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Why has the ACT, with a population of less than half a million people, experienced such a housing boom?

ALLHOMESWhy are house prices in Canberra as expensive as Melbourne?

Jessica Taulaga
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An audit of the government's commuter car park funding scheme unveiled misuse of public money for electoral purposes. Picture: Shutterstock

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONPublic service cast its lot the wrong way in 'car park rorts' scandal

Richard Mulgan

New COVID cases in NSW near 300

New Covid cases in NSW near 300

Matt Carr
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The ACT has imposed quarantine orders on travellers from 14 LGAs in NSW. Picture: Karleen Minney

Shoalhaven residents, other NSW regions locked out of ACT

Lanie Tindale

AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERPolice set to get power to take over social media accounts

Sarah Basford Canales

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says more vaccines doses are going to outbreaks. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Scramble to control Delta variant as national cabinet meets again

Harley Dennett

Junqi Huang, left, arrives for his sentencing with solicitor Peter Woodhouse. Picture: Blake Foden

SUBSCRIBERSpying 'super brain' to leave Australia 'under cloud of shame'

Blake Foden

The Alexander Maconochie Centre, where Minh Dang was bashed. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBERGlasser wins appeal against sentence after being bashed in jail

Blake Foden
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SUBSCRIBERLeppington Triangle farmers made millions

SUBSCRIBERACT govt reveals new details of plan to increase rights of tenants

Confusion over Covid stay-at-home orders for ACT school students

NSW man charged after Covid sickie

Why has the ACT, with a population of less than half a million people, experienced such a housing boom?

ALLHOMESWhy are house prices in Canberra as expensive as Melbourne?

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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce holds court in question time on Wednesday, prompting the Opposition Leader to raise a point of order "on weirdness". Picture: ABC

SUBSCRIBER | OPINION'On weirdness, Mr Speaker': Parliament's bad magic

F45 Training trainers, Bereket Haile and Dan Walshe having to wear masks due to NSW Covid restrictions. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

NSW stricter anti-Covid rules are bringing more business to ACT

Canberra woman Kate Molineaux in the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney this week with her brother Neal. Picture: Supplied

Canberra rallies for brave Kate

Canberra man Richard McMillan lived in his car for a year but never gave up hope he would get his life back on track. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBEROne Canberran's journey from jobless and homeless to employed again, with a place to call his own

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Tokyo Olympics day 14: live coverage

LIVETokyo Olympics day 14: live coverage

SUBSCRIBERThe Olympic Games we needed

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COVID-19's impact on NSW: the numbers

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WATCHLearn the secret behind the world's loudest burp

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ALLHOMESWhy are house prices in Canberra as expensive as Melbourne?

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SUBSCRIBERGlasser wins appeal against sentence after being bashed in jail

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New Victorian cases linked to mystery outbreaks

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Gladys Berejiklian (R) and Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant have released the latest virus numbers.

COVID-19's impact on NSW: the numbers

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Learn the secret behind the world's loudest burp

WATCHLearn the secret behind the world's loudest burp

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Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley confirmed six new local COVID-19 cases have been recorded.

New Victorian cases linked to mystery outbreaks

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Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young

Ten virus cases in Qld, lockdown could end

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Are you confused by the labelling of plant-based foods, regulators say there are few complaints.

Do plant-based food labels confuse you?

Chris McLennan
1hr ago

New COVID cases in NSW near 300

New Covid cases in NSW near 300

Matt Carr
1hr ago

Police made 15 arrests including for lighting a flare during an anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne.

Vic anti-lockdown protesters 'wolves'

Callum Godde
1hr ago

NO REGRETS: Host farmer Alan Pitcher with Nevetts Lawyers' Kent Mallinson and Cathy Drake at his Skipton property, which hosts turbines as close as 500 metres to his home.

