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SUBSCRIBERHuawei's decision made amid heightened political tensions

Sally Whyte
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ACT chief health officer Dr Kerryn Coleman. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Health experts warn of virus surge as temperatures rise

Julia Kanapathippillai
Kathryn Lewis
Andrew Brown

Former Yass High School teacher Lee Brown, who raped a student in 2007, walked free from court on Monday. Picture: Blake Foden

SUBSCRIBERFormer teacher who raped student avoids return to jail

Blake Foden
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The Raiders will be chasing a new sponsor next year. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBER | UPDATED'Can't financially support it': Major sponsor splits with Raiders

David Polkinghorne
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Education Minister Dan Tehan during question time on Thursday. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Education minister promotes incorrect graduate employment figures

Sarah Lansdown
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Police have fined a learner motorbike rider more than $2000 after he was caught speeding. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Learner motorbike rider fined after speeding 60 km/h above limit

Andrew Brown

Canberra is a great city but its residents deserve better, more affordable services, Alistair Coe says. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONCanberra badly needs a fresh vision which only the Liberals can provide

Alistair Coe

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Tests surpass 75,000 as ACT remains coronavirus-free

Kathryn Lewis
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SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONWhat role should the public service play as tensions rise with China?

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UPDATEDCanberra's first COVID-19 vaccine trial underway

Victoria has 41 deaths as cases drop to 73

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SUBSCRIBERHidden health crisis: Canberra's alarming overdose death toll

SUBSCRIBERHuawei's decision made amid heightened political tensions

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Firefighters work to put out fires at the edge of the NSW North Black Range bushfire. Fire conditions are predicted to ease across south-eastern Australia due to a wetter-than-average spring. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Wet spring increases risk of grass fires

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Builder Dimitri Livas (left) and roof repairer Ben Ashford inspect the new dome. Picture: Karleen Minney

Holy hail: St Nicholas church finishes storm restoration

The upcoming summer will be unlike any other in Canberra as mainstay events find themselves on uncertain ground. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

How will a summer look in Canberra in the age of COVID-19?

Joan Corkhill, with her Indian coffee creams, and Community Services #1's Amanda Tobler. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Staying connected through food

Not everyone is keen to take a COVID-19 vaccine. Picture: Shutterstock

EXPLAINERCan laws compel us to be vaccinated?

Polls favour Abe critic as next Japan PM

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China's manufacturing grows but weaker

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Palmer builds UAP Qld election war chest

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Andrews pledges exit plan after pressure

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Aged care sector to receive $563m package

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OPINIONThe surprising trend of the pandemic

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Clive Palmer's companies have donated more than $80,000 to his Palmer United Party

Palmer builds UAP Qld election war chest

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Josh Frydenberg says Victoria has seen the biggest public policy failure in living memory.

Andrews pledges exit plan after pressure

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Aged care homes "were running on the smell of an oily rag well before COVID", Gerard Hayes says.

Aged care sector to receive $563m package

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A confirmed case from the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre cluster visited Toowoomba on August 16.

Gatherings limited to 10 across parts of southern Queensland

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If only we knew what the future holds? Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONThe surprising trend of the pandemic

Jess Wallace
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ABS data shows wages and salaries slumped by a record 3.3 per cent during the June quarter.

Wages bill tumbles during virus pandemic

Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics and Business Correspondent
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Wetter conditions in eastern Australia may lead to an increase in the risk of fast-running fires.

Qld fire risk despite wet spring forecast

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Ashley Dyball denies murdering a drug dealer whose decomposed body was found in a shallow grave.

Qld drug dealer 'killed during robbery'

Cheryl Goodenough
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison during question time. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINIONGovernment's plan for a veto over university agreements is a step too far

Greens senator Rachel Siewert is retiring from politics at the next election. Picture: Getty Images

Greens senator Rachel Siewert to retire from politics

Scott Morrison has paid tribute to Shinzo Abe, who is stepping down.

PM pays tribute to Shinzo Abe

Health Minister Greg Hunt's job is not about to get any easier - and it's thanks to his own government. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONChanges to environment laws and clean energy funding make the Coalition's plan clear

The Australian government has been warned about the possibility of COVID-19 vaccines ending up on the dark web. Picture Shutterstock

Warning COVID-19 vaccines could be sold on dark web

Sally Whyte

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said keeping state borders shut until there was a vaccine was a "recipe for economic ruin". Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

PM's push for colour-coded zones to stop border closures

Katie Burgess

Medical experts are working on a way to ensure state border restrictions are based on health advice.

