirsty's decision at doctor's saved her life

Andrew Denton has named and shamed his worst-ever celebrity guest.

'So bad we never put it to air': Denton names worst-ever guest

Sharon Millerchip was deeply touched when she first read the Shirley Valentine script.

Decades before #TimesUp, Shirley was already sticking it to the men

Kendrick Lamar wins Pulitzer

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Comedian Tom Ballard will perform at the Redfern Legal Centre 40th Birthday Comedy Show.

ABC renews Tonightly with Tom Ballard despite controversy

"I believe the Bible is the truth and sometimes the truth can be difficult to hear": Israel Folau.

Folau breaks silence, says he would 'walk away from rugby'

Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the United Nations UN.

Donald Trump stops new Russian sanctions after Syrian attack

Julie Bishop asks the UK to divert more aid to ...

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Tesla forced to suspend Model 3 production as ...

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Risks of ‘European Civil War' over political ...

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Jordan Rapana and Joey Leilua are a winning combination.

The Canberra Raiders have found a winning formula

ACT has amassed more than 4000ha of rural land, still buying

Aboriginal Tent Embassy camp to shed light on 'frontier wars'

The Calvary Hospital employee said false improper conduct claims were made up about him after he tried to report bullying.

'I've never seen it so bad': Calvary Hospital employee speaks out

EXCLUSIVE

RSPCA ACT is trying to set the Guinness World Record for having the largest gathering of people dressed as dogs.

Dress as a dog and get yourself into the record books

Nathan Giles Barrett was jailed for eight years without parole after he defrauded 12 WA victims.

ACT businesses most confident in Australia, survey finds

International students say they are struggling to find a home.

UNSW Canberra students share struggles with accommodation

A geologist (R) refines an iron ore core sample as a drill rig operates nearby at one of Atlas Iron Limited's ...

Northern Territory lifts ban on onshore gas fracking

Cole Latimer

Trinity Grammar deputy principal Rohan Brown greets students on Tuesday morning.

'No long hair': Trinity Grammar deputy headmaster returns

Henrietta Cook

Police Inspector Daniel Bragg (second from right) speaks with fellow officers at the scene.

Three dead in Everton Hills house fire

Jorge Branco

Victorian Liberal Party president Michael Kroger.

Gay 'conversion' off Liberal agenda, party president pulls pin

Farrah Tomazin

Home Affairs tells Fair Work: don't be 'seduced' by CPSU offer

Secretary of the Home Affairs department Michael Pezzullo.

Home Affairs accuses CPSU of 'cherry-picking' agreements

Perth Airport perth 080318 AFR pic by Erin Jonasson. AFR USE ONLY Arrivals at Perth Airport Terminal 3 the Home for ...

Home Affairs workplace battle reaches final chapter at Fair Work

Sir John Monash at his headquarters in Villers-Bretonneux soon after being appointed Lieutenant-General.

Turnbull government decides against posthumous promotion for war hero John Monash

EXCLUSIVE
Bevan Shields

Australia should learn from 'coherent, democratic' Azerbaijan election, says Liberal MP after state-sponsored visit

Michael Koziol

Blue-ribbon inner east sees 100% population growth through migration

Eryk Bagshaw

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May during a press conference in 10 Downing Street, London, Saturday, April 14, 2018. ...

Commonwealth nations 'can pressure Syria' over chemical weapons

EXCLUSIVE
David Crowe

The analysis found a net economic benefit from immigration.

How Treasury found that immigrants make Australia money

Peter Martin

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has asked the UK to divert more aid to the Pacific following China's push in the region.

Julie Bishop asks the UK to divert more aid to the Pacific after Brexit

Latika Bourke
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Immigrants arriving in Sydney on August 20, 1947.

Are there hidden costs to high immigration?

OPINION
John Daley

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement on the Syria strikes in the House of Commons in London on Monday.

'Morally right and legally right': May defends strike on Syria

Nick Miller

Gay identity in China: More than 20,000 people take part in a "Rainbow Marathon," organised to raise awareness of LGBT ...

