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Rob Sitch as Tony Woodford in episode 5, season 4 of Utopia. Picture: Hwa Gho

Utopia and the art of passing the buck

Jenny Morrison and Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

Politicians get fancy for the Midwinter Ball

David Pocock trains this week ahead of the Wallabies opening World Cup match on Saturday. Picture: Getty Images

Pocock and Hooper to both start for Wallabies against Fiji

Olivia Newton-John in the public gallery with her husband John Easterling (middle) Picture: Getty Images

Olivia Newton-John in QT at Parliament House

Vina Bakery owner Quan Nguyen shows off his green bread and rolls to Raiders fanatic Mick Lennon of Kambah. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Diehards eat more greens at finals time

Suspicions, secrets revealed. Annette: Cold Case Unlocked episode 2

Suspicions, secrets revealed. Annette: Cold Case Unlocked episode 2

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Our parliament: power and weakness, secret deals and serendipity

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Frawley's send-off summed up the life and death of the man

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Green energy plan to make Australia powerplant of Pacific

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Senior ACT Labor figures face preselection contest

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ACT government spent $460K on advertising new transport network

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Saudis say Iran link to attack undeniable

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he has a good personal relationship with Donald Trump.

Australia pulls its weight with US: PM

ANU professor Ken Baldwin. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Green energy plan to make Australia powerplant of Pacific

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Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ben Morton during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

Public service bosses to brief razor gang biannually

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World Trade deputy director general Alan Wolff in Sydney. Picture: Louise Kennerley

WTO deputy says stopping trade war 'beyond its capability', tells Australia to fill the void

Rob Sitch as Tony Woodford in episode 5, season 4 of Utopia. Picture: Hwa Gho

Utopia and the art of passing the buck

Doug Dingwall

Jenny Morrison and Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

Politicians get fancy for the Midwinter Ball

Crossbench senator Rex Patrick says the Senate "must protect its members". Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

Federal police investigating John Setka 'threats', Centre Alliance says

Dana McCauley

Union leader John Setka has denied he was trying to "bully" crossbench senators on the government's industrial relations legislation. Picture: Jason South

'I am not a bully': Setka denies threatening senators, refuses to step down

Dana McCauley

Before planting more trees we need to stop clearing them

Before planting more trees we need to stop clearing them

Prime Minister Scott Morrison celebrates the election win. Picture: Dominic Lorrimer

OPINION
How Labor managed to lose the unloseable election

Nicholas Stuart

Energy transition will be no easy task

Energy transition will be no easy task

The Canberra Times

Isabela Moner, left, stars as Dora in Dora and the Lost City of Gold. Picture: Supplied

From the small screen to the big

Ron Cerabona
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The young stars of It and It Chapter Two. Picture: Supplied

Teen finds fame in horror films

Sonaiya Kelley
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Everest and Yi (Chloe Bennet) in Abominable. Picture: Universal

Fun for both adults and children (separately)

Ron Cerabona
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Isabela Moner, left, stars as Dora in Dora and the Lost City of Gold. Picture: Supplied

From the small screen to the big

1hr ago

Johnny Romeo's Skirt Skip. Picture: Supplied

Five things to do this weekend

Amy Martin

Berlin-based designers Plastique Fantastique to bring MEDUSA - a large inflatable bubble - to this year's DESIGN Festival. Picture: Supplied

DESIGN Canberra program embraces utopian thinking

Amy Martin

Danny Frawley's wife and daughters walk behind his hearse at Moorabbin Oval. Picture: Joe Armao

Frawley's send-off summed up the life and death of the man

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Tom Banks has been in camp with the Wallabies squad as injury cover. Picture: Getty Images

Banks vows to turn Cup omission into motivation

David Pocock trains this week ahead of the Wallabies opening World Cup match on Saturday. Picture: Getty Images

Pocock and Hooper to both start for Wallabies against Fiji

Eziyoda Magbegor is still coming to grips with her reputation as Australian basketball's next big thing. Picture: Getty

The footsteps making life Ezi

The WNBL's 40th season was launched in Canberra on Thursday. Picture: WNBL

Jackson says 'sky is the limit' for WNBL

Caden Helmers

The rise of Nick Kyrgios and new facilities at Lyneham have transformed tennis in Canberra.

