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Ricky Stuart's frustration is evident on the sideline. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Bunker controversy ends Raiders' charge

David Polkinghorne

Bradyn Dillon.

SUBSCRIBERNo one could have predicted Bradyn Dillon's murder: coroner

Alexandra Back

Barbara Eckersley, who was on Thursday found guilty of manslaughter. Picture: Blake Foden

SUBSCRIBERScientist's daughter guilty of 'green dream' drugs killing

Blake Foden

Kevin Malone hides his face while hurling abuse outside court. Picture: Blake Foden

SUBSCRIBERBabysitter who allegedly raped girl, supplied drugs gets bail

Blake Foden

Ellie Murray, a regular Car Next Door customer, and Scott Collinson, whose car is so regularly "shared" that he rarely sees it. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBERGoing, going, GoGet gone, as another carshare thrives

Peter Brewer

The ACT Supreme Court, where Benedict Cusack was sentenced. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBERVeteran public servant used child abuse material to 'self-soothe'

Blake Foden

Canberra Airport chief executive Stephen Byron. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

'Give vaccinated Australians freedom to travel': airport boss

Steve Evans

The TGA is investigating the deaths of two men vaccinated with the AstraZeneca jab.

Death of NSW man may be linked to vaccine: report

Matt Coughlan

SUBSCRIBERUncapped gas line caused explosion that burned four

Budget 2021: Spending on the way to get more jobs back

SUBSCRIBERLawyer 'exploring mental impairment defence' in Page murder case

Terrorist attack anticipated in next year

Ricky Stuart's frustration is evident on the sideline. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Bunker controversy ends Raiders' charge

NRL player Jack de Belin "just thought he could do whatever he wanted," a prosecutor said.

Remove footy emotion, de Belin jury urged

Lucy Sugerman and Reverend Bones are performing this weekend. Pictures: Supplied

WHAT'S ONFive things to do in Canberra this weekend

TANTALISING: The Baking Association of Australia is including a Best Mushroom Pie title within its annual competition this year. Photo: Shutterstock

The hunt is on for Australia's best mushroom pie

Raising awareness: Josh Crew is keen to become an advocate for men with breast cancer.

NSW man speaks out to raise awareness about male breast cancer

Javelin thrower Kelsey-Lee Barber is one of around 70 Australian athletes preparing for the Olympics. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

EXPLAINEROn your marks ... will the Tokyo Olympics go ahead?

Reprieve extended for ACT renters feeling pandemic pinch

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Trump says Giuliani probe 'very unfair'

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Kyrgyz, Tajik forces clash in water row

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Community warns Narrabundah's peafowl will be lost unless traffic slowed

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ACT's slow-moving resolution in sex assault cases

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ACT government 'committed to protecting children'

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Premier Mark McGowan says West Australians are required to wear masks at indoor venues until May 8.

Indoor face masks remain mandatory in WA

Western Australia's 41st parliament has opened under coronavirus restrictions.

WA parliament elects first female speaker

On the rise: Ashlyn Louden-Gamble has watched Moon Rock for Monday three times and is slowly getting used to seeing herself on the big screen. She'd like to work in films, with actors including Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron and Julia Roberts, and in the United States. Picture: Marina Neil

Student makes big screen debut in Australian film

A eucalyptus regnan in coupe CC161B, scheduled for clearfelling at some stage in 2021. Environmental groups say the existence of these trees in clearfelling areas "flies in the face" of arguments that the areas have experienced a similar scale of logging in the past. Picture: Craig George

At what cost? Clearfelling, burning and sowing native forests

A sacked former Morrison government staffer has alleged he is the victim of revenge porn.

Ex-staffer lodges revenge porn complaint

Tiffanie Turnbull

A 55-year-old man died in Tamworth hospital last week just days after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, but no link has been confirmed.

DIGESTCalls for calm over blood cot deaths

OLDEST IDENTICAL TWINS: Concie Marshall and Leila Moag were seven when their parents packed up from Berry to move to Sydney in 1926.

Australia's oldest identical twins share 102nd birthday

Liam Cormican

Detectives and forensic officers remain in the East Arnhem region town as police investigate.

