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ACT Parks and Conservation Service acting area manager of urban reserves Mark Sweaney at Carrick Park in Harrison. The park is one place where signs have been put up to warn people of swooping magpies. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Watch for dive-bombing birds in swooping season

Blake Foden

A worker prepares a Mr Fluffy home for asbestos removal works in 2016. Picture: Rohan Thomson

Curtin home the first Mr Fluffy find in years

Blake Foden

Ministers spent millions travelling the country helping their leaders and MPs campaign in the federal election. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen/Dominic Lorrimer

Ministers, staff charged taxpayers millions to travel country during election campaign

Michael Koziol, Eryk Bagshaw

A man was taken to hospital in a serious condition after being hit by a light rail vehicle in Canberra on Monday, August 12, 2019. Picture: John Mikita

No charges after man hit by tram in rail safety week

Kimberley Le Lievre

Micromanaging the APS won't work

Micromanaging the APS won't work

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Man dead after crash on Hume Highway

Five people have been killed and many others are injured after a gunman opened fire in Texas.

Another mass shooting in Texas: five dead

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Small mobile phones have been smuggled into the Alexander Maconochie Centre in body cavities. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Phone-jamming a possibility at Canberra's prison

Blake Foden

John Kerry gets tough on food in Australia

Minister won't say whether dole adequate

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ACT govt to consider organic food waste collection service

Tamil asylum seeker children 'constantly crying' after move to Christmas Island

ACT Parks and Conservation Service acting area manager of urban reserves Mark Sweaney at Carrick Park in Harrison. The park is one place where signs have been put up to warn people of swooping magpies. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Watch for dive-bombing birds in swooping season

Canberra Raiders captain Josh Hodgson and wife Kirby and children George, 3, and Ivy 1. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

'Sign me up': Hodgson's cute kids celebrate Father's Day

Peter Bray, who will perform one final concert at the National Carillon before it is closed for upgrades until April 2020. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Carillon given musical send-off before closure

The Gold Coast are one of the clubs at risk of being axed to make way for the second Brisbane team.

NRL club could be axed for new Brisbane team

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Protesters and police faced off again on the streets of Hong Kong as the political crisis continues.

HK police storm subway with batons

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Luke Cornish and Dan Maginnity discuss the great graffiti saga of 2007, in which they painted a replacement mural of Steve Pratt. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

The Canberra politician who painted over a prize artwork

HK police storm subway with batons

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Bahamas govt warns, shelter from Dorian

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Another mass shooting in Texas: five dead

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'No Jab, No Pay' plan working, govt says

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East Timorese retain soft spot for Aussies

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The most recent deadly US mass shootings

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Social Services Minister Anne Ruston says the government isn't considering an increase in Newstart.

Minister won't say whether dole adequate

1hr ago

Tim McKenna is one of several Canberrans who is a lifeline to refugees on Manus Island and Nauru. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Making friends with the forgotten men of Manus Island

NDIS funds are reportedly being wasted by providers on lavish dinners and five-star hotels.

NDIS like a runaway train: Shorten

Ministers spent millions travelling the country helping their leaders and MPs campaign in the federal election. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen/Dominic Lorrimer

Ministers, staff charged taxpayers millions to travel country during election campaign

Carina Ford, the lawyer representing the Tamil family who have been sent to Christmas Island, speaks to the media outside the Federal Court in Melbourne on Saturday. Picture: Chris Hopkins

Tamil asylum seeker children 'constantly crying' after move to Christmas Island

Goya Dmytryshchak

Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Dr Martin Parkinson at the hearing on Friday morning. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

Pyne on lobbyist register, but not breaking the rules

Sally Whyte

Sign outside a toilet in the United States. Picture: AP

OPINION
Scott Morrison makes a mark on transgender signs

Steve Evans

Ziggy Switkowski has a long history with nuclear issues. Picture: Attila Csaszar

Nuclear obstacles: cost, waste, lack of energy policy and community support

Sally Whyte

Skipping towards a chic Apocalypse

OPINION
Skipping towards a chic Apocalypse

Ian Warden

ACT stepping up in bid to reduce waste

ACT stepping up in bid to reduce waste

Sunday Canberra Times

It takes courage to learn something new. Picture: Laurie Shea

OPINION
Be bold and face your fear of the new

Jo Palmer

Aretha Franklin in a scene from the late Sydney Pollack's documentary "Amazing Grace".

