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Thor Kristiansen, who is back behind bars in the Alexander Maconochie Centre. Picture: Facebook

SUBSCRIBERMaccas meal puts 'standover man' on path back to prison

Blake Foden

Incidents of sexual assaults in the Defence Force remain at near-record levels. Picture: Shutterstock

SUBSCRIBERDefence sex assaults near record high as former navy member speaks out

Harley Dennett
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Member for Canberra Alicia Payne with baby Elena in her Parliament House office this week. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBER'It's not easy': Alicia Payne's juggle one faced by many families

Sally Whyte

Tara Cheyne said the talkback host's comments were tone deaf and baffling. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBER2CC talkback host faces heat over March 4 Justice 'ranting' comment

Sarah Lansdown

A report by the auditor-general has found a number of government agencies are lagging behind with cyber security maturity. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBERAlarming cyber security risks across govt persist, ANAO finds

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Belconnen Tennis Club president Martin Klein said he would accept a belated grant after the club had been forced to dip into its cash reserves to pay for the lighting upgrade. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBER'Restore the faith': Calls to fund projects dudded in sports rorts affair

Dan Jervis-Bardy

University of Canberra deputy vice-chancellor academic Professor Geoff Crisp said he wasn't surprised that student satisfaction declined during a disrupted year of learning.

Canberra uni students report sharp decline in quality of education last year

Sarah Lansdown

US President Joe Biden stumbled while boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base.

Biden 'fine' after Air Force One stumble

Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Holland and Heather Timmons

Sonam Choden named 2021 ACT Woman of the Year

SUBSCRIBERAccused murderer Joshua Higgins felt 'violated' by friend, court hears

ACT COVID-19 case recovers in quarantine as virus fragments found in wastewater

Three charged after police seize $7.5 million of cannabis near Goulburn

Thor Kristiansen, who is back behind bars in the Alexander Maconochie Centre. Picture: Facebook

SUBSCRIBERMaccas meal puts 'standover man' on path back to prison

Tree auditors Dijitha Mani (left) and MD Saddam Hossain. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Canberra's street trees to get a dollar price tag to deter tree haters

Ray Meagher in Home and Away, which filmed in Yass. Insets: Liam Neeson's stunt driver; Queer Eye's Antoni Porowski and Bobby Berk; Total Control's Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths. Pictures: Getty, Keegan Carroll, Karleen Minney, John Platt

Lights, Canberra, action: Home and Away joins growing list of productions to film in the region

Brett Walker and Darren Steinhardt in their new venture, South Pacific Hemp. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Canberra has its first hemp products store - but won't sell anything you can smoke

Rains across northern NSW have caused significant flood damage, with Sydney now in the firing line.

Evacuations in north NSW, rain hits Sydney

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The Canberra Times' editorial cartoon for Saturday, March 20, 2021.

SUBSCRIBERDavid Pope's view: Modelling healthy relationships ...

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Native title laws not balanced: study

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Kamahl talks celebrity, life and 'knowing how Harry and Meghan feel'

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Evacuations in north NSW, rain hits Sydney

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Iconic Anglo-Zulu War medal up for sale

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Home ground advantage among footy tips

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OPINIONPsychedelic substances represent a chance to alleviate Australia's mental health crisis

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Kamahl and his Rolls Royce in Belrose. Picture: Geoff Jones

Kamahl talks celebrity, life and 'knowing how Harry and Meghan feel'

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Rains across northern NSW have caused significant flood damage, with Sydney now in the firing line.

Evacuations in north NSW, rain hits Sydney

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Zulu War Medals awarded for a battle almost 150 years ago, are due to go to auction in Sydney.

Iconic Anglo-Zulu War medal up for sale

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Footy tipsters can have a respectable season just by picking the home side, one expert says.

Home ground advantage among footy tips

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Palace Cinemas events coordinator Ellie O'Donell Picture: Elesa Kurtz

COVID might have put an end to mainstream cinemas

Kathryn Lewis
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Member for Canberra Alicia Payne with baby Elena in her Parliament House office this week. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBER'It's not easy': Alicia Payne's juggle one faced by many families

Sally Whyte

Incidents of sexual assaults in the Defence Force remain at near-record levels. Picture: Shutterstock

SUBSCRIBERDefence sex assaults near record high as former navy member speaks out

Harley Dennett
Alex Crowe

Senator Jordon Steele-John. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Incredibly frustrated': Witness protection laws delayed

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Nationals leader Michael McCormack. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERMore APS decentralisation to come: McCormack

The Prime Minister is hoping recent state Labor electoral victories are more about incumbency than ideology. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONThe marketing man has a tin ear on social change

Attorney-General Christian Porter may have to relinquish more responsibilities when he returns.