Watershed moment as Weibo stops blocking gay content in China

Kirsty Needham

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Grenfell Tower 'nearly collapsed' in inferno, investigation finds

Nick Miller

Donald Trump stops new Russian sanctions after Syria chemical attack

Philip Rucker & Carol D. Leonnig

"We are expected to give our children our full attention every moment of every day. There is no kicking the kids out of ...

The hidden cost of motherhood

OPINION
Kasey Edwards

David Pope's latest cartoons

Mike Hussey, Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Brett Lee, Stuart Clark Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne and Michael Clarke of ...

Seven spins a winner for WA cricket with new TV rights deal

OPINION
David Prestipino

AMP chief executive Craig Meller announced his retirement late last month.

AMP's royal commission shame sparks calls for crackdown

Jessica Irvine

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield says auDA needs to change its ways.

Web agency not fit-for-purpose, government review finds

EXCLUSIVE
Tim Biggs

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, with Andrew Goodwin in the background, on a visit to SMEC in Cooma on Wednesday 28 ...

CEO sacked as police investigate corruption allegations

Nick McKenzie

Customer complaints rise but telco blame game goes on

OPINION
Elizabeth Knight

Stinking AMP reveals our soft line on corporate dishonesty

OPINION
Adele Ferguson

There are more jobs, but 730,000 people are still out of work

OPINION
Matt Wade

ACT businesses most confident in Australia, survey finds

Blake Foden

RBA board expects next rate move to be up

Michael Heath

An "Open House" sign is displayed as potential home buyers arrive at a property for sale in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., on ...

How to calculate an accurate price guide for your

Auction 4/ 57 Clovelly Rd, Randwick: 082512: Sun Herald Property: Domain: 25th of August 2012: Scenes from property ...

What should you do if your home passes in at auction?

Canberra units proving to be hot property at auctions

Australia's leading interior stylists share their favourite tips and tricks

There are fears the launch of a "rent bidding" app will push Aussie rents up even higher.

Canberra renters in worst properties in the market, according to new report

Australia, you've been drinking rum the wrong way

Fine Drinks
Benjamen Judd

The 100km Surf coast century cuts across Australia's stunning coastline.

Are you tough enough for Australia's hardest race?

The Long Run
Laura Hill

Married at First Sight has nothing on the Hayne Royal Commission .

The financial traps revealed at the banking royal commission

OPINION
Nicole Pederson-McKinnon

Sally Osborne 51 (left) with three of her nine children, Daisy Osborne 13 (2nd from left), Ezra Osborne 15 (2nd from ...

Sandwich lunches and home schooling - how Sally raised nine kids

Sally as told to Rosamund Burton

Fintech adoption speeds up in Australia

Christine D'Mello

Gender equity start-up backed by Atlassian co-founder goes global

Cara Waters

Demonstrators flood Barcelona in support of jailed separatists

Peter Beattie makes embarrassing gaffe on live TV

Health authorities warn of flesh-eating ulcers

Macron: We convinced Trump to stay in Syria

David Pope's latest cartoons

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Brand new series RISE now streaming - only on Stan

Liar. Lover. Con artist - every episode of Imposters now streaming 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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ABC renews Tonightly with Tom Ballard despite controversy

EXCLUSIVE
Broede Carmody

Andrea Constand, left, during Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown.

Bill Cosby's accuser denies manufacturing sexual molestation claim

Wires

'So bad we never put it to air': Andrew Denton names and shames his worst-ever guest

Broede Carmody

Rapper Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for music for his album DAMN.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar makes history with Pulitzer Prize win

John Oliver confirmed he bought Russell Crowe's jockstrap.

John Oliver reveals he bought Russell Crowe's leather jockstrap for $7000

Travis M. Andrews

Gunnery Sergeant. Hartman (R.Lee Ermey) incensed at a transgression of barrack room rules in the 1987 film Full Metal ...

How R. Lee Ermey created his Full Metal Jacket role

Travis M. Andrews

A still from Netflix documentary Wild Wild Country.

Wild Wild Country provides a glimpse inside the Rajneesh cult

Craig Mathieson

Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Full Metal Jacket.