REVIEW
Amazing Grace skips details and puts soul queen's voice centre stage

Sandra Hall

From left: Lainie Hart, Amanda Brown and Karen Vickery in The Woman in the Window. Picture: Helen Drum

Saving poetry in two dark worlds

Ron Cerabona

Elisabeth Moss, Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy in a scene from The Kitchen. Picture: AP

REVIEW
Gangster wives make a killing

Jake Wilson

Aretha Franklin in a scene from the late Sydney Pollack's documentary "Amazing Grace".

REVIEW
Amazing Grace skips details and puts soul queen's voice centre stage

Baykali Ganambarr as Billy and Ailsing Franciosi as Clare in "The Nightingale". Picture: Matt Nettheim

REVIEW
A powerful portrayal of our nation's brutal history

Sandra Hall

Bye bye Monet... Picture: Supplied

Extended hours for last days of Monet

Megan Doherty

The Gold Coast are one of the clubs at risk of being axed to make way for the second Brisbane team.

NRL club could be axed for new Brisbane team

2hrs ago

Michael Zerafa has stunned Jeff Horn in Bendigo.

Zerafa stuns Horn to scupper world title plan

Canberra Raiders captain Josh Hodgson and wife Kirby and children George, 3, and Ivy 1. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

'Sign me up': Hodgson's cute kids celebrate Father's Day

The Sydney Bears stunned the Canberra Brave to book a place in the AIHL grand final. Picture: Rhys Lavender

Brave stunned in an upset for the ages

Queanbeyan's Jeremy Bridger reaches high for the ball. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Belconnen book a place in the decider

Caden Helmers

Mitch Cornish started his NRL career at the Raiders, but has found new love in Goulburn. Picture: Rohan Thomson.

'Rugby league became a job': Cornish finds love in Goulburn

Chris Dutton

Some members of the Canberra Raiders' "Super Squad" will play at the SCG on Sunday, including David Campion (third from right). Picture: Jamila Toderas

How the Raiders help people emulate heroes

Caden Helmers

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad has been a revelation this year. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

CNK closes in on massive Raiders contract extension

Adrian Proszenko

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

Sun salutation: Greeting the morning at JWLand's latest new release at the Founders Lane development, appropriately called Dawn.

Inner city apartment living lures Canberrans with focus on lifestyle and community

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

We may not have been back to the moon since 1969 but the advanced technology of today would certainly have to make for a smoother landing.

Could your mobile phone take you to the moon and back?

COLOURED WORLD: Sunset at Nyhavn pier in Copenhagen's Old Town. While in Copenhagen you will also be enchanted by the Little Mermaid statue by Edvard Eriksen.

Cruise and tour Scandinavia and the Baltic

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Jet Blast Plumbing provides Canberra with a 24 hour service, seven days a week. Tony offers a quick response and no call-out fee. Photo: Supplied.

You get a quick-response promise from Jet Blast Plumbing

The government says its program to reduce benefits for unvaccinated children is proving successful.

'No Jab, No Pay' plan working, govt says

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Social Services Minister Anne Ruston says the government isn't considering an increase in Newstart.

Minister won't say whether dole adequate

1hr ago

Dairy farmers Barry and Rosey Warburton with their two children.

'We're in a hole': Struggle Street puts spotlight on regional battlers

2hrs ago

Graphic showing locations relating to the battle of Milne Bay in World War II.

1942 victory brought light in hard times

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry will address a food industry conference in Melbourne.

John Kerry gets tough on food in Australia

Christine McGinn

A study shows two thirds of parents don't do enough to secure their children's online devices.

Stranger danger online and in the home

Gemma Najem

Rallies across Australia are planned to support a Tamil asylum seeker family facing deportation.