Morrison defends legal handling of Porter

Senator Stirling Griff says he's gobsmacked with the government's decision.

Government guts its own workplace reforms

Protesters join the March 4 Justice rally against gendered violence held outside Parliament House on Monday. Picture: Karleen Minney.

SUBSCRIBERWorkplace sexual harassment damages quadruple, process remains 'prohibitive'

Sarah Basford Canales

Senator Amanda Stoker. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Privacy protections for disability royal commission witnesses

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Labor treasury spokesman Jim Chalmers. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERHere's where the end of JobKeeper will hit Canberra hardest

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Scott Morrison says his government is focused on designing an Indigenous voice to parliament.

PM queries Indigenous recognition support

Rebecca Gredley

ACT govt needs to take urgent action on lake water quality

ACT govt needs to take urgent action on lake water quality

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Govt and employers to blame for IR fail

Govt and employers to blame for IR fail

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March 4 Justice protesters outside Parliament House earlier this week. Picture: Karleen Minney

OPINIONOdds are stacked against the media when it comes to defamation cases

Crispin Hull

Jasmin Parker outside court on a previous occasion. Picture: Blake Foden

SUBSCRIBERRobber who was 'following mum' gets chance despite 'bumps'

Geoffrey Robert Appleby, who is set to be sentenced on March 30. Picture: Facebook

SUBSCRIBERProgrammer's child abuse material stash 'truly abhorrent'

Steven Black, centre, leaves court after pleading guilty on Tuesday. Picture: Blake Foden

SUBSCRIBEREx-public servant stalker turns to 'increasingly covert' harassment

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Which team will finish first on the mat with Beau Ryan on Mount Kosciuszko?

Canberra and Mount Kosciuszko to feature in Amazing Race finale

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Palace Cinemas events coordinator Ellie O'Donell Picture: Elesa Kurtz

COVID might have put an end to mainstream cinemas

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Catherine Cassidy, Fade 5 Tree at the Springs.

REVIEWA visceral expression of love for the landscape

Peter Haynes

Which team will finish first on the mat with Beau Ryan on Mount Kosciuszko?

Canberra and Mount Kosciuszko to feature in Amazing Race finale

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Karis Oka, centre, plays 14-year-old Edna, obsessed with Harry from True Direction, and nothing will stand in her way. Picture: Brett Boardman

The 'insane, crazy and amazing' story of Fangirls

Karen Hardy

H Thomas, C Dixon, K Smith, ACT 1976. Mervyn Bishop Archive, Art Gallery of New South Wales

REVIEWThe photos, the artist, the man

Brian Rope

Foreshore Road at Salamander Bay in NSW's Hunter region. Picture: Marina Neil

DIGESTNSW braces for worst of rainfall

Foreshore Road at Salamander Bay in NSW's Hunter region. Picture: Marina Neil

DIGESTNSW braces for worst of rainfall

Four active COVID-19 cases remain in hotel quarantine in Canberra. Picture: Keegan Carroll

ACT COVID-19 case recovers in quarantine as virus fragments found in wastewater

Four active COVID-19 cases remain in hotel quarantine in Canberra. Picture: Keegan Carroll

ACT COVID-19 case recovers in quarantine as virus fragments found in wastewater

Canberra Airport chief executive Stephen Byron. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBERMoves afoot for Canberra-NZ flights

Canberra Airport chief executive Stephen Byron. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBERMoves afoot for Canberra-NZ flights

Football Australia has unsuccessfully shopped the FFA Cup final to Canberra. Picture: Getty Images

EXCLUSIVEACT govt knock back FFA Cup

A united front: Gungahlin Eagles president Eoghan O'Byrne, coach Marco Caputo and players Jackie Lyras and Shaneqwa Lee-Edwards joined by Capitals duo Mariana Tolo and Paul Goriss to launch the campaign. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBER'We've had enough': Canberra sport's push to end abuse

Raiders co-captain Josh Hodgson has joined the NRL player advisory group. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBERHodgson joins NRL player advisory group

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad's two boys are his reason for pushing himself on the training track every day. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERCharnze for Raider to do it for the boys

Canberra cyclist Michael Matthews is looking to win Milan-San Remo. Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBERConfidence Bling will shine

David Polkinghorne

Michelle Heyman will play her 100th match for Canberra United on Saturday night. Pictures: Dion Georgopoulos, Getty

