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Investigation underway after fire causes major damage to unit in Ngunnawal. Picture: Kyle Mackey-Laws

SUBSCRIBER | BREAKINGTragedy as person dies in Gungahlin unit fire overnight

Alex Crowe
2hrs ago

ACT police said they turned back seven people attempting to enter the ACT on the NSW border. This car was not one of them. File picture: Keegan Carroll

'Worrying': Seven turned back after trying to cross NSW-ACT border

Lanie Tindale

Controversial Liberal backbencher Andrew Laming on his first day back in Parliament after returning from mental health leave. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'False allegation' ends in substantial payout for government MP

Harley Dennett

Travellers from greater Melbourne face extended stay-at-home requirements in Canberra. Picture: Keegan Carroll

WATCHPeople from Melbourne subject to extended stay-home-orders

Lanie Tindale
2hrs ago

The government's muddled response to George Christensen reveals the political bind it finds itself in. Picture: Keegan Carroll

ANALYSISBarnaby Joyce claims he can't his stop rogue MP

Finn McHugh
51m ago

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.Picture: Keegan Carroll

Regional communities won't carry climate action 'burden': Morrison

Dan Jervis-Bardy
Finn McHugh

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian

WATCHTwo more deaths, 344 new NSW cases

Matt Carr

Extinction Rebellion member Deanna Marie "Violet" Coco beside a burning pram outside Parliament House. Picture: Supplied

SUBSCRIBERActivists locked up as court told govt is 'committing atrocities'

Blake Foden
Toby Vue

SUBSCRIBER'Snatch and runs': Duo accused of stealing copper from Bunnings to sell

Woman in Tuggeranong Parkway crash taken to hospital in serious condition

Canberra hospitality venues back mandatory vaccines for staff, patrons

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SUBSCRIBER'Another $12.7m bite': Govt spends millions on zombie visa program

Investigation underway after fire causes major damage to unit in Ngunnawal. Picture: Kyle Mackey-Laws

SUBSCRIBER | BREAKINGTragedy as person dies in Gungahlin unit fire overnight

2hrs ago

Restaurateur Hao Chen and general manager Nic Clarke, right, with the team at Raku which won restaurant of the year. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERThe winner is ... Canberra's best restaurant named

Raiders fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad is a chance of playing Manly next week. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBER | UPDATEDRaiders star in line for a shock return

Russell Crowe is filming his next major film Poker Face this week, which is expected to also star Liam Hemsworth. Pictures: Sylvia Liber & Supplied

When Russell Crowe brings a Hemsworth and a film crew to your South Coast town

Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns is in a serious but stable condition in a Sydney hospital.

Ex-NZ cricket ace Cairns in intensive care, moved from ACT

2hrs ago

COVID-19 vaccination map of Australia

COVID-19 vaccination map of Australia

Canberra hospitality venues back mandatory vaccines for staff, patrons

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Police seek information on South Coast business fire

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MUSICPolish Club get cooking with gas in pop kitchen

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'Get it done': young people taking up COVID-19 vaccine

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Jail for sex abuse of isolated backpackers

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Whale on the move with netting around tail

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Community hero: Timboon's Josh Walker, 32, was the first young person to take up the AstraZeneca vaccine after it expanded to 18-39s today. Picture: Anthony Brady

'Get it done': young people taking up COVID-19 vaccine

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A horse breeder who sexually abused young backpackers on his isolated NSW farm has been jailed.

Jail for sex abuse of isolated backpackers

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AGAINST THE ODDS: Wally the poddy lamb from Warrnambool was not expected to live beyond one night, but he has beaten the odds and he's doing just fine. Pictures: supplied.

WATCHWatch Wally the impossibly tiny poddy lamb

Queensland must remove shark nets to protect whales during the annual migration, Sea Shepherd says.

Whale on the move with netting around tail

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The government's muddled response to George Christensen reveals the political bind it finds itself in. Picture: Keegan Carroll

ANALYSISBarnaby Joyce claims he can't his stop rogue MP

Finn McHugh
51m ago

The Member for Macarthur Dr Mike Freelander. Heard of him?

DIGESTLet's just say it really was a race ...

Janine Graham
51m ago

A man accused of raping a drunk woman in a car says she repeatedly invited him to have sex with her.

Rape accused tells court woman started sex

Gus McCubbing
1hr ago

Patrick Dodson says the ParentsNext program is causing harm to vulnerable parents and children.

Parent program survives vote on compulsion

Marion Rae
1hr ago

Freezing wages of public servants during an economic downturn will have flow on effects for the private sector, a report has found. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERReal cost of public service wage freeze revealed

A former employee at the agency overseeing Centrelink, Services Australia, says she was unfairly dismissed. Picture: Shutterstock

SUBSCRIBERServices Australia dismissed employee for 'staging fall'

Senior Nationals have distanced themselves from MP George Christensen over his COVID stance.

