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The Molonglo suburbs of Wright and Coombs in August 2015: Concerns have been raised about the amount of apartment and ...

'Absolute disaster': Apartments swamp Canberra

Kirsten Lawson

Seniors are doing better in real terms than younger people earning the same incomes.

End the age of entitlement - for seniors: report

Peter Martin

Dentist Dr Andrew Gikas with the Grenville family, Henry in the chair. Andrew is also the president Australian Dental ...

Don't see the dentist? You could be risking more than a toothache

Julie Power

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'Invading our country': Woman's racist rant on bus caught on video

Sarah Muller

People gather at the site of a train accident near Pukhrayan, about 270 kilometers from Allahabad, Sunday.

'I can see bodies near the track': At least 119 killed in train accident

Rupam Jain
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CBA blamed changes in funding markets and the low interest rate world for its cuts to term deposit rates.

Savers hit as CBA cuts term deposit rates

Clancy Yeates

Australian mum caught up in Cambodian surrogacy crackdown

Lindsay Murdoch

Oil and gas tax concessions in the spotlight

EXCLUSIVE
Heath Aston, political correspondent

Attack on cartoonist Leak 'absolutely ridiculous': Dutton

Amy Remeikis

Man dies after difficulties snorkelling near Moruya

If Trump wants to help whites, why must blacks pay?

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

.Lizz McCarter is a 23-year-old uni student struggling with rent.

An impossible dream: Inside the ACT's rent trap

Emily Baker

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump: "Google what is ISIS?"

Baldwin returns to SNL, but the real Trump is not amused

The iPhone 6 Plus.

Apple acknowledges glitch with iPhone 6 Plus

Josh Dugan breaks through the Kiwi defence.

Australia outclass Kiwis to win Four Nations

27 mins ago

Is this the role that will win Michael Keaton an Oscar?

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Wallabies edge out France in nail-biter

Analysts were underwhelmed by Coca-Cola Amatil's investor briefing on Friday, their subsequent reports sending shares in ...

50 nifty uses for Coca-Cola that have nothing to do with drinking it

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Our distrust of modern medicine is making us sick

Is Messi heading to Manchester?

6:57AM

Melania Trump and son Barron will reportedly not ...

6:44AM

Truck fire on M1 causes major delays

6:46AM

The Canberra Railway Museum's Garry Reynolds with some of the carriages on site. The museum has recently gone into ...

Temporary stop for Canberra Railway Museum

Teens detained after suspicious industrial fire causes $120k damage

UPDATED

Canberra firm wins gold medal in international humanitarian aid

Road signs, Curve, Bend, Road, Traffic, Transport, Danger, Yellow, Warning, Sign, Village, Street, Concept, Symbol, ...

Southside suburbs topping the list for Canberrans' complaints

Dr Amanda Nott checking Upton for paralysis ticks. Vets are urging owners to take the right precautions for coastal visits.

The tiny tick posing a deadly threat

The amount of public election funding was boosted considerably last year, jumping from $2 per vote to $8 per vote for ...

The territory's biggest election donors revealed

Erika Bacon's car was hit by a vehicle driven by a Russian diplomat.

'Rusty and old': Russian diplomats retaliate after road rage incident

The Green Lantern ride was 'delayed' according to a Movie World spokeswoman, trapping passengers for about 30 minutes.

Movie World ride stuck after computer fault

QLD

Catherine McGregor 2016 Queensland Australian of the Year. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull hosted a morning tea for the ...

Transgender cricketer McGregor plays in Canberra

Cyclists have been fined more than $1.3 million since tougher penalties came into force in March.

$1.3m cycle fines dwarf penalties for motorists

NSW

Andrew Forrest has been named WA Australian of the Year.

'Twiggy' Forrest named WA Australian of Year

WA

If public servants want pay increases above 2 per cent they need to come to the bargaining table.

Public service perks don't pass the pub test

COMMENT

The Immigration Department is set to reveal a new breed of public service super-executive.***afrphotos.com***

Revealed: new breed of public service super-executive

The Department of Human Services' John Murphy.

Public servants the weak link in $1.5 billion welfare reform job

Treasurer Scott Morrison has confirmed the government's budget projections have worsened.

$24 billion blowout: Hole knocked in government's budget

Peter Martin

Ex-minister Emerson urges inquiry into LNG tax revenue hole

EXCLUSIVE

Senate vote hangs in the balance as Turnbull throws the dice

Matthew Knott

Peter Dutton says Australia is in "discussions" in a bid to resettle people found to be refugees.

'Australia first' for jobs as foreign visa list faces cull

Former senator Ricky Muir at his newly purchased sawmill, which he affectionately calls ''George''.

What happened next to surprise senator Ricky Muir?

Former Family First senator Bob Day.

Department forced to hand over documents on Bob Day controversy

EXCLUSIVE

Donald Trump called into question the alliance with Japan during the election.

PM banks on Trump changing his mind on trade agreements

President-elect Donald Trump with his son Barron and wife Melania on election night rally.

Melania and son Barron will reportedly not move into White House

16 mins ago

People gather at the site of a train accident near Pukhrayan, about 270 kilometers from Allahabad, Sunday.

