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Raiders' Savage win has Wighton cost

SUBSCRIBERRaiders' Savage win has Wighton cost

David Polkinghorne

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese addressed the ACT Labor Party conference on Saturday at the Australian National University. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBER'Hypocrisy' for Albanese to blame me for blocking territory rights, says Seselja

Jasper Lindell

Sydneysiders line up to receive a COVID-19 vaccination this week. Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBERAPS to redeploy staff amid surge in demand for Covid disaster relief

Doug Dingwall

John Barilaro's daughter was alleged to have traveled from Sydney to the ACT. Picture: Jamila Toderas

SUBSCRIBERNo ACT fine for Barilaro's daughter despite Covid breach

Alex Crowe

Canberrans aged 30 and over will be able to register their interest for a Pfizer vaccine from Wednesday. Picture: Karleen Minney

ACT to open vaccination registrations to people aged 30 and over

Jasper Lindell

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she can't remember a time when the state was so challenged.

Harder NSW lockdown, one death, 111 cases

Andi Yu

ACT Labor members gather at the party's annual conference at the ANU on Saturday. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

ACT Labor to target diversity in its ranks, candidates

Jasper Lindell

A 34-year-old man of Campbell will face court accused of refusing to using the Check In CBR app at a Canberra shop.

SUBSCRIBERUni students fined $13k, man charged for Covid breaches

Canberrans keen COVID-19 dobbers as Sydneysiders sent packing

Police seek public's help to find missing boy Alex D'Alessandro

ACT authorities confident check-in app use strong, no fines issued

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONPatriotism needs more active, more suspicious citizenship

Raiders' Savage win has Wighton cost

SUBSCRIBERRaiders' Savage win has Wighton cost

Snow in Canberra. Rain, wind and hail on the way

Snow flurries across ACT - more rain, wind and hail on the way

Dr Gemma Killen, who has recently completed her PhD at ANU, talks about her adversity as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Just what the doctor ordered: Gemma's path from high school dropout to PhD

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and Victorian Premier Dan Andrews. Digital illustration: Josh Hall

SUBSCRIBERDid NSW do too little, too late?

Clare Warwick and her softball teammates were the first Australian Olympians to land in Tokyo. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERThe 4721 days between drinks for Australia's softball team

The coronavirus has provided many learning opportunities over the past 18 months.

EXPLAINERWhat we've learnt about beating Covid

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONWAGs to witches: players and partners need perspective on bubble trouble

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OPINIONNSW-style Dine and Discover vouchers may be the way to go for ACT

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SUBSCRIBERHow a bushfire-ravaged town united to help recreate a Mogo landmark

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SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONWhat is it like to be a bat, a tree, a Prime Minister?

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SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONThe crossroads of pests and purgatory

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Calls for investigation into aircraft's grounding after man's drowning

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Harsher lockdown restrictions have taken effect in Sydney after another 111 new virus cases emerged.

Sydney wakes to a harder lockdown

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Victorian authorities say their lockdown approach is being vindicated.

Contrast between Vic, NSW lockdowns grows

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Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has warned that stay-at-home orders could be extended.

Victoria told to brace for longer lockdown

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Retail has been restricted in Greater Sydney as the latest COVID-19 outbreak continues to grow.

No vaccine target, outbreak numbers grow

Retail is being restricted and all construction paused in Greater Sydney until July 30.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

Fully vaccinated adults in the territory sits at 16 per cent compared with 13 per cent across the nation.

DIGESTACT set to be first fully vaccinated with move to fast-track rollout

Toby Vue

NSW police officers issued 162 fines and charged 18 people for breaching the Public Health Act.

Infected men fined for breaching isolation

Tiffanie Turnbull

A Crown Melbourne host admitted to discouraging high-rollers from taking time out from the casino.

Crown host talks punters out of quitting

Gus McCubbing

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese addressed the ACT Labor Party conference on Saturday at the Australian National University. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBER'Hypocrisy' for Albanese to blame me for blocking territory rights, says Seselja

Sydneysiders line up to receive a COVID-19 vaccination this week. Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBERAPS to redeploy staff amid surge in demand for Covid disaster relief

Testing times ... Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews, Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBER | ANALYSISTo go hard or not to go hard, that is Sydney's question

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Albanese attacks Seselja 'roadblock' to territory rights

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and Victorian Premier Dan Andrews. Digital illustration: Josh Hall

SUBSCRIBERDid NSW do too little, too late?

