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The Mason family, Nancy, holding grandson James, John, and daughters Nadezhda and Anna, who do their absolute best to avoid using cars in favour of cycling or public transport to commute. Picture: Karleen Minney

Canberra family that has shunned cars for 40 years

Elliot Williams

The scene of a fatal stabbing at the Queanbeyan Caltex service station. Picture: Karleen Minney

Second teen admits murdering Queanbeyan man in service station stabbing

Luke Costin

Green fever is sweeping Canberra with tickets flying out the door. Just like Peter "Butcher" Lindbeck's famous green sausages. Picture: Peter Brewer

Raiders tickets flying out the door

David Polkinghorne
2hrs ago

Census gave $6 value for every $1 spent

Census gave $6 value for every $1 spent, new report says

Angus Livingston
2hrs ago

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Jenny Morrison are greeted by President of the United States Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump ahead of a state dinner at the White House. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

OPINION
What price that seat for Morrison at Trump's state dinner?

Nicole Hemmer

ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith. Picture: Karleen Minney

Soon, there will be just one number to call if you're having a baby in Canberra

Katie Burgess

Commonwealth employers are investigating a potential underpayment of superannuation to thousands of former and current staff. Picture: Dominic Lorrimer.

APS employers could face hefty bill for unpaid superannuation

Doug Dingwall

The government has 'no way to measure' whether a $450m national strategy has reduced ice use.

Auditor queries government $450m drug strategy

Finbar O'Mallon
2hrs ago

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Clock is ticking on Albanese's chance to prove he can go distance

Australia looks to Canada on population

'Poor excuses for humans': Danielle's mum slams those behind fake fundraiser

Thousands stranded as world's oldest travel firm collapses

The Mason family, Nancy, holding grandson James, John, and daughters Nadezhda and Anna, who do their absolute best to avoid using cars in favour of cycling or public transport to commute. Picture: Karleen Minney

Canberra family that has shunned cars for 40 years

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart, right, will finalise his team on Tuesday. Picture: Karleen Minney

NRL finals sin bins a lesson for Green Machine

2hrs ago

Nick Kyrgios plays tennis with young fans in Canberra. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINION
Why does Kyrgios rile us so? Because he tells the truth

Lisa (L) and Jessica Origliasso had to leave a Qantas flight after rowing with the cabin crew.

Veronicas threaten legal action for Qantas

Game Of Thrones has won the Emmy Award for outstanding drama series in Los Angeles.

'Game of Thrones' wins drama series Emmy

Sue Washington has decorated her car in Raiders colours. Picture: Karleen Minney

This Raiders fan drives her own green machine

Tamil family told to get used to detention

14m ago

Inmate escape probe could lead to penalty

35m ago

Trade war delaying investments: treasurer

36m ago

Energy ministers to meet as emissions ease

40m ago

Brisbane harness driver denies fixing race

44m ago

High-tech drill to unlock Antarctic ice

45m ago

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Former drought envoy Barnaby Joyce says he sent "heaps" of reports to the PM on the issue.

Barnaby 'sent heaps of reports' on drought

Liberal MP Tim Wilson says opening the polls three weeks in advance is too early.

Call to cut time allowed for early voting

Census gave $6 value for every $1 spent

Census gave $6 value for every $1 spent, new report says

2hrs ago

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Australian ambassador to the United States Joe Hockey during a garden party at the Ambassador's residence in Washington DC. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

Morrison backs Trump plan in China trade dispute

Minister for Cities Alan Tudge wants to encourage new migrants to settle outside major cities.

Australia looks to Canada on population

Daniel McCulloch

Bupa has taken over the major Defence force health contract.

Defence reins in Bupa over psychologists for soldiers

Sally Whyte

Labor says the government should help farmers adopt more sustainable and water efficient practices.

Acting PM ducks sustainable farming debate

Rebecca Gredley

A deal signed with the US will see Australians participate in the efforts to return to the moon.