Want to host a wind farm? Here's one man's experience

Marian Macdonald
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Urban Infrastructure Minister Paul Fletcher. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERLeppington Triangle farmers made millions

Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources secretary David Fredericks. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERPublic servants should not face stigma for working in political offices: David Fredericks

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBERScott Morrison deflects over $600m commuter car park fund

Senator Rex Patrick. Picture: Karleen Minney

'Magnificent victory': National cabinet ruled not a cabinet

Ngambri-Ngunnawal elder Matilda House has welcomed the new compensation scheme for Stolen Generation survivors. Picture: Karleen Minney

'About time': Stolen Generation redress welcomed by Indigenous leaders

Dan Jervis-Bardy

The Australian Retailers Association claims support is needed for small businesses to survive beyond lockdowns. Picture: Shutterstock

Retailers on brink of collapse, government support not enough

Gerard Cockburn

New NDIS Minister Linda Reynolds. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBERContracts canned, no budget cuts: Morrison government's NDIS promise

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Lieutenant General John Frewen. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Drive-in vaccinations need more detail

Finn McHugh
Jasper Lindell

Labor and the Greens should form a rainbow coalition

Labor and the Greens should form a rainbow coalition

Letters To The Editor

Indigenous disadvantage is a chasm

Indigenous disadvantage is a chasm

The Canberra Times

Kaylee McKeown, Chelsea Hodges, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell show off their gold medals in the 4x100m medley relay. Picture: Insidefoto

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONWhy not aim for gold in beating climate change, too?

Patrick Suckling

Three Extinction Rebellion members were charged with defacing public property at the Department of Agriculture. Two were sentenced while one had his charge dismissed. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBER'Heading for hell on Earth': Climate protesters make emotional plea in court

Jordan Beroukas, right, leaves the scene of the crime after starting a fire in a jail cell.

SUBSCRIBER'Shithead' jail arsonist gets chance to show he can change

The victim's Toyota Corolla, which rolled and hit a tree. Picture: Julia Kanapathippillai

SUBSCRIBERFatal crash case hinges on 'critical' blood tests, court told

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Canberra musician Sophie Edwards performs at The Front this weekend. Picture: Supplied

WHAT'S ONFive things to do in Canberra this weekend

Amy Martin

CLEAN FUN: Lily James and Emily Beecham in The Pursuit Of Love. Below, Skeletor voiced by Mark Hamill in Masters Of The Universe: Revelation

Satirical story worth of class and friendship

Josh Leeson

Co-curators Dr Deborah Hart and Elspeth Pitt with curator of projects Peter Johnson (centre) at the Know My Name Part II exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

NGA launches Know My Name project

Amy Martin

Canberra musician Sophie Edwards performs at The Front this weekend. Picture: Supplied

WHAT'S ONFive things to do in Canberra this weekend

Norman Gunston (Garry McDonald) carries former prime minister Gough Whitlam in a promotional image for The Dismissal: A Very Serious Musical Comedy. Picture: Supplied

It's not yet time for The Dismissal

Ron Cerabona

Friends is peak 1990s.

Friends trivia night will be there for you

The ACT has imposed quarantine orders on travellers from 14 LGAs in NSW. Picture: Karleen Minney

Shoalhaven residents locked out of ACT

The ACT has imposed quarantine orders on travellers from 14 LGAs in NSW. Picture: Karleen Minney

Shoalhaven residents locked out of ACT

F45 Training trainers, Bereket Haile and Dan Walshe having to wear masks due to NSW Covid restrictions. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

NSW stricter anti-Covid rules are bringing more business to ACT

F45 Training trainers, Bereket Haile and Dan Walshe having to wear masks due to NSW Covid restrictions. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

NSW stricter anti-Covid rules are bringing more business to ACT

The ACT has imposed quarantine orders on travellers from 14 LGAs in NSW. Picture: Karleen Minney

Shoalhaven residents, other NSW regions locked out of ACT

The ACT has imposed quarantine orders on travellers from 14 LGAs in NSW. Picture: Karleen Minney

Shoalhaven residents, other NSW regions locked out of ACT

Dan McKellar will step down as Brumbies coach at the end of next season. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBERBrumbies begin global search for McKellar's replacement

