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Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Picture: Karleen Minney

'I haven't given up hope': ACT records 20 new cases

Jasper Lindell

Canberrans are being encouraged to book in vaccination appointments. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

LIVELive: Barr says we can't let virus get out of control

Lanie Tindale

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Residential construction to resume on Friday

Jasper Lindell

Anthony McIver, who denies being knowingly concerned in an aggravated burglary and an assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Picture: Facebook

SUBSCRIBERMan did 'everything in his power' to stop pregnant woman bashing: defence

Blake Foden
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US Embassy's Chargé dAffaires Michael Goldman with Defence Minister Peter Dutton. Picture: Department of Defence

Peter Dutton compares China's rise to 1930s Nazi Germany

Harley Dennett

General John Frewen says Australia's supply issues will soon be over. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Australia's vaccine supply issues are over: Frewen

Finn McHugh

A Canberra man in his 40s has been sentenced to jail for bashing a woman that left her with five stitches to her head. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBER'I'll put a bullet in you': Blood-soaked victim escapes horrific torch bashing

Toby Vue

ACT chief health officer Dr Kerryn Coleman. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Sites from 10 suburbs across ACT added to exposure list

Miriam Webber
Lanie Tindale

Canberra artist recognised for ultimate working from home portrait

ACT can contain outbreak without 'COVID zero'

Australia set to issue vaccine passports

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WATCHMan in 20s among nine deaths, 1480 new NSW COVID-19 cases

Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Picture: Karleen Minney

'I haven't given up hope': ACT records 20 new cases

An example of a musk duck, which has been captured on audio as making human noises. Picture: Supplied

LISTEN'You bloody fool': Canberra bird with a taste for fowl language

8 Groveland Crescent, Isabella Plains is going to auction with a price guide of $750,000. Picture: LJ Hooker Belconnen

Five homes you can buy in our most affordable suburbs

Bonner children Ezvin Munene Mugera, 8, and Furaha Murathime Muhoro, 5, who were found dead at home with their mother in 2018. Picture: Supplied

SUBSCRIBERMum 'unusually happy' before mysteriously killing children

Bee Keeper Cormac Farrell manages the increased bee colonies. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Canberrans warned of big rise in the number of bees in city

They're cute but don't get too close! Photo: Justin 'Bill' Lantry

Who needs privacy when you're an eastern brown snake

Obeids and Macdonald face sentence hearing

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Abramovich sues in Aust over Putin claims

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Biden delivers 'code red' climate plea

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Man free after threatening Qld premier

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Bushfire coroner hears of Ross Rixon's amazing selflessness

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Australia set to issue vaccine passports

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has laid out double-dosed targets of 70 and 80 per cent as part of reopening plans. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

EXPLAINERHow is Australia's COVID vaccine rollout tracking?

Andrew Brown

Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Picture: Karleen Minney.

National cabinet a 'moderating influence' on PM's early instincts: Barr

Miriam Webber

ACT chief health officer Dr Kerryn Coleman at Tuesday's COVID press conference. Picture: Karleen Minney

ANALYSISQuestions over Scott Morrison's travel puts ACT in a tight spot

Jasper Lindell

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has laid out double-dosed targets of 70 and 80 per cent as part of reopening plans. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

EXPLAINERHow is Australia's COVID vaccine rollout tracking?

General John Frewen says Australia's supply issues will soon be over. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Australia's vaccine supply issues are over: Frewen

Finn McHugh

The test, trace and isolate strategy will need to change as governments shift priorities now COVID-zero is no longer an option, says Professor Catherine Bennett. Picture: Keegan Carroll

COVID-zero strategy is over and that's reassuring: epidemiologist

Harley Dennett

The Camden Haven in flood, March 2021. Image shot by High Vision @PMQ2444.

Floating an idea for flood-proof housing

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Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane has been named the host venue for the 2021 NRL grand final.

Suncorp Stadium to host NRL grand final

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More people swimming at remote locations is among the COVID-related causes of a spike in drownings.

Spike in drownings blamed on COVID factors

SA will make it mandatory for truck drivers from high risk areas to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Mandatory jabs for truckies entering SA

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Eddie Obeid's criminality is greater in his latest court case than his last one, a prosecutor says.

Obeids and Macdonald face sentence hearing

Margaret Scheikowski
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Roman Abramovich is suing over a book claiming he bought Chelsea FC at Vladimir Putin's direction.

Abramovich sues in Aust over Putin claims

Greta Stonehouse
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Aaron David Marriage threatened Queensland's premier and chief health officer.

Man free after threatening Qld premier

Robyn Wuth
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Ross Rixon was known as a "hard and honest man", and handy with a chainsaw. This photo was taken in 2016 after the then 81-year-old won a post-ripping comp in Bega.

