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'Never seen anything like it': Canberra fills food charity's empty shelves

'Never seen anything like it': Canberra fills food charity's empty shelves

"We didn't know how we'd get by ... Now we've been inundated with donations."

  • by Sherryn Groch

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'Anti-semitic and racist': objections to Bean for new electorate

'Anti-semitic and racist': objections to Bean for new electorate

More than 70 people have objected to naming the new ACT electorate after Charles Bean.

  • by Sally Whyte
Lava spewing in Hawaii destroys homes

Lava spewing in Hawaii destroys homes

Lava spewing in fountains up to 90 meters high from an erupting Hawaiian volcano has destroyed 35 homes and other buildings.

  • by Terray Sylvester
Budget tax cuts could be worth about $550 a year for low income earners

Budget tax cuts could be worth about $550 a year for low income earners

Lower income taxpayers would be better off by $10 a week under the changes.

  • by Mark Kenny
NSW under pressure to toughen sexual consent laws

NSW under pressure to toughen sexual consent laws

The Attorney-General has promised he will have "more to say" on sexual consent laws as the woman at the centre of the Lazarus rape trials speaks out.

  • by Michaela Whitbourn
Australian Federal Police employee charged with child grooming

Australian Federal Police employee charged with child grooming

The 49-year-old man will face court on Tuesday, a day after his arrest.

'I was effectively a slave': broken Red Rooster and Oporto franchisees
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'I was effectively a slave': broken Red Rooster and Oporto franchisees

Franchisees say they have nothing left but Craveable says the system is working.

  • by Cara Waters
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Little relief in sight for hard-up Canberrans in Tuesdays' budget

Nearly 9000 children live in poverty in Canberra, and nothing much will change for them in this year's federal budget

    George Brandis' bizarre journey

    Australia's new High Commissioner in London started out as a villain for the left but became its darling before leaving politics.

    Peter Hartcher
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      If anyone should be left off boards it should be men

      Critics have seized on Catherine Brenner's fall from grace as proof women aren't up to work in the boardroom - the evidence tell us that is dead wrong.

      Jenna Price
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        Politics

        Budget tax cuts could be worth about $550 a year for low income earners

        Budget tax cuts could be worth about $550 a year for low income earners

        Lower income taxpayers would be better off to the tune of between $10 and $11 per week under the changes.

        • by Mark Kenny

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        Ten puts Grant Denyer's Family Feud on ice

        Ten puts Grant Denyer's Family Feud on ice

        "Gameshow host is not a tag I enjoy." 

        • by Broede Carmody
        John Oliver 'quits' after Russell Crowe koala chlamydia prank

        John Oliver 'quits' after Russell Crowe koala chlamydia prank

        Visitors to Australia Zoo will find a new ward at the wildlife hospital named after a familiar face.

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        Why do some cashmere jumpers cost $60, and others over $2000?

        Why do some cashmere jumpers cost $60, and others over $2000?

        The rise of cashmere has created an oddly wide price gap for plain wool jumpers.

        • by Kim Bhasin and Justina Vasquez
        Serious speakers for serious listening, in a compact format

        Serious speakers for serious listening, in a compact format

        Listen to these speakers carefully, or even not so carefully, and it’s impossible not to be taken in by the precision you’ll hear.

        • by Rod Easdown

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        Sport

        Tim Paine set to be named Australia's ODI captain

        Tim Paine set to be named Australia's ODI captain

        Already Test captain, Tim Paine is set to lead Australia's one-day international campaign against England.

        • by Jon Pierik & Chris Barrett
        'Professional' Folau happy to wing it despite wife's outburst

        'Professional' Folau happy to wing it despite wife's outburst

        Israel Folau is steadfastly diplomatic about where he plays for the Waratahs but his netballer wife Maria Folau is not.

        • by Georgina Robinson