Full Metal Jacket actor R. Lee Ermey dies at 74

Wires

Dress as a dog and get yourself into the record books

Canberra's exclusive top-floor bar is opening to the public

Cornerstone Cafe & Bar has opened in Gungahlin.

Cornerstone Cafe and Bar opens in Gungahlin

"It’s the very obviousness of this finding that should be shocking."

According to survey it's OK to beat a woman if she's unfaithful

Jane Gilmore

Can you spot the most ethical T-shirt? From left: Decjuba, Ally Fashion, Cotton On.

How Cotton On went from a B- to an A by airing dirty laundry

Melissa Singer

The beauty trends about to go off

Melissa Singer

Women at work are more perfectionist and anxious than their male counterparts.

Women more likely to be perfectionistic, anxious at work

Mary Ward

Beyonce has transcended performance as a genre.

Beyonce's own mum concern-trolled her

Natalie Reilly

Should you be drinking eight glasses of water a day?

Five experts on whether you have to drink eight glasses of water a day

Alexandra Hansen

The traits that put you at risk for smartphone addiction

Tara Bahrampour

Australian cyclists Jessica Gallagher (rear) and Madison Jansenn ride to qualify in the women's B&VI sprint event on ...

The one thing you're forgetting in your workout

Mary Ward

4 'health' foods that are actually bad for you

Karen D'Souza

'People ask if their child can catch it': mum's bid to educate others about haemophilia

Merryn Porter

Children who are the oldest in their grade are more likely to go to university

Ariane Beeston

Beyond Meat plant-based burger patty prepared by Shannon Martinez of Smith & Daughters.

The vegan revolution is here: Meat-free dining hits mainstream

Jamie Oliver visits his Italian restaurant in Canberra in 2014.

Jamie Oliver's Canberra restaurant has closed

Pick up a cooked chook for this stir-fry.

Pick up a cooked chook for this chicken stir-fry

The Darling features opulent touches such as statement chandeliers.

Premier hotel opens on the Gold Coast

Belinda Jackson

Too pretty to be read ... Hallstatt mountain village, Austria.

The seven most beautiful places on Earth

Traveller

The three-minute guide to Windsor

David Whitley

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify last week.

Facebook tracks non-users, they want to know why

David Ingram

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill ...

Would you pay for an ad-free Facebook?

David Pierson & Tracey Lien

THEC64 Mini looks the part, even if there's no miniature tape deck to go with it.

THEC64 Mini review: Commodore's '80s classic reborn

Tim Biggs

Keeping your iPhone out of harm's way

Adam Turner

'Major updates': Google to give Gmail a new look

Hayley Tsukayama

Reviewed: Suzuki's baby hot hatch

David McCowen

Aston Martin has teased its new DBS Superleggera.

Iconic Aston Martin DBS returns to take on Ferrari

David McCowen

Revealed: BMW's most powerful M2

Greg Kable

Coming Soon: Mercedes-AMG A35 and A45

Alex Rae

Ford to kill off Fiesta range except ST variant

Stephen Ottley

Full details: Toyota HiLux Rugged, Rogue

David McCowen

Higher calling: Israel Folau has made it clear his beliefs come before rugby.

Qantas sticks with Wallabies as Folau escapes RA sanction

Josh Mann-Rea during the last Brumbies training session for 2016. Photo Jay Cronan

Mann-Rea boosts Brumbies training as Speight eyes Jaguares

Junior Paulo could be looking for a new home.

On the way out? Paulo says he has offers from 'several' Sydney clubs

Capital Football is targeting a 50-50 male and female player ratio in the coming years.

Capital Football launches junior season as A-League bid ramps up

Raiders team unchanged as 'Leipana' finds form again

Billy Owen is Canberra's answer to the legendary Tommy Woodcock.

Single Gaze gets Canberra farewell as Fell Swoop chases win

AFL Grand Final Adelaide Crows v Richmond Tigers Jack Graham kicks a third term goal MCG 30/09/2017 Picture:Wayne Ludbey

Graham out of Rising Star running as ban stands

Maddison Rocci is back in Capitals colours.