Trio of pandemics create border challenge

Paul Osborne

If this was a marriage, Australia would be packing its bags while telling China everything was fine. Picture: Shutterstock

SUBSCRIBER | ANALYSISIt's all about China, Australia just won't say so

Sally Whyte

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OPINIONWorkplace sexual harassment is a health and safety issue

Lisa Heap

Showing up is the least you can do

Showing up is the least you can do

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Problems such as racism that have been building up for years are now surging onto the streets. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONWhy there's never a 'simple answer'

Nicholas Stuart

The boss, a sex worker and a pro fighter: The rise and demise of the Canberra Nomads

SUBSCRIBERThe boss, a sex worker and a pro fighter: The rise and demise of the Canberra Nomads

A Mercedes-Benz GLA45, which police seized during a raid on Hayley Wood's Belconnen home. Picture: ACT Policing

SUBSCRIBERAlleged drug dealer boasted about profit before Mercedes, $16k cash seized in raid: police

One of the accused is arrested in Queanbeyan on Thursday. Picture: NSW Police

SUBSCRIBERAlleged drug kingpin 'perhaps too busy to eat and sleep'

The upcoming summer will be unlike any other in Canberra as mainstay events find themselves on uncertain ground. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

How will a summer look in Canberra in the age of COVID-19?

Andrew Brown

Megalo Print Studio artistic director Ingeborg Hansen. The studio is marking its 40-year anniversary with an exhibition opening on September 1. Picture: Karleen Minney

Canberra's heart of printmaking turns 40

Sally Pryor

Joan Corkhill, with her Indian coffee creams, and Community Services #1's Amanda Tobler. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Staying connected through food

Karen Hardy

The upcoming summer will be unlike any other in Canberra as mainstay events find themselves on uncertain ground. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

How will a summer look in Canberra in the age of COVID-19?

Jake Silvestro. Picture: Supplied

Circus show will open new Belconnen theatre with risky business

Ron Cerabona

Can Baby Yoda save Star Wars?

Can Baby Yoda save Star Wars?

James Joyce

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Tests surpass 75,000 as ACT remains coronavirus-free

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Canberra is one of 18 sites the Novavax vaccine trial is being undertaken. Picture: Shutterstock.

UPDATEDCanberra's first COVID-19 vaccine trial underway

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More than 72,000 tests as ACT remains virus-free

Superyacht, The Lady Pamela, will be at the centre of a criminal investigation. Photos: file, Instagram.

DIGESTBreak the rules and a whole new set apply - even if you own a yacht

Instrumental Music Program Jazz Band members Asha Cardillo, Casey Magnussen, Jess Hill and Justin Ryu have been able to keep playing, while wind instruments in NSW have been banned due to COVID-19. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Virus restrictions come down to which instruments we can play

Andrew Brown

Qantas is cutting jobs in an attempt to save $100 million per year. Picture: Jamila Toderas

'Spitting in their face': ACT union boss lashes Qantas job cuts

Steve Evans

Not everyone is keen to take a COVID-19 vaccine. Picture: Shutterstock

EXPLAINERCan laws compel us to be vaccinated?

Steve Evans

The upcoming summer will be unlike any other in Canberra as mainstay events find themselves on uncertain ground. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

How will a summer look in Canberra in the age of COVID-19?

Andrew Brown

The Raiders will be chasing a new sponsor next year. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBER | UPDATED'Can't financially support it': Major sponsor splits with Raiders

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Andy Muirhead will stay in Brumbies colours for two more years. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBER'Classic Brumbies success story': Muirhead re-signs

Canberra cyclist Michael Matthews will leave Team Sunweb to join Mitchelton-Scott at the end of the year. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERMatthews switches Sunweb for Mitchelton-Scott

Jack ignites comeback

UPDATEDJack ignites Raiders to crucial comeback win

Chief Minister Andrew Barr wants the federal government to fix the AIS Arena so the ACT government has time to build its own stadium. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBERACT government rules out buying AIS Arena

David Polkinghorne

George Williams helped orchestrate Canberra's comeback win over Canterbury on Sunday night. Picture: NRL Imagery

SUBSCRIBERGreat Scott: More Bunker confusion in Raiders triumph

James Buckley

Brumbies hooker Connal McInerney has emerged as a potential Wallabies bolter. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERMcInerney's shock Wallabies phone call

Caden Helmers

Terry Campese scored a try before being forced from the field with a quad injury. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos.

SUBSCRIBERCampese's season likely over as Rams hammer Blues

James Buckley

The latest travel restrictions, state by state

The latest travel restrictions, state by state

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Host Maude Boate waves to locals as the Silver City Stiletto train bound for the Broken Heel Festival gets ready to depart from Central Station. Picture: Destination NSW

Silver City's Hollywood edge in the outback

Katrina Lobley

A bottleneck forms at the NSW/Victoria border after the announcement the border would be closed from midnight on July 8. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONTensions rise over travel standstill

Michael Turtle

Feeling out of control? Get back into the driver's seat for a healthier you

Feeling out of control? Get back into the driver's seat for a healthier you

Spring clean your life and finances

Spring clean your life and finances

A world of opportunity awaits at ACU Open Day

A world of opportunity awaits at ACU Open Day

Does Australia need a unified front door to government services?