Tokyo Olympics day 14: live coverage

LIVETokyo Olympics day 14: live coverage

The Raiders need to put Jack Wighton on their back for a change. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBERRicky Stuart says it's time to put Jack on Raiders' back

Prop James Slipper is one of the seven Brumbies players named in the Wallabies' first Bledisloe Cup Test against New Zealand. Picture: Wallabies Media

SUBSCRIBERRecord number of Brumbies named in Wallabies' lineup

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart says Elijah Anderson is a natural footy player. Picture: Raiders Media

SUBSCRIBERLast-minute call-up has Anderson on the verge of Raiders debut

David Polkinghorne

Dan McKellar is on track to become the next head coach of the Wallabies. Picture: Wallabies Media

SUBSCRIBERCould Dan be the man for the Wallabies?

Isobel Cootes

Leilani Mitchell led the way for the Opals but they have been eliminated from medal contention. Picture: Getty

SUBSCRIBER'We didn't have a good preparation': Opals' dream ends

Caden Helmers

Brumbies coach and Wallabies assistant Dan McKellar. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBER'They're human beings': Wallabies simple plan to beating All Blacks

James Buckley

Ariarne Titmus became a rockstar, so too her coach Dean Boxall. Picture: AAP

SUBSCRIBERThe Olympic Games we needed

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Ariarne Titmus became a rockstar, so too her coach Dean Boxall. Picture: AAP

SUBSCRIBERThe Olympic Games we needed

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Australian Rhydian Cowley (yellow singlet on the right) has finished a creditable eighth in the Olympic 50km walk.

Cowley eighth in Olympic 50km walk

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Australian Rhydian Cowley (yellow singlet on the right) has finished a creditable eighth in the Olympic 50km walk.

Cowley eighth in Olympic 50km walk

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Tokyo Olympics day 14: live coverage

LIVETokyo Olympics day 14: live coverage

Tokyo Olympics day 14: live coverage

LIVETokyo Olympics day 14: live coverage

The South Korean government tightened restrictions last week across most of the country.

South Korea extends social distancing curbs

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The South Korean government tightened restrictions last week across most of the country.

South Korea extends social distancing curbs

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As of August 5, mainland China has recorded 93,498 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

China reports outbreak's highest virus cases

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As of August 5, mainland China has recorded 93,498 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

China reports outbreak's highest virus cases

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French court okays virus health pass rules

French court okays virus health pass rules

French court okays virus health pass rules

French court okays virus health pass rules

Jay and JC, two young outback miners, search for precious opal in their mine at White Cliffs, NSW. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos.

LISTENHidden treasures of White Cliffs

Jay and JC, two young outback miners, search for precious opal in their mine at White Cliffs, NSW. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos.

LISTENHidden treasures of White Cliffs

Sister Brigid and Anjali Sharma one of the teenagers who brought the duty of care case against the Environment Minister. Picture: Supplied

LISTENEight kids and a nun walk into court, and it's no joke for rural Aussies

Sister Brigid and Anjali Sharma one of the teenagers who brought the duty of care case against the Environment Minister. Picture: Supplied

LISTENEight kids and a nun walk into court, and it's no joke for rural Aussies

Brumby Bar & Grill co-owner Patricia Borthwick-Higgs has had to reduce the number of patrons in the pub because she doesn't have the staff to serve them. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENJobs abound in snow country, so why isn't anyone applying?

Brumby Bar & Grill co-owner Patricia Borthwick-Higgs has had to reduce the number of patrons in the pub because she doesn't have the staff to serve them. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENJobs abound in snow country, so why isn't anyone applying?

TIGHT MARKET: The cost of renting houses and units in Orange has risen significantly in the past year. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

Unit rent values soar by 16 per cent, houses up 13 per cent in this regional city

TIGHT MARKET: The cost of renting houses and units in Orange has risen significantly in the past year. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

Unit rent values soar by 16 per cent, houses up 13 per cent in this regional city

SEE YA: The movement of people from city to country has seen regional houses snapped up and pressure to quickly build more estates.

