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'Disruption everywhere you turn': businesses battle with construction noise
The owner of a Gungahlin sports supplement store says he is considering wearing ear plugs to work.
- by Katie Burgess
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'It's bizarre': Qantas hits back at Canberra Airport tactics
Tensions, simmering for months, are now boiling over. In one case, a car blocked a plane and airport demanded $18,000.
- by Steven Trask
Liberal's preselection defeat is a 'bloody disgrace'
But senior party members resist calls for intervention after assistant minister Jane Prentice defeated by a former staffer.
- by Fergus Hunter
Kidnapped woman 'feared she would dig her own grave'
The kidnapping followed an earlier incident in which the man accused his partner of infidelity and assaulted her.
- by Alexandra Back
Man dies after crashing his motorbike in Bonython
Police are investigating the cause of the crash and will prepare a report for the coroner.
ActewAGL boss Michael Costello to retire
The former chief of staff to Kim Beazley and Foreign Affairs department leader is finishing his career.
- by Doug Dingwall
Vetting agency not protecting against internal threats
Agency responsible for vetting spies, security personnel and senior public servants faced a damning audit report.
- by Sally Whyte
Featured
Opinion & Perspectives
News Corp's war on Facebook is a decade in the making
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp wants a government body monitor opaque tech algorithms. How would that work?
John McDuling
How Captain Cook became a contested national symbol
Captain Cook has loomed large in the federal government’s 2018 budget.
Tracy Ireland
Labor is off and running
The case for company tax cuts is dead, as it's now conflated with corporate tax dodging and bank misconduct.
Jack Waterford
Canberra
Public Service
National
League player dies after collapsing in changing rooms after Dapto game
- by Kate McIlwain & Mitch Jennings
'Peter didn't snap. He thought this through': shooting victims' dad speaks
- by Lucy Cormack & Michaela Whitbourn
Politics
Peter Costello praises budget for delivering tax relief to the 'forgotten people'
The former treasurer says the Turnbull government has delivered tax relief to those who need it but warned of the political difficulties of getting it passed.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Ipsos poll
Why do politicians refuse to believe decades of polling and research?
- by Peter Hartcher
World
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Business
Telstra shares slide as it warns profit to be at lower end
Telstra says the NBN is one of many challenges facing the company as it delivers profit forecast.
- by Jennifer Duke
Small business
Entertainment
Go your own way: Buckingham speaks out about Fleetwood Mac departure
Lindsey Buckingham has described his departure from Fleetwood Mac as "not my doing or my choice".
'Terrible': Eurovision historian criticises Jessica Mauboy
He also suggested Australia has overstayed its welcome.
- by Broede Carmody
Lifestyle
Smarter living
12 ways parents can boost their kid's confidence right now
Number 4: Don't rescue them. What else can you do to raise a confident child?
- by Katharine Stahl
Alexa and Siri can hear this hidden command. You can't.
Researchers show they can send secret commands to Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant.
- by Craig Smith
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Sport
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Raiders
Blake Austin faces stint on sidelines as Canberra Raiders fall to Sharks
Canberra's second-half fadeout at home to the Sharks on Sunday was further compounded by a key injury.
- by Caden Helmers
Is Raiders winger Nick Cotric good enough to play Origin this year?
Cotric scored another spectacular try and had another called back against the Sharks on Sunday.
- by Eamonn Tiernan
