The Canberra Times
Wednesday 3 September 2025
New estimates show what ACT will look like in 2065.
Jasper Lindell
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The settlement with the Catholic health organisation is worth $88.2 million.
Jasper Lindell
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Boy no longer believes in ISIS's legitimacy, says psych.
Tim Piccione
Police found violent extremist material created by Islamic State, flag inset, in the teenager's possession. Pictures by Karleen Minney, Shutterstock
More than 1100 NRL games' worth of experience will be rested.
David Polkinghorne
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Corery Horsburgh will captain the Green Machine, while Ethan Sanders, Michael Asomua, Manaia Waitere and Joe Roddy will play against the Dolphins.
The offer on the family home comes as the TV star faces serious legal challenges.
Jade Lazarevic Emily Rayner
Matt Wright, known as the "Outback Wrangler", and wife Kaia listed their family home in the Northern Territory. Picture supplied/Instagram
Officers makes direct surrender appeal to those helping fugitive.
Blair Thomson
Police during the manhunt for Freeman on Monday, September 1. Picture by Mark Jesser
One new resident says people ask her why she'd move to Canberra.
Lucy Arundell
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Relocator to Canberra Jessica Heath at Lake Burley Griffin. Picture by Gary Ramage
The tirade of threats Bob Katter unleashed on a TV reporter has landed him in the parliamentary doghouse, with a standards committee asked to investigate.
Tess Ikonomou
Bob Katter's aggressive behaviour will be scrutinised by a parliamentary committee. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS
Now she's running The Canberra Times Fun Run in their memory.
Lucy Arundell
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The jackbooters have been causing trouble since the 1930s.
John Hanscombe
Scenes from the Melbourne March for Australia. Picture Getty Images
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The last two months cost almost as much as 2024-25 in total.
Lucy Arundell
Prominent neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell has been arrested outside court after his group attacked an Indigenous sacred site.
Callum Godde and Emily Woods
Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell has been arrested over a violent attack at an Indigenous sacred site. Photo: PR IMAGE PHOTO
Labor proposes new charges for access to documents.
Miriam Webber
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Frantic last weekend of regular season to determine finals footy.
Melanie Dinjaski
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Ricky Stuart and Joe Tapine with the minor premiership trophy, the JJ Giltinan Shield. Picture Getty Images
A new brain test developed by a UK university could help detect memory problems linked to Alzheimer's disease years before diagnosis.
Storm Newton
Fastball tests the electrical activity of the brain by placing small sensors on the scalp. Photo: AP PHOTO
Canberrans with private health insurance to pay extra in premiums.
Lanie Tindale
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Dr Rachel David, chief executive of Private Healthcare Australia. Picture provided
Libraries ACT review finds 'feedback loop of disengagement and dysfunction'.
Jasper Lindell
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SA's nation-leading ban on the fish containers began this week.
Jasper Lindell
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ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Pictures by Keegan Carroll, Shutterstock
Please don't call the police to report it, officers ask.
Lucy Arundell
Justice overpriced is justice denied.
Crispin Hull
Linda Reynolds', pictured, defamation case against former staffer Brittany Higgins illustrates an emerging problem with social media. Picture by Dion Georgopoulos
The ICRC has updated the ACT's water and sewerage network contribution code.
Jasper Lindell
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The cost of connecting water and sewerage to secondary dwellings in Canberra is set to fall. Picture by Graham Tidy
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The threat of far-right extremism must be taken seriously, a senator says, after widespread anti-immigration marchers spilled out in streets across the nation.
Kat Wong, Jacob Shteyman and Dominic Giannini
The student union wants the Vice-Chancellor Bell to do more to tackle racism.
Dana Daniel
The ANU BIPOC Department's Aleeysa Amirizal. Picture by Gary Ramage, supplied
Health experts are calling for persistent underfunding in women's health research to be addressed and for changes to improve access to care.
Maeve Bannister
Women are being encouraged to prioritise their health and wellbeing as part of Women's Health Week. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS
The 'March for Australia' is plainly a Trojan horse for white supremacy.
Ebony Bennett
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Neo-Nazis in Melbourne in 2023. Picture Getty Images
All this finger pointing is quite embarrassing.
Max Jeganathan
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Whether young or old, we're all united. Picture Shutterstock
Was a gangland 'con' actually behind the Iranian terror plot?
Jack Waterford
We can protect our borders without abandoning fairness.
Lorraine Finlay
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Immigration and asylum policies need to be carefully thought through. Picture Shutterstock
Expert has 'strong administration and governance experience'.
Nieve Walton
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ANU vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell and, inset, Lynelle Briggs. Pictues by Karleen Minney, Slyvia Liber, Jamila Toderas
Search the table to find out how your local council compares.
Carla Mascarenhas
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Couriers Dragonfly, iMile have created 'challenges' for AusPost.
Anna Houlahan
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Australia Post parcel lockers in Canberra. Picture Keegan Carroll
Plucked Duck B&S turns 33, raising vital funds for the community.
Elka Devney
Young people from across eastern Australia flock to Goondiwindi's Plucked Duck B&S ball each year. Pictures supplied by Bec Cover and Andrew Hughes
Daughter's joyful search for the real John Clarke and Fred Dagg.
James Joyce
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John Clarke and baby daughter Lorin, one of the intimate family photos shared in the documentary But Also John Clarke. Picture courtesy of Rialto Distribution
Live music is key to the wellbeing of many young Australians.
Kate Duncan • 2hrs ago
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Kate Duncan is CEO of national youth music organisation The Push. Picture supplied
It's not quite as simple as the movies make out.
