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More than 800 parking fines were handed out by the NCA during this year's Enlighten festival.

Enlighten Festival fines increase as car parks closed

Researchers at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef are studying the impacts of coral bleaching on fish and anemones ...

Wider effects of mass Great Barrier Reef bleaching emerge

Fingerprint on digital screen, 3d render abstract; access; authorization; background; biometric; biometrics; code; ...

Privacy expert lambasts 'incredibly secretive' political parties

British Prime Minister Theresa May in Brussels.

EU nations vow to take more action against Russia

BREAKING

Emergency services at the scene after a young girl died when a boat capsized on Moruya bar on Saturday morning.

'Please wear life jackets': Lifesavers appeal after drowing

A 2013 image of hero police officer Colonel Arnaud Beltrame.

Officer who swapped himself for hostage dies as terror toll hits four

What is the debate about tall buildings really about?

Young Canberra girl dies after boat capsizes on Moruya Bar

Turnbull phoned Packer with concerns after series of emails

Emergency crews battling grass fire in Fyshwick

The business big shot who grew up dreading two things

Suzi Maginnity has been battling for four years to have a secure retaining wall built to stop her property boundary ...

Neighbours 'pitted against each other' for four years over building work

Rebecca McConnell will race in Canberra this weekend as a warm up for the Commonwealth Games.

New name, but same goal for mountain-biker McConnell

Shaun Johnson.

NZ Warriors' Shaun Johnson's field goals floor Canberra Raiders

Erin Cooper and Dan Mundy from Tobellie Hill Produce in Kindervale with their children Toby, 3, and Ellie, 2.

Fresh food to the front at Canberra Harvest Festival

Jarrad Houghton with his dog Basil.

Remember Basil? Canberra's hero dog is getting official thanks

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Hamilton breaks lap record in Melbourne

Me with key internal stakeholders Jessica and Riley.

I applied for an EL1 role using my 'mum' skills - and it's gold

Former Manly teammate Jake Trbojevic has backed Canberra Raiders recruit Liam Knight to make an impact in the NRL.

Trbojevic backs Knight to shine

Cheers! The Craft Beer and Cider Festival is on at Mercure Canberra on Saturday.

5 things to do in Canberra this weekend

Prince Harry and his fiance wowed crowds as they visited Northern Ireland.

Meghan Markle hints at baby plans during Northern Ireland visit

England fans behaviour 'appalling': police chief

3:25AM

Massive crowds rally across US to protest tighter ...

2:43AM

Trump to expel Russian diplomats envoys over UK ...

2:10AM

Western Creek Community Council Chair Tom Anderson at the site of the new service station, which has now been approved.

Second servo for Weston Creek approved

Cancer victims honoured at Canberra Relay for Life

Dry autumn blamed for delayed backburning program last year

Simon Port runs a one-on-one program working with perpetrators of domestic and family violence to help them change their ...

'It was mainly my fault': DV program rehabilitates offenders

Justice Hilary Penfold is retiring.

Career of 'broken glass ceilings': pioneer Canberra judge retires

Canberra's own iconic actress Gabby Millgate (of Muriel's Wedding fame) has created the "You're Terrible Mural" ...

'You're terrible, Muriel': Did you know Joanie Heslop lives here?

Much of the sexual abuse occurred at the Australian Defence Force Academy.

ADFA cadet acquitted of rape, still on trial on other charges

Selfie Malcolm Turnbull took of him with Trump and Xi at Apec 2017 "Catching up with @realDonaldTrump & President Xi at ...

Australia's worst nightmare: to be caught in cross fire of trade war

Kirsty Needham

Hamelin Bay in Augusta, where several stranded whales have washed ashore.

'Mysteries of nature': Only 15 beached whales have survived

UPDATED
David Prestipino

Pete and Sue Hensel married in December and were on their honeymoon in Queensland when they were killed in a helicopter ...

Whitsundays chopper crash victims were on 'dream honeymoon'

Ruth McCosker

Former US president Barack Obama waves to people at the Sydney Opera House on Friday.

Barack Obama touches down in Sydney

The Australian Tax Office has revealed the specific hardware that brought down its website in 2016 and 2017.

The hardware responsible for ATO website outages

The Centrelink robodebt program "went well" according to the Department of Human Services.

Human Services says robodebt program 'went well'

Agencies have defended their contractor spending in a public hearing.

APS bosses cop grilling on booming contract spend

A few steps can help turning Facebook into a more benign app.

Revealed: Facebook tried to shape Australia's 2016 election

EXCLUSIVE
John McDuling

Business Council boss defies the blue-blooded big shot stereotype

David Crowe

Turnbull phoned James Packer with concerns after series of emails

David Crowe

Phone users set to foot the bill amid fears over China tech power

EXCLUSIVE
David Crowe

Refugee boat.

Labor push to adopt Greens policy of lifting refugee intake to 50,000

Michael Koziol

Treasurer Scott Morrison speaking to reporters on Thursday at a FinTech conference in London.

Scott Morrison and PM at odds on company tax

Latika Bourke

AUST POST BRW 100301 MELB PIC BY JESSICA SHAPIRO... GENERIC Australia Post, mail, service, delivery, price, stamp, post ...