Australia shoots for stars with US deal

Katina Curtis, AAP Senior Political Writer

The student strike for action on climate change in Canberra. Picture: Karleen Minney

Serving idealistic pursuits at expense of essential services

Letters to the editor

Australian Senate members have a six-year term, but would it be better if that changed to four years? Picture: Glen McCurtayne

OPINION
It's time for Senate to come to the four

Crispin Hull

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex during their visit to Australia last year. Picture: Jessica Hromas

OPINION
If you don't want the job, Harry, I'll take it

Richard Castles

Andrew Galan has organised a poetry slam to be performed at Gorman House. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Why the question of 'so what?' is important for Canberra's poetry slams

Amy Martin

ANU accounting student Yolanda Ma enjoys the colour. Picture: Karleen Minney

'Floriade is fabulous': Canberra blooms in the warmth

Steve Evans

Kate Berry and her youngest daughter Pepper hit the road. Picture: Maya

The adventure that is motherhood

Karen Hardy

Andrew Galan has organised a poetry slam to be performed at Gorman House. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Why the question of 'so what?' is important for Canberra's poetry slams

Brad Pitt as astronaut Roy McBride in Ad Astra. Picture: Supplied

REVIEW
This reach for the stars is sombre

Ron Cerabona

Yi (Chloe Bennet), left top, Peng (Albert Tsai) and Everest in DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studios Abominable, written and directed by Jill Culton. Picture: Supplied

REVIEW
Yeti yarn is familiar but appealing

Ron Cerabona

Green fever is sweeping Canberra with tickets flying out the door. Just like Peter "Butcher" Lindbeck's famous green sausages. Picture: Peter Brewer

Raiders tickets flying out the door

2hrs ago

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart, right, will finalise his team on Tuesday. Picture: Karleen Minney

NRL finals sin bins a lesson for Green Machine

2hrs ago

Carly Leeson made her ACT Meteors debut on Sunday. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Leeson bats for back-to-back title

Raiders CEO Don Furner has labelled the NSWRL's decision to play the under-20s grand final in Sydney "short-sighted". Picture: Jamila Toderas

Raiders slam 'short-sighted' NSWRL

Newly crowned national champions John McCarthy and Harry Bates will now turn their attention to the world stage in November. Photo: Jack Martin

National title won, Harry Bates now switches focus to the world's best

Peter Brewer

Sue Washington has decorated her car in Raiders colours. Picture: Karleen Minney

This Raiders fan drives her own green machine

Chris Dutton
Peter Brewer

Wayne Bennett hasn't spoken to Ricky Stuart for some time. Picture: James Brickwood

Sticky wicket: Bennett denies Stuart animosity despite radio silence

Sam Phillips

Meteors' Katie Mack scored half a century in their opening WNCL match. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Debutantes star in Meteors shower of wickets

Lucie Bertoldo

See Treasures of India with The Senior and Collette in 2020

See Treasures of India with The Senior and Collette in 2020

The seven simple rules to maintaining a Self Managed Super Fund

The seven simple rules to maintaining a Self Managed Super Fund

Does your car harbour a deadly secret? Keep your family and friends safe by urging them to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for a 'tap on the shoulder' for Takata

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

Sun salutation: Greeting the morning at JWLand's latest new release at the Founders Lane development, appropriately called Dawn.

Inner city apartment living lures Canberrans with focus on lifestyle and community

INPUT: What do you have to say about living and working in regional Australia? Join the discussion at futurefocusproject.com.au.

Have your say on living in regional Australia

Joanne Crawford

We may not have been back to the moon since 1969 but the advanced technology of today would certainly have to make for a smoother landing.

Could your mobile phone take you to the moon and back?

Emma Brown

Aran Mylvaganam says the Tamil refugee family were told they won't be going back to the mainland.

Tamil family told to get used to detention

14m ago

Laurie John Junior Dodd is on the run after escaping legal custody while at Royal Perth Hospital.

Inmate escape probe could lead to penalty

35m ago

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says US China trade tensions are hurting the Australian economy.

Trade war delaying investments: treasurer

36m ago

Angus Taylor says the National Electricity Market will cut emissions by 26 % by 2022.

Energy ministers to meet as emissions ease

40m ago

Driver Shane Graham has pleaded not guilty to match fixing charges stemming from a race in 2017.

Brisbane harness driver denies fixing race

Warren Barnsley and Sonia Kohlbacher
44m ago

Australian scientists will drill 3k into Antarctica to extract ice that's a million years old.

