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Professor Matthew Gray. Picture: Jamie Kidston, ANU

SUBSCRIBERWe're less distressed and working more, ANU study reveals

Hannah Gadsby will premiere her new show in Canberra. Picture: Supplied

Hannah Gadsby to premiere new show in Canberra

P is for Pavlova in a new coin collection from Australia Post and the Royal Australian Mint.

New coins to celebrate Australian icons

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Peter Wells' 1984 national award-winning photograph of Bob Hawke being hit in the head during a "friendly" cricket match at Kingston Oval. Picture: Peter Wells

Bob Hawke's rushed hook and the perfect shutter timing of the late Peter Wells

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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and partner Clarke Gayford are yet to reveal their wedding date.

Jacinda Ardern reveals her wedding venue

A telescope dish at the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex. Picture: Shutterstock

Space junk set to clutter up our lives

India ban, repat flights 'can co-exist'

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De Belin jury hung for second time

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Woman to stand trial over baby bath death

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Vunivalu to mediation over assault charge

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Geocon could turn Michelago into Canberra 'satellite suburb', council warns

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Toxic chemicals found in at-risk sea lions

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Gary Newman has asked a court to scrap the public health ban on Australians coming from India.

India ban, repat flights 'can co-exist'

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The jury in Jack de Belin's retrial has been discharged.

De Belin jury hung for second time

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Media commentator Fiori Giovanni is set to stand trial over the death of her baby in a bathtub.

Woman to stand trial over baby bath death

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Suliasi Vunivalu accused of pushing a security guard in a Brisbane pub will take part in mediation.

Vunivalu to mediation over assault charge

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Australian sea lion populations have plummeted by more than 60 per cent in four decades.

Toxic chemicals found in at-risk sea lions

Tiffanie Turnbull
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Resources Minister Keith Pitt is set to tell parliament why he vetoed a loan for a wind farm.

Minister to explain wind farm funding veto

Rebecca Gredley
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An ANU study has found no major job losses since the end of pandemic support measures in March.

Businesses in 'stunning' pre-budget mood

Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics and Business Correspondent
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A court ruling aimed at protecting the endangered Leadbeater's possum has been overturned on appeal.

Vic logging ruled exempt from federal laws

Georgie Moore
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A former Health Department secretary has criticised the vaccine rollout in Australia. Picture: Shutterstock

SUBSCRIBERFormer Health Department secretary slams 'train wreck' vaccine rollout and contractor 'secrecy'

Michael Sukkar did not respond to requests for comment. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBERNew charity laws that could deregister groups must be scrapped: churches

The federal government has committed $167 million to improving Canberra's roads and light rail. Picture: Graham Tidy

ACT roads and light rail given $167m federal budget boost

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke (background) backs a community support model for refugee settlement.

Immigration minister open to refugee idea

2hrs ago

The federal budget will give older Australians more flexibility to top up their superannuation.

Super changes to benefit older Australians

Ex-Australia Post chief executive Christine Holgate has a new job at Toll Global Express.

Holgate takes a new job at deliveries firm

Resources Minister Keith Pitt is set to tell parliament why he vetoed a loan for a wind farm.

Minister to explain wind farm funding veto

Rebecca Gredley
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

$10b cash splash paves Australia's roads to recovery

Karen Barlow

The government is spending ever more on contractors and consultants. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONWhat do we get for the millions spent on Covid consultancies?

Stephen Duckett

A small-target strategy can only get you so far. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONThe ALP is going to need bold new policy if it wants to win government

Klaas Woldring

Facebook's oversight board has upheld the company's decision to ban former president Donald Trump from its platform - for now. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONTrump's Facebook ban is upheld - but the future of the oversight board is in doubt

Elaine Fahey

The NSW Highway Patrol car showing the recorded speed of the offender near Bredbo. Picture: NSW Police Facebook

Highway speeder caught driving 162km/h to appear in court

Police are searching for two motorists seen driving dangerously in Gungahlin on Wednesday. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Police search for dangerous drivers

Jomal Nchouki is accused of trafficking cocaine.

SUBSCRIBERAlleged drug dealer granted bail over cocaine in trailer

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Hannah Gadsby will premiere her new show in Canberra. Picture: Supplied

Hannah Gadsby to premiere new show in Canberra

The Huxleys will be at the National Portrait Gallery this Friday. Picture: Supplied

WHAT'S ON'Too much is never enough': The Huxleys come to the National Portrait Gallery

Amy Martin

FLIPSIDE: Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife enjoyed a breakout 2020, which included an ARIA nomination and Music Victoria Award.

Second lightning strike forecast from Tracy McNeil

Josh Leeson

Hannah Gadsby will premiere her new show in Canberra. Picture: Supplied

Hannah Gadsby to premiere new show in Canberra

The Tiwi Strong Women performing in front of footage captured on Bathurst Island in 1912. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Tiwi Strong Women perform ancestral song and dance for festival

Amy Martin

Hardy Lohse, Diane's home, Northbourne Flats, in Canberra (2017). Picture: Supplied

REVIEWExamining the built environment

Sasha Grishin

Valmar Support Services chief executive Hugh Packard and Covid response coordinator Lyn Walker outside one of the company's group homes in Dunlop. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Disability care vaccine rollout begins in earnest in the ACT

Valmar Support Services chief executive Hugh Packard and Covid response coordinator Lyn Walker outside one of the company's group homes in Dunlop. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Disability care vaccine rollout begins in earnest in the ACT

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTDo you know your ABC? Appreciation, Budget, Coronavirus

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTDo you know your ABC? Appreciation, Budget, Coronavirus

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTFederal budget to prioritise growth over repair

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTFederal budget to prioritise growth over repair

Aaron David Alexander has pleaded not guilty to defrauding the Gungahlin United Football Club when he was president.

