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The many men who claim to be behind our women's sevens gold

Roy Masters

Seebohm too distraught to talk as regretful Larkin misses gold

Michael Phelps has become the first swimmer to win the same event at four consecutive Games.

Phelps destroys rivals to win 22nd gold medal

Medals	G	S	B	Total
1. USA	16	12	10	38
2. CHN	11	8	11	30
3. JPN	7	2	13	22
4. AUS	5	4	6	15
Full Medal Tally

IBM says Queensland Health was to blame for the payroll system which cost taxpayer's $1.2 billion

Tech giant gets the blame for census bungle

Lucy Battersby
35 mins ago

Xinyi Chen of China competes in heat four of the Women's 100m Butterfly.

China confirms swimmer, 18, failed Rio drug test

Phil Lutton, Chris Barrett, Philip Wen
6 mins ago

ANZ is warning customers to immediately delete a hoax SMS.

'Delete immediately': Bank warns customers of new scam

Josh Dye
1 hr ago

The trial of pedal-assisted electric bicycles, or e-bikes, is being rolled out across ACT government workplaces. Udaya ...

Government to trial electric bikes for ACT public servants

Natasha Boddy
1 hr ago

Lyneham High School was placed into lockdown for several hours on Friday. File picture.

Lyneham High School placed into lockdown after incident

Natasha Boddy
1 hr ago

A spectator watches the men's rugby sevens match between Brazil and Kenya at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, ...

Coach sent home after posing as athlete to give urine sample

Isaack Omulo
1 hr ago

'That's not something I should do': Where it went wrong for Campbell sisters

Lemon sharks have been stalking the Thomas couple for some time.

Grandparent's boat 'stalked' by huge crocodile and sharks

United States' gold medal winner Michael Phelps competes in the men's 200m medley final.

Commentator botches Phelps call but apology goes viral

Kahurangi Tori Kapea is a women's rugby player and model.

Catwalk by day, rugby by night for Royals' Kahurangi Tori Kapea

50 mins ago

Rogue One: New trailer is out, with first glimpse of Darth Vader

Rio 2016: Fiji bursts into party after rugby win

Rising ocean temperatures are making us sick

Carb loading: is it really necessary?

Hunting the southern lights on the Victorian coast

4:01PM

When Australia joins the Granny nations

4:00PM

Coalition, Labor team up to clear out ...

3:59PM

The truck and excavator stuck inside the tunnel after the October 20 accident.

Driver cops fine for crash that left Parkes Way closed for two days

Assembly scraps plan to allow six election costings to stay secret

Kirsten Lawson

Budget bottom line $60m healthier than expected

A man died at the University of Canberra Hospital site after he was struck by a crane last Thursday.

Too early for reform after crane death: workplace safety minister

Deputy Chief Minister Simon Corbell says his focus from the report is improvements to acute service provision.

Sun sets on Simon Corbell's 19-year political career

Is this the answer to our most expensive health problem? And it's free

News. Canberra Times photo by Karen Hardy. 11th August 2016.
Tabitha Bobbin, 5, of Ainslie and Luke Jakubowski, 5, of ...

These school shoes are made for walking, especially this week

Tobacco boss bashed, stabbed in botched kidnap

Nick McKenzie

Police investigate an incident in Logan, where a bread truck was found and a sedan was stolen.

Gunman on the run after stealing bread truck

Will the domestic violence levy get to the root of the problem?

'Domestic terror' victim forced to rebuild her life

Parental permission was not granted to restrain this Canberra schoolboy in the 2m x 2m cage.

Autism cage details emerge as UN investigates abuse

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 01: Passengers are seen waiting in long queues as a result of Australian Border Force staff ...

Delays loom at airports as border staff strike

Markus Mannheim

The 'typical' Canberra bureaucrat, an EL1, has a base salary of $108,382.

APS pay is still frozen... except for the executives

Markus Mannheim

Census meltdown the latest in a series of bungles

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin

Sophie Mirabella was defeated in the 2013 election. She recontested the recent election but again lost.

Sophie Mirabella goes to work for Gina Rinehart

Tom McIlroy
1 hr ago

PM forced to counter Pyne census attack theory

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

Low-level hacktivists brought fragile census to its knees: experts

David Wroe

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison cited "national security" concerns for rejecting the offer.

Morrison rejects claims he kowtowed to crossbench on Ausgrid

1 hr ago

"My dad, me and my mum behind the fence at Nauru." Boy, 6 years. Drawings from young asylum seekers in 'The health and ...

Legal advice says child abuse royal commission could investigate Nauru

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said earlier this week the plebiscite might not be held until early next year.

Three-quarters would oppose popular vote on own right to marry: poll

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been embarrassed again.

Census-fail is a sign Turnbull has the Midas touch - in reverse

ANALYSIS

Emergency services at the scene of a bomb attack in Hua Hin, Thailand that happened early on Thursday, August 11, 2016.

More explosions, fires reported in Thailand

Lindsay Murdoch
1 hr ago

Major 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off Vanuatu: USGS

Patti Davis, daughter of late US president Ronald Reagan, in 2004.

