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Ben Stokes, left, was in unbelievable form during the third Test. Picture: AP

Stokes denies Australia in incredible Ashes ending

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The Raiders were left heartbroken. Picture: Jamila Toderas

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Derk Swieringa, front, with fellow members of the Reid Residents' Association next to the site where a new house has been approved, is disappointed with the process to protect the historic suburb's heritage values. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Fear for heritage after 'out of character' house approved

I want adventure, not companionship, as I head into my later years. Picture: Shutterstock

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Seeking adventure, not companionship

Steph Lum is an intersex advocate. Picture: Jamila Toderas

'There's not enough people talking about it': Steph Lum on advocating for intersex people

Life, near-death and reality recognised. Photo: Shutterstock

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Life, near-death and reality recognised

Trump backflips on China trade war comment

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Iran foreign minister in talks at G7 meet

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Second Republican to stand against Trump

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Stokes denies Australia in incredible Ashes ending

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OECD joins Australia push on online terror

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A breakdown in Australia-Pacific relations would be a self-made tragedy

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Foreign minister Marise Payne is remaining tight-lipped over the PM's thinly veiled swipe at China.

Payne ducks questions on PM's China swipe

Militant union officials have refused to stand for Labor leader Anthony Albanese in WA.

Unions hostile to Albo at WA Labor event

Ben Fordham has been criticised for asking the NSW premier if she'd ever have an abortion.

Payne slams abortion questions to premier

Senator Kristina Keneally has criticised Melbourne's Catholic Archbishop Peter Comensoli.

Labor senator blasts Catholic archbishop

Scott Morrison is a special invited guest of French President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 meeting.

PM seeks G7 action against terror websites

Katina Curtis, AAP Senior Political Writer

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd after his address to the National Press Club on Friday. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

Rudd slams 'post-pubescent' Liberal politicians over China 'hysteria'

Dana McCauley

Senator Rex Patrick speaks during the tax debate in the Senate at Parliament House in Canberra on July 4, 2019. fedpol Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Crossbench senator says companies who breach lobbying code should be cut off

Katie Burgess

Prime Minister Scott Morrison lays out his vision for the Australian Public Service at Monday's event hosted by the Institute of Public Administration. Picture: Jamila Toderas

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How the APS can properly serve Scott Morrison's 'quiet Australians'

Crispin Hull

There's a blossoming culture in our city's centre

There's a blossoming culture in our city's centre

Letters to the editor

Smashed racquets, splintered Steinways

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Smashed racquets, splintered Steinways

Ian Warden

A hiker on a remote stretch of the Light to Light walk near Eden. Picture: Kimberley Le Lievre

Our national parks need greater protection

Sunday Canberra Times

BentSpoke's Richard Watkins, Tracy Margrain, and Felicity Wybrew. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Have a beer with Bentspoke for Threatened Species Day

Amy Martin
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Winterbourne's Jordan Brady and James Draper, both 25, first met in year seven.

From school dreams to reality

Josh Leeson

Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable in Gone With the Wind. Picture: Supplied

1939: the golden year for Hollywood

Ron Cerabona

BentSpoke's Richard Watkins, Tracy Margrain, and Felicity Wybrew. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Have a beer with Bentspoke for Threatened Species Day

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Jarrad West plays John Wilkes Booth, who shot US president Abraham Lincoln, in Assassins. Picture: Eva Schroeder

Assassins: Changing the world with a finger

Ron Cerabona

Luke Cornish in his Marrickville studio. Picture: Miguel Sicari

The Canberra-born artist behind the Bondi Border Force mural

Sally Pryor

Ben Stokes, left, was in unbelievable form during the third Test. Picture: AP

Stokes denies Australia in incredible Ashes ending

2hrs ago

Sea Eagles forward Addin Fonua-Blake has rubbed salt into the wounds of heartbroken fans.

Canberra Raiders fans have a new public enemy

Manly have held onto their spot in the top four in a gutsy win over the Raiders. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Canberra caught in a top four shootout

Josh Stuckey scored a double in the Blues' qualifying final. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Bushrangers beaten Blue in major final

The Raiders were left heartbroken. Picture: Jamila Toderas

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Stuart declares 'we're still in the fight'

Caden Helmers

Queanbeyan beat Eastlake to reach the AFL Canberra preliminary final. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Tigers beat Demons to reignite dream

Lucie Bertoldo

England's Joe Root walks from the pitch on the third day of the 3rd Ashes Test. Picture: AP

Root stalls Australia's push for Ashes-retaining victory

Rob Forsaith

Age fighters: Russell Heaton, 60, and Joanne Tilbrook, 57, are the oldest in the world in their cage fighting category. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Age fighters: Canberra duo oldest in the world for cage fighting comp

Charlie Johns

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

Finding the missing millions: Many people infected with Hepatitis B and C in Australia aren't even aware they have the virus.

World Hepatitis Day - Australians are still missing out on care

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?

COLOURED WORLD: Sunset at Nyhavn pier in Copenhagen's Old Town. While in Copenhagen you will also be enchanted by the Little Mermaid statue by Edvard Eriksen.

Cruise and tour Scandinavia and the Baltic

Read online: First Home Buyers

Read online: First Home Buyers

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Jet Blast Plumbing provides Canberra with a 24 hour service, seven days a week. Tony offers a quick response and no call-out fee. Photo: Supplied.

You get a quick-response promise from Jet Blast Plumbing

Australia's largest assistive technology and disability event, the ATSA Independent Living Expo, will take place in Canberra at the National Convention Centre on Tuesday, August 27 and Wednesday, August 28. The expo has become the most influential event on the disability calendar.