PM blasts 'crazy' coronavirus conspiracies

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.Picture: Keegan Carroll

Regional communities won't carry climate action 'burden': Morrison

A trade report recommending exporters to diversify has glazed over the ongoing tariff dispute with China. Picture: Shutterstock

Trade report is all about one thing, but doesn't mention it once

Gerard Cockburn

The latest IPCC report warns about the risk of more frequent extreme weather events - including bushfires - if global warming isn't contained. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

ANALYSISHeatwaves and hope: The message from the IPCC climate report

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Australia administered a record 255,964 COVID-19 vaccine doses in the past 24 hours.

PM backs lockdowns as nation battles virus

Matt Coughlan
2hrs ago

LIFT THE BAN: Senator Matt Canavan said he a nuclear power plant in a region like Gladstone coupld support thousands of jobs. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Nats push to lift nuclear ban, senator happy to see plant in the regions

Jamieson Murphy

Report makes plain the climate crisis facing us all

Report makes plain the climate crisis facing us all

Letters to the Editor

The IPCC's climate report really is a red alert

The IPCC's climate report really is a red alert

The Canberra Times

From inquiries on elder abuse, we know that people very sadly do not always have the best interests of aged relatives in mind. Picture: Shutterstock

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONEveryone wants a good death. Does assisted dying give it to them?

Christopher Prowse

Mason Craig, left, before the incident, and, right, being Tasered in a still image from police bodycam footage.

SUBSCRIBERPolice actions in unlawful arrest 'disturbing': magistrate

Jayden Stephen Kirkman remains on bail after his sentencing on Monday was adjourned. Picture: Toby Vue

SUBSCRIBERMan performs shoey, strips after landing barrage of punches to victim

Extinction Rebelion member sets fire to pram outside Parliament House. Picture: Supplied

Search and rescue squad called in to remove protesters from Parliament

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National Portrait Gallery Art Handlers' Award winner "I'm just a suburban fashionista". Picture: Kristina Krakov

Suburban fashionista takes out Portrait Gallery's Art Handlers' Award

Amy Martin

JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS: Polish Club's John-Henry Pajak and David Novak didn't take it personally when their label rejected their initial set of demos.

MUSICPolish Club get cooking with gas in pop kitchen

Josh Leeson
21m ago

Restaurateur Hao Chen and general manager Nic Clarke, right, with the team at Raku which won restaurant of the year. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERThe winner is ... Canberra's best restaurant named

Karen Hardy

National Portrait Gallery Art Handlers' Award winner "I'm just a suburban fashionista". Picture: Kristina Krakov

Suburban fashionista takes out Portrait Gallery's Art Handlers' Award

The Handmade Market returns this weekend. Picture: Supplied

WHAT'S ONFive things to do in Canberra this weekend

Amy Martin

Honeyland tells the story of a woman in Macedonia tending bees in the traditional way, until a threat from outside. Picture: Supplied

Save the bees on National Science Week

Hospitality businesses were some of the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: Shutterstock

Canberra hospitality venues back mandatory vaccines for staff, patrons

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Hospitality businesses were some of the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: Shutterstock

Canberra hospitality venues back mandatory vaccines for staff, patrons

20m ago

The Member for Macarthur Dr Mike Freelander. Heard of him?

DIGESTLet's just say it really was a race ...

51m ago

The Member for Macarthur Dr Mike Freelander. Heard of him?

DIGESTLet's just say it really was a race ...

51m ago

Travellers from greater Melbourne face extended stay-at-home requirements in Canberra. Picture: Keegan Carroll

WATCHPeople from Melbourne subject to extended stay-home-orders

2hrs ago

Travellers from greater Melbourne face extended stay-at-home requirements in Canberra. Picture: Keegan Carroll

WATCHPeople from Melbourne subject to extended stay-home-orders

2hrs ago

Raiders fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad is a chance of playing Manly next week. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBER | UPDATEDRaiders star in line for a shock return

Raiders prop Corey Horsburgh will join the Bulldogs on loan. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERRaiders pair go on loan to the Bulldogs

NBA outfit Brooklyn Nets have confirmed they have signed Boomers skipper Patty Mills.

Nets confirm NBA deal for Patty Mills

The Cavalry will start their ABL season with a home series against reigning champions Melbourne Aces. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBERCavalry confident ABL season will go ahead as planned

Canberra's Michael Matthews is hunting for stage wins at the Vuelta. Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBERMatthews hoping for grand finale in Spain

David Polkinghorne

Picture: Andrew Johnston

SUBSCRIBERSergi issues concerns notice on News Corp

David Polkinghorne

GWS star Toby Greene has been given a one-match ban for striking after an AFL tribunal hearing.

GWS consider appealing Greene tribunal ban

Shayne Hope

Russell Westbrook poses with his Los Angeles Lakers jersey at his introductory press conference.

Lakers' Westbrook eager to help LeBron

AOC CEO Matt Carroll says it's cruel for South Australia to make Olympians isolate after quarantine.

SA's 'cruel' quarantine of Olympians: AOC

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AOC CEO Matt Carroll says it's cruel for South Australia to make Olympians isolate after quarantine.