Bushfire coroner hears of Ross Rixon's amazing selflessness

Jacob McMaster
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The PM is under fire for a Father's Day trip to Sydney. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

ANALYSISDeja vu: PM scrambles over 'Hawaii 2.0'

Marise Payne (C) and Defence Minister Peter Dutton(R) will hold talks on climate and security.

Ministers take four-nation diplomatic trip

Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame. Picture: Supplied

ANALYSISPowerful safety summit voices seeking action

AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

COVID shield: AFP plea to keep abuse in the open

Scott Morrison is coming under fire for a weekend trip to Sydney for Father's Day. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

PM rejects 'low blow' criticism of Father's Day lockdown dash

Finn McHugh
Harley Dennett

The Reserve Bank of Australia has delayed the end of its massive bond buying regime. Picture: Shutterstock

RBA delays bond buying while lockdowns persist

Gerard Cockburn

Travel is not expected to start until vaccination rates for people 16 and over reaches 80 per cent.

Australia set to issue vaccine passports

Matt Coughlan
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Grace Tame wants nationally consistent definitions in state and territory sexual assault laws.

National push for assault law consistency

Georgie Moore

The importation of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes without a prescription will be banned from October 1. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONFrom October, it will be all but impossible for most Australians to vape

Peter Martin

Prime Ministerial Father's Day self-indulgence not a good look

Prime Ministerial Father's Day self-indulgence not a good look

Letters To The Editor

YWCA Canberra has been granted approval to build accommodation for vulnerable women at this Ainslie site. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONMen are still making the final calls on women's safety

Frances Crimmins

Sugimatatihuna Mena, who is charged with attempted murder. Picture: Facebook

SUBSCRIBERAlleged gunman to fight attempted murder charge

A tow-truck driver who used to live in Canberra alleges that he was assaulted during a NSW Police search in 2018.

SUBSCRIBERPolice allegedly assaulted driver after asking if he had '13s' tattooed on him

The woman was sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBERCentrelink recipient bought Mercedes-Benz with cash

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A detail from the work. Picture: Supplied

Canberra artist recognised for ultimate working from home portrait

Megan Doherty

Netflix's Spanish drama Money Heist has taken the world by storm. Picture: Netflix

Canberra lockdown survival guide: 5 things to watch, cook and read at home

Amy Martin

Robyn Archer's knitted cardigan made by an anonymous fan, and (inset) Robyn Archer. Pictures: National Museum of Australia, Claudio Raschella

Australian legend's donation fits to a T

Ron Cerabona

A detail from the work. Picture: Supplied

Canberra artist recognised for ultimate working from home portrait

A still from the historic footage taken in 1933 by Australian zoologist and naturalist David Fleay and colourised by Composite Films. Picture: National Film and Sound Archive

WATCHFootage of last known Tasmanian tiger released in colour

Amy Martin

Four to enjoy - what to drink this week, and a gin that lives up to the hype

Four to enjoy - what to drink this week, and a gin that lives up to the hype

ACT chief health officer Dr Kerryn Coleman. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Sites from 10 suburbs across ACT added to exposure list

ACT chief health officer Dr Kerryn Coleman. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Sites from 10 suburbs across ACT added to exposure list

Canberrans are being encouraged to book in vaccination appointments. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

LIVELive: Barr says we can't let virus get out of control

Canberrans are being encouraged to book in vaccination appointments. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

LIVELive: Barr says we can't let virus get out of control

Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Picture: Karleen Minney

'I haven't given up hope': ACT records 20 new cases

Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Picture: Karleen Minney

'I haven't given up hope': ACT records 20 new cases

Capital Football has cancelled its winter seasons due to Canberra's ongoing COVID lockdown. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERCOVID claims yet another Canberra sporting victim

ACT Meteors captain Angela Reakes and her side will now begin their season in December. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBERMeteors delayed by COVID

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Raiders co-captain Jarrod Croker will see a surgeon about potentially career-saving stem-cell treatment. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

EXCLUSIVECroker seeks career-saving surgery

Brumbies captain and Wallabies prop Alaalatoa. Picture: Getty

SUBSCRIBERWallabies star eyes Canberra return for birth of first child

CRRL boss Mark Vergano says a disciplinary hearing will be held over the alleged racial abuse of Boomanulla players by spectators during a Katrina Fanning Shield game at Harden. Picture: Jeffrey Chan

SUBSCRIBERHarden to fight sanction for alleged racist comments

David Polkinghorne

We should be investing more in the NRLW to make it a full-time league. Picture: Getty

OPINIONWhy the NRLW simply has to turn pro

Isobel Cootes

Racing at Thoroughbred Park has been in limbo since Canberra plunged into lockdown. Picture: Matt Loxton

SUBSCRIBERQBN the key to Canberra racing woes

James Buckley

Canberra United's newest signing Allira Toby. Picture: Getty

SUBSCRIBERToby eyes fruitful Heyman partnership

Lachlan MacMaster

Joe Biden has met locals in storm-hit New York and urged action to combat climate change.

