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Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

'Don't call': ACT government unsure if Pfizer expansion means more supply

Kathryn Lewis

ACT Education Minister Yvette Berry. Picture: Karleen Minney

Canberra students will be 'learning from home indefinitely'

Andrew Brown

Brindabella Business Park in the Canberra Airport Covid testing site. Picture: Keegan Carroll

As it happened | ACT leading the nation on vaccines: PM

Lanie Tindale

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has applauded Canberrans. Picture: Karleen Minney

OPINION'ACT leading the way': Canberra spirit on show one week in to lockdown

Lanie Tindale
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New bus routes have been added as casual exposure locations and exposure times for other bus and tram routes have been updated. Picture: Karleen Minney

KFC Fyshwick, new bus routes added to list of exposure sites

Sarah Lansdown

ACT Health promises to provide regular updates on test wait times

ACT Health promises to provide regular updates on test wait times

Alex Crowe

Driver's high speed cross-border hijinks in stolen car end in Karabar crash

SUBSCRIBERDriver's high speed cross-border hijinks in stolen car end in Karabar crash

Peter Brewer

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Australia to open Pfizer jabs to 16 to 39 year olds

Finn McHugh

'Not political': Barilaro says no offence intended to Canberra over Covid comments

SUBSCRIBERMan dies after Lake Tuggeranong bicycle collision

SUBSCRIBERRolfe trial could be delayed again by High Court challenge

Services Australia staff plea for priority Covid vaccinations

Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

'Don't call': ACT government unsure if Pfizer expansion means more supply

The real Ken Behrens. Picture: Bill Klipp

Here's the real Ken Behrens, and he's as bemused as you'd expect

Celebrate with a Ken Behrens burger post-lockdown

Celebrate with a Ken Behrens burger post-lockdown

Woolworths delivery trucks at Majura Park waiting to be loaded. Picture: Sitthaxay Ditthavong

Supermarket deliveries ramp up to keep pace with public demand

An RAAF C-17A Globemaster III arrives at Australia's main operating base in the Middle East on Wednesday, to support the evacuation operations from Kabul. Picture: Department of Defence

More Australians rushed from Taliban-held Kabul

The Royal and Hollywood cafes in Church street, circa 1950. Photo: Mudgee Museum and Historical Society.

LISTENRescued boy meets hero's family 60 years on

Facebook launches VR remote work app

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ALLHOMES'All aboard the nature express': A train converted into a house for sale in Currowan

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ALLHOMESWhat does Canberra's lockdown mean for renters, buyers and sellers?

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OPINION'ACT leading the way': Canberra spirit on show one week in to lockdown

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Toyota slashes output after chip shortage

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Woman charged with WA caravan park murder

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The streets of Queanbeyan are mostly empty due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Two COVID-19 cases detected in Queanbeyan, regional NSW lockdown extended

Kathryn Lewis

Exhibition Park (EPIC) Canberra Covid 19 testing site. Picture: Keegan Carroll

EXPLAINEROne week into the ACT lockdown, here's what you need to know as Delta spreads

Kathryn Lewis

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has applauded Canberrans. Picture: Karleen Minney

OPINION'ACT leading the way': Canberra spirit on show one week in to lockdown

Lanie Tindale
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The streets of Queanbeyan are mostly empty due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Two COVID-19 cases detected in Queanbeyan, regional NSW lockdown extended

Greenway Views retirement village. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Childcare, aged care and light rail among new close contact sites

Kathryn Lewis
Miriam Webber

ACT ESA members deliver remote learning packages to students in quarantine. Pictures: Gary Hooker

Harrison School prioritised for testing as school-based Covid cases grow

Sarah Lansdown

A woman has been charged with murder over the death of another woman at a Swan Valley caravan park.

Woman charged with WA caravan park murder

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The NT is set for a by-election in the seat of Daly after CLP MP Ian Sloan quit parliament.

NT MP quits, triggering Daly by-election

STRENGTH WITHIN: Lennox Head's Taylor O'Moore-McClelland hopes his story can help others. Photo: Elise Derwin.

How Taylor 'The Monster' found inner peace in the sport of Strongman

About a quarter of NSW's 3134 COVID-19 cases detected last week were not interviewed within a day.