Thousands are still abandoning the cities for the country

SEE YA: The movement of people from city to country has seen regional houses snapped up and pressure to quickly build more estates.

Thousands are still abandoning the cities for the country

Review to shed light on strained regional telecommunications network

Review to shed light on strained regional telecommunications network

Review to shed light on strained regional telecommunications network

Review to shed light on strained regional telecommunications network

Footy great takes on new challenge, growing back his hair!

Footy great takes on new challenge, growing back his hair!

This quick and easy Napolitana is sure to be a hit on family dinner night

This quick and easy Napolitana is sure to be a hit on family dinner night

Is using alternative data the future of lending?

Is using alternative data the future of lending?

Reverse mortgages offer financial flexibility in retirement

Reverse mortgages offer financial flexibility in retirement

Why customers are turning to comparison websites to source energy deals

Why customers are turning to comparison websites to source energy deals

Dellaram Vreeland

Having a mobile vet visit your home creates a better experience for you, your pet and the vet.

Special vet care for your pet delivered to your door

Winter wonderland: Lighting can turn a garden into an awe-inspiring spectacle. Picture: Supplied

Shine on: The complete guide to planning your outdoor lighting

The Olympic medals being handed out in Tokyo are made from recycled electronic waste. Picture: Shutterstock.

OPINIONGoing for gold: recycling electronic waste into Olympic medals

Mathew Dickerson
31m ago

By moving from controlling how much a superannuation fund could have in total, to limiting contributions, the government is encouraging people to get engaged with their super and invest it well to create a substantial balance. Picture: Shutterstock.

ADVICEBuilding wealth beyond superannuation beats leaving money in the bank

Noel Whittaker
1hr ago

Cymbidium orchids are one of the easiest to grow. Picture: Shutterstock.

Busting the myth that orchids are hard to grow

John Gabriele
1hr ago

MORE HELP: 80,000 new packages are on the way. Photo: Shutterstock

Government announces 80,000 new home care packages

Eileen Wood

Yuck factor a barrier to bowel cancer screening

Yuck factor a barrier to bowel cancer screening

Rev. Bill Crews shares his rules for living a better life.

Bill Crews: Twelves rules for living a better life

Samara Ross

Curator of weapons, Robert Courtney, handles a 1917 long-barrelled Luger automatic pistol in March 1990.

PHOTOSFlashback Friday: A curator's touch

Lexxie Jury of McKellar, Melissa Jury of Bonython and Joel Stone of Bonython.

I regret nothing

Elesa Kurtz

Glen, Hugo, 6, and Joe Adams, 10, of O'Connor.

Socials: Light up Lyneham

Elesa Kurtz

John Kelly with his beloved and famous retired mare Burst, aged 31 years, at Newhaven Park near Boorowa. Photo Virginia Harvey.

Top mare still bursts with life

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John Kelly with his beloved and famous retired mare Burst, aged 31 years, at Newhaven Park near Boorowa. Photo Virginia Harvey.

Top mare still bursts with life

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Ruined: A Gulargambone farmer was forced to burn their hay after mice contaminated it, rendering it toxic. Photo contributed.

$1 million mouse plague fund shared between 1000 farmers

Ruined: A Gulargambone farmer was forced to burn their hay after mice contaminated it, rendering it toxic. Photo contributed.

$1 million mouse plague fund shared between 1000 farmers

Riverine Plains Project Officer, Jane McInnes, at the Boorhaman, Vic oats/vetch trial. The trial site is one of six across southern NSW and northern Victoria that are part of the Fodder for the Future project. Photo: Riverine Plains

Growing fodder for the future

Riverine Plains Project Officer, Jane McInnes, at the Boorhaman, Vic oats/vetch trial. The trial site is one of six across southern NSW and northern Victoria that are part of the Fodder for the Future project. Photo: Riverine Plains

Growing fodder for the future