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Education is a major life spend, says John Velegrinis, CEO of Australian Scholarships Group.

Most overfunded Australian private school is in ACT

EXCLUSIVE

Labor national secretary George Wright.

No one outside politics knows his name, as it's meant to be

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Donald Trump defended his Twitter attack on Alicia Machado.

Trump defends his 3am tirade, says he's not insomniac

ANALYSIS
Alan Rappeport

Police said they spotted the 24-year-old man was caught driving in a 110km/h zone about 11.30am on Friday.

Car confiscated as man caught at 168km/h on Hume Highway

ACT Fire and Rescue.

Car catches fire after filling up at Hawker service station

A man changed his name in the weeks after failing to appear in court on bribery and corruption charges, a Canberra court ...

Man changed name after failing to appear on bribery charge: court

Police believe bikies to blame for shots fired into Tuggeranong home

90 cents in every dollar of performance pay has little to do with skill

'It's not every day we say that about fuel prices in Canberra'

Andrew Barr belatedly sees the virtues of integrity commissions

COMMENT
Jack Waterford

Man who drove into Canberra lake admits he threatened to kill wife

The Bulldogs celebrate a late Jake Stringer goal.

Underdogs to wonderdogs: the fairytale comes true

Rohan Connolly
44 mins ago

Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt.

Temporary deal reached in Brangelina divorce settlement

Alex Nation and Richie Strahan after Nation was named the winner of The Bachelor.

'I just don't think Australia likes them as much'

Pacific Heat: Working Dog's first adult animated series will premiere on Foxtel before becoming available on Netflix in ...

Working Dog's new adult animation"

1 hr ago

William Woodbridge called this floating tepee on Lake Ginninderra home for several months in 2012.

The cultural and natural secrets of ACT's northside electorates

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Obama gives Bill Clinton the hurry-up

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How to recover from an email gaffe

Struggling to finish a book in time for your next meeting?

The problem with book clubs

No swansongs as Bloods fans nurse their wounds

6:27PM

Beveridge gives Bob his premiership medal

6:33PM

White and Lima praise father figure Bellamy ahead ...

6:15PM

41 Walker Crescent, Narrabundah.

Auction watch: Long weekend no hurdle for buyers in a tight market

Allhomes Canberra. Domain. September 28, 2016.?An artist's impression of the boutique hotel slated for?Bruce to service ...

Expressions of interest sought for proposed boutique hotel in Bruce

Canberra Domain Allhomes. 2 Nankervis Street, Casey. October 1, 2016.?

Big blocks still in big demand despite shrinking land sizes

Allhomes Canberra. Domain. September 29, 2016. A new office building planned for 100 Swain Street, Gungahlin.

Tenant could shape new top tier office building in Gungahlin

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

Rating: 6.6/10 - from 56,049 users

Directed by Chris Columbus. With Robin Williams, ...

Mrs Doubtfire house hits the market for $5.8 million

Hsin-yu Huang, 6, from Sydney braves the weather at Floriade on the first day reopening after being closed due to the ...

Floriade re-opens after unprecedented two-day closure

Anomalies involving millions of taxpayers' dollars: Hanson

Floriade and Nightfest back open

The Wanniassa building fire caused $50,000 damage.

Wanniassa shops building fire causes $50,000 damage

Daylight savings begins on Sunday.

Clocks to be wound forward for daylight saving time

Extreme high-risk inmate: Bassam Hamzy.

Convicted killer caught out in high security jail by 'stealth' staff

ACT police say they found ice and heroin with a combined street value of over $2 million in this safe hidden behind a ...

Police seize over $2 million worth of drugs from Canberra home

The AFL is among clients contacted as part of an investigation into potential fraud.

Did AFL pay for ads that never ran?

Nick McKenzie

The SES outside a home in Downer in South Australia.

After week of storms, new front set to hit south-east Australia

Extreme high-risk inmate: Bassam Hamzy.

Convicted killer caught out in jail by 'stealth' staff

NSW

Voter turnout was as bad as it has ever been across Australia.

180k voters face fines for not voting in federal election

WA

Government agencies repeatedly break the law by excluding candidates who lack security clearances.

Bureaucracy turns a blind eye to job ads breaking the law

Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Minister for Regional Development, ...

Troubled public service agency calls in the cops

Three-in-one: Information Commissioner, Privacy Commissioner and FOI Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim.

No one found to fill top privacy, FOI jobs

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump applauds as he is introduced by boxing promoter Don King.

Black votes matter: Trump's efforts to woo African Americans

Paul McGeough

"This is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs," Hillary Clinton said of her opponent Donald Trump in the ...

Women problem so bad he is breaking up relationships

COMMENT
Anne Summers

Donald Trump in Florida earlier this year.

Donald Trump broke Cuban embargo, report says

Education is a major life spend, says John Velegrinis, CEO of Australian Scholarships Group.

Wealthy private schools over-funded by hundreds of millions

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott and Fergus Hunter

How Birmingham unleashed his inner Underwood

ANALYSIS
Matthew Knott

Coastal oil drilling plan delay sparks disaster fears

Tom McIlroy

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was accused of peddling 'ignorant rubbish' by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.

