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Health minister Greg Hunt

'I don't see how PM can keep them on': Call to sack trio

1 hr ago

Rugby union great Glen Ella did not respond to a request for comment.

Charity linked to Wallaby great under investigation

EXCLUSIVE
Patrick Begley

Labor frontbencher Andrew Leigh had the highest expenses bill out of ACT's four federal MPs.

Canberra's federal MPs send $700,000 bill to taxpayers

The current financial year has had the most prosecutions in the ACT in the past five years.

Tax Office makes record number of prosecutions in Canberra for 2016/17

ACT Policing are seeking witnesses following several incidents of property damage to ACTION bus shelters across ...

Gungahlin bus stop vandals cause $10k in damages

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ACT government announced a ban on all greyhound racing in Canberra on Friday.

The simple plan to get around the ACT's greyhound racing ban

Qatar's Canberra plans continue despite diplomatic crisis

Parliamentarians fail basic English proficiency test

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

'She has breached our faith': Greens tensions boil over

Can Wonder Woman save dreary Civic?

COMMENT
Ian Warden

Most doctors, nurses back bill on assisted death, survey shows

Woden Valley Comm. Council president Fiona Carrick is worried about Woden Valley Cemetery's plan to expand the cemetery ...

Woden residents concerned the dead may claim their living space

TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 04: Raiders coach Ricky Stuart looks on at the post match media conference at the end of ...

What hurts the most for Ricky about the Raiders' latest loss

All part of the game: Johnathan Thurston's injury, and targeting by Tyson Frizell, was not against the spirit of the game.

Origin player who reinjured Thurston has no regrets 'at all'

Johnny Depp has said sorry after joking in Britain about assassinating President Trump.

'You're fired!': Trump Jr calls on Disney to sack Johnny Depp

Scientific surveys since the 1980s have shown a surprising increase in humpback numbers.

Soaring humpback numbers off NSW coast

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Jeremy Corbyn's rock star reception at Glastonbury

DO NOT USE HUFFPOST Senior people having fun at a party

How to plan and celebrate your birthday as a grown up

A piece of icy, frozen beef on a cutting board with a knife tip barely sticking in it.

Forgot to defrost? How to cook the perfect steak straight from the freezer

'We won't give up': Hundreds still feared buried ...

11:32AM

In Venezuela, prisoners say abuse is so bad they ...

11:06AM

This is what foreign spies see in Trump's tweets

10:48AM

Willinga Park has been recognised at the 2017 ACT Architect Awards.

City building, Terry Snow's horse park win architect awards

Autumn leaf

Canberra house prices surge over autumn

Nik Bulum in his Braddon store Unit Concepts.

How Nik Bulum has created one of Australia's hippest streets

It was a lively auction in Woden.

Auction Watch: Blink-and-you'll-miss-it sale in the Woden Valley

A growing number of homes in Canberra are selling for more than $1 million.

More Canberra home buyers cracking the million-dollar mark

Griffith Butcher's Mike, Richard and Tim Odell whose bacon has won in the Australian Bacon Awards.

Proof that Canberra really is the nation's bacon capital

Canberra man tracks his stolen car through mobile phone in vehicle

Booming mushroom empire on Canberra's doorstep

Jillian Edwards and Martin Shanahan of Mr Spokes and Jim Seears of the paddle boat business, in 2014 at the height of ...

Land deals at Glebe Park and lake under investigation

Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart wants Pauline Hanson to give disabled children a "fair go".

'Let's talk, Pauline': Raiders coach, autism ambassador & dad

Mini cheer team Inferno doing a prep stunt. Molly Hensley, Dani McHugh, Charli Jeffrey, and flying is Haylee Honeyman. ...

500 cheerleaders take floor for competition in Canberra

One of the microbats being looked after by wildcare volunteer Denise Morgan.

Canberra region's small bats that need large amounts of care

The blaze after Krste Kovacevski set fire to his ex-wife's home.

Man burned down ex-wife's home out of spite

NSW

Hunters Hill Hotel - 'a cornerstone, integral community establishment' - has been bought by Gallagher Hotel Management.

Two Sydney pubs snapped up for $65m

NSW

Logan filmmaker Mirene Igwabi's Adele has won best short film at Sydney's Film Festival.

Life in 'hood' inspires filmmaker towards Oscar

QLD

A Canberra man helped police track his stolen car through his mobile phone left in the vehicle, a Canberra court has heard.

Man tracks stolen car through mobile phone

Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has said an audit report into the pesticides authority shows the government needed to ...

Labor, union leap to defence of pesticides authority

CSIRO staff have reluctantly agreed to accept a new pay deal.

CSIRO staff narrowly approve new enterprise agreement

$880,000 man: Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Martin Parkinson.

Nation's top public servants now earning almost $880,ooo

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells.

Liberal MPs defend tough citizenship test

Fergus Hunter

Greens tensions boil over with spectacular attack on Rhiannon

Gonski 2.0: the story of how the government got it done

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 19 June 2017. fedpol ...