Kathryn Lewis
Harley Dennett

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Covid exit plan still on agenda despite lockdowns

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) national secretary Melissa Donnelly. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBEROptional harassment training gives parliament staff 'no confidence': union

Sarah Basford Canales

The government will allocate $100 million to regional childcare. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Government to pour $100m into regional childcare

Is the Prime Minister playing favourites with Victoria and NSW? Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONPolitical tribalism is back in a big way

Crispin Hull

Kurdish man Karam Zahirian hoped to find sanctuary in Australia when he left everything behind to flee Iran. Instead he was sent to a detention centre on Manus Island. Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONIt's time Labor found its way on asylum seekers

John Minns

Victoria entered its fifth lockdown of the pandemic, and will remain until 11.59pm on Tuesday. Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONNSW gold-standard failure makes our way out of Covid even harder

Simon Cowan

Convicted killer Rebecca Massey. Picture: Graham Tidy

SUBSCRIBERConvicted killer back behind bars after drug raid

Alleged ram-raider Lila Walto, left, and prisoner Kane Quinn. Pictures: Facebook

SUBSCRIBERWoman accused of breaking out prisoner likely to plead guilty

Hieu Hoang Nguyen, 24, was sentenced to a fully suspended jail term of 13 months and two weeks. Picture: Blake Foden

SUBSCRIBER'Extremely strict' sentence for bakery robber hit with bread rolls

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To her door: Karin Adcock serves a glass of Winmark Wines' 2019 chardonnay at the estate's cellar door in the Hunter Valley. Picture: Simone De Peak

From Pandora to pinot: Adcock chooses her own destiny

Penelope Green

Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies and Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz in Mank. Picture: Netflix. Below, Dorothy and co in The Wizard of Oz. Picture: Getty Images

From television to film - and back again

Ari Mattes

Chris Bowes, Monitor (detail), 2020, webcams, screens, computers, code and cables. Picture: Supplied

It's a good week for seeing things

Ron Cerabona

To her door: Karin Adcock serves a glass of Winmark Wines' 2019 chardonnay at the estate's cellar door in the Hunter Valley. Picture: Simone De Peak

From Pandora to pinot: Adcock chooses her own destiny

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen, Carwoola: Coral Pendants. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWEnamelling that's fine and subtle

Kerry-Anne Cousins

Canoe race (detail). Picture: Supplied

Diverse sources used in art with a French accent

Sasha Grishin

Canberrans aged 30 and over will be able to register their interest for a Pfizer vaccine from Wednesday. Picture: Karleen Minney

ACT to open vaccination registrations to people aged 30 and over

Canberrans aged 30 and over will be able to register their interest for a Pfizer vaccine from Wednesday. Picture: Karleen Minney

ACT to open vaccination registrations to people aged 30 and over

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and Victorian Premier Dan Andrews. Digital illustration: Josh Hall

SUBSCRIBERDid NSW do too little, too late?

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and Victorian Premier Dan Andrews. Digital illustration: Josh Hall

SUBSCRIBERDid NSW do too little, too late?

The coronavirus has provided many learning opportunities over the past 18 months.

EXPLAINERWhat we've learnt about beating Covid

The coronavirus has provided many learning opportunities over the past 18 months.

EXPLAINERWhat we've learnt about beating Covid

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart praised Xavier Savage for playing on while injured. Picture: Getty Images

Stuart might call on new faces for busted-up Raiders

Raiders' Savage win has Wighton cost

SUBSCRIBERRaiders' Savage win has Wighton cost

Jordan Rapana opens the scoring with an 8-point try. Picture: Getty

SUBSCRIBERBizarre decision leads to 8-point try f0r Raiders

Clare Warwick and her softball teammates were the first Australian Olympians to land in Tokyo. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERThe 4721 days between drinks for Australia's softball team

Raiders co-captain Elliott Whitehead is in discussions to re-sign for another two years. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBERRaiders re-signing spree continues

David Polkinghorne

Injured Wallabies scrumhalf Nic White is targeting a Bledisloe Cup return. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBERWhite finds a silver lining as he eyes Bledisloe Cup

Caden Helmers

Dustin Wells' freekick provided the lone goal of the match to give Belconnen United FC their first three-point performance since round five. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Belconnen claim their first three points since May

Isobel Cootes

Liz Cambage withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics earlier this week. Picture: Getty Images

Team values still key says Capitals great

Lucille Bailie

Italy's Francesco Molinari has been forced to pull out of the Tokyo Olympics due to injury.

Ex-Open champ Molinari out of Games

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Italy's Francesco Molinari has been forced to pull out of the Tokyo Olympics due to injury.

Ex-Open champ Molinari out of Games

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Max Purcell has been has been called up to the Australian Olympic team.

Three athletes added to Aust Olympic team

Max Purcell has been has been called up to the Australian Olympic team.

Three athletes added to Aust Olympic team

The first COVID case has been reported at the athletes' village, a week out from the Tokyo Olympics.

First COVID case found in Games village

The first COVID case has been reported at the athletes' village, a week out from the Tokyo Olympics.

First COVID case found in Games village

Britain's newly appointed Health Secretary Sajid Javid has tested positive for COVID-19.

UK health minister positive for COVID-19

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Britain's newly appointed Health Secretary Sajid Javid has tested positive for COVID-19.

