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Don Furner Senior coached the Raiders from 1982-87. He was 87 when he died on Monday night.

UPDATEDVale Don Furner snr: Legendary Raiders coach dies

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ACT police are targeting speeding drivers in school zones. Picture: Rohan Thomson

Dozens of Canberra drivers caught driving illegally in school zones

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Bradyn Dillon, nine, was murdered by his father Graham Dillon in Jacka in Canberra in February 2016. Picture: Supplied

SUBSCRIBERBradyn Dillon case manager had 'absolutely unsustainable' workload, inquest told

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Bettina Arndt, whose Australia Day honour has now been condemned by both major parties in the Senate. Picture: Karleen Minney

Bettina Arndt condemned by Senate over Brisbane murder comments

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Timothy Douglas Brett King has pleaded guilty to committing four acts of indecency without consent.

SUBSCRIBERMan admits to acts of indecency on teenage girl

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Australian troops in Oruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan. Picture: Australian Defence Force

Unlawful killings by special forces investigated

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A man has died after a single-car crash in Sutton on Monday evening. Picture: Karleen Minney

Man dead after single-vehicle crash in Sutton

Canberra Health Services CEO Bernadette McDonald.
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'Not where we want to be': Hospital staff don't trust management

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Weinstein guilty of sex assault, rape

OPINIONWhy don't we give our politicians a break?

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Don Furner Senior coached the Raiders from 1982-87. He was 87 when he died on Monday night.

UPDATEDVale Don Furner snr: Legendary Raiders coach dies

Zucchini flowers, shallot, mint, labneh, and pangrattato. Picture: Jamila Toderas

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Kevin McCloud praised the Kingston Foreshore in a speech at the Press Club. Pictured: Supplied

What Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud liked about Canberra

Professor Denis Evans, holder of the world record for the simultaneous high and long jump. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINIONWhy Australians speak with forked tongues about snakes

Enlighten Festival returns for another year this week. Picture: Supplied

Five things to do at this year's Enlighten Festival

Shannon Battisson is the new president of the ACT chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBERMeet Shannon Battisson, the new head of ACT Institute of Architects

Senate backs push for Arndt to lose honour

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Driver in boy's bus death: My life is over

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Equinor ends Bight oil exploration project

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STUNNING: Follow the Midnight Sun through the Arctic Circle on a Viking Cruise from London to Bergen in Norway.

Last days: enter now to win a Scandinavian cruise

Major Kangaroo Island attractions such as Seal Bay Conservation Park, Raptor Domain and Little Sahara survived the bushfires unscathed.

'We're still here': Kangaroo Island rising from the ashes

Mark Chipperfield

Longboats wait to take people around the island from the main beach of
Perhentian Kecil. Pictures: Michael Turtle

Sounds like my idea of paradise

Michael Turtle

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ASIO boss Mike Burgess says the level of espionage in Australia is higher than during the Cold War.

Threat of foreign spies 'big wake up call'

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Senate backs push for Arndt to lose honour

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Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton has been quizzed about right-wing extremists in Australia.

We'll fight 'lunatic' extremists: Dutton

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Defence Minister Linda Reynolds.

Women's leadership makes Defence 'better'

HALLWAY CLASH: Joel Fitzgibbon and Barnaby Joyce had an impromptu debate in the parliament halls.

Barnaby and Fitzgibbon in fiery climate clash in Parliament halls

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ASIO director-general Mike Burgess has laid out the growing threats to Australia. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Nazis in suburbs are a growing threat: ASIO

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Labor MP Andrew Leigh introduced the bill on Monday morning. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Porter quashes push for integrity commission for ACT police

Sally Whyte

A Tamil family's final bid to avoid deportation to Sri Lanka resumes in the Federal Court.

Biloela family's deportation fight resumes

So much for 'precious earth', just see what lurks beneath

So much for 'precious earth', just see what lurks beneath

Letters to the editor

Cautious coronavirus approach well justified

Cautious coronavirus approach well justified

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Why should we hold publications to a different standard just because they're writing about royalty and celebrities? Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONLaw says media can't lie and 'entertainment magazines' aren't an exception

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Crossing, by Graham Fransella, a finalist in the Megalo International Print Prize.

REVIEWMore prints to delight and inspire

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Phoenix Quartet: Andrew Wilson, front left; Dan Russell, back left; Ella Brinch, middle; and Yuhki Mayne, right. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWBeautiful, enriching music well played

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Sunday Times Former Canberra artist Patricia Piccinini with her work Skywhale at the National Gallery of Australia. 11 May 2013 Canberra Times photo by Jeffrey Chan.