SUBSCRIBEREx-Gungahlin soccer president faces fraud hearing

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Jack Wighton says it feels like the Raiders have lost the winning knack. Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBERRaiders like a 'broken record'

The ACT Brumbies were left shattered in the aftermath of a thrilling Super Rugby AU grand final in Brisbane. Picture: Getty

SUBSCRIBER'It's my only hope': McKellar calls for accountability

Royals Volleyball Club juniors Jade Targett, Jasmine Cheung, Indigo Reeson and Sarah Bartu. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBERRoyals volleyball numbers spike after enduring pandemic

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Greater Western Sydney's Lachlan Keeffe will undergo a second right knee reconstruction.

ACL tear ends GWS defender Keeffe's season

Goulburn winger Steven Cummins scored four tries, but it wasn't enough for the Bulldogs. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERBulls make last-gasp charge to pinch win from Bulldogs

David Polkinghorne

The Brumbies and Reds played out another classic. Picture: Getty

SUBSCRIBER'We're going to have to find another level': White eyes tough road back

Caden Helmers

Marco Alcazar scores the opener for West Canberra. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERUnited as creatures of habit

David Polkinghorne

A knife attack has occurred place just metres from Dunedin Railway Station in New Zealand.

Several people hurt in NZ stabbing attack

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A knife attack has occurred place just metres from Dunedin Railway Station in New Zealand.

Several people hurt in NZ stabbing attack

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Amazon says it blocked more than 10 billion suspected fraudulent product listings in 2020.

Amazon blocks 10 billion phoney listings

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Amazon says it blocked more than 10 billion suspected fraudulent product listings in 2020.

Amazon blocks 10 billion phoney listings

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Rescuers have rescued a small minke whale stranded in the River Thames in London.

Rescuers save whale stranded in the Thames

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Rescuers have rescued a small minke whale stranded in the River Thames in London.

Rescuers save whale stranded in the Thames

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Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

Four reasons why you need to visit a comparison site this winter

Four reasons why you need to visit a comparison site this winter

SAVING TIME AND MONEY: Mitchell Harris Wines managing director Alicia Linley was able to save thousands of dollars a year on their gas and electricity bills simply by talking to Beevo.

How this wine bar saved thousands of dollars in minutes

CANBERRA LAW FIRMS TEAM UP TO CREATE COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW POWERHOUSE: This private settlement pathway is the two firms' response to the unsatisfactory, under-resourced and delayed family law system.

Canberra law firms team up to create collaborative family law powerhouse

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Take the stress out of moving house with this handy checklist

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Emma Brown

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Special publication: Eat, Drink, Sleep Canberra

Aussie Sports Tournaments To Watch This Season

Aussie Sports Tournaments To Watch This Season

A suburb is very impoverished without its bookstore. Picture: Shutterstock

REVIEWThe sanctuary that is a bookshop

Colin Steele

Justine Cullen and her sons. Pictures: Supplied

The mother of all juggles

Justine Cullen

'I'm saluting the best mum in Canberra': Samuel Johnson with his late sister Connie. Picture: Supplied

'I'm saluting the best mum in Canberra': Samuel Johnson on Dear Mum

Amy Martin

New research has found 70 per cent of Australians aged 65 and do not have any form of advance care planning document in place and of the 30 per cent that do, the majority of them are either incomplete, invalid or not legally binding. Photo: Shutterstock

End-of-life crisis looming for older Australians

Geraldine Cardozo

Foods seniors should be eating

Foods seniors should be eating

Samara Ross

WOMEN'S BUSINESS: Obstetrician Caroline de Costa has been delivering babies for almost 50 years. Photo: Sean Davey.

How delivering babies has changed in 50 years

Samara Ross

Julia Arnold, of Benalla, Antony Jeffrey, of Sydney and Chris Smith, of Kirribilli.

Socials: Tutu tango

Elesa Kurtz

Picture by reader @bb_clickz

Instagrammers of Canberra

Left- Manager Nina Gane of From Paris with Love in January 1980.

PHOTOSFlashback Friday: Shopping in the city

Richard Burns and Alec Olsen, Belandi Ag, Belandi, Blackville, with a pen of Angus steers which sold for $1910/hd at Tamworth last Friday. Photo: Michelle Mawhinney

Steers sell to $1960 high at Tamworth store sale

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Richard Burns and Alec Olsen, Belandi Ag, Belandi, Blackville, with a pen of Angus steers which sold for $1910/hd at Tamworth last Friday. Photo: Michelle Mawhinney

Steers sell to $1960 high at Tamworth store sale

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Currently genetic resources in Australia are preserved either directly by primary producers, indirectly at artificial insemination centres or by breed societies and researchers in a range of areas. Photo: File

Calls mount for first livestock genetic bank

Currently genetic resources in Australia are preserved either directly by primary producers, indirectly at artificial insemination centres or by breed societies and researchers in a range of areas. Photo: File

Calls mount for first livestock genetic bank

The Pursehouses bring in their "once-in-a-lifetime" sorghum crop at Breeza Station this week.

Sorghum like never before on Liverpool Plains

The Pursehouses bring in their "once-in-a-lifetime" sorghum crop at Breeza Station this week.

Sorghum like never before on Liverpool Plains