Turnbull promises social media crackdown to target terrorists

James Massola

Education Minister Simon Birmingham was smiling on Friday after successfully negotiating the passage of the government's ...

'It's a bit rich': state governments forced to increase school funding

Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop says a third Australian is involved in the London attacks.

Bishop welcomes charges against Bali bombing architect

Fergus Hunter

Ben Oquist, executive director of the Australia Institute.

Climate forces consolidate as coal backers rush for help

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny

Davidson appears to be teasing police and the media by "checking in" to locations throughout Europe.

Police suspect crime syndicate helped Bali prisoners escape

Jewel Topsfield

The Houses of Parliament is investigating unauthorised attempts to access email accounts.

British parliament hit by cyber attack, reports

The landslide on Saturday morning smashed some 40 homes, where more than 100 people are feared to be buried.

More than 100 feared buried as landslide destroys Chinese village

Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

'Trump's worst nightmare': Mueller's dream team has nous

Winston Churchill is reported to have described Australian English as "the most brutal maltreatment which has ever been ...

Parliamentarians fail basic English proficiency test

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

David Pope

The latest cartoons from David Pope

Today's inner-Civic is depressingly decaying and dilapidated.

Can Wonder Woman save Civic?

COMMENT
Ian Warden

Geoff Richards

Retirement racket: How retirees sold a dream are being ripped off

Australia's highly-indebted housing market could slow in the second half of the year if banks raise their rates to pass ...

The home loan borrowers being left out to dry

ANALYSIS
Elizabeth Knight

Globalisation has exposed workers in developed nations to competition from cheaper, lower wages workers in developing ...

Workers' share of economic pie is too low: here's how to reverse it

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

James Packer's casino empire has given up on its global expansion.

'It doesn't make sense': Packer's move a risk for Crown casinos

ANALYSIS

The Naked CEO sacked, will walk away with $4.9m

'The precedent is very significant' – bank fears mounting

Clancy Yeates

$65 million deal for two Sydney pubs

Carolyn Cummins

Australia not yet ready for whistleblower bounties: ASIC

Nassim Khadem

St Agnes' XO proves how good Aussie brandy can be.

The underrated spirit you should be drinking tonight

Smart Sipping

George Clooney with the lucrative Casamigos Tequila.

Clooney's $1 billion windfall shows the true power of celebrity

Fine Drinks

Connie Munoz of Maroubra works for a PR agency for seven months, saves all her money, and then takes unpaid leave and ...

Could you work just a few months a year to make time for adventures?

Christine Long

Millennials are not eschewing property ownership for avocado breakfasts - they're turning to share investment.

Millennials are better with money than I was in my 20s

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

The impact of male unemployement affects female partners too.

Unemployment in men wreaks havoc on their female partners

James Adonis

Wei-Jien Tan and Robert Quinn are winning grants for the vital signs monitoring patch.

Prize-winning business inspired by 200 days in a hospital room

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Mad moves from massive monkey

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Johnny Depp jokes about killing Trump

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'Date Doctor' runs for Victorian Liberal preselection

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Canadian sniper breaks record for long distance kill

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - JUNE 16: An aerial view of surfers at Mackenzies Beach on June 16, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. ...

Fairfax photos of the week - June 23, 2017

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The brand new season of Better Call Saul - now streaming on Stan.

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It is happening again. The new Twin Peaks is 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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PHOTOGRAPH BY NIGEL WRIGHT. +61 409 363339 SURVIVOR SERIES 2 (2017) THIS PICTURE SHOWS:...SERIES 2, EPISODE 1 Adam ...

Survivor superfan tests his skills in Australian reality

Toby Crockford

Johnny Depp has said sorry after joking in Britain about assassinating President Trump.

'You're fired': Trump Jr calls on Disney to sack Johnny Depp

Chris Evans arrives for the UK film premiere of "Captain America: Civil War".

Why Chris Evans wanted Captain America to fail

Robbie Collin

Fake news? Stephen Colbert considers a run at the US presidency on Russian TV.

Colbert tells Russian TV he's mulling presidential run

A street library in Newtown.

The little libraries spreading love and changing lives

Ali Gripper

Harry Potter fan Ewen Cusworth ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter franchise at Readings Kids in Carlton.

Fans celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter

Broede Carmody

Stan is in production on a second season of Wolf Creek, starring John Jarratt.

Netflix is safe, but Australian TV drama might not be

Karl Quinn

Johnny Depp at Glastonbury, where he made controversial remarks about Donald Trump.

'Poor taste': Depp sorry for Trump assassination joke

Can you capture the best image of a Canberra icon lit up in red and white for Canada Day on July 1?

Canberra icons to be lit up red and white to celebrate Canada Day

2CC's Chris O'Brien and Phil Small will be calling their 500th Canberra Raiders game this weekend. They are in the ...