Renewable energy spat threatens investment, industry warns

Heath Aston

Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten with Matilda, his 3-year-old bulldog on Nova radio.

Shape-shifters at 50 paces as pollies punt on footy finals

Malcolm Turnbull and Daniel Andrews are in a new war of words over renewables.

A lack of leadership is to blame for Australia's malaise

COMMENT

<i>Making Headlines</i> book launch, NSW state parliament.

Former editor launches book, and Malcolm feels the love

A man checks out a garment left at the Wall of Kindness in Bhilwara, India.

Against tradition and scepticism, India's Wall of Kindness flourishes

Amrit Dhillon

Seven-month-old Luhandra Vitoria, who was born with microcephaly, sits with her sister Jasminy in Recife, Brazil, where ...

Thailand confirms first Zika microcephaly cases in Southeast Asia

Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, right, is escorted to a waiting helicopter after his arrest.

'El Chapo' sons likely behind deadly ambush in Mexico

Smoke billows from the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York after airplanes crashed into both towers on ...

September 11 widow the first to sue Saudi Arabia after Obama override

America's options: The Donald and HRC.

In the case of Trump v Clinton, who's the real outsider?

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

As we become richer we're prepared to spend more on our health and wellbeing.

The booming industry that accounts for 1 in 8 jobs

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Chief Minister Andrew Barr.

Andrew Barr belatedly sees the virtues of integrity commissions

COMMENT
Jack Waterford

Among the largest 100 companies, on average their top executives are getting only one third of their pay packet from ...

When bosses get big bonuses for simply doing their job

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Customers enter a Deutsche Bank branch in Boblingen, Germany.

Deutsche shares surge on $US5.4b settlement report

Wait times for people seeking help with their financial stress has increased from a fortnight to six weeks.

Road to ruin: Auto manufacturing workers fear for their futures

Nick Toscano

Credit Suisse downplays the systemic risks of SMSFs.

Shadow selfie super funds face spotlight

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Charities, Australia's biggest sports tied into ghost ad probe

The fee telcos say is holding back super-fast internet speeds

In search of classical Athens' elusive economy

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Sydney CBD an office landlord's paradise

Carolyn Cummins

Springcourt sneakers.

Keep your cool with 15 of the hottest new sneakers

Handsome Things

The retro range at the new $6.6 million Twenty Third Street Distillery in Renmark, South Australia.

Your grandparents' favourite spirit is back for a new generation

Smart Sipping

The NSW Solar Bonus Scheme ends in December.

Solar households to earn up to 200 times more in Urth Energy deal

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Dr Bronwyn King helped drive the tobacco divestment movement.

Make the world a better place with superannuation

Catherine Robson

Dr Paul May in front of his new vet hospital.

'This has been the most stressful thing in my life'

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Former Prime Minister John Howard: is he a benevolent sexist?

The benevolent sexist: is there such a thing?

James Adonis

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Princess Charlotte toddles at children's party

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Train crashes into New Jersey station

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Man-made lagoon paradise

Domain

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Wyatt Roy caught in IS firefight

Western Bulldogs.

2015 AFL Grand Final Parade

younger

Younger Season 3 now streaming on Stan.

house of lies

House of Lies Season 4 - now streaming on Stan.

Product recall costs mount for businesses

Advertiser Content

Exposing the history of lingerie

Advertiser Content

The business rules of attraction

Advertiser

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The true story of Sydney's unsolved gay hate crimes

Craig Mathieson

Keith Urban

Keith Urban: why the country star worked with Katy Perry's producer

Chris Johnston

Mudhoney poster by Malleus.

Meet the Italian metalheads making art for the stars

Barry Divola

Pacific Heat: Working Dog's first adult animated series will premiere on Foxtel before becoming available on Netflix in ...

Working Dog's new animation "A-Team meets Hawaii 5-0"

Gabriel Wilder
1 hr ago

Todd Sampson in <i>BodyHack</i>.

How Todd Sampson uncovered a repressed childhood memory

Todd Sampson

Lynda Carter played Wonder Woman in the 1970s Warner Bros TV series.

Wonder Woman is bisexual, says the comic book's writer

Amy Croffey

Original Dynasty cast members (from left) Joan Collins, John Forsythe and Linda Evans.

Peak reboot achieved with revival of '80s supersoap

Michael Idato

We want to see Frank Underwood succeed on <i>House of Cards</i>, despite his worst deeds.

Dark desires: Why we love watching sociopaths on screen

Michael Lallo

Fashfest returns on September 29-October 1 with two runway shows each night.

Canberra Long Weekender

Canberra children's and young adult fiction author Jack Heath.

Jack Heath – the Canberra author who published 18 books before he was 30

Red Corner Boxing apparel will be on the runway again at Fashfest 2016.

Boxing gone troppo at Canberra's Fashfest

"It's time we start recognising the paternal baby-name tradition for what it really is: just another way to perpetuate ...

