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Labor leader Bill Shorten repudiated the ACTU's position on preferences, saying One Nation should be put last.
Australia votes

'You're part of the problem': Shorten pulls unions into line over One Nation

Labor leader Bill Shorten repudiated the ACTU's position on preferences, saying One Nation should be put last.

"I would rather see Labor's preferences go to the LNP first rather than to the One Nation party," Mr Shorten said.

  • by Michael Koziol
Canberra

'Iconic': Plans for a Canberra-wide mountain bike network

A child rides on the new mountain bike trail which opened at Majura Pines on Wednesday.

The ACT government has called on Canberrans to submit their ideas for a new "iconic" mountain bike trail network in the bush capital.

  • by Finbar O'Mallon
Courts

Alex Ophel found mentally impaired in ANU attempted murder trial

Alex Ophel, the ANU student accused of attempted murder for attacking five people with a baseball bat.

Alex Ophel, the former university student accused of trying to murder his tutor and classmates with a baseball bat, has been found not guilty by reason of mental impairment.

  • by Alexandra Back
Courts

Beowulfs heard discussing throwing matriarch's ashes in the bin

Melissa Beowulf arriving at court.

Archibald Prize finalist Melissa Beowulf and her sons discussed throwing family matriarch Katherine Panin's ashes in the bin, police recordings show.

  • by Elliot Williams

More top stories

'Heartbroken': Family's two restaurants in Mawson and Hawker burnt overnight
Fire

'Heartbroken': Family's two restaurants in Mawson and Hawker burnt overnight

Two restaurants owned by the Yianoulakis family in Mawson and Hawker were burnt in separate fires on Tuesday night.

  • by Jasper Lindell
Canberra's population grew by 8900 people in 2017-18 on the back of the second fastest growth rate in the nation. New development on Northbourne Avenue, pictured above, will help to carry the load of the capital's population boom in the coming years.
Population

Canberra population passes 420,000, new figures show

The ACT's population grew by 8,900 in 2017-18 on the back of the second fastest growth rate in the nation.

  • by Dan Jervis-Bardy
Raiders CEO Don Furner says a new Civic Stadium would ensure the club's long-term future.
Raiders

Civic Stadium would ensure Raiders' future in Canberra

Don Furner says there's an easy way for the Canberra Raiders stay out of the NRL's relocation equation.

  • by David Polkinghorne
Six people were injured in the incident.
Aviation

Lack of training highlighted after roller-coaster flight

Pilots flying a Qantas plane into Hong Kong two years ago struggled to respond because of a lack of training.

  • by Patrick Hatch
A Melbourne man who accidentally purchased two Oz Lotto tickets with the same numbers has won the division one bounty - twice.
Lotto

'I might think about retiring': Man wins $23m lotto - twice

The blue-collar worker said he had forgotten until last night that he had purchased two entries.

  • by Simone Fox Koob
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Featured

Big scalp: Ashleigh Barty had not beaten world No.2 Petra Kvitova in five previous attempts.
Ashleigh Barty

Barty breaks into top 10 after beating Kvitova for first time

Jas, 17, with her mother Irena (in background). Jas was clinically obese at nine years old and was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome four years later.
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Obesity

'Heartbreaking': Australia's obesity epidemic is out of control

  • by Kate Aubusson
Five (foodie) things to do in Canberra this week
Canberra life

Five (foodie) things to do in Canberra this week

  • by Karen Hardy
Former Australian Test star Bruce Yardley loses battle with cancer
Vale

Former Australian Test star Bruce Yardley loses battle with cancer

  • by Steve Larkin
A $90 board game turns into multimillion-dollar windfall for Block viewer
allhomes

A $90 board game turns into multimillion-dollar windfall for Block viewer

  • by Elizabeth Redman
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Designer stops selling Tayla Harris T-shirt after AFL legal threats
Women's AFL

Designer stops selling Tayla Harris T-shirt after AFL legal threats

  • by Michael Fowler and Simone Fox Koob
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Opinion & Perspectives

Gun laws have saved many lives, so beware One Nation's secret agenda

Rebecca Ivers and Patricia Cullen

Australia's firearms agreement leads the world but, as votes leak to fringe parties, we need to guard against attempts to weaken gun laws.

Every one knows something is broken but no one knows how to fix it

Chris Uhlmann
Chris Uhlmann

In an age where politics, business and the church have let us down, how do we find faith?