UK health minister positive for COVID-19

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Temperatures are searing in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Hottest day of the year in four UK nations

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Temperatures are searing in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Hottest day of the year in four UK nations

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Protests in France against plans for health passports and mandatory vaccination for health workers.

French protests amid vaccine push

Protests in France against plans for health passports and mandatory vaccination for health workers.

French protests amid vaccine push

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?

Anna Winter, team leader, run the court-mandated drug diversion program in Tasmania's North-West. Picture: Brodie Weeding

LISTENWhy is everyone in this courtroom so happy?

Anna Winter, team leader, run the court-mandated drug diversion program in Tasmania's North-West. Picture: Brodie Weeding

LISTENWhy is everyone in this courtroom so happy?

Should you be worried about the mouse plague?

LISTENShould you be worried about the mouse plague?

Should you be worried about the mouse plague?

LISTENShould you be worried about the mouse plague?

Artist Mia Galo painted Jean-Paul for the Archibald Prize. Today it hangs in the front bedroom at Murrurundi. Photo: Nicola Sevitt

Clown Doctor found whimsy and wonder away from the city

Artist Mia Galo painted Jean-Paul for the Archibald Prize. Today it hangs in the front bedroom at Murrurundi. Photo: Nicola Sevitt

Clown Doctor found whimsy and wonder away from the city

BUSY TIMES: Builder Mitch Smith working on new housing at Turners Beach. Picture: Eve Woodhouse.

Tasmania's home building frenzy, with no end in sight

BUSY TIMES: Builder Mitch Smith working on new housing at Turners Beach. Picture: Eve Woodhouse.

Tasmania's home building frenzy, with no end in sight

Sold: Dairy farm.

Rural property prices soar as dairy farm sells above expectations

Sold: Dairy farm.

Rural property prices soar as dairy farm sells above expectations

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

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

Winter wonderland: Lighting can turn a garden into an awe-inspiring spectacle. Picture: Supplied

Shine on: The complete guide to planning your outdoor lighting

Shift online: Once customers see the benefits of buying online they are staying as regular customers. Picture: Supplied

Customers seeking discretion and service continue to embrace booming online retailers

ANZSOG knows what skills public sector leaders will need to face future crises

ANZSOG knows what skills public sector leaders will need to face future crises

By Professor Ken Smith AO

Looking to wow your tribe on family dinner night? Try this recipe!

Looking to wow your tribe on family dinner night? Try this recipe!

Hands up if you're missing your missus. Picture: Shutterstock

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONWAGs to witches: players and partners need perspective on bubble trouble

Karen Hardy
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Space travel continues to capture the imagination of sci-fi enthuasiats. Picture: Shutterstock

REVIEWDystopias in space and the future

Colin Steele

HOUSE MUSIC: The Dynaudio Emit50 pictured is an active speaker. Photo: Supplied

Passive or active? Choosing the right speakers for your house

SUPERCENTENARIAN: Dexter Kruger is now Australia's oldest living man on record. Photo: Lucy Kinbacher.

GOOD NEWSMeet Dexter Kruger, 111, Australia's oldest man on record

Samara Ross

SHINGLES SHOTS: Free shingles vaccinations for 71-79-yr-olds to end this year.

Clock ticking for over-70s shingles shot

Eileen Wood

Self and part-funded retirees welcome budget measures. Image Shutterstock

Fully and part-funded retirees get some wins from federal budget

Eileen Wood

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The War Memorial is presented its 51st Victoria Cross. Nephew of the recipient Alexander Henry Buckley, (left) Neville Buckley of Eagle Heights, QLD and Cedric Buckley of Bundaberg check out the diorama of the battle in February 1991.

PHOTOSFlashback Friday: Remembering our veterans

Lochlan Ferrington of Curtin, Emily and Harry Genn of Hawker.

PHOTOSCarmen in Canberra

Elesa Kurtz

C.L. Squire agent Tom Oakes, auctioneer Paul Dooley, Nutrien's John Settree and Shelley and Ian Durkin with the $34,000 Mountain Valley Gabba Q995.

Mountain Valley gross $1.152 million

C.L. Squire agent Tom Oakes, auctioneer Paul Dooley, Nutrien's John Settree and Shelley and Ian Durkin with the $34,000 Mountain Valley Gabba Q995.

Mountain Valley gross $1.152 million

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) flowers from July until spring and is reliably frost hardy.

Graceful winter beauty

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) flowers from July until spring and is reliably frost hardy.

Graceful winter beauty

The 2021 winter cropping season is shaping up to be one to remember for Mungindi grower Sam Heagney. Photo: Billy Jupp

Hopes grow for season of full of 'promise' in Mungindi

The 2021 winter cropping season is shaping up to be one to remember for Mungindi grower Sam Heagney. Photo: Billy Jupp

Hopes grow for season of full of 'promise' in Mungindi