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Major Aaron Couchman was a great bloke, a friend and mentor to many, the New Zealand Defence Force has said.
Accident

NZ army major named as victim in cycling accident near Canberra

Major Aaron Couchman was a great bloke, a friend and mentor to many, the New Zealand Defence Force has said.

A truck driver is facing charges over the crash on the Federal Highway on Saturday morning.

  • by Jasper Lindell
Bushfires

Hot and windy: Total fire ban declared for ACT tomorrow

There will be a severe fire danger in the ACT on Friday.

The total fire ban will be in place as a result of the combination of gusty wind conditions and low humidity.

  • by Peter Brewer
Asylum seekers

'These things are absolutes': PM lays down the gauntlet on medical evacuations

Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on Monday.

"I'm going to stand on the right ground. You want to join me on the right ground, you're welcome. But I'm not going to find a middle ground."

  • by Michael Koziol
Courts

Man sentenced over rape of sex worker

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While the man arranged for the session to include various extra services, he then went beyond the bounds of their agreement.

  • by Alexandra Back

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Love on the dance floor: couples who met at Canberra nightclubs like ICBM, the Moose
Sex & relationships

Love on the dance floor: couples who met at Canberra nightclubs like ICBM, the Moose

For these loved-up couples, the dance floor was the perfect place to find "the one".

  • by Bree Element
Oscar Hanley, 2 and a half of Waramanga tries out the new $6 million playground in Denman Prospect
Planning and development

The Canberra suburb with the $6m park, playground

Public art is also scattered through the suburb, which will eventually be home to more than 8000 people.

  • by Megan Doherty
Images of a child's injuries in an incident raised with the directorate in March 2018.
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Education

Canberra students afraid to go to class amid violence

At least one child has been hospitalised after more than a year of dangerous incidents at the school and parents say things are only getting worse.

  • by Sherryn Groch
The number of complaints about non-compliant construction work in Canberra soared last fiscal year.
Canberra

Complaints about building work in Canberra triple

The high level of complaints come as the government faces growing pressure over shoddy construction work and a lack of enforcement of its regulations.

  • by Daniel Burdon
Portrait of Minister for Defence Christopher Pyne in his office at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 20 September 2018. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen (Photo for AFR/Andrew Tillett interview)
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Political infighting

Pyne, Coalition leadership group's sole survivor

“Malcolm is Aslan to me,” the Defence Minister told confidants. He cried all the way home to Adelaide the night after Aslan was slain.

  • by David Wroe
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Opinion & Perspectives

Politicians and economists will determine whether bank misbehaviour stops

Ross Gittins
Ross Gittins

In the wake of the Hayne report, many are asking whether the banks have really learned their lesson. Sorry, that’s just the smaller half of the problem.

Banks lost trust when selling was priority

Letters to the editor

I joined the Bank of NSW in 1968 when bank managers were respected and trusted members of the community, especially in country areas.

Terrorism is rare, but intimate partner violence is an everyday event

Jane Gilmore
Jane Gilmore

'Public violence is taken far more seriously than private violence.'

Canberra

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and chairman of the Australian War Memorial Council Kerry Stokes at the launch of the memorial's half billion dollar redevelopment.
Australian War Memorial

Billionaire Kerry Stokes steps in to fund lavish war memorial event

  • by Elliot Williams
Planning and development

Developer told to 'address issues' for $50m Constitution Ave project

  • by Megan Doherty
Canberra

ACT government urged to slow down on new precincts

  • by Daniel Burdon

Public Service

Closely scrutinised: Vikki Campion and her partner, former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce.
Opinion
Public Sector Informant

The expenses lapdog or watchdog?