No arrests after teen's death in NT town

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Budget 2021: Spending on the way to get more jobs back

New NDIS Minister Linda Reynolds. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Scare campaign': Reynolds hits back at Shorten's NDIS attack

People with COVID-19 symptoms queue for an Antigen Test at a government hospital in Kolkata. Picture: Getty Images

'Better for both sides': India's high commissioner hopes flights resume soon

Labor NDIS spokesman Bill Shorten (right), pictured with Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese, said the $22 billion scheme was "poorly run and under attack". Picture: Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Poorly run and under attack': Shorten sets out vision to 'revive' NDIS

Cold war attitudes and empty climate promises from Australia have pushed south Pacific leaders towards China. Picture: Shutterstock

Australia losing influence in south Pacific to China: report

Harley Dennett

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a suspension on Australia-India flights. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

PM says he is not abandoning Australians as India flights pause

Karen Barlow
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Australia suspends flights to India, sends face masks, ventilators

Karen Barlow

Mike Pezzullo says Australia must strive for peace, but not at the cost of its liberty. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Security tsar Mike Pezzullo told to 'tone it down' over 'drums of war' China message

Karen Barlow, Daniel McCulloch

Let's help keep the Olympic dream alive

Let's help keep the Olympic dream alive

The Canberra Times

The Anzac Day dawn service at the Australian War Memorial on Sunday. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

OPINIONAustralia must reckon with its glorification of the military

John Warhurst

A reader says they were told they couldn't receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Garran Surge Centre. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

AstraZeneca should be available at both Calvary and at Garran

Letters to the Editor

The young woman fronted the ACT Supreme Court on Wednesday.

SUBSCRIBERYoung woman sentenced over vigilante home invasion

The ACT Supreme Court, where Benedict Cusack was sentenced. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBERVeteran public servant used child abuse material to 'self-soothe'

Police are treated the fatal road crash on the Tuggernong Parkway on Tuesday night as a critical incident. Picture: Peter Brewer

Driver dies in high-speed crash after failing to stop for police

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Lucy Sugerman and Reverend Bones are performing this weekend. Pictures: Supplied

WHAT'S ONFive things to do in Canberra this weekend

Amy Martin

Cosmo the giant kinetic cockatoo will be at the Play Outside Day. Picture: Supplied

Play Outside Day at Haig Park this weekend

Peter Yu, Royal National Park (detail). Picture: Supplied

Comedy and classical music

Ron Cerabona

Lucy Sugerman and Reverend Bones are performing this weekend. Pictures: Supplied

WHAT'S ONFive things to do in Canberra this weekend

Ben Lee, still rockin after all these years. Picture: Supplied

WHAT'S ON'You recognise kindred spirits': Ben Lee 's cross-generational appeal

Sally Pryor

Michael Ryan, from Jerrabomberra, and Harrsion Barnett, from O'Connor, are living every kid's dream on Lego Masters Australia. Picture: Supplied

Canberra childhood friends shine on LEGO Masters

Megan Doherty

Canberra renters feeling the economic pinch of the pandemic will be provided a little extra reprieve. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Reprieve extended for ACT renters feeling pandemic pinch

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Canberra renters feeling the economic pinch of the pandemic will be provided a little extra reprieve. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Reprieve extended for ACT renters feeling pandemic pinch

29m ago

A 55-year-old man died in Tamworth hospital last week just days after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, but no link has been confirmed.

DIGESTCalls for calm over blood cot deaths

A 55-year-old man died in Tamworth hospital last week just days after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, but no link has been confirmed.

DIGESTCalls for calm over blood cot deaths

People with COVID-19 symptoms queue for an Antigen Test at a government hospital in Kolkata. Picture: Getty Images

'Better for both sides': India's high commissioner hopes flights resume soon

People with COVID-19 symptoms queue for an Antigen Test at a government hospital in Kolkata. Picture: Getty Images

'Better for both sides': India's high commissioner hopes flights resume soon

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart struggled to see any common sense in the bunker's decisions. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERNRL bunker lacking common sense: Stuart

Ricky Stuart's frustration is evident on the sideline. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Bunker controversy ends Raiders' charge

Elliott Whitehead is met by some Rabbitohs defence at Canberra Stadium on Thursday night. Picture Dion Georgopoulos

Talking points: Raiders slip further down Rabbit hole

ACT Brumbies coach Dan McKellar has backed the launch of an Australian club championship. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBER'Club rugby is thriving': McKellar backs national knockout

Raiders SG Ball coach Ashley Barnes. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBERRaiders juniors aim to end season of adversity with SG Ball title

James Buckley

Western Force coach Tim Sampson says beating the Brumbies is a bigger challenge than finals football. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBER'It goes back to 2006': The finals journey 15 years in the making

Caden Helmers

Keely Froling will feature in Australia's Olympic preparations. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERFroling sets sights on Tokyo Olympic Games dream

Tom Stilling

Pat Cummins says stopping play in the IPL won't help India's worsening COVID-19 crisis.