Aussies rally to let Tamil family stay

Christine McGinn

Cardinal George Pell leaves the County Court in Melbourne on February 26. Picture: AP

Catholics step up push for radical reform following Pell conviction

Farrah Tomazin

Protesters and police faced off again on the streets of Hong Kong as the political crisis continues.

HK police storm subway with batons

17m ago

Protesters and police faced off again on the streets of Hong Kong as the political crisis continues.

HK police storm subway with batons

17m ago

Hurricane Dorian is packing winds of up to 240km/h as it heads towards the southeast US coast.

Bahamas govt warns, shelter from Dorian

36m ago

Hurricane Dorian is packing winds of up to 240km/h as it heads towards the southeast US coast.

Bahamas govt warns, shelter from Dorian

36m ago

Five people have been killed and many others are injured after a gunman opened fire in Texas.

Another mass shooting in Texas: five dead

44m ago

Five people have been killed and many others are injured after a gunman opened fire in Texas.

Another mass shooting in Texas: five dead

44m ago

Author John Connolly. Picture: Supplied

John Connolly on Charlie Parker, ghost stories and memory

Colin Steele

When did my magnolia tree start flowering again. Picture: Shutterstock

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Time for a spring clean of my life

Karen Hardy

Daffodils are brightening up Canberra.

Please don't eat the daffodils

Jackie French

Limone's front door: the way to many Italian treats.

Enjoy Italian taste adventures, in Griffith

John Rozentals

On the skidoo with Alpine Nature Experience. Picture: Georgie James

Snowshoes, snow domes and a snow home

Cosima Marriner

VIEWS: Sunset over Montevideo, Uruguay.

Skyscrapers offer breathtaking views of Uruguay's capital

Sarah Yanez-Richards

Building Bridges to Boorowa volunteer Dick Orchard takes a break from tree planting. Photo: Andrew Scott

Tree change: How one Orchard and an army of volunteers can make a difference

Geraldine Cardozo

Kookaburras to Mr Whippy. What does Australia sound like to you?

Kookaburras to Mr Whippy. What does Australia sound like to you?

Older Australians are among at-risk groups for sepsis.

It kills 5000 Aussies a year, but do you know the sepsis warning signs?

Eileen Wood

Chenoeh Miller, of O'Connor, and Marni Mount, of Dickson.

Socials: Collapse at the Courtyard Studio

Ron Cerabona

Bill and Pat Stephens, of Queanbeyan.

Socials: A night out with a blonde

Ron Cerabona

Picture by @tharindu.jpg gets creative photographing Parkes Way going towards New Acton.

Instagrammers of Canberra

Narrandera Fisheries Centre hatchery manager Matt McLellan, Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall, Cootamundra MP Steph Cooke and fisheries centre manager Martin Asmus.

Plan in motion for 'unprecedented fish kills'

Narrandera Fisheries Centre hatchery manager Matt McLellan, Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall, Cootamundra MP Steph Cooke and fisheries centre manager Martin Asmus.

Plan in motion for 'unprecedented fish kills'

Nic Job, Royalla Shorthorns, Yeoval, with the stud's $9500 top-priced bull, Royalla Utopia N381, which sold to Chester Shorthorns, Krowera near Melbourne in Victoria.

Royalla's top bull to Victorian 'utopia'

Nic Job, Royalla Shorthorns, Yeoval, with the stud's $9500 top-priced bull, Royalla Utopia N381, which sold to Chester Shorthorns, Krowera near Melbourne in Victoria.

Royalla's top bull to Victorian 'utopia'

The top bull, Dunoon N626 with auctioneer, Lincoln McKinley, GTSM, Dunoon Angus stud principal, Jock Harbison and Dick Whale who purchased the top bull on behalf of John and Selena Sylvester, Five Star Cattle Company, Nundle.

Dunoon Angus sell all 106 bulls to average $6491

The top bull, Dunoon N626 with auctioneer, Lincoln McKinley, GTSM, Dunoon Angus stud principal, Jock Harbison and Dick Whale who purchased the top bull on behalf of John and Selena Sylvester, Five Star Cattle Company, Nundle.

Dunoon Angus sell all 106 bulls to average $6491