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As a party raged around her, Kristy Lee Williams lay dead on the floor
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As a party raged around her, Kristy Lee Williams lay dead on the floor

Fifteen years on, her family need answers. 'Someone in this community knows what happened,' her mother says.

  • by Sally Rawsthorne

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Graduates on $730 a week to pay back loans 

Graduates on $730 a week to pay back loans 

Greens leader Richard Di Natale said the move was an act of intergenerational theft

  • by Michael Koziol
David Eastman 'adamant police had got it wrong' on assault charge

David Eastman 'adamant police had got it wrong' on assault charge

Mr Eastman approached police expressing dissatisfaction with the investigation into a fight with a neighbour.

  • by Alexandra Back
Select Meats, an 'icon of the Canberra Centre', to close

Select Meats, an 'icon of the Canberra Centre', to close

The customers are so loyal they come from Cooma, but Select Meats "didn't fit the program" at the Canberra Centre.

  • by Blake Foden
ACT Policing officer summonsed to court after fatal crash

ACT Policing officer summonsed to court after fatal crash

A 54-year-old woman died after a collision involving a police car at a Kaleen intersection in May.

Bikie set up drug deals in courthouse cell

Bikie set up drug deals in courthouse cell

A former Nomads bikie enforcer has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.

  • by Michael Inman
Jail then bail for ex-AFL star Shannon Grant over assaults on woman
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Jail then bail for ex-AFL star Shannon Grant over assaults on woman

Former North Melbourne player Shannon Grant has spent just two hours in custody after he was jailed for assaulting a woman and then bailed pending appeal.

  • by Rick Goodman
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Extraordinary battle where Aussies and Americans fought side by side

The US is planing parades, march-pasts, flyovers, dinners, dignitaries and speeches by the ton to mark the occasion.

Peter FitzSimons
    Peter FitzSimons

    Science a strange omission from Ramsay Centre's study of the West

    Why isn't the centre proposing a good dose of the history and philosophy of science?

    Warwick Anderson

      When my daughter was rushed to hospital her grandparents saved the day

      When the chips are down I'm grateful I can call on their wisdom, strength and love.

      David Allan-Petale
      David Allan-Petale
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      World Cup 2018

      After escaping sheep herding and homelessness, Iran keeper makes the save of his life against world's best

      After escaping sheep herding and homelessness, Iran keeper makes the save of his life against world's best

      After years of sleeping outside training pitches, Beiranvand's resoluteness has been validated on the biggest of stages in football against its biggest name.

      • by James Lemon

      Politics

      Politics Live: Labor is like a boa constrictor 'cutting off the blood supply'

      Politics Live: Labor is like a boa constrictor 'cutting off the blood supply'

      Treasurer Morrison has hit out at Bill Shorten's decision to repeal company tax cuts, accusing Labor of turning its "ladder of opportunity" into "the snake of envy". 

      • by Fergus Hunter

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      ANZ admits decision to force farmer off his land was not 'fair and reasonable'

      ANZ admits decision to force farmer off his land was not 'fair and reasonable'

      Charlie Phillott was 87 when he was forced off his farm, despite him never missing a mortgage payment to ANZ.

      • by Felicity Caldwell
      China walking on a tightrope as foreign investors flee
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      China

      China walking on a tightrope as foreign investors flee

      • by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

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      Entertainment

      'It's out of respect': SBS's Lucy Zelic hits back at viewer criticism

      'It's out of respect': SBS's Lucy Zelic hits back at viewer criticism

      The World Cup host teared up on air while addressing the bizarre criticism she’s faced for correctly pronouncing players' names.

      • by Robert Moran
      Chart-topper Childish Gambino announces Australian headline tour

      Chart-topper Childish Gambino announces Australian headline tour

      Hollywood star Donald Glover, under his musical guise Childish Gambino, will be performing a string of headline shows in Australia in November.

      • by Robert Moran

      Lifestyle

      A new era for Kim Kardashian West

      A new era for Kim Kardashian West

      • by Natalie Reilly
      The man who told us we were doing feminism wrong
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      The man who told us we were doing feminism wrong

      • by Kasey Edwards
      Emotional clutter can impact your life

      Emotional clutter can impact your life

      • by Emma Hopson & Ted Hagen
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      Smarter living

      Dealing with 'money shaming' mates

      Dealing with 'money shaming' mates

      When a friend's giving you a hard time about not spending money, here's how to handle it.

      • by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
      How your daily run hurts the Earth

      How your daily run hurts the Earth

      While you get healthier, your activewear obsession is slowly polluting the planet.

      • by Laura Hill

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      Sport

      Josh Hodgson to start for Canberra Raiders as Junior Paulo returns

      Josh Hodgson to start for Canberra Raiders as Junior Paulo returns

      The world class hooker's return to the starting side is complemented by the inclusion of powerhouse prop forward Junior Paulo.

      • by Caden Helmers
      'He's ready to rip someone's head off': Wallabies return to Brumbies

      'He's ready to rip someone's head off': Wallabies return to Brumbies

      Rory Arnold is fired up for his return, but captain Sam Carter is fighting to prove he has overcome a nagging back injury this week.

      • by Chris Dutton