Reagan's daughter slams 'horrifying' Trump comments

Hillary Clinton is crushing Donald Trump in the polls.

Clinton makes big pitch for 'the little guy'

Census privacy debate: Why it can pay to reveal yourself online

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

The latest cartoons from David Pope

Australia's rugby sevens women celebrate their win in Rio.

In a grim year, the Olympics are welcome respite

COMMENT

IBM's reputation at risk in wake of census bungle

Lucy Battersby
35 mins ago

Increasing volatility: Markets are nervous about company results and the escalating tensions in Gaza and Ukraine.

Markets Live: ASX loses steam

Live
Patrick Commins

The internet economy looks set to burst all over again one day soon.

There's another dotcom bubble - we just haven't noticed yet

Matthew Lynn

'Delete immediately': ANZ warns customers of SMS scam

Josh Dye
1 hr ago

Baby Bunting ramps up its expansion plans

Madeleine Heffernan

Hundreds of jobs at risk with Portland smelter's future in doubt

11 mins ago

Records tumble as Wall Street parties like it's 1999

ACCC launches Thermomix probe after customers suffer burns

Georgina Mitchell and Lucy Cormack

Some features of a home and its neighbourhood are more of a turn off than others.

What factors turns off buyers more than brothels?

Why young people should not live by themselves

'We swapped our modern home for a filthy old mess'

Laura Jackel
58 mins ago

Nine things all home renovators know to be true

Kelly and Michael Briggs, who run a floristry and photography businesses, say they couldn't go back to not having a cleaner.

The generation more likely to hire help to clean their homes

Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz gin for the Good Food hot list

10 deliciously unique Australian craft gins to mix up your weekend

Smart Sipping
Luke McCarthy
1 hr ago

Luke Mangan has got 19 restaurants around the world.

Luke Mangan cooking on board the world's poshest train

Fine Dining
1 hr ago

A photo of Ron Barassi taken from a scrapbook compiled by his mother Elza. The scrapbook features original black and ...

Your chance to buy memorabilia from AFL great Ron Barassi's life

QUIRKY INVESTMENTS
James Cockington

When one half of a couple has no interest in money matters

ASK NOEL
Noel Whittaker

Peter Strong, chief executive of the Council of Small Business Australia, is concerned small businesses could fall ...

Small businesses fear being next target of bad financial advice

Georgia Wilkins

Most people who abuse customer service workers are just in a bad mood.

Top 10 worst customers: which one are you?

James Adonis

Toucan gets a 3D-printed beak

11 mins ago

Rio 2016: Mitch Larkin wins silver

52 mins ago

Croc and sharks hanging out

Green Day releases new single

The most famous Australian race-car driver you’ve never heard

Based on the popular kids book by Julia Donaldson

The Circus - It's the US election like you've never seen it before.

Three kitchen designs you'll love forever

Advertiser Content

The perfect oven: combining tech and style

Advertiser Content

The business rules of attraction

Advertiser

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story latest trailer is out

Michael Idato

President Barack Obama's summer playlist is all kinds of cool

Obama releases a summer playlist – and Courtney Barnett gets a nod

Bernard Zuel

Picture supplied for publicity 1998 / Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting

Revisiting Robin Williams' work, two years on from his death

Garry Maddox

Ricky Gervais at the world premiere of <i>David Brent: Life on the Road</i> in London.

David Brent is as bad as he wants to be in Life on the Road

Bernard Zuel

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds S7 - Thomas Gibson 001.jpg

Criminal Minds' Thomas Gibson suspended after 'altercation'

Michael Idato

Herizen Guardiola (left) and Justice Smith in <i>The Get Down</i>.

The Get Down is a lavish remix of hip-hop history – and a big mess

REVIEW

Tom Hiddleston unleashes his dark side in drama High-Rise

Stephanie Bunbury

The death knell for feminism: Wednesday's episode of <i>The Bachelor</i>.

This season of The Bachelor is a disappointing car crash

COMMENT
Ebony Bowden

Clonakilla's 2015 Shiraz Viognier has been put in the same realm as Penfolds Grange.

Sneak peek of Clonakilla's latest

Megan Doherty

Vanessa de Jager as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl.

Funny Girl musical coming to the Q

Ron Cerabona

Lucienne Rickard, Bruiser I, in Winter Drawings at Beaver Galleries.

Winter drawings by Lucienne Rickard evocative and vivid

Sasha Grishin

Kendall Jenner is on the cover of <i>Vogue's</i> September issue.

Kendall Jenner on cover of Vogue's September issue

Mary Ward

Your refillable water bottle could be as dirty as a dog toy

Adam Boult

Amal Clooney and husband George leave their meeting with the Pope in Vatican City last week.

Fans slow to fork out $2200 to meet Amal Clooney

Christine Sams

THE GOOD: Margot Robbie’s Gucci dress is pretty and yet still kooky: it seems like the perfect choice for a <i>Suicide ...

Best & worst dressed celebrities of the week

Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, here in 2013, is set to inherit his father's fortune.