Does Australia need a unified front door to government services?

Get out of town (virtually) with this innovative approach to travel

Get out of town (virtually) with this innovative approach to travel

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Brodburger's Sascha Brodbeck and Joelle Bou-Jaoude. Photo: Rohan Thomson.

Buying from local businesses can help power up the Canberra economy

Career guide: how to become a buyers agent

Career guide: how to become a buyers agent

Shigeru Ishiba would have to face factional favourite Yoshihide Suga in any leadership battle.

Polls favour Abe critic as next Japan PM

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Shigeru Ishiba would have to face factional favourite Yoshihide Suga in any leadership battle.

Polls favour Abe critic as next Japan PM

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Chinese manufacturing is close to normal but retailing and other service industries are struggling.

China's manufacturing grows but weaker

31m ago

Chinese manufacturing is close to normal but retailing and other service industries are struggling.

China's manufacturing grows but weaker

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The Seoul metropolitan area has been at the centre of South Korea's coronavirus resurgence.

S.Korea sees 248 new cases as virus spikes

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The Seoul metropolitan area has been at the centre of South Korea's coronavirus resurgence.

S.Korea sees 248 new cases as virus spikes

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Brian Huntly Gordon - in many guises.

How one man survived the horrors of Timor, Changi and Japan

Adam Holmes

HISTORY OF SERVICE: Ronald Young served in the Royal Australian Air Force, and experienced his fair share of conflict across the Pacific. Picture: Paul Scambler

'I was in Darwin for an hour when the bombs fell'

Caitlin Jarvis

THE MOMENT IT WAS OVER: Children led a surge of Bendigo residents into the town centre to celebrate the end of the war. Picture: P. PINDER

World war not the only battle faced by Victorian city

Tom O'Callaghan

A particular woman indeed - Ashley Dawson-Damer. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWGlamour, philanthropy and grit

Colin Steele

Feeling chilly? Spice up your life

Feeling chilly? Spice up your life

Jackie French

All ready for the cat tooth fairy.

OPINIONThe helpful hints you won't see in any parenting books

Christy Kidner

Qantas flight attendant Sara Armbrecht at the Qantas Founders Museum holding two dolls dressed in her minature Qantas uniforms: a Pucci unform worn 1974 to 1985 (left) and the current uniform designed by Martin Grant.

Flights of fashion: Doll collection celebrates century of Qantas uniforms

Geraldine Cardozo

Reforms for NSW retirement villages.

Retirement village reforms welcomed

Eileen Wood

October 12, 1993: Chris Fitzsimmons, AKA Mr Chops, at his Coolemon Court store.

High steaks profession

Picture by Elesa Kurtz @elesakurtz

Instagrammers of Canberra

Eliza Savage of Lawson, Aimee Barry of Googong and Jessica Salcedo of Googong.

Socials: Watercolours and wine

The border bridge at Goondiwindi. NSW wants swift action on letting ag workers through all state borders with proper protocols in place.

National code sought to allow ag to work

The border bridge at Goondiwindi. NSW wants swift action on letting ag workers through all state borders with proper protocols in place.

National code sought to allow ag to work

Sally Butt, Butt livestock and Property, representing C. McMillan, Bungendore who was awarded the Best Presented Steers for their pen of seven Poll Hereford steers, weighing an average 390kg. They sold for $1615 per head.

Yass weaner steers top at $1615

Sally Butt, Butt livestock and Property, representing C. McMillan, Bungendore who was awarded the Best Presented Steers for their pen of seven Poll Hereford steers, weighing an average 390kg. They sold for $1615 per head.

Yass weaner steers top at $1615

We may not have been able to get together for services on ANZAC Day but thousands of us were united in honouring soldiers in our own dawn services at home. The Land readers sent these amazing photographs of their dawn services from wreaths and flags that adorned front gates to the breathtaking sunrise image from Damon and Beth Liddicoat's property at Goolgowi, north west of Griffith.Photo Beth Liddicoat

Best pix of 2020 so far

We may not have been able to get together for services on ANZAC Day but thousands of us were united in honouring soldiers in our own dawn services at home. The Land readers sent these amazing photographs of their dawn services from wreaths and flags that adorned front gates to the breathtaking sunrise image from Damon and Beth Liddicoat's property at Goolgowi, north west of Griffith.Photo Beth Liddicoat

Best pix of 2020 so far