Memorial a sham that glorifies wars fought for other countries

Letters to the editor

I'm looking for a letter which says "don't extend the Australian War Memorial, demolish it".

Canberra

A proposed master plan for Watson seeks to establish more green space on the suburb's north side.
Planning and development

Proposed Watson master plan seeks to blur north and south divide

  • by Cassandra Morgan
Drug reform

ACT minister who brought in cannabis fines says they should be axed

  • by Katie Burgess
Canberra

Direct flights between Canberra and China on the cards with Barr visit

  • by Daniel Burdon

Public Service

Bring ministers' advisers under greater scrutiny: ex-PM&C chief
Public service

Bring ministers' advisers under greater scrutiny: ex-PM&C chief

  • by Doug Dingwall
Public service

Murray-Darling authority can't afford turbulence in relocation: advocates

  • by Doug Dingwall
Public service

Public service jobs promised to marginal seats, but not to Canberra

  • by Sally Whyte

National

Sarah Ristevski, who visits her father in jail every week, says she will cherish the amazing memories she has with her 'loving, caring, protective' dad and her parents together.
Ristevski case

'Loving, caring': Sarah Ristevski's glowing character reference for dad Borce

  • by Adam Cooper
Updated
Crime

British fugitive tries to flee Australia on supply-laden jet ski

  • by Toby Crockford and Phil Hickey
George Pell

DPP moves to jail dozens of editors, journalists over reports after Pell verdict

  • by Adam Cooper
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Politics

Microsoft president Brad Smith has warned the Australian government about its landmark encryption legislation.
National security

Companies 'no longer comfortable' storing data in Australia, Microsoft warns

Brad Smith said foreign companies and governments were "no longer comfortable" with storing data in Australia.

  • by Fergus Hunter and Emma Koehn
Student SriHarsha Malempati who moved to Melbourne six months ago.
Population

Booming Melbourne to become nation's largest city by 2026

  • by Shane Wright and Paul Sakkal
Labor leader Bill Shorten repudiated the ACTU's position on preferences, saying One Nation should be put last.
Australia votes

Bill Shorten pulls unions into line over One Nation

  • by Michael Koziol
Facebook censured by government for failure to act on livestreaming concerns
Social media

Facebook censured by government for failure to act on livestreaming concerns

  • by Fergus Hunter and Jennifer Duke

World

US President Donald Trump has celebrated special counsel Robert Mueller's finding that his campaign didn't collude with Russia.
Analysis
Russia probe

Trump's problem: voters never cared much about Russia-gate

  • by Matthew Knott
Lucia Scaraffia, founder of the all-female editoral board Women Church World, in Rome this week.
Catholic church

Female staff at Vatican women's magazine quit due to 'male control'

  • by Philip Pullella
Thailand is a haven for Australian tourists, but it is also an important political and trading partner.
Analysis
World politics

All is not well in one of Australia's favourite tourist spots

  • by James Massola

Property byallhomes

Passive house: Inside the pioneering home that makes its own power
Design

Passive house: Inside the pioneering home that makes its own power

The owners have decided to sell with the intention of embarking on another similar project.

  • by Colleen Hawkes
How a crumbling 1850s country ruin was saved and restored
Victoria

How a crumbling 1850s country ruin was saved and restored

Built in what was one of Australia's richest areas, this historic building had been left to ruin.

  • by Jenny Brown
The pre-sale prep that's best left to the experts
Selling

The pre-sale prep that's best left to the experts

  • by Lee Dashiell
Survey finds that one in six people fake photos of their home
Home Truths

Survey finds that one in six people fake photos of their home

  • by January Jones
Halls Gap Zoo is on the market, animals included
Latest News

Halls Gap Zoo is on the market, animals included

  • by Madeleine Wedesweiler

Business

NAB's Phil Chronican appears before the parliamentary committee on Wednesday.
Banking royal commission

NAB's Chronican 'distinctly unhappy' to learn of alleged fraud

NAB's acting CEO Phil Chronican says he was "distinctly unhappy" to learn of an alleged fraud in the office of former chief executives.