Suspending IPL not the answer: Cummins

Police seized mobile phones and computers from Rudy Giuliani's apartment in New York.

Trump says Giuliani probe 'very unfair'

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Police seized mobile phones and computers from Rudy Giuliani's apartment in New York.

Trump says Giuliani probe 'very unfair'

43m ago

Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Ulukbek Maripov is expected to meet his Tajik counterpart after clashes.

Kyrgyz, Tajik forces clash in water row

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Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Ulukbek Maripov is expected to meet his Tajik counterpart after clashes.

Kyrgyz, Tajik forces clash in water row

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Contact-tracing efforts have been launched after community infections were found in Vietnam.

Vietnam reports first virus cases in month

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Contact-tracing efforts have been launched after community infections were found in Vietnam.

Vietnam reports first virus cases in month

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Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

CANBERRA LAW FIRMS TEAM UP TO CREATE COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW POWERHOUSE: This private settlement pathway is the two firms' response to the unsatisfactory, under-resourced and delayed family law system.

Canberra law firms team up to create collaborative family law powerhouse

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Feeling breathless? Dizzy? Fatigued? Don't assume its your age, it could be your heart

Feeling breathless? Dizzy? Fatigued? Don't assume its your age, it could be your heart

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Special publication: Eat, Drink, Sleep Canberra

Pilots of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF and of the 475th (Fighter) Group 5th US Army Air Force during a visit by the latter to Momote airfield. Photo: Supplied

Air Force 100

Nicki Davey

Aussie Sports Tournaments To Watch This Season

Aussie Sports Tournaments To Watch This Season

TUNE OUT: Hygge, Lagom and Niksen are the European wellness trends exciting the rest of the world to master the art of de-stressing. Picture: Shutterstock

Wellness trends inspiring much ado about nothing

Amy Cooper

Many people are under the impression that they "own" a domain name. Picture: Shutterstock.

Importance of keeping domain name registrations up to date

Mathew Dickerson

NO-GO ZONE: It's not unusual for people to end up at the doctor's office with ear issues from using cotton buds. Picture: Shutterstock

ADVICEWhy you shouldn't clean your ears with a cotton bud

Dr Jonathan Livesey

GREEN IS GOOD: Tony Kanellos has plenty of priceless childhood memories of times spent in his family backyard.

A time when the grass was greener

Rowan Cowley

Enjoy meeting and serving travellers at the William Creek Hotel. Photo: South Australian Tourism Commission.

Fancy a working holiday?

Sue Preston

Cafes and shops in Kings Cross, Sydney, 1933. Photo: National Library of Australia.

Fun and frolics up at the Cross

John Piggott

Fred Robertson of Hackett, 90, received special attention from Hackett primary school students Jenny Readdon, 10, and Michael Hood, 9, when they hosted a luncheon for senior citizens at the school on June 8, 1990.

Young and young at heart

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Jhay Mann of Ainslie and Tim Bevitt of Lyneham.

PHOTOSPedal power

Elesa Kurtz

Patrick Heffernan, Adam Mowat and Andrew Harbour of Crace.

PHOTOSHeads up

Keegan Carroll

Boer bucks on the Cassidy's property. Photos: Lucy Kinbacher

Goat AI techs in hot demand as industry grows

Boer bucks on the Cassidy's property. Photos: Lucy Kinbacher

Goat AI techs in hot demand as industry grows

CL Squires and Co agent Will Claridge, Inverell, with a pen of 11 Angus steers from the Smith family, Coffin Hill, Gurley, which sold for 553c/kg at the annual Inverell weaner sale on Thursday. Photo: Billy Jupp

Light steers reach 740c/kg top at annual Inverell weaner sale

CL Squires and Co agent Will Claridge, Inverell, with a pen of 11 Angus steers from the Smith family, Coffin Hill, Gurley, which sold for 553c/kg at the annual Inverell weaner sale on Thursday. Photo: Billy Jupp

Light steers reach 740c/kg top at annual Inverell weaner sale

The Basin States have agreed to allow NSW two months to "re-examine" the Menindee Lakes and Yanco Creek water savings projects. Photo: Will Schuitman, Sunset Strip Progress Association secretary

Menindee and Yanco projects to be re-worked

The Basin States have agreed to allow NSW two months to "re-examine" the Menindee Lakes and Yanco Creek water savings projects. Photo: Will Schuitman, Sunset Strip Progress Association secretary

Menindee and Yanco projects to be re-worked