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Smoke from a bushfire settles over Parliament House. Picture: Marina Neil

SUBSCRIBERIs Canberra ready for another black sky day?

Peter Brewer

The ASC is investigating a potential data breach.

SUBSCRIBERSport Australia, AIS investigate potential data breach

David Polkinghorne

Liberal MP Craig Kelly has accused the NAB of virtue signalling to climate extremists in its decision to stop lending to coal. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

NAB to stop lending to thermal coal by 2035

Kirsten Lawson

Transport Minister Chris Steel. Picture: Karleen Minney Chris Steel

SUBSCRIBERMore than 130 tweaks to Canberra's new bus network

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Sarah-Jane Parkinson with her ex-partner who she later falsely accused of raping her.

SUBSCRIBERNSW cop accused of perjury in wife's fake rape case

Alexandra Back

The ACT coat of arms above the Magistrates Court. Picture: Garry Schafer

OPINIONA new coat of arms is a chance to form ACT's identity

Terry Fewtrell

Witness K is expected to plead guilty to breaching national security laws at a hearing in April.

Former spy Witness K set for plea in April

Finbar O'Mallon

AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw during a hearing on press freedom on Friday. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

UPDATEDPorter's new power may make journos afraid to get minister off-side: Law Council

Katie Burgess

Rate policy has lost its potency: NAB CEO

SUBSCRIBERAn open letter to the Deputy PM: Fire is burning your party

Minister calls for calm over fatal NT police shooting

ANU study says China deliberately falsifying data on organ transplants

Smoke from a bushfire settles over Parliament House. Picture: Marina Neil

SUBSCRIBERIs Canberra ready for another black sky day?

RSPCA ACT chief executive Michelle Robertson, with Pepper, who is looking for a new home. The RSPCA is offering discounted dog adoptions for the next two weeks to clear a backlog of dogs with the organisation. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Your new best friend is waiting at the RSPCA

Andrew and Belinda Chamberlain on their wedding day in 2000.

The meaningful way this couple will celebrate 20 years of marriage

Labor MPs Linda Burney and Andrew Leigh with Communities@Work director of social programs, Ruth Zanker at the community pantry in Gungahlin. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERAs life on welfare gets harder, more people are relying on Canberra's community pantries

Last year's Yes!Fest. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Five things to do this weekend

Port Macquarie - a lifetime ago: Well, about a fortnight ago anyway. Photo: Brittany Daly

REAL AUSTRALIAA dollop of tolerance goes a long way

Fatigued NSW firefighters will battle on

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SUBSCRIBERBrumbies set to rest less as RA scrap rotation policy

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Perth man guilty of murdering love rival

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Jai Opetaia 'born for this' big stage

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Boochani lashes Labor, Kristina Keneally

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SUBSCRIBERRaiders to start moving on Cotric and off-contract stars

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Liberal MP Craig Kelly has accused the NAB of virtue signalling to climate extremists in its decision to stop lending to coal. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

NAB to stop lending to thermal coal by 2035

AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw during a hearing on press freedom on Friday. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

UPDATEDPorter's new power may make journos afraid to get minister off-side: Law Council

Parliament computer hack targeted senators

SUBSCRIBERCompromised website gave hackers access to Parliament House computer system

Gaetjens wanted quiet on PM&C toilet signs

SUBSCRIBERGaetjens wanted quiet on PM&C toilet signs

The PM announced a $500 million aid package for Pacific island nations to tackle climate change. Picture: Shutterstock

SUBSCRIBERDFAT says climate change 'existential threat' for Pacific

Katie Burgess

Media directors Hugh Marks, Michael Miller and Gavin Morris at Parliament House on Wednesday. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Progress on press freedom changes, ministers 'open' to changes

Katie Burgess

Several companies have run into financial trouble not long after receiving a government grant.

SUBSCRIBERCompanies given federal government grants went bust soon afterwards

Katie Burgess
Kirsten Lawson

Angus Taylor has been under fire, after it was revealed he used fake figures to attack Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore. Picture: Dominic Lorrimer

SUBSCRIBERTrove used to cast doubt on Angus Taylor's claims about Clover Moore letter

Katie Burgess

Tenants get the short straw in political Toy Town

Tenants get the short straw in political Toy Town

Letters to the editor

Protests took place outside the Alice Springs police station after the death of a 19-year-old man from the remote Indigenous community of Yuendumu. Picture: Supplied

OPINIONThere is still so much non-Indigenous Australians don't see

Jenna Price

The ACT coat of arms above the Magistrates Court. Picture: Garry Schafer

OPINIONA new coat of arms is a chance to form ACT's identity

Terry Fewtrell

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

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Self portrait: Ben Quilty after Afghanistan 2012. Private collection, Sydney.

Documentary captures Ben Quilty confronting injustice head-on

Jim Kellar
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Thor (Chris Hemsworth) in 'Avengers: Endgame'. Picture: Supplied

Scorsese among the Superheroes

Jane Freebury

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

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Home-made jam is a great fete find.

Get your fete on this weekend

Haig Park, Braddon. Photo Elesa Kurtz

Big Spring Picnic in Haig Park on Sunday

The ASC is investigating a potential data breach.

SUBSCRIBERSport Australia, AIS investigate potential data breach

Will Super Rugby teams rest Wallabies in the post Michael Cheika era? Picture: RugbyAU Media/Stuart Walmsley

SUBSCRIBERBrumbies set to rest less as RA scrap rotation policy

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Jai Opetaia is bracing for the toughest test of his career. Picture: Getty

Jai Opetaia 'born for this' big stage

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The Raiders will look to lock in Nick Cotric over the coming months. Picture: NRL Imagery

SUBSCRIBERRaiders to start moving on Cotric and off-contract stars

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ACT Sport Minister Yvette Berry.

