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Chair of the independent review into the public service, David Thodey. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBERThodey's 'shake-up' meets a brick wall

Kirsten Lawson

Firefighters at work last week to put out fires at the edge of North Black Range bushfire near Braidwood. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Fire near Braidwood contained, Kings Hwy reopens

Cassandra Morgan

Australia's deputy high commissioner to the United Kingdom Matthew Anderson has been appointed director of the Australian War Memorial. Picture: Michael Masters, AUSPIC/DPS

Veteran appointed as new director of Australian War Memorial

Katie Burgess

A military helicopter departs Whakatane airport for the recovery operation.

Families jubilant after bodies recovered from White Island

Ben McKay

Prime Minister Scott Morrison lays out his vision for the Australian Public Service today at an event hosted by the Institute of Public Administration.

Picture: Jamila Toderas

SUBSCRIBERPublic service braces for reform as Coalition releases Thodey report

Doug Dingwall
Adrian Rollins

Extra federal funding will allow annual lease periods for firefighting aircraft to be extended.

Morrison responds to pressure over NSW bushfires

Matt Coughlan and Daniel McCulloch

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Who just got promoted and appointed in the Australian Public Service

Katie Burgess

Rachel Noble has been named as the Australian Signals Directorate director-general. Picture: Australian Signals Directorate

New Australian Signals Directorate boss announced

Doug Dingwall

Boris Johnson, chaotic and all-conquering

Cadbury sick leave appeal to go ahead

Public servants to vote on pay rises before Services Australia overhaul

Canberra's parking meters restored after technical glitch

Chair of the independent review into the public service, David Thodey. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBERThodey's 'shake-up' meets a brick wall

The Raiders plan to meet with Jack Wighton's manager next week. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERRaiders move to lock in Wighton

Australia's Travis Head has been dismissed for 56 in the pink-ball Test against New Zealand in Perth

NZ face new ball under lights in WA Test

Canberra Pet Rescue's Brian Yeboah and Debbie Patterson say they are in need of cat food, litter and cat toys. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

What Canberra charities wish you would donate this Christmas

A six year old should be able to recognise familiar words and have some strategies to manage unfamiliar words. Picture: Unsplash

ANALYSISSo your kid's finished their first year of school. Here's what they should have learnt

Donna Anthony, Chris Nicholls and Ron Innes: volunteer firies all. We say THANK YOU.

REAL AUSTRALIASorry, PM, you said what?

Clashes erupt in Delhi; Abe cancels visit

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Salad days shaped Clive James

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OPINIONAustralia is a bludger on carbon emissions, not an overachiever

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OPINIONTehan's response to PISA results is to cook the books

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OPINIONEveryone loses when schools are segregated - but some more than others

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All-Aussie options for quick breaks and getaways

All-Aussie options for quick breaks and getaways

Explore Travel:

HISTORY: Travel through the spectacular scenery around the Danube on your Amsterdam to Budapest river cruise.

Entries close soon: win a $27,000 European river cruise for two

Joanne Crawford

Enjoy the ultimate sleepover with native fauna at Taronga Zoo's new Wildlife Retreat.

A night in the wild - but with a twist

Teresa Ooi

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison lays out his vision for the Australian Public Service today at an event hosted by the Institute of Public Administration.

Picture: Jamila Toderas

SUBSCRIBERPublic service braces for reform as Coalition releases Thodey report

Australia's deputy high commissioner to the United Kingdom Matthew Anderson has been appointed director of the Australian War Memorial. Picture: Michael Masters, AUSPIC/DPS

Veteran appointed as new director of Australian War Memorial

Rachel Noble has been named as the Australian Signals Directorate director-general. Picture: Australian Signals Directorate

New Australian Signals Directorate boss announced

Records reveal the government contractors not paying tax

Records reveal the government contractors not paying tax

Services Australia secretary Renée Leon. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Public servants to vote on pay rises before Services Australia overhaul

Doug Dingwall

Extra federal funding will allow annual lease periods for firefighting aircraft to be extended.