1 in 4 NSW cases waits a day for interview

An RAAF C-17A Globemaster III arrives at Australia's main operating base in the Middle East on Wednesday, to support the evacuation operations from Kabul. Picture: Department of Defence

More Australians rushed from Taliban-held Kabul

Finn McHugh

BRAVE MUMMA: Author and film-maker Stephanie Thompson is giving women a voice through a documentary on prolapse and new podcast on women's health issues. Picture: Robert Peet

Tired of being abused, mum with 'invisible disability' hits back

Desiree Savage

Police in NSW have fined 671 people in one day for breaching public health orders.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

WA Premier Mark McGowan describes NSW's handling of COVID-19 as an appalling public policy failure.

West Aussies escape NSW virus outbreak

Michael Ramsey

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBER | ANALYSISAlbanese's warning does not help cause of frank and fearless public service

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says a fall in unemployment is not a time to celebrate. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Low unemployment hiding lockdown's real impact

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Government Services Minister Linda Reynolds. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Services Australia staff plea for priority Covid vaccinations

Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General, Amanda Stoker. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

National Archives reforms ahead, but govt holds back from expanding agency

NSW Deputy Premier. John Barilaro Picture: Karleen Minney.

'Not political': Barilaro says no offence intended to Canberra over Covid comments

Karen Barlow

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Australia to open Pfizer jabs to 16 to 39 year olds

Finn McHugh

The initial virus lockdown last year only caused one quarter of negative growth, despite a plummet of 7 per cent. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Lockdown extensions could prompt recession

Gerard Cockburn

Labor leader Anthony Albanese. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBERAlbanese sounds warning to APS chiefs

Karen Barlow

The relatively low vaccination rates in the biggest states are hardest to explain. Picture: Shutterstock

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONStark state differences in vaccines and the census

John Warhurst

Taliban fighters stand alongside the discarded belongings of Afghan National Army soldiers in Kabul on Monday. Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONPulling out of Afghanistan was the right thing to do

James Blackwell

It's time to make Kelly, Christensen and the rest pipe down

It's time to make Kelly, Christensen and the rest pipe down

Letters to the Editor

Scott Whittaker disguises himself with a beanie and face mask outside court after a previous appearance. Picture: Blake Foden

SUBSCRIBERFormer registered child sex offender behind bars for 'evil' relationship with girl

The cocaine police seized from Justin Eeles. Picture: ACT Policing

SUBSCRIBERDrug trafficker pleads guilty after $20k train station bust

Luke Arthur Marsh has had his appeal against his conviction for breaching a protection order in mid-2018 upheld by the ACT Supreme Court.

SUBSCRIBERCase to be re-heard after conviction for alleged threats against officers deemed unfair

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Give your brain a workout on Sunday night. Picture: Facebook

WHAT'S ONPub trivia served with a slice of science

DYNAMIC DUO: Comedian Matt Okine and EDM artist Kristy Lee Peters, aka KLP, have turned their talents to children's entertainment in Diver City.

MUSICNo pregnant pause for energetic KLP and Diver City

Josh Leeson

COLOURFUL MIX: Holy Holy's Oscar Dawson and Tim Carroll have created a cinematic slice of synth-pop on Hello My Beautiful World.

MUSICHoly Holy follow beautiful inspiration on new album

Josh Leeson

Give your brain a workout on Sunday night. Picture: Facebook

WHAT'S ONPub trivia served with a slice of science

TFS: Deep States.

REVIEWTropical F--k Storm digging deep into paranoia

Josh Leeson

Tim Kirk at Clonakilla maintained his five-star rating. Picture: David Reist

Canberra's best wines from one of our worst years

Karen Hardy

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has applauded Canberrans. Picture: Karleen Minney

OPINION'ACT leading the way': Canberra spirit on show one week in to lockdown

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ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has applauded Canberrans. Picture: Karleen Minney

OPINION'ACT leading the way': Canberra spirit on show one week in to lockdown

1hr ago

ACT Work Health and Safety commissioner Jacqueline Agius. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Construction crackdown as lockdown rule-breakers caught