  • by Richard Mulgan
Federal election

Final countdown: How the AEC is preparing for the 2019 election

  • by Sally Whyte
Public service

From 11 cadets in 1959, the ABS celebrates 60 years of grads

  • by Sally Whyte

National

Shhh, I'm reading: Molly George (right) enjoys some serious reading time in Carlton Gardens at the Silent Reading Party.
City life

'Shhhh. I'm reading': the radical new activity in our parks

  • by Carolyn Webb
Weather

'Like a tsunami': Murrumbateman farmers devastated by recent rains

  • by Finbar O'Mallon
Defamation Nation

Barrister's bid to upgrade record $2.6 million defamation payout stalls

  • by Nick Bonyhady
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Politics

Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on Monday.
Asylum seekers

'These things are absolutes': Scott Morrison lays down the gauntlet on medical evacuations

"I'm going to stand on the right ground. You want to join me on the right ground, you're welcome. But I'm not going to find a middle ground."

  • by Michael Koziol
Tim Wilson.
Franking Inquiry

'Bring it on': Tim Wilson hits back at Labor over calls to resign

  • by Max Koslowski
Portrait of Minister for Defence Christopher Pyne in his office at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 20 September 2018. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen (Photo for AFR/Andrew Tillett interview)
Exclusive
Political infighting

Christopher Pyne, the Coalition leadership group's sole survivor

  • by David Wroe
Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten at the Tasmanian Fire Service centre at Huonville, near Hobart, Tasmania, Monday February 4, 2019. (AAP Image/Rob Blakers) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
Bill Shorten

Bill Shorten warned against backdown in stand-off over refugee medical bill

  • by David Wroe

World

The US acting Secretary for Defence Pat Shanahan is on his first visit to Afghanistan.
War

Top Pentagon official in Afghanistan amid push for peace

Hundreds of grief-stricken people attended the funeral of 15-year-old goalkeeper Christian Candido.
Fire

Dormitory where 10 budding soccer stars died was licensed as carpark

  • by Marcelo Sousa and Mauricio Savarese
Demonstrators hold banners and Spanish flags during a protest in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday.
Protest

Thousands protest against Spanish PM's olive branch to secessionists

  • by Raphael Minder

Property byallhomes

If you're renting or a landlord, this is the figure you need to know about
Renting

If you're renting or a landlord, this is the figure you need to know about

Looking for somewhere to live, or trying to work out if you can afford to increase the rent? The latest figures show a divided nation.

  • by Eliza Owen
Channel 10 announces the launch date of '90s classic Changing Rooms
Design

Channel 10 announces the launch date of '90s classic Changing Rooms

A revamped version of the 1990s classic Changing Rooms will premiere on Channel 10 this month, the network has announced.

  • by Zara McDonald
Just a matter of timing: Why the Kondo method is too simplistic
Home Truths

Just a matter of timing: Why the Kondo method is too simplistic

  • by Ro Cambridge
How offices are becoming more female friendly
Latest News

How offices are becoming more female friendly

  • by Cat Woods
The McGrath Woden agent who's making waves in the music scene
ACT

The McGrath Woden agent who's making waves in the music scene

  • by Josephine Huynh

Business

Future Fund chairman Peter Costello criticised NAB's handling of its leadership change.
Banking royal commission

'Not good practice': Costello criticises Henry for staying on NAB board

Future Fund chairman Peter Costello has taken aim at NAB's decision to have outgoing chairman, Ken Henry, play a key role in picking the next CEO.

  • by Clancy Yeates
ASX will be driven by half-year results today
LIVE
Markets Live

Markets Live: ASX closes at 6060

  • by Lucy Battersby
House and land sales have slumped.
Housing Slump

AV Jennings profit slumps as tighter lending conditions bite

  • by Simon Johanson
Peter Costello said a government default fund would dovetail with one of the royal commission's recommendations.
Superannuation

Future Fund 'not angling' for super money: Costello

  • by Clancy Yeates

Small business

Juliet Sharpe is one of the franchisees in dispute with Jump!
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Franchising

Watchdog asked to investigate Jump! Swim Schools

  • by Cara Waters
Clickability co-founder Aviva Beecher Kelk.
Startups

'Tipping point': Disability support start-ups are coming of age

  • by Emma Koehn
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Entertainment

Ines and Davina from Married at First Sight
Married At First Sight

Davina Rankin's advice for this year's MAFS 'villain' Ines Basic

"Do not sign up for reality TV," warns last year's most controversial contestant, Davina.