'It will hit consumers hard': eBay hits back at $5 parcel tax proposal

Eryk Bagshaw

Police wearing armoured gear gather outside the Super U supermarket in Trebes.

'A terrorist act': Four dead after French shop hostage situation

Protests are planned around the world.

Florida school shooting survivors to lead 500,000 in protest

Matthew Hall

Dr Mahathir Mohamad, former prime minister of Malaysia, is interviewed in his office in Putrajaya about the next general ...

Australia still an 'outpost of Europe' says Malaysia's Mahathir

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the ...

House Republicans vote to release Russia report, ending probe

In every airport queue I've ever been in, the people targeted for screening are mostly young and mostly black.

How to be a casual anti-racist

Jenna Price

David Pope

David Pope's latest cartoons

A bumper sign during a blockade of the freeway between Johannesburg and Vereeniging, in Midvaal, South Africa, last year ...

Dutton ventures where fools fear to tread

Bruce Haigh

What could have been a minor setback if handled properly has turned into a potential extinction event for Facebook.

'PR skills of Kim Jong-un': Time for tech giants to dump their egos

OPINION
Matthew Lynn

Solomon Lew

Dressed to kill: what's Solly Lew really up to at Myer?

OPINION
Elizabeth Knight

The banking royal commission shows problems with a lack of trust.

Time stops for no one at the banking royal commission

Sarah Danckert

In this undated photo provided by Julien's Auctions, shows the John Lennon original 1962 J-160E Gibson Acoustic guitar ...

Gibson, guitar maker for Elvis and B.B. King, has the $700m debt blues

Emma Orr & Austin Weinstein

World's richest lose $548 billion as sharemarket rout deepens

Tom Metcalf & Jack Witzig

'We've worried for years': Apple's Cook calls for more privacy rules

David Ramli

'Machete to the heart': When your husband is a white-collar criminal

Abby Ellin

Nobody knows how to fix what Facebook has broken

John McDuling

10 Shannon Circuit, Kaleen.

Ambitious bidders drive new suburb record for Kaleen

14 Gooreen Street, Reid

Classic Canberra brick home offers a charming lifestyle

Exeter 377 Ellsmore Road, NSW

Grand Exeter home wows potential buyers

Both from Robin Walsh. The 2nd is an image of Sheila's Cottage a restored crofters cottage located near the Boathouse on ...

Scottish island, with interesting Australian history, for sale

Hannah at Clint's house on The Block 2017 at 46D Regent Street, Elsternwick

'What is luxury?': Inside Darren Palmer's creative process

Getting more, not less, sleep is more important to your boss.

The best way to get ahead at work is to sleep in

Success
Maria Lally

Mercedes-Benz has provided guests a lush flora and fauna filled experience behind the roar of engines.

High-tech marquees take over the Grand Prix

Cars
Benjamen Judd

SMH MONEY COVER. Sheridan is a single mother hosting students for a bit of extra income. Right now she has Malia staying ...

How to make money from hosting students

John Collett

You can't directly compare a retirement village with a residential development.

Residential development looks like a retirement facility but isn't

OPINION
Rachel Lane

ACCC deputy chairman Michael Schaper says franchising is a focus for the watchdog.

600 complaints: Regulator has franchise sector in its sights

Cara Waters

Caltex franchisees protesting in Martin Place against the stores being taken back by Caltex management and making them ...

'Left with nothing': Caltex is bullying us, former franchisees claim

Cole Latimer

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Johnson breaks Raiders hearts

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Giant T-Rex reconstruction bursts into flames

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Facebook's attempt to shape Australia's 2016 election

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French public sector, rail workers strike

Canberra Raiders V New Zealand Warriors. Round 3 - 2018 Nrl Telstra Premiership. Photo: Jamila Toderas

2018 NRL Telstra Premiership Round 3: Canberra Raiders V New Zealand Warriors

The detour stan

Binge S1&2 of the hilarious The Detour - now streaming on Stan.

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The brand new season of Stan Original series #WolfCreek - now streaming only on Stan.

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Stefanovic with close friend, billionaire James Packer and friends, including Ben Tilley, left, in Aspen during the ...

Private Sydney: Packer's picks and sticks begin to emerge

Andrew Hornery

Jane Sheldon, lead performer in The Howling Girls, a new, wordless, work that investigates the effects of mass hysteria ...

A daring new opera revisits a post 9/11 hysteria attack

Composer
Andrew Taylor

Kate McLennan, left, and Kate McCartney.

Who's got time for TV? The Kates are too busy making it

Claire Hooper

Blanchett on CNN with Christiane Amanpour.

Social media 'not judge and jury': Blanchett addresses Allen claims

Rob Moran

Marni Reti is only one of four Indigenous undergraduates at the University of Technology Sydney studying architecture. A ...

Sydney family's $1m gift to fix 'startling' architecture statistic

Julie Power

Delta Goodrem has embraced her womanhood in a new single called Think About You.

The emancipation of Delta Goodrem

Nathanael Cooper

International ballet superstar David Hallberg - who has been principal dancer with both New York Ballet Theatre and the ...