Clive Williams
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Justice overpriced is justice denied.
Crispin Hull
Linda Reynolds', pictured, defamation case against former staffer Brittany Higgins illustrates an emerging problem with social media. Picture by Dion Georgopoulos
Why Australia's most maligned native animal needs our protection.
Roland Breckwoldt
Dingo expert Roland Breckwoldt says Australias most maligned native animal deserves protection. Picture supplied by Allen & Unwin
It's time to grow up and stop treating private developers as substitute governments.
Letters to the Editor
A cinema, like a kebab shop, isn't a 'community facility'
It would be sad if Australian public servants also came to be seen as a favoured elite.
The Canberra Times
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There is no such thing as a free flight
Conduct a 'serious breach of law': competition regulator.
Tim Piccione
Scott McDougall is serving two life sentences for brutal murders.
Bageshri Savyasachi
Double murderer Scott McDougall, inset, pictured in his younger years, applied for a prison program that allows eligible minimum-security offenders to live in the transitional release centre at the Alexander Maconochie Centre. Pictures supplied
The OAM recipient has denied the historical charges against him.
Tim Piccione
Peter Munday, inset, has been charged with historical child sexual abuse offences. Pictures by Karleen Minney, Canberra Hospitals Foundation
One image shows a suspect with a box of vodka Cruisers in tow.
Petlee Peter
Teens captured on CCTV allegedly stealing alcohol. Pictures ACT Policing
He has four child victims so far and is facing other charges.
Hannah Neale
The ACT Supreme Court building, where Augusto Ricardo Tamayo-Del-Solar was sentenced, Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong
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I sat down for lunch with cookbook author Emiko Davies.
Amy Martin • 2hrs ago
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Daughter's joyful search for the real John Clarke and Fred Dagg.
James Joyce
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Braddon hotspot serves up next-level food, sneakers optional.
Amy Martin
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Dan dan pork ramen. Picture by Keegan Carroll
Loaded with stupid gags, The Naked Gun aims low.
Jess Layt
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Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson in The Naked Gun. Picture Paramount
For James Roden and Pete Lusty, music was everything. Now James has finished their album.
Jasper Lindell
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Snakeheads Pete Lusty and James Roden. Picture supplied
This French film has one of the strangest final shots I've ever seen.
Ron Cerabona
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Daniel Auteil and Sidse Babett Knudsen in The Thread. Picture Palace Films
More than 1100 NRL games' worth of experience will be rested.
David Polkinghorne
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Preparation ramps up for World Cup right here in the bush capital.
Melanie Dinjaski
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A backboard collapsed and hit Adelaide 36er Benjamin Griscti.
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Ben Griscti has been left with a fractured vertebrae after a backboard collapsed. Pictures Getty Images, Code Sports
Frantic last weekend of regular season to determine finals footy.
Melanie Dinjaski
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Ricky Stuart and Joe Tapine with the minor premiership trophy, the JJ Giltinan Shield. Picture Getty Images
Who will Ricky pick for the last game of the regular season?
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The Wallabies have resumed their Rugby Championship campaign.
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Ryan Lonergan played for Tuggeranong in the John I Dent Cup decider. Picture by Keegan Carroll
The Canberra Brave's season ended in the AIHL grand final on Sunday.
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Dominic Canic was at the centre of a standoff between the Brave and the AIHL. Picture by Gary Ramage

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New estimates show what ACT will look like in 2065.
Jasper Lindell
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Treasurer Chris Steel, who released updated population estimates for Canberra. Pictures by Karleen Minney, Sitthixay Ditthavong
The ICRC has updated the ACT's water and sewerage network contribution code.
Jasper Lindell
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The cost of connecting water and sewerage to secondary dwellings in Canberra is set to fall. Picture by Graham Tidy
Anna Wintour has named Chloe Malle as her successor as head of editorial content at American Vogue, ending weeks of speculation.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Beijing to join Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin in a show of anti-Western solidarity before a big military parade.
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North Korea leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing for talks with Chinese and Russian counterparts. Photo: AP PHOTO
A rebel group is calling for international help after a landslide "completely levelled" a village in Sudan's Darfur region and killed more than 1000 people.
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Luxury, wellness, indulgence - this is the new way to travel.
Sarah Falson
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Immigration procedures have changed - don't get caught at the border.
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Why this ancient destination has new appeal for Aussie travellers.
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Pyramids and the Sphinx in Giza, Egypt. Picture by Adam Philips
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Etheus in Bondi Beach.
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The facelifted Cupra Leon is coming to Australia with new mild-hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains, plus a choice of hatch and wagon body styles, priced from $46,990 before on-roads.
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Australia Post joins the Blue Oval’s 100th birthday celebrations by releasing the limited-edition Ford Australia Centenary Stamp Collection.
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RPS public consulting arm expands its offering with added experience and leadership.
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Take a look at the environmental and safety risks of improper battery disposal.
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Gut microbiota could inform future treatment of neurodegenerative diseases like dementia.
Tara Jewell and Nathan D'Cunha • 2hrs ago
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Five reasons you should insulate when building or renovating.
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From improving indoor air quality to enhancing thermal comfort, insulation is a cornerstone of a healthy home. Picture supplied
Canberra's climate is a paradise for daffodils.
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It's impossible not to grin when you see a mass of daffs. Picture Shutterstock
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MKR contestants Anne Ioannou, 66, and her daughter Maree (far left), with judges Manu Feildel and Colin Fassnidge. Picture supplied
Pressure mounts on the government following damning Senate Inquiry.
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An elderly couple hold hands. ACM file picture by Danielle Smith