Morrison responds to pressure over NSW bushfires

Matt Coughlan and Daniel McCulloch

Voters line up at Old Parliament House on election day. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

ACT independents paid out thousands from election

Sally Whyte

Kate Davis told the royal commission about the best care her mother received, and when it fell short. Picture: Jamila Toderas

SUBSCRIBERAged care staff 'woefully ill-prepared' for dying patients

Sally Whyte

Whakaari is neither safe to visit nor very interesting to see

Whakaari is neither safe to visit nor very interesting to see

Letters to the editor

Parliament House and St Andrew's Presbyterian Church as seen through the smoke haze on Sunday. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINIONWill the fires kick up enough stink to get to our politicians?

Desmond Manderson

Prime Minister's change of position welcome

Prime Minister's change of position welcome

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Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

The Canberra Miniature Railway. Picture: Karleen Minney.

Miniature trains and Santa at Christmas

Peter Russell-Clarke: the bearded bloke with a passion for art and food

Peter Russell-Clarke: the bearded bloke with a passion for art and food

Kathy Sharpe

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

Clare Belfrage, A Measure of Time, collection of works, 2018. Picture: Brenton McGeachie

REVIEWSerene response to rhythms of life

Kerry-Anne Cousins

HISTORY: Travel through the spectacular scenery around the Danube on your Amsterdam to Budapest river cruise.

Entries close soon: win a $27,000 European river cruise for two

Joanne Crawford

A disappointed Josh Hazlewood leaves the field after suffering a leg injury in just his second over.

Hazlewood injured in Test at Optus Stadium

Nikolai Topor-Stanley will be come a 300-game man on Sunday. Picture: Marina Neil

SUBSCRIBERBeers, tears and cheers: Topor-Stanley reaches game No. 300

Some Indigenous players decided not to sing the national anthem during this year's State of Origin series. Picture: Getty Images

SUBSCRIBERMake anthem All Star absentee

Alex Blackwell returns to Canberra as the enemy this weekend. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Bullets have an Ace up their sleeve

Rising star Matthew Gilkes has set his sights on becoming a regular member of the Thunder XI. Picture: Getty

SUBSCRIBERCatching the eye of the spin king

Caden Helmers

The Raiders plan to meet with Jack Wighton's manager next week. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERRaiders move to lock in Wighton

David Polkinghorne

Queanbeyan horse trainer Todd Blowes with his horse Noble Boy who's racing in the Villiers Stakes on Saturday. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Blowes looking for mile high finish at Villiers

Lucie Bertoldo

Canberra Raiders CEO Don Furner thinks the NRL's new captain's call rule is a waste of time. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

SUBSCRIBERRaiders boss questions need for NRL's captain's call rule

David Polkinghorne

Greenway Views provides an alternative to traditional retirement living

Greenway Views provides an alternative to traditional retirement living

Leadership qualities: Kate Venables was one of the first managers in Australia to receive Chartered Manager accreditation.

The making of a leader

THE GOOD OLD DAYS: Long before Monash, Oxley and Gowrie, there was Wanniassa. Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. NAA: A6135, K9/6/81/5

The four houses that define your Canberra childhood

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Vantage Strata Managing Director Chris Miller.

Vantage Strata named Canberra's leading strata management experts

Oia town on Santorini island, Greece. Get amongst the traditional and famous houses and churches with blue domes over the Caldera, Aegean sea.

Medieval cities of the Mediterranean

Emma Brown

DISCOVERY: Encouraging curiosity and creativity instils confidence and interest in learning.

Intervene early for a life of learning

Jen Walker

An emergency warning remains in place for an unpredictable bushfire in Perth's north.