  • by Clancy Yeates
Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar has been a vocal opponent of the encryption laws.
Start-ups

Atlassian, Labor step up in fight against 'terrible' encryption laws

  • by Emma Koehn
Damien Mu and Brett Clark said there was insufficient time to communicate with customers before their life cover is cancelled.
Life insurance

'Awful result': Insurers warn people will be left without cover

  • by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Sharemarket

ASX edges higher amid mixed signals

  • by William McInnes

Small business

Global retailers have had to apply the GST to smaller purchases made by Australian companies since July.
Finance

Tax targeting giants Amazon and eBay set to blitz revenue predictions

  • by Emma Koehn
Financial planners are opening up the textbooks to get in shape for new study standards.
Small business

Financial advisers face $20,000 cost as new standards kick in

  • by Emma Koehn
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Entertainment

Hannah Gadsby at the launch of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival on Tuesday.
Phones

'It's a huge problem': Comedians applaud Hannah Gadsby's anti-phone measures

"You're paying to sit there on your phone. I just don't get it." 

  • by Broede Carmody
Amy Shark will perform at Sunday's AFLW Grand Final.
Women's AFL

'I was shocked': Amy Shark's grand final gig inspired by Tayla Harris controversy

The ARIA winner will be performing on the pitch before Sunday's final.

  • by Robert Moran
A booking photo of Jussie Smollett.
Courts

Prosecutors drop all charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett

  • by Rachel Olding
Michael Chugg of Chugg Entertainment and  Michael Gudinski of Frontier Touring are entering a "joint partnership".
Live music

Promoters Michael Chugg and Michael Gudinski get the band back together

  • by Karl Quinn
Zhana Maticevski-Shumack, left, with fellow YA reader Luca Fraillon on the steps of the State Library of Victoria.
Education

'Alarm bells': Students rally after Centre for Youth Literature's closure

  • by Broede Carmody
Jonathan Biggins as former prime minister Paul Keating in <i>The Gospel According To Paul</i>.
Review

Rich ruminations, reminiscences and recriminations from 'Paul Keating'

  • by Alanna Maclean
Our Bush Capital is a 32-page children's book written by Samantha Tidy (left) and illustrated by Juliette Dudley. They are pictured at the Australian National Botanic Gardens.
Canberra life

New children's book Our Bush Capital being crowdfunded

  • by Megan Doherty
A scene from the dance show <i>Djuki Mala</i>.
Canberra life

Chooky Dancers fuse Indigenous and Western dance to amazing effect

  • by Michelle Potter
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Watch I Am The Night - the sinister event series starring Chris Pine. Now streaming only on Stan.

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Old enemies become new allies. Watch Axe and Chuck join forces in the new season of Billions - now streaming, only on Stan.

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Lifestyle

Smarter living

Visceral fat is the one you need to be worried about.
Executive Style

Your health's biggest enemy is hiding in plain sight

There are two types of fat, but it's the one you can't see that's the deadliest.

  • by Michael Jarosky
The Stadia controller, which connects directly to Google's servers via Wi-Fi.
Analysis
Video games

How Google Stadia could foretell the future of video games

Google's cloud-powered gaming system promises better graphics, expanded multiplayer and next generation social features, on virtually any screen.

  • by Tim Biggs
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Essential Baby

Children should begin swimming lessons at age one, new AAP advice

  • by Ariane Beeston
Are ball pits are playground for germs?
Essential Kids

Germ alert: The dirty truth about play centre ball pits

  • by Ariane Beeston
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Sport

Evonne Goolagong Cawley is using tennis to help Indigenous kids get an education.
ACT sport

Goolagong Foundation courts Indigenous kids into education

Evonne Goolagong Cawley wants to improve her people's lives - through tennis.

  • by David Polkinghorne
Knights prop David Klemmer has hit the ground running since moving to Newcastle.
Raiders

Klemmer the key to bright Raiders' Knights

It's the type of game the Canberra Raiders need to win and Newcastle recruit David Klemmer is the player they need to stop to help make that happen.

  • by David Polkinghorne and Caden Helmers
Canberra Capitals forward Keely Froling says the increase in minimum wage would have a three-fold effect.
Canberra Capitals

WNBL's increased minimum wage to keep players in game for longer

  • by David Polkinghorne
Andrew Kirkpatrick.
ACT sport

'My last chance to win it': Softball star Kirkpatrick's farewell

  • by Chris Dutton
Raiders CEO Don Furner says a new Civic Stadium would ensure the club's long-term future.
Raiders

Civic Stadium would ensure Raiders' future in Canberra: Furner

  • by David Polkinghorne

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