High-tech drill to unlock Antarctic ice

Ethan James
45m ago

Australia's top financial watchdogs are looking at housing markets outside the major centres.

Financial regulators watch credit, housing

Angus Livingston
1hr ago

The Law Council President says it's wrong to blame victims, courts or judges for family violence.

Push for family violence awareness for MPs

Rebecca Gredley
1hr ago

A road is blocked by fallen trees as typhoon Tapah sweeps through parts of South Korea.

Typhoon batters South Korea

1hr ago

A road is blocked by fallen trees as typhoon Tapah sweeps through parts of South Korea.

Typhoon batters South Korea

1hr ago

Boris Johnson will tell Donald Trump the UK's health service is off the table in trade talks.

Johnson to tell Trump: hands off NHS

1hr ago

Boris Johnson will tell Donald Trump the UK's health service is off the table in trade talks.

Johnson to tell Trump: hands off NHS

1hr ago

Spark Sport has been warned to do better at screening the All Blacks' World Cup games.

Kiwis fume at All Blacks streaming drama

2hrs ago

Spark Sport has been warned to do better at screening the All Blacks' World Cup games.

Kiwis fume at All Blacks streaming drama

2hrs ago

What can you see?: Google Earth has provided solutions to several crime puzzles.

What on earth is that?

Mathew Dickerson

Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey attend the 2018 Time 100 Gala in New York City. Picture: Getty Images

Good old-fashioned reporting

Donna Liquori

Kate Berry and her youngest daughter Pepper hit the road. Picture: Maya

The adventure that is motherhood

Karen Hardy

Local history: The Lady Denman comes back to where she was made.

NSW South Coast isn't just about the whitest sand

John Rozentals

Tourists watch an ice avalanche at Sawyer Glacier in Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Picture: Ralph Lee Hopkins, Lindblad Expeditions

Welcome to the orca's playground in the Inside Passage

Kerry van der Jagt

The interior of the Dining Suite at Tokyo's TRUNK(HOTEL). Pictures: Supplied

Best Trunk call you'll ever make

Amelia Lester

ART FORM: "I've stuck with pen, paper and paint," says Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd, pictured here painting the cat Scarface Claw in her home studio in New Zealand.

Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd's chaos theory

Geraldine Cardozo

FRIEND IN NEED: Alma's recognition of Tom's stroke symptoms helped to get him to hospital for a treatment in a timely fashion

Quick thinking Alma a stroke of luck for Tom

See over a million spring flowering bulbs at Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Victoria, including tulips, daffodils, ranunculus and anemones.

Hello petal! Australia's must-see flower festivals

Geraldine Cardozo

Tuva Carli, of Franklin, and Jack Milton, of Queanbeyan.

Socials: Wonderful night for a moondance

Gerard Jenkins, of O'Connor, Ian Marshall, of Spence, and Lenuta Quaraishi, of Palmerston.

Socials: Out There at Watson Arts Centre

Michael Taylor

Luke Lindfeld and Maddison Ciuffetelli, of Coombs.

Socials: Stencil artist showcases work

David and Sally Shannon say health problems and a lack of skilled helpers has forced them to advertise their herd of water buffalo for sale. Photos: Supplied

Ever wanted to own a buffalo dairy?

56m ago

David and Sally Shannon say health problems and a lack of skilled helpers has forced them to advertise their herd of water buffalo for sale. Photos: Supplied

Ever wanted to own a buffalo dairy?

56m ago

Lisa Knight, Shelley Barlow, Carmen Lawton and Victoria Bryce of Jerilderie.

All the photos from the Jerilderie Races

2hrs ago

Lisa Knight, Shelley Barlow, Carmen Lawton and Victoria Bryce of Jerilderie.

All the photos from the Jerilderie Races

2hrs ago

Elders wool agent Kevin Webber, Cameron Kopp, Warwick Kopp and Mitch Cook with the two top-priced rams that each fetched $5000 on Friday.

Towalba sells to a top of $5000, twice

Elders wool agent Kevin Webber, Cameron Kopp, Warwick Kopp and Mitch Cook with the two top-priced rams that each fetched $5000 on Friday.

Towalba sells to a top of $5000, twice