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Inquiry reveals need for tougher corporate cop

OPINION
Jessica Irvine
1 hr ago

Barnaby Joyce speaking on ABC National Wrap, Sunday April 22, 2018. Screenshot from clip posted by ABC News to Twitter ...

It's 'insane' partners of MPs can't work for them, says Joyce

Justine Landis Hanley
1 hr ago

Chief minister Andrew Barr faces a censure motion at the ACT Legislative Assembly. Photo by Karleen Minney.?

ACT economy escapes 'Barnaby impact', tops nation for growth

Sherryn Groch

Unions ACT secretary Alex White.

Report reveals high rate of ACT young people getting injured at work

Doug Dingwall

Australians' ability on the internet increased over the three years.

Economic gains of higher immigration don't add up

OPINION
Crispin Hull

Emissions 080629 AFR News/Features Sydney Power lines criss-cross in the indsutrial Sydney suburb of Kurnell. Australia ...

The more you have, the more you think you need

OPINION
Matt Wade

A century after the Spanish flu, are we ready for another pandemic?

Fenella Souter

O'Dwyer won't say banking inquiry delay was wrong

Megan Gorrey

Locals angry at building waste blanketing suburb

Finbar O'Mallon

Families to turn to public schools, away from private

Michael Koziol

Nick Kyrgios steps away from tennis and returns to Canberra

Caden Helmers

After waiting to be adopted since November, Cooper has found a new home with Bill Peisley. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Cooper's a superstar': Last dog left at Canberra pound just got adopted

Sherryn Groch

Spokesperson Pawl Cubbin, among the current planting.

Canberra businessman and entrepreneur Pawl Cubbin dies

“Young
people nowadays don’t earn much. If
we can make it a bit easier, why not?”

'I still make my adult son's packed lunch'

Yvonne Doreski with daughter Angelina.

'More common than you think': why Yvonne is sharing her story

The Jaguares proved too strong for the Brumbies at Canberra Stadium on Sunday.

Brumbies blow golden opportunity in loss to Jaguares

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NRL: Eels turn tables to thrash Sea Eagles

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Canberra's Colliers International project marketer Derek Whitcombe, wife Aleksandra, son Jack and dog Sophia.

Inside the 1865sqm home of Canberra real estate identity Derek Whitcombe

The French can say adieu to "le veggie burger".

Meaty names for veggie food are ruled off the menu in France

Champion Swan Adam Goodes.

Adam Goodes controversy a sorry affair for football

OPINION

$150m in compo sought over failed insulation ...

12:00AM

What it’s like to work in a male-dominated ...

12:15AM

Paddock to plate: Farmers cut out the middle man

12:15AM

Astronaut Charlie Duke was the 10th and youngest man on the moon.

Apollo astronaut Charlie Duke and Mission Control flight director Gerry Griffin visit Canberra

Australian War Memorial ramps up preparations for Anzac Day services

Stickers linked to Australian neo-Nazi group found in Canberra

Needle and syringe vending machines have been out of order for months.

Drug users left without out of hours clean needle and syringe option

Babies born addicted to substances can experience severe withdrawal symptoms.

Babies at greater risk from mother's alcohol abuse than drug use

New treatments have helped cut Hepatitis C rates in Canberra's prison from 30 per cent to three per cent.

Govt failing in its duty of care to prisoners: drug and alcohol sector

Heavy traffic on Commonwealth Avenue after the Acton Tunnel closure in 2015. There are concerns closing lanes for light ...

Parliament House rail bottleneck would be 'disaster': Seselja

Dunsborough fisherman Warren Brown captured this incredible footage of a shark circling his boat off Dunsborough.

'It just had a go at the motor': White shark circles boat off WA coast

Emma Kirk

Spanish fashion label Zara wants to stop a Sydney author registering the name Zary as a trademark.

Zara threatens legal action against Sydney children's book author

Michaela Whitbourn

Camp Gallipoli on April 24, 2015 in Sydney.