Emergency remains for Perth bushfire

Hitting the road at Christmas: Be prepared. Photo: Shutterstock

Safely hitting the road on holidays

Lawyer Michael Tudori says his client would make admissions over an alleged $22 million fraud.

'Corrupt' WA bureaucrat facing 530 charges

The culture in Victoria Police was 'toxic' when Nicola Gobbo was an informer, an inquiry has heard.

Top judge offered Lawyer X review in 2010

Families of victims of the White Island eruption waited for bodies to be retrieved from the site.

High-risk bid to recover six Australian volcano victims

Ben McKay

A parliamentary report on press freedom in Australia has been delayed until next year.

Press freedom report delayed again

Finbar O'Mallon

Firefighters are backburning across NSW firegrounds ahead of deteriorating weather again next week.

Backburning ahead of worsening NSW weather

Scott Morrison says while government has made progress on child abuse, there is still work to do.

Government slow on child safety guidance

Finbar O'Mallon

Students in New Delhi are railing against a new citizenship law that excludes Muslim groups.

Clashes erupt in Delhi; Abe cancels visit

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Students in New Delhi are railing against a new citizenship law that excludes Muslim groups.

Clashes erupt in Delhi; Abe cancels visit

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Former PM Abdelmadjid Tebboune won Algeria's presidential election with 58 per cent of the vote.

Ex-PM Tebboune elected Algeria's president

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Former PM Abdelmadjid Tebboune won Algeria's presidential election with 58 per cent of the vote.

Ex-PM Tebboune elected Algeria's president

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Julian Assange has appeared in a hearing to extend his custody in Belmarsh Prison.

Assange can't view evidence, court told

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Julian Assange has appeared in a hearing to extend his custody in Belmarsh Prison.

Assange can't view evidence, court told

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Clive James and his Sydney University peers revitalised drama on campus, drawing the attention of mainstream critics with their stylish productions of the classics. Picture: Gettyt Images

Salad days shaped Clive James

Laura Ginters
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Despite the north facing frontage, the rear living areas have great access to northern light. Photos by Tatjana Plitt.

When light is the backbone of design

CLEVER: Despite the north facing frontage, the rear living areas have great access to northern light. Photos: Tatjana Plitt.

When light is the backbone of design

Simple things missed in care

Simple things missed in care

Cheryl Field

Edith Cowan University's Dr Stephanie Rainey-Smith shares her insights into Alzheimer's disease on the Body of Knowledge podcast.

What can you do to avoid Alzheimer's disease?

Geraldine Cardozo

Warning as scammers steal mobile phone numbers, rob bank accounts

Warning as scammers steal mobile phone numbers, rob bank accounts

Eileen Wood

Jack Walmsley and Ethan Vujanovic, both of Acton, with Oscar Hyler of Griffith and Vishaal Varma of Isaacs.

A wild, colourful career

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Vicky Darling orders a drink at the Royals Football Club bar at the frolic. Her squadron of barmen are (from left) Paul Brown, Andy Dalton and Dave Williams. (1992)

Flashback Friday: Eat drink and be merry

Picture by @wakeupsitt

Instagrammers of Canberra

Australia as a renewable energy export powerhouse

Australia as a renewable energy export powerhouse

Australia as a renewable energy export powerhouse

Australia as a renewable energy export powerhouse

A vegan group connected to the invasion of the Carey Brothers abattoir at Yangan in April has been granted $35,000 by the Palaszczuk government. Picture: Nakita Leach

'Farm rescue' group gifted $35,000 by Palaszczuk government

A vegan group connected to the invasion of the Carey Brothers abattoir at Yangan in April has been granted $35,000 by the Palaszczuk government. Picture: Nakita Leach

'Farm rescue' group gifted $35,000 by Palaszczuk government

Smoke from the Pelaw Main fire earlier this month.

Heartfelt plea to PM from firefighter's wife

Smoke from the Pelaw Main fire earlier this month.

Heartfelt plea to PM from firefighter's wife