Sport minister's challenge for gender equity on boards

Chris Dutton
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Ian Garrity during his days with the Canberra Comets. Picture: Martin Jones

'It's been a while': Comets relive the glory days

Caden Helmers

Ginninderra fast bowler Jak Willcox had a "lightbulb moment" - he wanted to go. But Rhys Healy helped him through. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBER'How are you actually going': the question that saved Jak Willcox

Caden Helmers

Jaryd Clifford won his second gold medal on Friday morning. Picture: APC

Turner and Clifford win Para gold in Dubai

Music theatre in your thongs: Canberra Symphony returns to Government House lawns for picnic concert

Music theatre in your thongs: Canberra Symphony returns to Government House lawns for picnic concert

Vantage Strata Managing Director Chris Miller.

Vantage Strata named Canberra's leading strata management experts

SMSFs create opportunities when supported by good advice

SMSFs create opportunities when supported by good advice

Ginninderry Display Village inspires a new way of living

Ginninderry Display Village inspires a new way of living

Building Australia's new wave of professional managers and leaders

Building Australia's new wave of professional managers and leaders

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Vehicles face airbag registration ban

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

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Future Focus: connecting regional Australia

Future Focus: connecting regional Australia

Gemma Purves

Hot, dry weather has forced the RFS to issue a severe fire danger rating for five NSW areas.

Fatigued NSW firefighters will battle on

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Daniel Carrington has been found guilty of the stabbing murder of Benjamin Egan in Perth.

Perth man guilty of murdering love rival

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Senator Kristina Keneally has been reminded by refugee Behrouz Boochani Labor sent him to Manus.

Boochani lashes Labor, Kristina Keneally

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Bushfire conditions will continue to deteriorate as extremely hot air is pushed across Queensland.

Firefighters battle to save Qld homes

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Ertunc Eriklioglu, his brother and another man are charged with planning a terrorist act.

Trio to stand trial over Vic terror plot

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A Northern Territory policeman has been charged with the murder of Kumanjayi Walker, 19.

NT govt, police rule out gun ban

Greg Roberts
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Prosecutors allege Benjamin Batterham simply went too far.

NSW burglar died after 'citizen's arrest'

Mark Russell
2hrs ago

Rungnapha Kanbut has been jailed for intentionally possessing a slave.

Prison sentence for woman who kept slaves

Hannah Higgins
2hrs ago

Defense Secretary Mark Esper says South Korean "could and should pay more" for stationing US troops.

US presses S.Korea to pay more for troops

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Defense Secretary Mark Esper says South Korean "could and should pay more" for stationing US troops.

US presses S.Korea to pay more for troops

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Japanese Emperor Naruhito performed the "Daijosai" rite, which began soon after sunset on Thursday.

Japan emperor finishes feast with goddess

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Japanese Emperor Naruhito performed the "Daijosai" rite, which began soon after sunset on Thursday.

Japan emperor finishes feast with goddess

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A gunman has opened fire at a California high school, killing two and injuring several others.

School shooter described as quiet, smart

A gunman has opened fire at a California high school, killing two and injuring several others.

School shooter described as quiet, smart

Paul said the owners are especially happy with the rich internal palette. Images: andymacphersonstudio.com

Built to blend into Byron Bay

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Schoolies is a rite of passage for many Australian teenagers as they finish their exams and leave school. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONIs your teen off to schoolies? Here's what to say instead of freaking out

Stephen Bright

Fringed with beaches, Waier Island looks like a tropical croissant. Picture: Supplied

SUBSCRIBERDiscover the many unknown islands of Australia

Amy Martin

Working out how to switch off all the lights in a hotel room shouldn't be that difficult ... should it? Picture: Supplied

When there's room for improvement

Michael Turtle

Wineglass Bay: Guests will learn about the unique animals that live there and the peninsula's history, including the pink granite peaks of the Hazards Mountains.

Have wanderlust? Here are travel news bites

The famous Hampden Bridge: a Kangaroo Valley landmark.

Savour the sights of the Shoalhaven

John Rozentals

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Polio survivors at Polio Australia's 2017 health and wellness retreat on the Sunshine Coast.

Demanding action for polio survivors

Rowan Cowley

OUCH: Corticosteroid injections versus orthotics.

Heel pain: to jab or not to jab?

RAINBOW RIBBON: Queensland AIDS Council CEO Rebecca Reynolds, Arcare CEO Colin Singh, Local Liberal state member for Bonney, Sam OConnor at the opening of Arcare Parkwood.

Queensland's first LGBTI aged care opens

December 3, 2018: Marino (Dean) Fischetti at Tom Fruits, Belconnen market.

Flachback Friday: Fresh is best

Picture by Dion Georgopolous @dion_georgopolous.

Instagrammers of Canberra

From left, Kyrstle and Ollie Larnach of Moncrieff.

Return of the working class man

Jamila Toderas

Morgan Durrant-Curtis with Australia's first Massey Ferguson baler. Morgan is a raker for her Dad's contracting business.

Women in the cab

Morgan Durrant-Curtis with Australia's first Massey Ferguson baler. Morgan is a raker for her Dad's contracting business.

Women in the cab

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Trapped by flames, firefighters dig in to save homes in Moonbi fire

Photo: Louise Campbell / www.facebook.com/DigitDesignStudio

Trapped by flames, firefighters dig in to save homes in Moonbi fire

Trackside at Dubbo on Cup day | photos

Trackside at Dubbo on Cup day | photos

Trackside at Dubbo on Cup day | photos

Trackside at Dubbo on Cup day | photos