ACT Work Health and Safety commissioner Jacqueline Agius. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Construction crackdown as lockdown rule-breakers caught

Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

'Don't call': ACT government unsure if Pfizer expansion means more supply

Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

'Don't call': ACT government unsure if Pfizer expansion means more supply

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart is unsure when Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad will come on against Manly. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERNicoll-Klokstad ready to start but a quarter would be ideal

The greatest NRL jersey ever made just got even better. Picture: Adam McGrath

SUBSCRIBER | UPDATEDRaiders join Ken Behrens craze

Raiders co-captain Jarrod Croker faces an uncertain future. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBER | UPDATEDCroker's future up in the air as knee problems return

Samu Kerevi is back in Wallabies camp. Picture: Andrew Phan/Wallabies Media

SUBSCRIBERWallabies' Canberra comeback could be in doubt

Friday's scheduled race meeting at Thoroughbred Park will not be going ahead. Picture: Keegan Carroll

NSW jockeys denied entry to ACT, forcing meet cancellation

James Buckley

Tom Trbojevic has been ruled out of Manly's clash with Canberra as they chase an NRL top-four berth.

Trbojevic grounded against Raiders to limit cheekbone risk

Scott Bailey

Andrew Charter says he is in the best place, physically and mentally, of his life and will put his hand up for Paris 2024. Picture: Grant Treeby

SUBSCRIBERCharter determined to push on to Paris 2024 Olympics

Isobel Cootes

Gungahlin's Jack Williams streaks away. The local rugby league competition is hopeful of finishing its season with a shortened finals series. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Local league ends regular season, still hopes to play finals

James Buckley

Andrew Charter says he is in the best place, physically and mentally, of his life and will put his hand up for Paris 2024. Picture: Grant Treeby

SUBSCRIBERCharter determined to push on to Paris 2024 Olympics

Andrew Charter says he is in the best place, physically and mentally, of his life and will put his hand up for Paris 2024. Picture: Grant Treeby

SUBSCRIBERCharter determined to push on to Paris 2024 Olympics

ROLLING FORWARD: Brett Stibners (right). Picture: Nigel French/PA Images via Getty Images

Stibners prepares to hunt for gold at Tokyo Paralympics

ROLLING FORWARD: Brett Stibners (right). Picture: Nigel French/PA Images via Getty Images

Stibners prepares to hunt for gold at Tokyo Paralympics

Jaryd Clifford will compete in three events at the Paralympics in Tokyo, including the marathon.

Clifford draws on Fearnley's inspiration

Jaryd Clifford will compete in three events at the Paralympics in Tokyo, including the marathon.

Clifford draws on Fearnley's inspiration

Users of the Workrooms app can design avatars to meet in virtual reality conference rooms.

Facebook launches VR remote work app

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Users of the Workrooms app can design avatars to meet in virtual reality conference rooms.

Facebook launches VR remote work app

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Toyota is the last major automaker to cut output due to critical shortages of semiconductors.

Toyota slashes output after chip shortage

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Toyota is the last major automaker to cut output due to critical shortages of semiconductors.

Toyota slashes output after chip shortage

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Afghans have flocked to the airport in Kabul seeking flights out after the Taliban seized control.

Several dead after rally in Afghan city

Afghans have flocked to the airport in Kabul seeking flights out after the Taliban seized control.

Several dead after rally in Afghan city

The Royal and Hollywood cafes in Church street, circa 1950. Photo: Mudgee Museum and Historical Society.

LISTENRescued boy meets hero's family 60 years on

The Royal and Hollywood cafes in Church street, circa 1950. Photo: Mudgee Museum and Historical Society.

LISTENRescued boy meets hero's family 60 years on

Jay and JC, two young outback miners, search for precious opal in their mine at White Cliffs, NSW. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos.

LISTENHidden treasures of White Cliffs

Jay and JC, two young outback miners, search for precious opal in their mine at White Cliffs, NSW. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos.