The new Duke of Westminster is quite the eligible bachelor

Jenna Clarke

The US men's gymnastics team considered competing topless at Rio to raise, ahem, interest in the sport.

'Hottest Olympic Dudes': Is it OK for women to objectify male athletes?

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MAY 20: NBC News correspondent Katy Tur arrives to the 39th Gracie Awards Gala at The Beverly ...

This reporter needed Secret Service protection after Trump called her out at a rally

"The Donald is a guy whose main purpose in life is to stick his surname on as many things as possible... and now wants ...

Help. I've become addicted to American politics

Dom Knight

"It would be like measuring the desirability of Bachelor Richie by how well he serviced a jet plane."

The one kernel of reality from The Bachelor's robot baby challenge

Leslie Jones is Team USA's secret weapon. RIP us.

Leslie Jones made it to Rio and is already slaying it

Why you get sick at a new job - and how to stop it

Benjamen Judd

The upside to IVF

Lindy Alexander

Miss Universe Australia's tips for healthy living

The Juice Daily

Good Food's ultimate pancake recipe collection.

Want to make perfect pancakes? Try these top recipes and tips

Here's how to save time on dinner prep - and still get quality meals

Photograph by William Meppem (GW food - aug 6 issue) Neil Perry Recipe : Olive oil and Sauternes cake with maple roasted ...

Make Neil Perry's Sauternes cake with maple-roasted pears

Blake Lively at the Cannes Film Festival in May 11.

Blake Lively shuts down Sunrise presenters over baby weight comments

Staff writers

Teen lost in wilderness for days, found with mysterious new look

Katie Mettler

Elyse Miller-Kennedy has died after a head-on collision in far North Queensland

Miss World Australia finalist, 17, dies after head-on collision

When staying in a hotel doesn't always go according to plan...

The best of #hotelfail: when accommodation goes terribly wrong

Hugh Morris

Crews work to extinguish a fire on Emirates flight EK521 after it was involved in an accident.

Passengers on Emirates plane want their luggage back

Hugh Morris

North America's biggest ski resort, Whistler, has been bought out by Vail Resorts.

Vail Resorts buys Whistler: what does it mean for Aussies?

Snow It All
Rachael Oakes-Ash

Facebook is granting us more control over which ads we see but wants to ensure that we're not blocking them completely.

Facebook's war on ad blockers blocked

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Humans are bad at remembering complex passwords.

The key to choosing the right password

Inga Ting
1 hr ago

The Roomba 980. While you're out, it roams your house.

Roomba 980: Vac your home from anywhere in the world

Tim Biggs

Best-looking game consoles of all time

Kotaku

Android man: a data scientist has shown how to tell which tweets are really from Republican presidential candidate ...

How to tell which tweets are really from Trump

Tim Biggs

Is this the best Porsche ever built?

Sam Charlwood

Peugeot 308 GTi 270 long term report

Andrew MacLean

Toyota Corolla Hybrid reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Audi's pothole-powered car

David McCowen

Skoda Kodiaq teased again

Dom Tripolone

Hyundai has offered a sneak peek at its next generation i30.

Hyundai teases new i30

David McCowen

Simone Manuel, right, is congratulated by Bronte Campbell.

Bronte Campbell insists she is content despite narrowly missing bronze

49 mins ago

William Lockwood, Joshua Dunkley-Smith, Joshua Booth and Alexander Hill, of Australia, compete in the men's rowing four ...

Men's four hoping they don't 'catch a crab' again

Roy Masters

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 07: Lisa De Vanna of Australia celebrates scoring a goal during the Women's International ...

'We can beat any team here': Matildas ready for Brazil

'I really want a medal bad': Dane hopes to get Aussies off to a flyer

Stunning comeback for Opals as huge deficit made up

Roje Adaimy

Boxer surprised to fight as opponent starts day in Rio jail

Hockeyroos edge closer to quarters

Russell Jackson

McEvoy ready to confront mental frailties after 'stagefright'

Chris Barrett

Sport
Olympian Shelley Watts
Date: May 20 2016
The Canberra Times
Photo: Elesa Kurtz

'It absolutely melted me': What Shelley's fighting for in Rio

The redeemer: Raiders coach Ricky Stuart runs a training session.

Stuart needs your help to stop approaching Storm

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 31: Socceroos Tim Cahill visit Tim Cahills former junior soccer club in Marrickville on May 31, ...

Cahill deal could be the most important signing in A-League

ANALYSIS

Robbie Coleman will captain the Brumbies at the Mauritius 10s.

Coleman happy with Rio swap for John I Dent Cup

David Warner will look to go on the attack.

Australia vow to attack to avoid 'duck season'

Jon Pierik

Canberra apprentice jockey premier Kayla Nisbet.

Nisbet says Payne's sacking "really sucks"

James Hall

Philipe Bernabo Madrid helped Canberra Olympic into the FFA Cup round of 16 but the club won't be shifting its cup tie ...

FFA Cup: Canberra Olympic to face off against giant-killers

James Hall

NRL Rookie winner Lou Goodwin has chosen to sign with the Canberra Raiders.

Rookie recruit Goodwin vows to prove worth

Chris Dutton