Australia's largest disability expo opens in Canberra next week

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PM Scott Morrison says the onus will be on online platforms to meet standards on extremist material.

OECD joins Australia push on online terror

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Grassland earless dragons, found from Bathurst to Canberra to the Victorian border, were once thought to be the same species. Scientiests recently discovered they were all distinct, making the lizard even rarer than previously thought. Picture: Karleen Minney.

Federal approval not needed for factory to be built over endangered lizard habitat

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Serial killer Ivan Milat has sent a letter claiming he is innocent of murdering seven backpackers.

Ivan Milat claims innocence in new letter

Marise Payne has defended the decision to send troops to another US-led military mission

Minister defends Strait of Hormuz mission

A Melbourne rally has protested the imminent deportation of a Tamil asylum seeker family.

Vic protesters call to save Tamil family

Zena Chamas

A major operation is under way to find a worker after a wall collapse at the NT's Bootu Creek mine.

NT mine worker buried under collapsed wall

Militant union officials have refused to stand for Labor leader Anthony Albanese in WA.

Unions hostile to Albo at WA Labor event

George Pell leaving court after Victoria's highest court rejected his appeal on Wednesday. Picture: Jason South

George Pell decides to appeal case to the High Court

Chip Le Grand

President Donald Trump regrets not imposing higher tariffs on China, the White House has clarified.

Trump backflips on China trade war comment

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President Donald Trump regrets not imposing higher tariffs on China, the White House has clarified.

Trump backflips on China trade war comment

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Iran's foreign minister is in Biarritz for talks as the G7 looks to defuse tensions with the US.

Iran foreign minister in talks at G7 meet

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Iran's foreign minister is in Biarritz for talks as the G7 looks to defuse tensions with the US.

Iran foreign minister in talks at G7 meet

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Republican Joe Walsh will challenge Donald Trump for the White House, saying he is unfit for office.

Second Republican to stand against Trump

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Republican Joe Walsh will challenge Donald Trump for the White House, saying he is unfit for office.

Second Republican to stand against Trump

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A knowledgeable tour guide can take you through one of the nine show caves available, explaining the formations and highlights of each cave.

Head underground for your next holiday

Andrew Lotherington

A helping paw: Dogs help humans in many ways, even if it just companionship.

Paws and consider how much dogs help us on International Dog Day, August 26

Minnie Mouse in 1989 for my fourth birthday - before the publishers lost the rights to use the Disney characters.

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A lasting love affair with the Women's Weekly Birthday Cake Book

Megan Dingwall

A knowledgeable tour guide can take you through one of the nine show caves available, explaining the formations and highlights of each cave.

Head underground for your next holiday

Andrew Lotherington

Guides Marc Giraud and Daniel Walgain hike across the volcanic plains. Picture: Supplied

Stepping on thunder to see the world's most accessible live volcano

Craig Tansley

The Sir George now offers travellers a feed and an overnight stay. Picture: Supplied

Jugiong: the little town that could

Aviva Lowy

Building Bridges to Boorowa volunteer Dick Orchard takes a break from tree planting. Photo: Andrew Scott

Tree change: How one Orchard and an army of volunteers can make a difference

Geraldine Cardozo

Kookaburras to Mr Whippy. What does Australia sound like to you?

Kookaburras to Mr Whippy. What does Australia sound like to you?

Older Australians are among at-risk groups for sepsis.

It kills 5000 Aussies a year, but do you know the sepsis warning signs?

Eileen Wood

Tilly Davey and Kristie Foenander.

Socials: A night of endurance

Dion Georgopoulos
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Lindsay and Tim Snowdon, of Bungendore. Pictures: Supplied

Socials: Scripted by Nature at Suki & Hall Gallery

Carol Hayes of Condor, Drill Hall Gallery director Terence Maloon of Acton and tanka poet Noriko Tanaka of Japan.

Savanhdary Vongpoothorn, All That Arises

Top priced bull, Bannaby Reality P53 with Elders auctioneer Steve Ridley, representative for purchaser Helen Stone, Elders agent, Michael Coggan, Maureen and Keith Kerridge of Bannaby Angus and Landmark auctioneer Tim Woodham.

Bannaby Angus bulls average $6706

Top priced bull, Bannaby Reality P53 with Elders auctioneer Steve Ridley, representative for purchaser Helen Stone, Elders agent, Michael Coggan, Maureen and Keith Kerridge of Bannaby Angus and Landmark auctioneer Tim Woodham.

Bannaby Angus bulls average $6706

Top priced bull KO B074 Beast Mode P48 with Craig Allen and Felix Li, Tea Gardens, Nerong Park, Angus Onisforou, K.O. Angus, Elders auctioneers Joe Wilks and Andy McGeoch and Tim Lord, K.O. Angus.

K.O. Angus bulls top at $12,000

Top priced bull KO B074 Beast Mode P48 with Craig Allen and Felix Li, Tea Gardens, Nerong Park, Angus Onisforou, K.O. Angus, Elders auctioneers Joe Wilks and Andy McGeoch and Tim Lord, K.O. Angus.

K.O. Angus bulls top at $12,000

The Wodonga Special Store Sale saw 2300, mostly light cattle, yarded. Photo supplied.

Heavy steers sell to $1440 at Wodonga

The Wodonga Special Store Sale saw 2300, mostly light cattle, yarded. Photo supplied.

Heavy steers sell to $1440 at Wodonga