Failed charity's $1m splurge on publicity campaign approved by government

INVESTIGATION
Chris Vedelago

Shocking footage has emerged showing sheep dying in horrific conditions.

'Close to the wire': WA laws may stop some live exports

PICTURE PAUL HARRIS A THREE LEGGED ALIEN WAITS OUTSIDE CENTRELINK IN QBN

Centrelink to chase $1bn in unpaid debts by charging interest

The Financial Planning Association says tax financial advisers "are largely invisible to the ATO".

When money goes missing on the way to the ATO

EXCLUSIVE

GENERICS MELBOURNE AIRPORT. AIRPORTS, AIRPLANES, QANTAS, UNITED, VIRGIN, DOMESTIC AIRLINES, INTERNATIONAL, PLANE CRASH. ...

APS travel spend booms as bill nears $600 million in 2017

Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer said the federal government needed to "soberly and deliberately" consider the ...

Kelly O'Dwyer refuses to say banking royal commission delay was wrong

Megan Gorrey

UK push into the Pacific to counter China

EXCLUSIVE
David Crowe

Greens propose five-point plan to phase out live sheep exports

Fergus Hunter

Court loss: Immigration Minister Scott Morrison.

How Scott Morrison changed his tune on the banking royal commission

Rachel Clun

Minister of Environment Josh Frydenberg before COAG meeting in Melbourne. 20th April 2018 Fairfax Media The Age news ...

'Not a big drama' for electricity industry to slash emissions, says scheme architect

Nicole Hasham

The costing assumes a regular marijuana user consumes up to three grams a week.

$3.5 billion budget boost from legalising marijuana, costing shows

Eryk Bagshaw
5 mins ago

Assistant Minister Karen Andrews says disillusionment with the system is the biggest problem.

Hundreds of 'students' complain about debts they did not know they had

INVESTIGATION
Farrah Tomazin
1 hr ago

A woman shouts and cries at a hospital after she lost her son in the suicide attack on a voter registration centre.

Blast at election centre in Afghan capital, scores of people die

UPDATED
Qadir Sediqi & Sayed Hassib

China dragon boat accident

Multiple fatalities after two dragon boats capsize in China river

US president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Kim Jong-un's abrupt shift leaves skeptics unsettled

ANALYSIS

President Donald Trump waves to media as he walks from the Oval Office of the White House to Marine One in Washington, ...

Trump does not think personal lawyer Michael Cohen will 'flip'

Will Longstaff, Night attack by 13th Brigade on Villers-Bretonneux.

Victory at Villers-Bretonneux remembered

OPINION
Aaron Pegram

Pat Campbell

The latest cartoons from Pat Campbell

Editorial cartoon

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

Royal Commission reveals need for tougher corporate cop

OPINION
Jessica Irvine
1 hr ago

Australia's big banks are heavily reliant on wholesale funding because the amount of loans they have extended exceeds ...

Breach of trust: how Australian banks went bad

Jessica Irvine

James Packer (left) and Crown executive chairman John Alexander.

Packer's right hand: John Alexander wields the knife at uneasy Crown

Nick Toscano

Craig Meller from AMP is the first victim of the scandals being revealed at the banking royal commission.

People are still crying out for justice, perhaps now someone will listen

OPINION
Adele Ferguson

The Financial Planning Association says tax financial advisers "are largely invisible to the ATO".

When money goes missing on the way to the ATO

EXCLUSIVE
Nassim Khadem

Elderly pensioner widow charged thousands for dud advice

Clancy Yeates

Tax cuts, higher wages: Budget 'raining revenue', says top forecaster

Peter Martin

Bruny Island solar trial a microcosm for future energy system

Cole Latimer

ACT economy escapes 'Barnaby impact', topping nation for growth

Sherryn Groch

38 Kalgoorlie Crescent, Fisher

Bidders battle for contemporary Fisher home

Deakin 84 Dominion Circuit

Deakin residence exudes old-world romance

231 Beasley St Mawson

Seven-bedroom Mawson residence breaks suburb record by $375,000

AndreaMoore-Meeniyan?Andrea and her dad have worked together to create the cabin. Andrea designed most of the furniture, ...

