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Scott Morrison is expected to announce the restart of Australian repatriation flights from India.

Restart for India rescue flights confirmed

Matt Coughlan

A repatriation flight lands in Canberra earlier this year. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Overseas travel further out of reach as govt clamps down departures

Sally Whyte
1hr ago

Christian Porter is accused of trying to control how a defamation proceeding is reported.

Porter accused of trying to control case

Greta Stonehouse

Adem Somyurek denies allegations of ALP branch stacking in Victorian federal seats.

Federal Labor preselections put on hold

Karen Sweeney
2hrs ago

Burnout videos being posted to social media are attracting police attention

SUBSCRIBERHoons on social media slapped with fines

Peter Brewer

FAMILY: Jayden Penno-Tompsett's aunt Karen Dobell, from left, mother Rachel Penno and aunt Sharelle Harwood leaving Cairns Coroners Court on Friday. Picture: Brian Cassey

Family's heartbreak as coroner rules on missing persons case

Donna Page

Former ACT Corrective Services Commissioner Jon Peach. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERPrison boss scored new $327k role as damning riot report was tabled

Peter Brewer
Lucy Bladen

Global exports from China rose 32.3 per cent over a year ago to $US263.9 billion.

China trade surge as global demand returns

Joe McDonald

SUBSCRIBERAlleged drug dealer Jomal Nchouki granted bail over cocaine in trailer

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

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No new local NSW cases, premier 'pleased'

Girl arrested after shooting at US school

Scott Morrison is expected to announce the restart of Australian repatriation flights from India.

Restart for India rescue flights confirmed

Wiradjuri artist Kristie Peters wearing a shawl she designed for the new initiative. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Shawls give women cultural connection, safety in breast cancer screening

Tanya Hennessy has written a junior fiction book she hopes will help instill confidence in young girls. Picture: supplied

SUBSCRIBERTanya Hennessy talks Canberra, kids, having a crack and rising above it all

Dr Debra Saunders (left) and Rebecca Vassarotti with a deceased parrot. Picture: Steve Evans

The 'larrikin of the forest' lands in Canberra

National Museum of Australia director Mathew Trinca. Pictures: Keegan Carroll

Funding boost for Canberra's national museums, galleries

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Talk of the Times: Religion and politics

LISTENTalk of the Times: Religion and politics

Quarantine cut for vaccinated HK residents

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Hundreds make submissions on proposed war memorial expansion

36m ago

SUBSCRIBERProve doubters wrong by sticking boot into Knights

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Funding boost for Canberra's national museums, galleries

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

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SUBSCRIBERDe Losa ready to swing his axe for Australian title

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Vulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

DIGESTVulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

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AXEMAN: Lithgow's Brad De Losa is heading to St Kilda for the Australian Trophy. Photo: SUPPLIED.

SUBSCRIBERDe Losa ready to swing his axe for Australian title

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Robodebt victims were made to feel like "welfare cheats" by Centrelink staff, a court has been told.

Robodebt victims 'treated like criminals'

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COVID-19 positive cases in Howard Springs have fallen to 21 from more than 50 cases a week ago.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

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Lawyer Ho Ledinh was shot dead in broad daylight as he sipped tea in a Bankstown cafe.

Jury discharged at lawyer's murder trial

Margaret Scheikowski
1hr ago

Hannah Quinn (second left) has avoided jail for being being an accessory after a sword killing.

Sword killer's girlfriend walks free

Greta Stonehouse
1hr ago

Howard Springs quarantine facility will receive three flights of the most urgent cases from India.

India COVID flights may stress NT Health

Aaron Bunch
1hr ago

Victoria's move to a single QR code is expected to improve check-ins at music and dining venues.

Five Victorians isolate after NSW outbreak

Roger Vaughan and Benita Kolovos
1hr ago

National Museum of Australia director Mathew Trinca. Pictures: Keegan Carroll

Funding boost for Canberra's national museums, galleries

36m ago

A repatriation flight lands in Canberra earlier this year. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Overseas travel further out of reach as govt clamps down departures

1hr ago

Trade Minister Dan Tehan says Australia wants to have a dialogue with China, to work through issues.