'I can see bodies near the track': More than 100 killed in India

1 hr ago

German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Angela Merkel 'to run for fourth term as German chancellor'

Flames rise from a car bomb in a government-controlled area of Aleppo, Syria.

Children among dozens killed in Aleppo bombing attacks

Any fool can highlight the problems, getting workable solutions with majority support means you really have to work hard ...

Any fool can get elected, it's what happens next that counts

COMMENT
Amanda Vanstone

Donald Trump might just be the best thing that ever happened to climate action.

Trump is the wake-up call on climate we needed

Julian Cribb

Avo-gate has exposed a chasm between the generations.

The young are paying for seniors' unfair tax breaks

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Chief executive of Westpac's consumer bank, George Frazis, says the lender is seeing few signs of stress in the ...

'No concerns': Westpac hoses down apartment glut fears

William Wheaton, general manager of Akamai's media division, believes standard internet is going to be more cost ...

This man thinks he can kill live television

Big box discounter Kaufland confirms interest in expanding to Australia.

Aldi's arch rival confirms interest in Australian

Employee copied databases.

Worker busted stealing database after taking job with rival

Our politicians go populist at their peril

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Savers hit as CBA cuts term deposit rates

IAG to move jobs offshore but data to stay in Australia

Glencore seeks $550m to raise stakes in Kurdish oil game

Apart from the main homestead, Judith Street's property Coolaroo, in Berrima, includes a guest house, a hangar and an ...

'Twiggy' Forrest's mum lists Southern Highlands home

Allhomes Canberra. Domain. November 16, 2016.?4 Jabiru Place, Merimbula.

Dive into sea views from elevated Merimbula home

Canberra Domain Allhomes. 7 Fernyhough Crescent, Lyneham. October 8, 2016.?

Act quickly when buying a home in fast-selling Canberra suburbs

Canberra Domain Allhomes. 2 Mt Warning Crescent, Palmerston. November 19, 2016.?

Auction watch: Bidding heats up with another suburb record

Allhomes Canberra. Domain. November 16, 2016. Artist impressions of Queanbeyan's Cornerstone development.

New development a Cornerstone of Queanbeyan’s evolution

The Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet.

The game-changing new cars everyone is talking about

Luxury cars

The iPod changed how we listened to music.

13 brilliant Apple innovations that changed the world

Culture

How much will those Christmas presents really cost?

Three dumb ways to double Christmas spend

Donald Trump will take over as US president on January 20.

Predicting Trump is a short-term game

Mark Bouris

Maddison Lawrence of Slick Azz Auto

No degree is no problem in small business

Sylvia Pennington

Matt Schneider says Optika employs a high ratio of employees with autism or Asperger's syndrome who, with unconventional ...

Secrets from Australia's top innovators

Kate Jones

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Turnbull: Trade must be free and fair

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Obama hopes Trump can stand up to Russia

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US surgeons separate Nigerian conjoined twins

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Voges hit in head by bouncer

Professor Richard Kingsford wades into an Ibis colony in the Macquarie Marshes. A flood has brought a breeding event ...

Thousands of waterbirds flock to Macquarie Marshes

Good Behaviour

Michelle Dockery as you've never seen her before. Good Behaviour now streaming on Stan.

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Every single episode of Seinfeld now streaming. Only 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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Michael Keaton stars as Ray Kroc, the man who took the McDonald's concept to the world, in The Founder.

McDonald's movie paints a less than cheering picture

Sandra Hall

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump: "Google what is ISIS?"

Baldwin returns as a very nervous Trump on SNL

Aja Styles

Guy Sebastian finished fifth at Eurovision 2015 with his song Tonight Again.

X Factor's dire on-set conditions revealed

EXCLUSIVE
Ebony Bowden

Taking aim: Ruby Rose in the new <i>xXx</i> action thriller.

Ruby Rose is a natural with a gun but don't call her badass

Sarah Thomas

WARNING: Embargoed for publication until 00:00:01 on 27/10/2015 - Programme Name: Simply Nigella - TX: n/a - Episode: ...

No keeping a good cook down in Nigella's latest show

Bridget McManus

"I never want to stop," Lauper says.

Cyndi Lauper on what goes wrong for so many parents

Lenny Ann Low

Kung Fu Panda 3

How a Kung Fu Panda copyright lawsuit backfired

Melissa McCarthy as Sookie on the Gilmore Girls.

McCathy's return to Gilmore Girls is what you'd expect: Graham

Michael Idato

The National Zoo and Aquarium?has welcomed the birth of four baby?Black and White Ruffed Lemurs who will become part of ...

Baby lemurs to become part of global breeding program

A donation by a homeless man in Canberra to local rescue dog organisation ACT Rescue and Foster (via Dogs on the Run).

Homeless man makes touching donation

Cal Wilson will be in town for A Very Canberra Comedy Festival Christmas on Saturday night at Canberra Theatre.

Canberra Weekender: What's on November 18-20

Justin Timberlake at the Australian premiere of his new film, the Dreamworks animation, Trolls.