LISTENHidden treasures of White Cliffs

Sister Brigid and Anjali Sharma one of the teenagers who brought the duty of care case against the Environment Minister. Picture: Supplied

LISTENEight kids and a nun walk into court, and it's no joke for rural Aussies

Sister Brigid and Anjali Sharma one of the teenagers who brought the duty of care case against the Environment Minister. Picture: Supplied

LISTENEight kids and a nun walk into court, and it's no joke for rural Aussies

Regional education a first choice for many families

Regional education a first choice for many families

Regional education a first choice for many families

Regional education a first choice for many families

CRISIS: It took Belinda Duffy more than 100 renting applications over a nine month period to finally land a place to live for her family. Photo: JUDE KEOGH.

Mother finally finds place to live after more than 100 rental applications

CRISIS: It took Belinda Duffy more than 100 renting applications over a nine month period to finally land a place to live for her family. Photo: JUDE KEOGH.

Mother finally finds place to live after more than 100 rental applications

AH THE SERENITY: City slickers are looking to abandon the offices and take up farming in a desperate strategy to flee lockdown life.

Tree-changers weigh up the cost of becoming farmers

AH THE SERENITY: City slickers are looking to abandon the offices and take up farming in a desperate strategy to flee lockdown life.

Tree-changers weigh up the cost of becoming farmers

Doctor and leading ED expert warns of danger of porn addiction

Doctor and leading ED expert warns of danger of porn addiction

Reverse mortgages could offer a more comfortable retirement, without having to sell your home

Reverse mortgages could offer a more comfortable retirement, without having to sell your home

Footy great takes on new challenge, growing back his hair!

Footy great takes on new challenge, growing back his hair!

This quick and easy Napolitana is sure to be a hit on family dinner night

This quick and easy Napolitana is sure to be a hit on family dinner night

Is using alternative data the future of lending?

Is using alternative data the future of lending?

Rachel Horan

Reverse mortgages offer financial flexibility in retirement

Reverse mortgages offer financial flexibility in retirement

Why customers are turning to comparison websites to source energy deals

Why customers are turning to comparison websites to source energy deals

Dellaram Vreeland

Potatoes are one of the only carbohydrates you can grow yourself. Pictures: Anton Vikstrom.

Three ways to grow your own potatoes

Hannah Moloney

A warning to stay vigilant about falling victim to a phone virus. Picture: Shutterstock.

ADVICEDon't click on that suspicious link in that random text message

Mathew Dickerson

HEALTH MAPPED OUT: Type 2 diabetes prevalence in Australia. Darker sections indicate population areas with a higher percentage of the disease. Credit: AIHW 2021.

Chronic disease mapped across Australia

Ellen Phiddian

CHALLENGE: Australia needs many more aged care workers. Picture Shutterstock

Critical shortage of aged care workers threatens care standards

Eileen Wood

Model Barbara Bingham.

The true beauty of older models

Therese Murray

Caution urged following spike in scams

Caution urged following spike in scams

Samara Ross

Monique Swinbourne and Christina Sothinathan.

Lake Tuggeranong calling

Keegan Carroll

Vera and Perica Vujic with Monty.

Putting best paws forward

Dion Georgopoulos

Jami Rothwell and Amanda Slater.

A lake walk in the sun

Dion Georgopoulos

The $30,000 high-seller with auctioneer Paul Dooley, Tamworth, vendor Jack White, Coffin Creek, Mudgee and selling agent Bill Lawson of McDonald Lawson Pty Ltd, Mudgee

Coffin Creek hits $30,000 top and $17,292 average

The $30,000 high-seller with auctioneer Paul Dooley, Tamworth, vendor Jack White, Coffin Creek, Mudgee and selling agent Bill Lawson of McDonald Lawson Pty Ltd, Mudgee

Coffin Creek hits $30,000 top and $17,292 average

One of the biggest chickpea crops in years will be brought in this year. Photos courtesy of Talbot Ag Contracting.

Chickpeas: reducing risks at harvest a must

One of the biggest chickpea crops in years will be brought in this year. Photos courtesy of Talbot Ag Contracting.

Chickpeas: reducing risks at harvest a must

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says from August 30 younger Australians can access Pfizer without passing a criteria. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Pfizer jabs for 16 to 39 year olds to open

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says from August 30 younger Australians can access Pfizer without passing a criteria. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Pfizer jabs for 16 to 39 year olds to open