Tennis ACT director gets national job

Ricky Stuart and Josh Hodgson talk tactics at Raiders training on Wednesday. Picture: Karleen Minney

Why Josh Papalii benching himself gives Raiders 'ownership'

Chris Dutton

Josh Papalii is one of many Raiders in contention for the NRL's team of the year. Picture: NRL Photos

Raiders in the hunt for Dally M awards

Caden Helmers

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

NSW Labor MLC Penny Sharpe says there is no evidence sex-selective abortions are happening in NSW.

NSW abortion amendment debate to continue

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Tolls could help save one of Victoria's most popular tourist drawcards, the Great Ocean Road.

Tolls could help save the Great Ocean Road

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The government says it will allow Senator Pauline Hanson to co-chair the committee on family law.

Senate crossbench backs family law inquiry

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A hearing on the future of a Tamil asylum seeker family is being held in Melbourne.

Tamil family stuck in jail-like conditions

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Josh Frydenberg predicts an improvement over what he originally said would be a $4.2 billion deficit

Labor eyes tricks in balanced budget

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Scott Morrison is due to fly to the United States for a meeting with President Donald Trump.

PM lauds security and economic ties to US

Katina Curtis, AAP Senior Political Writer
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Bushwalker Neil Parker crawled for two days after breaking his leg in bushland north of Brisbane.

Long recovery ahead for Qld bushwalker

Nicholas McElroy
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Queensland wants the Commonwealth to allow it to continue baiting and killing Barrier Reef sharks.

Change the law so we can kill: Qld govt

Sonia Kohlbacher
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Saudi military spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki says Iranian weapons were used in Saturday's attack.

Saudis say Iran link to attack undeniable

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Saudi military spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki says Iranian weapons were used in Saturday's attack.

Saudis say Iran link to attack undeniable

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The core of Hurricane Humberto is expected to pass north of the Bermuda archipelago.

Bermuda braces for Hurricane Humberto

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The core of Hurricane Humberto is expected to pass north of the Bermuda archipelago.

Bermuda braces for Hurricane Humberto

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Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen is suspended from the European Tour over sexual assault charges.

Olesen stays suspended from European Tour

Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen is suspended from the European Tour over sexual assault charges.

Olesen stays suspended from European Tour

NICE THREADS: It doesn't take much for boys to pull together a smooth look for their school formal, but it does help if they know what they like.

Choosing your 'bag of fruit'

10 clever household hacks using bicarb soda

10 clever household hacks using bicarb soda

Berlin-based designers Plastique Fantastique to bring MEDUSA - a large inflatable bubble - to this year's DESIGN Festival. Picture: Supplied

DESIGN Canberra program embraces utopian thinking

Amy Martin

The Great Barrier Reef Drive: one of Australia's most picturesque coastal roads.

What's your next holiday destination?

John Rozentals

Get in early: The ACCC inquiry found foreign cash is more expensive at airport locations than at other locations. When buying USD200 in February 2019, consumers could have saved AUD40 by purchasing from the cheapest supplier at a non-airport location, compared with the most expensive supplier at the airport.

Australians paying millions too much for foreign currency services: ACCC

FASCINATING: The Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum is known for exhibiting specimens from every major stage of life on Earth.

A weekend at the museum

Andrew Lotherington

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

Reader picture by @czkstyle. ANU rowers

Instagrammers of Canberra

Nick Beresfore, of Googong, Lauren McGaughey, of Calwell, and Georgia Beresfore, of Googong.

Socials: Musos play to win

Malena Roldan from Argentina, Kailah Johnson of Mawson with Danielle, 4, Alex and Florence Newnham, 5mth all of Mawson.

Socials: Canberra in full bloom

Grazing management trainer, Graeme Hand gets close to his subject at a "walk and talk" session at Jingellic.

Getting the best from perennials

Grazing management trainer, Graeme Hand gets close to his subject at a "walk and talk" session at Jingellic.

Getting the best from perennials

Underneath the peppercorn trees, rams are penned at Boonoke for inspection.

Poll Boonoke rams sold $26,000 twice| Videos, photos

Underneath the peppercorn trees, rams are penned at Boonoke for inspection.

Poll Boonoke rams sold $26,000 twice| Videos, photos

Sheep producer Evan Frankham sprouts barley hydroponically, producing close to 2.5 tonnes of barley from 400kg of grain.

Sprout feeding during drought

Sheep producer Evan Frankham sprouts barley hydroponically, producing close to 2.5 tonnes of barley from 400kg of grain.

Sprout feeding during drought