The Design Files: The Japanese-inspired renovation of a 1960s dairy

Terrace House in Vancouver, Canada.

The triangular wooden tower in Vancouver that will smash a world record

The full lineup of Special Release whisky.

As good as gold: Ten rare whiskies that are worth the investment

Fine Drinks
Michael Harry

The hottest producers of natural wine to explain current wine buzzwords.

Booze buzzwords: Your instant guide to sounding like a wine expert

Fine Drinks
Emily Bitto

Senator Kristina Keneally

No logic in Labor push on superannuation deductions

OPINION
Noel Whittaker

The "Fearless Girl" staring down the charging bull has become a favourite with tourists and will stay on Wall Street ...

Female investors want more than pink washing products

ANALYSIS
Bianca Hartge-Hazelman

Gerry Sakkas of PlaySide studios with an augmented reality dragon from AR Dragon.

Hatching dragons: Aussie game tops Apple's augmented reality apps

Cara Waters

Eliza Holt and James McKenna sell their cattle direct to consumers through their business Mount Moriac Beef.

Paddock to plate: Farmers cut out the middle man

Cara Waters

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17 dead after dragon boats capsize in China

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Shark bites boat off Western Australia

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Government insists Royal Commission was well timed

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Video captures dramatic police chase through Perth

Wests Vs Queanbeyan Whites John Dent Cup 2018. Queanbeyan's Ryan Jones scoring a try. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos

John I Dent Cup: Wests v Queanbeyan

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Brand new series RISE now streaming - only on Stan

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Liar. Lover. Con artist - every episode of Imposters now streaming on Stan.

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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The business rules of attraction

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Take me back: Kylie Minogue.

Dear Kylie, please take me back: Private Sydney's letter to a legend

Andrew Hornery

Sally Obermeder at a breakfast to celebrate the alumni of the InStyle and Audi Women of Style awards on Thursday.

Sally Obermeder urges women to change their discourse

Amy Croffey

Elizabeth wears Christian
Dior dress. Earrings, pendant
necklace and rings from
Greene & Greene Antiques.

Catching her breath: Why Elizabeth Debicki is moving to London

Cosima Marriner

Kendrick Lamar – a hip-hop superstar whose work deserves honour, and a Pulitzer Prize.

Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize. Here are five songs that show why

Mikael Wood

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 21: Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall leave Kirribilli House as Malcolm Turnbull hosts a ...

Rupert's recovery: Call it a comeback for Rupert Murdoch

Andrew Hornery

Opening the Sydney Film Festival: The Breaker Uppers.

New Zealand break-up comedy to open Sydney Film Festival

Garry Maddox

Holding out: Geoffrey Hooper at VideoEzy at Mount Druitt.

How one of Sydney's last DVD stores has survived iTunes and Netflix

Garry Maddox

Verne Troyer, pictured in London.

Austin Powers actor Verne Troyer dead at 49

Marcus Fillinger, who lives on a property at Williamsdale on the ACT border, went to "the end of the earth'' - the North ...

A North Pole marathon and kangaroo culls in the ACT? There is a link

FILE - In this film publicity file image released by Summit Entertainment, Jeremy Renner is shown in a scene from, "The ...

10 great war movies to watch after the Anzac Day march

OPINION

Chris Latham at his great-uncle's grave.

Requiem for WWI's dead with hope for change

If you're a woman, it pays to be agreeable, nice... and a bit of a moron at work.

Why employers don't hire smart women

Kasey Edwards
1 hr ago

Model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who turned 31 last week, and actor Jason Statham, who turns 51 in July, have a 20 year ...

Does age difference really matter in relationships?

ANALYSIS
Gery Karantzas
34 mins ago

Professor James Arvanitakis

'IVF is a sausage factory I was not prepared for'

OPINION
James Arvanitakis

According to a new study, released today, artificial sweeteners are just as bad, if not worse, than sugar.