Chinese freeze disappoints trade minister

National Archives of Australia director-general David Fricker. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONThe wait of history: The National Archives doesn't simply need improved funding

Talk of the Times: Religion and politics

LISTENTalk of the Times: Religion and politics

Alex Crowe
Steve Evans

Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Ben Morton, has announced additional funding for Old Parliament House. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERFederal budget: Old Parliament House to undergo restoration

Doug Dingwall

Energy Minister Angus Taylor says the money will create jobs and support manufacturing around the country. Picture: Simone De Peak

$58 million to speed up gas projects and prevent shortfall

Sally Whyte

ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Minister Rachel Stephen Smith. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

ACT government urges Commonwealth to enact Uluru statement

Jasper Lindell

Scheme a victory for Mr Fluffy victims

Scheme a victory for Mr Fluffy victims

The Canberra Times

Is an election win for Tasmania's Libs good news for Scott Morrison?

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONIs an election win for Tasmania's Libs good news for Scott Morrison?

Peter Brent

National Archives of Australia director-general David Fricker. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONThe wait of history: The National Archives doesn't simply need improved funding

Frank Bongiorno

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 Jomal Nchouki granted bail over cocaine in trailer

Jason Parkinson arrives for his trial earlier this week. Picture: Blake Foden

SUBSCRIBERMarist brothers abuse allegation 'markedly different', court told

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Disclaimer: Garage sale listings are based on the latest information available at the time of publishing. Please follow advice from government authorities on social, business, travel and other restrictions to help keep yourself and others safe. ACM takes no responsibility for any consequences arising from these listings.

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

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STOIC: Elizabeth Moss is again amazing in season four of The Handmaid's Tale, but the lack of forward momentum is tiring.

Bleak Handmaid's Tale becoming a pain drain

Josh Leeson

MILESTONE: The Bamboos celebrate 21 years as a band with the release of their 10th album Hard Up. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICThe Bamboos hardened up by anniversary rain check

Josh Leeson

Disclaimer: Garage sale listings are based on the latest information available at the time of publishing. Please follow advice from government authorities on social, business, travel and other restrictions to help keep yourself and others safe. ACM takes no responsibility for any consequences arising from these listings.

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

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Canberra author Emma Batchelor, who won the Vogel Literary Prize, appears at the ANU on May 12. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

What's on in the Canberra literary scene

Karen Hardy

Tammi Gissell performs Mundaguddah this weekend. Picture: Anthony Browell

THINGS TO DOWhat's happening in Canberra's arts scene

Vulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

DIGESTVulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

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Vulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

DIGESTVulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

1hr ago

A repatriation flight lands in Canberra earlier this year. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Overseas travel further out of reach as govt clamps down departures

1hr ago

A repatriation flight lands in Canberra earlier this year. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Overseas travel further out of reach as govt clamps down departures

1hr ago

Picture: Shutterstock

DIGESTSydney masks up after second COVID case detected

Picture: Shutterstock

DIGESTSydney masks up after second COVID case detected

Allan Alaalatoa and James O'Connor want their hands on the trophy. Picture: Brendan Hertel/QRU

SUBSCRIBERAlaalatoa's outsiders looking to create a night to remember

Brumby Nick Frost. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBER'They're in the pipeline': Brumbies eyeing emerging stars

George Williams. Picture: Raiders Media

SUBSCRIBERWilliams looking to go home

The Raiders have put off-field distractions behind them with a good week on the training track. Picture: Raiders Media

SUBSCRIBERRaiders put drama behind them ahead of must-win Wagga clash

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Brumbies brothers Lachie and Ryan Lonergan have risen from the junior ranks at Tuggeranong to a Super Rugby AU final together. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBERBrothers in arms chasing their Super Rugby dream

Caden Helmers

Oscar Smyth played in Belconnen's thumping win over Gungahlin last weekend. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Injury-hit Eastlake set for Magpies

James Buckley

It's the perfect opportunity for the Green Machine to prove they're not kicking stones. Picture: Raiders Media

SUBSCRIBERProve doubters wrong by sticking boot into Knights

David Polkinghorne
36m ago

New Raiders co-captain Elliott Whitehead, right, says Josh Hodgson's decision to step down came "out of the blue". Picture: Les Smith

SUBSCRIBERWhitehead relishes captain's challenge for Green Machine

David Polkinghorne

Hong Kong is shortening quarantine times for residents who are fully vaccinated against COVID.