Biden delivers 'code red' climate plea

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Joe Biden has met locals in storm-hit New York and urged action to combat climate change.

Biden delivers 'code red' climate plea

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Residents fled their homes after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Acapulco in southern Mexico.

First death as mag 7.0 quake hits Mexico

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Residents fled their homes after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Acapulco in southern Mexico.

First death as mag 7.0 quake hits Mexico

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NZ has given out four million Pfizer shots this year, as the nation records 15 new COVID-19 cases.

New Zealand records 15 COVID-19 cases

2hrs ago

NZ has given out four million Pfizer shots this year, as the nation records 15 new COVID-19 cases.

New Zealand records 15 COVID-19 cases

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The Royal and Hollywood cafes in Church street, circa 1950. Photo: Mudgee Museum and Historical Society.

LISTENRescued boy meets hero's family 60 years on

The Royal and Hollywood cafes in Church street, circa 1950. Photo: Mudgee Museum and Historical Society.

LISTENRescued boy meets hero's family 60 years on

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

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Willie Creek pearl farm in Broome. Source: Shutterstock

Been on holidays recently?

Willie Creek pearl farm in Broome. Source: Shutterstock

Been on holidays recently?

Future living: New residential development Ives incorporates retail space as part of the strategy to provide village shopping convenience to Bruce.

Could Bruce be your perfect new suburb?

A well-designed and functional website is an important element in the success of a small business. Picture: Shutterstock

How much does a professional website cost?

FINAL GIFT: Brian Jenkins, pictured in his orchard in 2002, is one of the thousands of generous Australians who have left a gift to a charity in their Wills. His bequest to The Alfred Hospital allowed his family to create a life-changing cancer research fellowship in his name. Picture: Supplied

Australian legends: How to make a difference by including a charity in your Will

Changing lives: The Australian-made AirPhysio device helps clear airways and strengthen lungs. Picture: Supplied

Fast-growing regional business helping people breathe again

This Cheesy Leek and Bacon Macaroni Bake recipe is amazing!

This Cheesy Leek and Bacon Macaroni Bake recipe is amazing!

How to find the cleaner you can trust for your home

How to find the cleaner you can trust for your home

After joining the Perx program, William, pictured right, says he's been able to confidently manage his daily tasks and find encouragement to stick to his routine.

Helping patients with dementia retain confidence, control and independence

GT3 is a popular category for many reasons. Photo: Etienne Lebastard, Shutterstock.

GT3 is popular with racing teams, fans and sim racers too

Sam Hollier

New way to ClicknConnect with regional businesses

New way to ClicknConnect with regional businesses

Joanne Crawford

AT PEACE: The past year has reminded us more than ever that home is our safe haven and where we feel connected. Photos: Samsung

The Aussie obsession with chore snacking

CHALLENGE: Australia needs many more aged care workers. Picture Shutterstock

Critical shortage of aged care workers threatens care standards

Eileen Wood

Model Barbara Bingham.

The true beauty of older models

Therese Murray

Caution urged following spike in scams

Caution urged following spike in scams

Samara Ross

The streets of Tamworth, Warrnambool, Dubbo and Ballarat before and during lockdown.

How lockdown has emptied streets across the country

Janine Graham

Picture by reader @picnic.princess

Instagrammers of Canberra

Noel Flanagan, Director of the Australian War Memorial, holds a pair of flying boots in 1976.

PHOTOSFlashback Friday: AWM Artefacts

NSW Agriculture Minister and Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall has been vocal about border restriction issues.

Pressure mounts over ongoing border issues

NSW Agriculture Minister and Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall has been vocal about border restriction issues.

Pressure mounts over ongoing border issues

NSW DPI Dr Kevin Moore retires from stellar career with 55 years significant contribution to the nation's valuable grains and pulse industry. Photo: NSW DPI

Plant pathologist retires after 55 years

NSW DPI Dr Kevin Moore retires from stellar career with 55 years significant contribution to the nation's valuable grains and pulse industry. Photo: NSW DPI

Plant pathologist retires after 55 years

Rainfall in the next few weeks will be key to achieving a national wheat crop of more than 32 million tonnes.

Aussie wheat in great shape for harvest

Rainfall in the next few weeks will be key to achieving a national wheat crop of more than 32 million tonnes.

Aussie wheat in great shape for harvest