SUBSCRIBERHeyman to become Canberra centurion

Lucie Bertoldo

Tom Cusack and his teammates visited the Bell-Chambers family last year. Picture: Brumbies Media

Brumbies GIVIT back

Caden Helmers

Terry Campese and Ben Alexander will go head to head for charity in May. Picture: Dimitri Yianoulakis

A cause worth fighting for

Ben Alexander

Peter Hayes has been auctioneer and lessee of the Beaudesert pig and calf saleyard for 19 years. Picture: Larraine Sathicq

LISTENThe story of one town's fight to retain its heritage

Peter Hayes has been auctioneer and lessee of the Beaudesert pig and calf saleyard for 19 years. Picture: Larraine Sathicq

LISTENThe story of one town's fight to retain its heritage

Launceston property developer Errorl Stewart wants a solution to the Tamar's mud problem. Picture: Phillip Biggs

LISTENWhy this Australian city is stuck in the mud

Launceston property developer Errorl Stewart wants a solution to the Tamar's mud problem. Picture: Phillip Biggs

LISTENWhy this Australian city is stuck in the mud

ANU student Jozef Meyer points out a dieback affected snow gum in Koscziosko National Park. Picture: Kate Matthews

LISTENWhat's killing our Snow Gums?

ANU student Jozef Meyer points out a dieback affected snow gum in Koscziosko National Park. Picture: Kate Matthews

LISTENWhat's killing our Snow Gums?

METROPOL: With a central location just minutes away from both the ANU and the site of proposed UNSW campus, city development Metropol is attracting attention from investors and first home owners alike. Photos: Rohan Thomson.

UNSW Campus drives up interest in Civic real estate

Independence Square in Accra, Ghana. It commemorates the independence of Ghana from the United Kingdom in 1957. Picture: Shutterstock.

Haven of peace: Ghana celebrates its independence with eyes on future growth

We'll have a mountain to climb post COVID-19, mental health expert warns

We'll have a mountain to climb post COVID-19, mental health expert warns

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

The Hartley Lifecare high tea is one of the organisation's biggest fundraisers each year. Photo: Supplied

Read online: See Canberra autumn 2021 edition

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Support service aims to create brighter futures for people with a disability

Support service aims to create brighter futures for people with a disability

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The owner of the Daily Mirror says it will be investing more in "journalism and less in buildings".

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The owner of the Daily Mirror says it will be investing more in "journalism and less in buildings".

Work from home post-virus: UK media group

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Senior US and Chinese officials are set to conclude their talks in Alaska.

US and China hold 'serious discussions'

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Senior US and Chinese officials are set to conclude their talks in Alaska.

US and China hold 'serious discussions'

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French PM Jean Castex has received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital near Paris.

Jabs for UK, French PMs; India cases rise

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French PM Jean Castex has received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital near Paris.

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Mastering art of polite pooches with basic dog park etiquette

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The challenge of climate activism has always been the invisibility of its demons. Picture: Shutterstock

REVIEWExposing what's in front of us

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Alison Gibbs, a writer not afraid to take risks. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWLoggers and hippies in 1970s outback Australia

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EVELYN'S WAR: Manly resident believes it is important to preserve Manly's Freshwater class of ferries. Photo: Tikky Hes

Ferries worth the fight for Evelyn

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GLENCOE WOOLSHED: The last remaining part of the Glencoe sheep station established by the Leake family.

Scandalous tale of lust, death and a fortune

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Government urged to tackle the rotten dental health of Australia's elderly

Government urged to tackle the rotten dental health of Australia's elderly

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Watching the Canberra Balloon Spectacular. Reader picture: @simplycheecky

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Horace and Alice Cleaver still get a kick out of taking their beloved 1969 Holden Premier for a spin in November 1995.

Seniors, Life after work

Klara Dess and Bryce Anderson of Turner.

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Jim and Jennifer Ireland have brought African Boxthorn under control. Photo: supplied

African Boxthorn brought under control near Lake Cargelligo

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Jim and Jennifer Ireland have brought African Boxthorn under control. Photo: supplied

African Boxthorn brought under control near Lake Cargelligo

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Eastern rainfall likely to persist until winter

Eastern rainfall likely to persist until winter

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Eastern rainfall likely to persist until winter

Eastern rainfall likely to persist until winter

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Charlie Wythes as partner in their newly launched office in Hay NSW. Photo: supplied

Sprout Ag to open office in Hay

Charlie Wythes as partner in their newly launched office in Hay NSW. Photo: supplied

Sprout Ag to open office in Hay