Radio duo call their 500th Raiders game

You can get your skates on in Garema Place from this weekend.

6 things to do in Canberra this weekend

The Sunday Age, News, 8/01/2016. photo by Justin McManus. Carly Findlay is a disability activist, who is working to ...

Trolls are hiding behind anonymity, and it's working

Jenny Noyes

Armani jacket, $6300. Tome
blouse, $780. Emporio Armani skirt, $1100.

Marta Dusseldorp: I always felt I was there to serve a man's story

Cosima Marriner

Jacinta Tynan.

Why I ditched my frantic pursuit of enlightenment

Jacinta Tynan

Salim Mehajer and his sister Mary Mehajer at the Sparkle of Hope Ball, Fairfield, on April 9.

Salim Mehajer's sister raises $20k for charity as he faces fraud charges

Amy Croffey

Oliver Curtis after a swim at Bondi Beach on Saturday.

Oliver Curtis spends first day as a free man with family

Amy Croffey

A model wearing a design from the Les Benjamins spring/summer 2018 collection.

Turkish designer accused of misusing Indigenous art

Melissa Singer

There will be one-offs and sold out stock at the sale.

The sale whisperer: Where to find winter luxe for less

Nicole Economos
1 hr ago

Kate Fowler and Justin Hemmes at Sydney Fashion Week in May.

Justin Hemmes and Kate Fowler welcome second baby girl

Amy Croffey

Thin and crispy choc-chip bikkies.

Thin, crisp choc-chip bikkies

Dan Lepard

Magic: Adam Liaw's bitter caramel and cocoa custard layer cake.

Weekly meal planner - end June

Fresh produce on offer at various Farmer's Markets

A beginner's guide to shopping at a farmers' market

Elizabeth Clarke

Some newborn babies can't handle too much commotion.

Eight things you should not do when visiting new parents

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Is it a crime to admit you love co-parenting after divorce?

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I struggled to find a connection with my baby

Despite recent bad publicity, United still has a few things to learn about customer service.

Traveller letters: United jet catches fire and then they left us stranded

Young tourists take a group selfie in Parliament Square.

I'd be lying if I said I felt safe visiting London right now

Aussies in London
Annie Dang

SATC sponsored content for Good Food. Adelaide cocktail bars Hennessy Rooftop Bar at Mayfair Hotel

Six of Australia's most amazing places to stay are all in one state

Helen O'Neill

Mario + Rabbids

Mario shooter shouldn't work, but it does

A home WiFi map can help troubleshoot your flaky wireless network.

The best tools for escaping WiFi hell

COMMENT

Smartphone makers will be just like any commodity and Aitken thinks the smartphone cycle is peaking so is also cautious ...

iPhone storage not going as far as it used to? It's not just you

OnePlus 5

OnePlus 5 is a cheap, amazing flagship killer

Kotaku

FreeviewPlus makes it much easier to find something worth watching on free-to-air television.

FreeviewPlus Catch Up TV gets a revamp

COMMENT

Mazda

Feature: Mazda3 and 323 over the years

David McCowen

Lindy Klim followed a transformation video with a debut image of her golden hued colour on Instagram, writing, ...

Star & Car: Lindy Klim, fashion model

Owen Thomson

Hyundai has big plans for its next fuel cell-powered vehicle.

Why Australian innovation is driving hydrogen cars

David McCowen

2017 Toyota Yaris ZR 2017 Toyota Yaris

Toyota on track for best month yet

Stephen Ottley

Kia's Picanto hatch offers value motoring.

The new kia Picanto might be the ideal first car

Stephen Ottley

A man walks past a Honda on display at Honda headquarters in Tokyo. Honda recalled an additional 4.89 million vehicles ...

Honda halts production after cyber attack

Wires

AFL: Ainslie v Belconnen. Photo: Sitthixay DitthavongJune 24, 2017. NRL Round 16. Canberra Raiders v Brisbane Broncos at ...

Raiders finals hopes in balance after third straight loss

Raiders' Josh Hodgson loses the ball after being ankle tapped near the end of the first half.

All the talking points as the Raiders' season goes on the line

Fitness not up to scratch: Wallabies captain Stephen Moore said the Super Rugby coaches needed to lift the intensity of ...

Wallabies raise key fitness concerns after scrappy win

Toby Greene (left) celebrates a goal for the Giants.

Giants land knockout blows on flailing Lions to go to the top

Whites flyer Danny Matthews looking for a gap in the Vikings defence.

Tuggeranong teenager named MOM then cleans change rooms

Hawks player Ryan Turnbull.

Tuggeranong Hawks make history with father-son duo

ACT Brumbies to follow the British and Irish Lions blueprint in bid to break New Zealand hoodoo ahead of finals.

Brumbies watching British Lions blueprint to break Kiwi curse

Jacob Feilds trying to flank the Kangaroos

Campo felt Blue after first-half sin-binning