David Hallberg: Australian Ballet’s first international resident guest artist

Robyn Doreian

Lillian Armfield was one of two women who were the first policewomen in the NSW Police Force.

Lillian Armfield, Australia's first female detective

Leigh Straw

<i>42nd Street</i> at the Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre.

Tap dancing and tuneful songs to chase away troubles

Matthew Harding (Australia 1964-2018), Dialogue 2001, laser-cut hoop pine ply, vinyl upholstery, brass hinges. CMAG, ...

Celebrating 20 years of visual art in Canberra

A scene from <i>Black is the New White</i> (in Brisbane).

Comedy doesn't just see issues in black and white

Jennifer Aniston's life will impact your life about as much as the rugby results.

The problem of lifestyle

OPINION
Jane Gilmore

Meditation does not have to be crossing your legs on a cliff edge.

Six common misconceptions about meditation

Dusana Dorjee

There is more than one good reason for us to put our phones down.

'Are we raising digital monsters? Absolutely.'

OPINION
Jennifer Van Grove

"I will frequently come away from a first date with a man knowing quite a bit about him and he will know nothing about me."

The men who ask no questions

OPINION
Kerri Sackville

And they say romance is dead? Nick "Honey Badger" Cummins giving a peck on the cheek to a contestant while surrounded by ...

Three times a charm for The Bachelor Nick 'Honey Badger' Cummins

Amy Croffey

Karen Wright is president of the ACT Division of the Planning Institute of Australia and a planning consultant.

Better cities are not just about height

OPINION
Karen Wright

Sex and the City

What Cynthia Nixon's co-stars think of her run for governor

OPINION
Natalie Reilly

Grace and favour: The rules by which non-believers live are of their own making.

Faith: Waiting for the moment of judgment

Elizabeth Quinn

Mum turns ultrasounds into breathtaking works of art

Mum turns ultrasounds into beautiful works of art

Ariane Beeston

Photo: Shutterstock

Why having a best friend is not all it's cracked up to be

Merryn Porter

Photo: Shutterstock

Despite my best efforts, my nine-year-old son saw online porn

Zewlan Moor

Vanilla beans.

Why cooking with vanilla is anything but plain

When the service is bad, it's hard for a restaurant to redeem itself.

The 7 common service fails we're all sick of

On the menu, it's breads, tapas, pintxos and bocatas - and of course, sangria.

First look: Black Fire tapas and pintxos bar fires up in Braddon

Just showing a valid passport might not be enough to get you into many European countries in the near future.

Australian travellers will soon need visas to visit Europe

Michael Gebicki

Vienna is one of Europe's most beautiful cities.

World's most liveable city for 2018 named and Aussies are flocking to it

Kylie McLaughlin

Changi Airport Terminal 4

The world's best airport named for 2018 named

Kylie McLaughlin

Tivoli's Model One Digital comes with AM, in Australia only.

Finally, a digital radio that sounds good and has AM

Rod Easdown

Google Home will now anser all your burning footy questions, even if it can't let you listen to the games.

Google Home gears up for the footy season

Adam Turner

Trinity Lutheran College's Kirsten Ford teaches alongside Zenobot.

AI enters the classroom as school trials ZenoBot assistant teacher

Adam Turner

The current iPhone X uses a Samsung OLED screen.

Apple developing its own screens in-house for the first time, to replace Samsung and LG OLED

Mark Gurman

Dark Web image Shutterstock

To catch a spider: Could police use AI to trawl the dark web?

EXCLUSIVE
Liam Mannix

2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS.

Seven most extreme cars

Dom Tripolone

2018 Audi R8 RWS.

Is Audi plotting R8 V6?

Stephen Ottley

2018 Mitsubishi Triton Blackline.

Mitsubishi dresses up its Triton workhorse

Dom Tripolone

2018 Volkswagen Touareg.

New Volkswagen Touareg revealed

Greg Kable

2018 BMW 6-Series GT.

Road test: BMW 630i GT

Stephen Ottley

2018 Audi e-tron prototype.

Audi confirms electric future

Stephen Ottley

Canberra Raiders Captain Jarrod Croker.

Stuart calls on Greenberg to fix obstruction rule

New Zealand Warriors celebrate their win.

You've got to be choking! Raiders lose at death to magic Johnson

Phil Davis

Giants eye a packed house at Manuka Oval

Pooling resources: Wallabies forwards coach Stephen Larkham oversees Waratahs training at Allianz Stadium.

Larkham prepares for his first Tah Week as a neutral

Single Gaze (left) ran second at Ranvet Stakes behind Gailo Chop (right) and is now headed to the Tancred Stakes on Saturday.

Single Gaze runs second in Ranvet Stakes

Fed Cup Press Conference with Casey Dellacqua and Destanee Aiava. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos

Teenager Destanee Aiava through to third Canberra final

Goal hungry: Ola Kamara of Norway celebrates after completing his hat trick against Australia.

Van Marwijk's debut humiliation as Socceroos crash 4-1

Canberra mountain bike cross country racer Rebecca McConnell (nee Henderson).

Fitter, faster, stronger Rebecca McConnell hits form