SA's 'cruel' quarantine of Olympians: AOC

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Alexander Porter crashes in the men's team pursuit qualifying when his handlebars broke off the frame of the his bike. Photo: Andrew P. Scott/USA TODAY

How an Olympic cycling coach handles the worst situation possible

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Alexander Porter crashes in the men's team pursuit qualifying when his handlebars broke off the frame of the his bike. Photo: Andrew P. Scott/USA TODAY

How an Olympic cycling coach handles the worst situation possible

1hr ago

Australia failed to win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERCox back home after brush with Tokyo gold

2hrs ago

Australia failed to win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERCox back home after brush with Tokyo gold

2hrs ago

Indonesia's army has ended its controversial practice of "virginity tests" for female applicants.

Indonesian army halts 'virginity tests'

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Indonesia's army has ended its controversial practice of "virginity tests" for female applicants.

Indonesian army halts 'virginity tests'

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Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts of a firm it says was trying to smear COVID-19 vaccines.

Facebook boots firm for smearing vaccines

2hrs ago

Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts of a firm it says was trying to smear COVID-19 vaccines.

Facebook boots firm for smearing vaccines

2hrs ago

Afghan forces in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif face advancing Taliban militants.

Taliban capture new provincial capitals

2hrs ago

Afghan forces in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif face advancing Taliban militants.

Taliban capture new provincial capitals

2hrs ago

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

Brumby Bar & Grill co-owner Patricia Borthwick-Higgs has had to reduce the number of patrons in the pub because she doesn't have the staff to serve them. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENJobs abound in snow country, so why isn't anyone applying?

Brumby Bar & Grill co-owner Patricia Borthwick-Higgs has had to reduce the number of patrons in the pub because she doesn't have the staff to serve them. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENJobs abound in snow country, so why isn't anyone applying?

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

Libby Sharpe at Ray White has been in real estate sales for 20 years in Tenterfield

'I have never seen a market like it': Property boom as city folk flock to regions

Libby Sharpe at Ray White has been in real estate sales for 20 years in Tenterfield

'I have never seen a market like it': Property boom as city folk flock to regions

Can technology fill the gaps in regional and rural healthcare?

Can technology fill the gaps in regional and rural healthcare?

Can technology fill the gaps in regional and rural healthcare?

Can technology fill the gaps in regional and rural healthcare?

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

Reverse mortgages offer 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?

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

Having a mobile vet visit your home creates a better experience for you, your pet and the vet.

Special vet care for your pet delivered to your door

We have no logical reason to fear Friday 13th or any other number or day. Photo: Shutterstock.

Fears of various numbers are real, but the thing feared is not

Sam Hollier

How to take your laundry organisation to the next level

How to take your laundry organisation to the next level

LIFE BALANCE: Research shows that balance exercises improve memory and spatial cognition in healthy adults. Picture: Shutterstock.

OPINIONFinding your balance could help you live longer

Amy Cooper

MORE HELP: 80,000 new packages are on the way. Photo: Shutterstock

Government announces 80,000 new home care packages

Eileen Wood

Yuck factor a barrier to bowel cancer screening

Yuck factor a barrier to bowel cancer screening

Rev. Bill Crews shares his rules for living a better life.

Bill Crews: Twelves rules for living a better life

Samara Ross

Daemon Lewis of Bonython, Miki and Jayde Filipovic of Calwell, Rachael Petersen of Wanniassa, Jaz Lewis of Kambah and Lana Campbell of Bonython.

Bushrangers fans flock to Greenway

Elesa Kurtz

Pasquale Attanasio and Angela Pompigna of Ngunnawal.

To market, to market

Keegan Carroll

Erin Swan and Felicity Grech, of Gowrie.

Socials: Christmas in July

Keegan Carroll

SALE-TOPPER: Tivoli Capitalist Q18, one of the two bulls sold for $18,000, with Tivoli stud principal Hugh Kraefft, Merriwa, Buffier Livestock agent Francis Buffier and auctioneer Paul Dooley, Tamworth. Photos: supplied

Tivoli Angus scores gold with sale success

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SALE-TOPPER: Tivoli Capitalist Q18, one of the two bulls sold for $18,000, with Tivoli stud principal Hugh Kraefft, Merriwa, Buffier Livestock agent Francis Buffier and auctioneer Paul Dooley, Tamworth. Photos: supplied

Tivoli Angus scores gold with sale success

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Bayer is set to phase out domestic weedkillers based on glyphosate in the US due to concerns about litigation.

Bayer to phase out domestic glyphosate products in the US

2hrs ago

Bayer is set to phase out domestic weedkillers based on glyphosate in the US due to concerns about litigation.

Bayer to phase out domestic glyphosate products in the US

2hrs ago

COVID-19 case confirmed in Walgett, Dubbo to go into lockdown from 1pm

UPDATEDCOVID-19 case confirmed in Walgett, Dubbo to go into lockdown from 1pm

2hrs ago

COVID-19 case confirmed in Walgett, Dubbo to go into lockdown from 1pm

UPDATEDCOVID-19 case confirmed in Walgett, Dubbo to go into lockdown from 1pm

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