Quarantine cut for vaccinated HK residents

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Hong Kong is shortening quarantine times for residents who are fully vaccinated against COVID.

Quarantine cut for vaccinated HK residents

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An investigation is under way after former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed was hurt in a blast.

Aust police to help probe Maldives blast

2hrs ago

An investigation is under way after former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed was hurt in a blast.

Aust police to help probe Maldives blast

2hrs ago

A giant inflatable Boris Johnson in Hartlepool which the Conservative Party has won from Labour.

Tory win in former UK Labour stronghold

2hrs ago

A giant inflatable Boris Johnson in Hartlepool which the Conservative Party has won from Labour.

Tory win in former UK Labour stronghold

2hrs ago

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?

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

Feeling breathless? Dizzy? Fatigued? Don't assume its your age, it could be your heart

Feeling breathless? Dizzy? Fatigued? Don't assume its your age, it could be your heart

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Special publication: Eat, Drink, Sleep Canberra

Pilots of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF and of the 475th (Fighter) Group 5th US Army Air Force during a visit by the latter to Momote airfield. Photo: Supplied

Air Force 100

Nicki Davey

"We will not always make the right choice. We will err. We will trip and fall. There are things we will regret. Human being is not easy." Picture: Shutterstock.

ADVICEFinding happiness in our own humanity

Gary Bentley
2hrs ago

Lifestyle medicine looks at a "prevention rather than cure" approach to health care. Picture: Shutterstock.

'Lifestyle medicine', is it misunderstood?

HealthShare

Many retirees sacrifice their own standard of living and leaving more money to their beneficiaries instead of living comfortably during retirement. Picture: Shutterstock

Lifetime pensions, are they really as good as they sound?

Noel Whittaker

GREEN IS GOOD: Tony Kanellos has plenty of priceless childhood memories of times spent in his family backyard.

A time when the grass was greener

Rowan Cowley

Enjoy meeting and serving travellers at the William Creek Hotel. Photo: South Australian Tourism Commission.

Fancy a working holiday?

Sue Preston

Cafes and shops in Kings Cross, Sydney, 1933. Photo: National Library of Australia.

Fun and frolics up at the Cross

John Piggott

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

PHOTOSFlashback Friday: Shopping in the city

Wendy and Stuart May of Reid.

PHOTOSThe idea of Vienna

Ayu Srimoyo

Chippy Lo of Watson and Leena Wall of Monash.

PHOTOSLet's dance

Ayu Srimoyo

NSW Waratahs Sio Tatola, Angus Bell, Sam Wykes and James Ramm visited Wellington Redback juniors at training on Tuesday evening.

Waratahs see how good Redback juniors are

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NSW Waratahs Sio Tatola, Angus Bell, Sam Wykes and James Ramm visited Wellington Redback juniors at training on Tuesday evening.

Waratahs see how good Redback juniors are

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FINED: 1080 is a poisoned bait used to kill wild dogs.

Landholder fined for illegally storing 1080 baits

FINED: 1080 is a poisoned bait used to kill wild dogs.

Landholder fined for illegally storing 1080 baits

RESULT: Pilso, Julie and Chris Richards, Brookville Angus, sold 382 European Union accredited steers.

Wodonga yards 2600 head with light steers above 700c/kg

RESULT: Pilso, Julie and Chris Richards, Brookville Angus, sold 382 European Union accredited steers.

Wodonga yards 2600 head with light steers above 700c/kg