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Nat Fyfe of the Dockers celebrates with his second Brownlow Medal. Picture: Getty Images

Nat Fyfe wins 2019 AFL Brownlow Medal

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A snowboarder falls from a chairlift at Perisher. Credit: Channel Nine News

Snowboarder plummets from Perisher chairlift

Shane Warne has been barred from driving in the UK after admitting to a speeding offence.

Shane Warne banned from driving in UK

Nadia Bartel during the 2019 Kennedy Brownlow Red Carpet arrivals at Crown Palladium. Picture: Daniel Pockett/AFL Photos via Getty Images

Brownlow Medal 2019: the red carpet arrivals

Israel Folau is set to make a rugby league comeback playing for Tonga.

Folau set for league return with Tonga

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

This Raiders fan drives her own green machine

Treat China like a grown-up, says Morrison

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US, China must find 'settling point': Wong

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Vegetables the carrot on the stick

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McDougall wins national wine award

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We know what's wrong with the Family Court - here's how to fix it

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Nat Fyfe wins 2019 AFL Brownlow Medal

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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

A quantity of the drug ice. Picture: David Thorpe

No way to measure if $450 million ice plan is successful: auditor

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

Census gave $6 value for every $1 spent

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

Angus Livingston

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

Lake George Winery's Sarah McDougall, left, with the other winners from the 2019 Australian Women in Wine Awards.

McDougall wins national wine award

Karen Hardy
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Chilli jam soft shell crab. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

REVIEW
Polished food at cheerful prices at Kinn Thai

Natasha Shan
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Darren Perrymans honey-roasted carrots with labneh served at Pialligo Estate. Picture: Supplied

Vegetables the carrot on the stick

Susan Parsons
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Lake George Winery's Sarah McDougall, left, with the other winners from the 2019 Australian Women in Wine Awards.

McDougall wins national wine award

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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

Nat Fyfe of the Dockers celebrates with his second Brownlow Medal. Picture: Getty Images

Nat Fyfe wins 2019 AFL Brownlow Medal

1hr ago

Toby Greene at the WestConnex Centre in Sydney on Monday. Picture: Getty Images

Greene steps out of the naughty corner and back into spotlight

Canberra softballer Clare Warwick is confident Australia can qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.

Olympic dream still burns for Warwick after 11 long years

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

Raiders prove to be the hottest ticket in town

Israel Folau is set to make a rugby league comeback playing for Tonga.

Folau set for league return with Tonga

Matt Encarnacion

Lachie Whitfield could return for the Giants' AFL grand final. Picture: James Brickwood

Whitfield set to return after Giant pain

Lucie Bertoldo

Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart wants to find out who his big-game players are. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Stuart calls for Raiders to stand up

David Polkinghorne

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

NRL finals sin bins a lesson for Green Machine

David Polkinghorne

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

US President Donald Trump has lauded PM Scott Morrison as a "man of titanium" during his US visit.

Treat China like a grown-up, says Morrison

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Labor frontbencher Penny Wong wants to see a quick end to US China trade tensions.

US, China must find 'settling point': Wong

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A senate hearing's been told cashless welfare cards are disempowering for aboriginal people.

Aboriginal groups reject cashless cards

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Dubbo will soon endure level four water restrictions has the drought hits the Central West NSW town.

Level 4 water restrictions for NSW town

A snowboarder falls from a chairlift at Perisher. Credit: Channel Nine News

Snowboarder plummets from Perisher chairlift

Laura Chung

Former NSW Labor minister Eddie Obeid's trial won't start until February.

Obeid/Macdonald trial delayed until 2020

Margaret Scheikowski

The Northern Beaches Hospital's stroke-treating capacity came under the spotlight at a NSW inquiry.

Hospital rejects NSW inquiry's stroke call

Angelo Risso

The QLD Premier declined to detail police claims of protesters using dangerous locking devices .

Qld Premier won't detail activist claims

Nicholas McElroy

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have arrived in South Africa with their infant son Archie.

Harry, Meghan, Archie on African tour

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Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have arrived in South Africa with their infant son Archie.

Harry, Meghan, Archie on African tour

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Bomb-making gear found by police during a raid on a safe house of suspected militants in Jakarta.

Alleged militants arrested in Indonesia

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Bomb-making gear found by police during a raid on a safe house of suspected militants in Jakarta.

Alleged militants arrested in Indonesia

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Tourists like these at Menorca Island, Spain, are among 150,000 stranded by Thomas Cook's collapse.

Demise of Thomas Cook wrecks travel plans

Tourists like these at Menorca Island, Spain, are among 150,000 stranded by Thomas Cook's collapse.

Demise of Thomas Cook wrecks travel plans

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

Presley Vailoaloa, 6, and Olga Vaega, of Casey, and Ana-Manusiu Lualua, 7, and Lupi Lualua of Ngunnawal.

Socials: Canberra's Vikings victorious

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Nadia Bartel during the 2019 Kennedy Brownlow Red Carpet arrivals at Crown Palladium. Picture: Daniel Pockett/AFL Photos via Getty Images

Brownlow Medal 2019: the red carpet arrivals

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

Socials: Wonderful night for a moondance

Damian Roach, Landmark Cooma, Michael Green, Boudjah, Cooma with his $12,500 purchase paraded by Guy Evans, Tara Park, Boorowa.

Tara Park Merinos to $12,500

Damian Roach, Landmark Cooma, Michael Green, Boudjah, Cooma with his $12,500 purchase paraded by Guy Evans, Tara Park, Boorowa.

Tara Park Merinos to $12,500

The top priced ram with Michael Glasser, GTSM, Ricky Connor, Lucknow who purchased the ram on behalf of Dean Fredericksen, Orange and stud principals Andrew and Jody Green, Aloeburn Poll Merinos, Boree Creek.

Aloeburn Poll Merino rams average $1426

The top priced ram with Michael Glasser, GTSM, Ricky Connor, Lucknow who purchased the ram on behalf of Dean Fredericksen, Orange and stud principals Andrew and Jody Green, Aloeburn Poll Merinos, Boree Creek.

Aloeburn Poll Merino rams average $1426

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?

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?