Justin Timberlake starred in Trolls to set a good example for women

Jenna Clarke

Linda Burney, first Aboriginal woman in the House of Representatives, delivers her first speech, at Parliament House in ...

Linda Burney calls on Turnbull to stop silencing Aboriginal voices

Alcohol takes the edge off that stress, rewards our hard work and inflates our confidence.

What is the cost to our lives of self-medicating with alcohol?

Cosima Marriner

This is a teeny tiny breaking of beauty chains, because nobody - nobody - should tell women what to do.

Five beauty rules that are crying out to be broken

Natalie Reilly

Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban both appeared on The Tonight Show to tease host Jimmy Fallon.

Nicole Kidman's second attempt to woo Jimmy Fallon also failed

Jenna Clarke

EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY LIFE, NOV 20/16 ISSUE Margaret Zhang BY Bec Parsons Fairfax Media has rights to this image for 12 ...

How Margaret Zhang has become a woman of influence

Georgie Gordon

In those unenlightened days, we female employees had to put up with this daily dose of condescending misogyny.

Why it's time to give blokes a taste of their own sexist behaviour

Kathy Lette

Leona Edmiston wants to expand into lifestyle and homewares.

Leona Edmiston gives new meaning to 'cat lady'

Jenna Clarke

A pizza from Al Taglio.

Why pizza is a health food

Sarah Berry

Makda Haji.

The extraordinary story of one runner

Sarah Berry

Walk before you run... or after.

Not getting enough out of running races? Walk.

Vicky Hallett

A Canadian study has found kids might be better off drinking full-cream milk.

Kids better off with full-fat milk, study finds

Laura Donnelly

Rachel Khoo's creamy bruleed almond rice pudding berry pots.

Vegan, dairy-free: Bruleed rice pudding berry pots

Rachel Khoo

Neil Perry's orecchiette in tuna ragout.

Weekly meal planner: Dinner recipes for late spring

8 mins ago

The toddler needed hospital treatment after ingesting alcohol.

Mother charged after toddler drinks vodka from sippy cup

Allie Casazza with her four children.

How giving away most of her kids' toys helped mum gain control of life

Audrey Nicole's daughter pictured with her dad's girlfriend.

Mum's uplifting post on the "other woman" in her daughter's life

The perfect place to try it surfing: Waikiki Beach.

The five best things to do at Hawaii's most famous beach

Brian J. Cantwell

The Hume Highway is the fastest transport route between Sydney and Melbourne.

Sydney to Melbourne by road: The nine best stops along the Hume

Penny Watson

Singapore Airlines disappointed a Traveller reader.

Traveller letters: Singapore's service 'completely frustrating'

The Mini is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

Mini NES is more than just a nostalgic novelty

Tim Biggs

David Irvine, former head of both ASIO and ASIS, said savings from offshore storage could be dwarfed by the liabilities ...

Former spy boss' advice on Mumbai cyber breach

David Ellery

Amazon granted Aussies access to Prime Video just in time to watch The Grand Tour.

Amazon Prime Video arrives in Australia just in time

COMMENT

earthvr

Google Earth in virtual reality looks incredible

Kotaku

Twice the GPU power, bumped up CPU, same PS4 games.

Review: PlayStation 4 gets powered up

Tim Biggs

Mazda rotary-powered RX-Vision concept.

Mazda plots rotary sports car return

Stephen Ottley

Porsche is set to offer a manual gearbox again on its 911 GT3 road racer

Manual returns to Porsche 911 GT3

Andrew MacLean

The Mazda MX-5 returns to defend its Best Convertible crown, but faces some stiff competition from some iconic models, ...

What is the best convertible?

Andrew MacLean

Subaru has unveiled the VIZIV-7 Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) concept at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show. Subaru Viziv-7 ...

Subaru concept to target Kluger

David McCowen

Jeep? Compass Trailhawk 2017 Jeep Compass.

New Jeep Compass revealed

Peter McKay

Tesla's latest car is incredibly quick.

Tesla Model S to go even faster

David McCowen

Josh Dugan scores Australia's second try against New Zealand at Anfield on Sunday.

Australia outclass Kiwis to win Four Nations

27 mins ago

Meg Lanning scored 134 runs off 122 balls.

Lanning's record-breaking ton helps Stars to 2-0 series lead

Spotlight: Jordan Spieth poses with greenkeeping staff and the Stonehaven trophy after winning the 2016 Australian Open ...

Spieth wins gripping three-way play-off in Australian Open

Cate McGregor.

Cate McGregor debuts for Wests-UC in Cricket ACT women's comp

The Raiders will start pre-season training in Bruce on Monday.

Canberra women to join Raiders for rugby league pathway

Peter Hanscomb, Matthew Renshaw, and Nic Maddinson

Axe falls: Maddinson, Renshaw, Handscomb to make Test debuts

PARIS, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 19: Bernard Foley of Australia celebrates after scoring his side's second try with David Pocock ...

Scrum needs work but Cheika praises fighting spirit of Wallabies

Brumbies assistant coach Dan McKellar with Stephen Larkham and Laurie Fisher.

McKellar backs fresh blood to raise the bar at Brumbies