'The reality is sick, overweight people with tooth decay'

Natalie Parletta

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow.

Gwyneth pulled out the power moves at her engagement

OPINION
Natalie Reilly

The time needed
for habit change
to occur depends
on the competing
demands in a
person’s life.

Can you actually break a habit in just 30 days?

Danielle Norton

Teresa Newton and her daughter Darcy.

I found out my daughter had diabetes when ambulance officers knocked on my door

Teresa Newton

Does PMS exist?

What really happens to your brain before you get your period

Mary Ward

Photo: Shutterstock

Men who do the dishes get more sex, according to study

Carolyn Tate

Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

Why you should give your child a middle name

Laurel Niedospial

Connie Rose died after suffocating on a teddy in her bed.

Grieving mother issues warning after toddler smothered by teddy bears

Ariane Beeston

Warm cauliflower and pomegranate salad.

Plant-based weekly meal planner

Roasted cauliflower at Miznon.

A Ottolenghi-esque guide to eating in Israel

Helen Goh's fig and pistachio bakewell tart.

Helen Goh's pistachio bakewell tart

Oxygen masks need to cover both nose and mouth.

Panicked Southwest passengers wore oxygen masks incorrectly

An artist's impression of sleeping compartments being planned for the cargo holds of passenger aircraft.

Sleeping compartments: The cheaper option to lie-flat beds in business class?

Michael Gebicki

Barefoot island resort: Sheraton Resort and Spa, Tokoriki Island.

The barefoot island resort with 30 'adults-only' retreats

Sheriden Rhodes

Jeff Bezos says it takes most people six months of training to be able to do a perfect handstand.

Trump tweets about Amazon: 6. Trump mentions by Bezos: 0

Elon Musk wants to transport people under Los Angeles at speeds of up to 210 km/hr.

Elon Musk's tunnel project just got a major boost

Researchers at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University program the robot.

Robots taught to assemble flat-packed IKEA furniture in 20 mins

Netflix started as a DVD-by-mail service 20 years ago and now has 125 million users.

The Netflix star still rising as it avoids tech backlash

James Titcomb

Apple chief executive Tim Cook at the Apple event in Chicago.

Users don't want iOS to merge with MacOS, Apple chief says

Peter Wells

All cars should come standard with AEB.

Seven optional features that should be standard

Dom Tripolone

2018 Isuzu D-Max LS-T.

Is this the most underrated dual-cab ute?

Alex Rae

2018 Haval H9 Ultra

This could be the best Chinese car yet

Andrew Maclean

Isuzu D-Max Arctic Truck AT35

Isuzu mulls D-Max Raptor-rival for Oz

Alex Rae

Holden's new Commodore takes on its four-cylinder rivals.

Which is the best mid-size family sedan?

Stephen Ottley

Drive Racing's Michael Caruso

Caruso's Corner: the challenges of Phillip Island

Michael Caruso

The Jaguares proved too strong for the Brumbies at Canberra Stadium on Sunday.

ACT Brumbies blow golden opportunity in loss to Argentina Jaguares

Basketball star Andrew Bogut.

Sydney Kings sign Andrew Bogut for next NBL season

David Pocock had a running battle with referee Angus Gardner.

Talking points: Brumbies errors, Crusaders curse adds to Jaguares pain

Rabbitohs star Sam Burgess wasn't sent to the sin bin for this hit on Aidan Sezer.

Sin bin inconsistency questions in wake of Burgess ban

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart says the current contract system is a distraction to players.

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart calls for NRL to fix contract system

Anthony Petrie isn't done yet.

Anthony Petrie isn't done yet with NBL Pro Hustle triumph

Tuggeranong have continued their winning ways.

Tuggeranong United remain on top of Capital Football mountain

Willie Raston was sin-binned twice.

Troy Thompson 'expects better' of his West Belconnen Warriors