The benefits of including childless adults in your parenting village

Louise Fabiani

Alicia Machado (centre) at the 1996 Miss Universe pageant, where she was crowned the winner.

What Donald Trump's 'Miss Piggy' comment shows us about the sin of weight gain

Danielle Paquette

Alex Nation and Richie Strahan after Nation was named the winner of The Bachelor.

Reality bites for Richie

Andrew Hornery

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

White Australia's obsession with 'problem people'

Randa Abdel-Fattah

After Sun columnist Rod Liddle dismissed Emma Watson's work for the UN as "leftie, PC crap", Sansa Stark (actress Sophie ...

Celebrity friends who have each others' backs

Put down the smartphone and allow yourself to be bored, says Manoush Zomorodi.

The case for bringing boredom back into our lives

Daisy Dumas

THE BEST: This Preen dress is now among my top five Duchess of Camb' looks of all time (straight to the pool room with ...

Best & worst dressed celebrities of the week

Fitness icons like Lorna Jane refuse to embrace size diversity

COMMENT
Chloe Papas

Who needs a foam roller when you can have a vibrator instead?

Forget your foam roller and buy a vibrator instead

Sarah Berry

Love: A right everyone deserves.

The psychology of forced decisions

Dr Tim Sharp

The best diet: one you can stick to. Photo: iStock

The ketogenic diet: Can eating fat help you lose weight?

Christy Brissette

Lamb cutlets with green yoghurt sauce.

Lamb cutlets with green yoghurt

Adam Liaw

Cucamelons are also known as Mexican sour gherkin and mouse melons.

Hot List: Introducing the world's cutest vegetables

Sofia Levin

Peach & lentil salad with warm pork tenderloin from <I>Around The World In World in Salads</I>.

Five hearty salad recipes - including a dessert

Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi

Brad Kearns with his wife Sarah and their children, Knox and Finn.

'Just a stay-at-home mum?': Dad's defense of wife goes viral

Cat Rodie

Jennifer Garner and Violet Affleck

Jennifer Garner on motherhood: 'I give it all I can'

Ariane Beeston

Points for thoughtfulness.

Little kid leaves thoughtful warning on spelling test

Cat Rodie

Lion's rock (Sigiriya) is a large stone and ancient fortress ruin in the central Matale District of Sri Lanka. UNESCO ...

Two-hundred-metre high rock: Asia's own version of Uluru

Glenn A. Baker

Traveller letters: I'm glad machines have replaced immigration staff

Souvenir paradise: Along Malioboro street in Yogyakarta, tourists can find mountains of t-shirts, jewellery and handicrafts.

How I fell for the most obvious travel scam

Siobhan Downes

Uber has rolled out panic button in South Africa after a string of incidents.

Uber tries out 'panic buttons' after rape cases

Krista Mahr

Is it a tablet? Is it a laptop?

The keyboard that turns your iPad into a laptop

Peter Wells

Google is spending a lot of money to remind consumers that something big is coming.

Google spends big on hype ahead of phone reveal

Eli Blumenthal

No Man's Sky mixes a saturated, low-fi presentation and meditative synth metal soundtrack with?mysterious, old-school ...

No Man's Sky false advertising claim

Kotaku

The iPhone is beautiful, but its shape and design hasn't been cutting edge for years. Plus my inner tech geek can't ...

iPhone 7: impressions of an Android user

COMMENT
Tim Biggs

Audi has revealed the all-new Q5 at the 2016 Paris motor show.

Audi reveals new Q5

Stephen Corby

Buying a Ferrari: It takes more than money

David McCowen

Mazda has added value to its popular CX-5.

Mazda adds more gear to CX-5

Dom Tripolone

BMW X2 concept at the 2016 Paris motor show. Embargo: 9pm 29/9/2016

Revealed: BMW X2 concept

Greg Kable

The Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ concept has been revealed ahead of the 2016 Paris motor show.

Mercedes reveals its Tesla fighter

Greg Kable

Lexus UX concept at the 2016 Paris motor show.

Lexus' bold plan for small SUV

Andrew MacLean

The Bulldogs celebrate a late Jake Stringer goal.

Bulldogs win 2016 AFL grand final

44 mins ago

Jason Johannisen on his way to the Norm Smith Medal.

Johannisen wins Norm Smith

55 mins ago

Luke Beveridge, coach of the Western Bulldogs AFL premiership team, 2016

A gloriously unexpected triumph

1 hr ago

It's a tense and hard-fought premiership decider at the MCG.

AFL grand final: as it happened

Live
1 hr ago

Worth the wait: The Bulldogs celebrate at the final siren.

Swans beaten as Bulldogs end 62-year drought

1 hr ago

Quinton de Kock of the Proteas celebrates his 150 runs.

de Kock destroys Australian bowling in opening ODI

Jesse Bromwich of the Storm is congratulated by Cooper Cronk and his teammates after scoring against the Cowboys in the ...

Consistent Storm out to end season as they started

1 hr ago

Broken foot: Ben Simmons

Aussie NBA star breaks bone in his foot