  • by Amy Croffey
Olivia Colman in The Favourite.
Film awards

BAFTAs 2019: The Favourite, Roma win big

Best actress winner Olivia Colman dedicated her win to co-stars Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone.

  • by Broede Carmody
Sam and Phoebe Burgess in 2016.
Rabbitohs

Sam Burgess moving out of Anthony Bell's $11.5m pad and back in with wife

  • by Amy Croffey
Alicia Keys will host the 2019 Grammy Awards.
LIVE
Grammys

Grammys 2019 LIVE: Childish Gambino, Cardi B, Kacey Musgraves take out awards

  • by Nathanael Cooper and Robert Moran
Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) is still tops, somehow.
Pop culture

Is our pop culture taste worse than ever?

  • by Robert Moran
Rowena Boyd, <i>Waves of Honey & Other People's Houses</i>, 2017, in the exhibition of the same name at ANCA Gallery.
Opinion
Art reviews

Assault on the senses is seductive and absorbing

  • by Sasha Grishin
Dean Bowen, <i>Flightless bird</i> in <i>New paintings, prints and sculptures</i> (detail) at Beaver Galleries.
Opinion
Art reviews

Playful charm and innocence painted with simplified sophistication

  • by Sasha Grishin
St Clare's College students on Friday promoting the Gift of Life’s DonateLife Walk, which is on Wednesday, February 13, around Lake Burley Griffin.
Health

St Clare's girls promote this year's DonateLife Walk

RuPaul Stan

The new season of RuPaul's Drag Race Allstars is now streaming, only on Stan.

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Watch Every Bond Ever - all in Ultra HD 4K. Now streaming on Stan.

Lifestyle

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Smarter living

Food from Delhi Streets, which has had success using the EatClub app.
Apps

Food apps to help you save money, the environment and small businesses

Two new apps that let everybody win by connecting restaurants to customers.

  • by Alice Clarke
The Backstreet Boys are the epitome of a throwback that should stay in the past.
Executive Style

Backstreet's back: Why the sudden craving for nostalgia?

Constantly thinking the past was better than today can mean forgetting to live in the now.

  • by Thomas Mitchell
Stressed pregnant women are turning to ASMR.
Essential Baby

Why stressed-out pregnant women are turning to ASMR videos for relief

  • by Caitlin Gibson
Dads are happier than mums.
Essential Kids

Dads are happier than mums - and this is why

  • by Ariane Beeston

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Sport

Wallabies hooker Folau Faingaa is determined to play at his first World Cup later this year.
Wallabies

Brumbies hooker Faingaa wants to make Wallabies jersey his own

Folau Faingaa didn't even have a Super Rugby cap this time last year but now his eyes are set on the World Cup.

  • by Eamonn Tiernan
New Raiders five-eighth Jack Wighton has been working on his kicking game.
Raiders

New Canberra Raiders five-eighth Jack Wighton focussing on kicking

Kicking has been a major focus for Jack Wighton in returning to the Canberra Raiders' five-eighth role.

  • by David Polkinghorne
Teenager driver Will Rixon won the Canberra Cup last week.
Canberra racing

Canberra Cup winner Will Rixon has sights set on driver's premiership

  • by Eamonn Tiernan
Magic Johnson would be happy to work with Ben Simmons - if it gets the all-clear from the league and clubs.
NBA

Simmons reaches out to Magic Johnson

Capitals assistant coach Bec Goddard has brought football's physicality to the basketball court.
Canberra Capitals

Canberra Capitals tackle WNBL championship head on

  • by David Polkinghorne

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