How Skywhale artist Piccinini gets her ideas

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Crossing, by Graham Fransella, a finalist in the Megalo International Print Prize.

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Green veggie minestrone with basil and parmesan oil. Picture: Supplied

Market fresh

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Zucchini flowers, shallot, mint, labneh, and pangrattato. Picture: Jamila Toderas

REVIEWElegant food backed by top service

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Don Furner Senior coached the Raiders from 1982-87. He was 87 when he died on Monday night.

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Boomers star Sophie Cunningham. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

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Curtis Scott is set to make his Raiders debut this weekend. Picture: Karleen Minney

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Brumbies' James Slipper with students, from left, Felicity Hearne, 7, Isabelle Witika, 7, Henry Dowling, 6, and Maddie Mitchell, 7. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Brumby returns Slip with rugby royalty

Kate Lussick (11), Lily Lussick (7), West Indies player Hayley Matthews, Rebekah Layland (8), and Evelyn Wright (8) in Canberra. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Powerhouses' pain may be Pakistan's gain at Manuka

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Heavyweight boxer Arsene Fosso is set to fight for the NSW title. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Cameroonian Fosso en route to the top

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Marianna Tolo, Kia Nurse and Kelsey Griffin want the AIS Arena packed to the rafters. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

'We need you': Canberra to be lit up in blue for semi- final

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Canberra United conceded five goals in their final match of the season. Picture Getty:

Scoreless story of the season sours Garriock's United send-off

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Ginny and Guy in their home.

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'Seize the day': Narelle prepares for Dementia Australia's Memory Walk in honour of her 'gorgeous' mum

'Seize the day': Narelle prepares for Dementia Australia's Memory Walk in honour of her 'gorgeous' mum

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The Wow factor of the Ancient Kingdoms of the Mediterranean

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Senate backs push for Arndt to lose honour

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Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton has been quizzed about right-wing extremists in Australia.

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Dionne Grills has been charged after a three-year-old Cairns boy was found dead inside a minibus.

Driver in boy's bus death: My life is over

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Protests were held around Australia opposing plans to drill off the Great Australian Bight.

Equinor ends Bight oil exploration project

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the coronavirus outbreak poses an 'unknown global shock'.

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ASIO boss Mike Burgess says the level of espionage in Australia is higher than during the Cold War.

Threat of foreign spies 'big wake up call'

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Major flooding is expected in Queensland's southwest town of St George.

Emergency declared over Qld flood threat

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Twisted metal and building debris remains in NSW towns hit by bushfires amid slow clean-up efforts.

Bushfire-hit NSW towns wait for clean-up

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East Timorese PM Taur Matan Ruak has resigned after the country's ruling coalition collapsed.

East Timor's Ruak to step down as PM

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East Timorese PM Taur Matan Ruak has resigned after the country's ruling coalition collapsed.

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At least five people have been killed in New Delhi as thousands protest a new citizenship law.

Five killed, 90 injured in India protests

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At least five people have been killed in New Delhi as thousands protest a new citizenship law.

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Mars is seismically active and has quakes, according to sensors aboard NASA robotic lander InSight.

NASA lander discovers quakes on Mars

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Mars is seismically active and has quakes, according to sensors aboard NASA robotic lander InSight.

NASA lander discovers quakes on Mars

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GOING DOWN: Retirees face many money questions on the advisability of downsizing.

No easy answers to downsizing for retirees

Rascals Treats founders Clare Guest, and Susie and Ben Hanns with Gilbert and Ruby. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Vegan dog food makes its move out of Canberra markets

Alex Crowe

On the set of the original film version of True Grit. Picture: Getty Images

'True Grit' novelist dies at 86

Hillel Italie

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

LADY OF THE HOUSE: Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Prudence in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, in cinemas nationally from February 27.

Dear Prudence comes out to play for unstoppable Miriam

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TURNING THE PAGE: Rosie Craven is living with early stage Alzheimer's but is now able to enjoy hobbies such as reading again thanks to a new clinical trial.

Everything is Rosie thanks to new Alzheimer's drug trial

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Naomi and Ken Dale of Ainslie.

Socials: Still master of his domain

Si Nyman and Hayley Jones.

Socials: Cheers to that

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Jane Rasmussen and Roy Nixon. Pictures: Ben Yosef

New hotel for Belconnen

Karen Hardy

Cooma cattle lifted on the recent rain.

Feeder steers sold to $1510 at Cooma

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Cooma cattle lifted on the recent rain.

Feeder steers sold to $1510 at Cooma

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