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JAN GEHL REPORT. Photograph shows a scene in Copenhagen, Denmark, a city put forward as an example of how public space can be given over to pedestrians and cyclists, through the implementation of strategies that reduce motor-vehicle congestion, and lead to more pleasant living conditions. In Copenhagen town-squares now exist in spaces that were once car parks. 19 November 2007. Story by Jackie Maley. Photograph by Wade Laube for The Sydney Morning Herald. Copenhagen’s Strøget, redesigned by Danish architect Danish Jan Gehl

Car free days on agenda in bid to 'Copenhagenise' Canberra

Nick Kyrgios is waiting to find out whether he will be suspended after his outbursts during the North American season. Picture: Getty Images

Rafter calls for Kyrgios ban after American meltdowns

Raiders co-captain Jarrod Croker makes a fan's night even better.

Croker goes the extra mile

Snow on the Brindabella Mountains behind Parliament House. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

The cold isn't done yet: more snow coming for Brindabellas

The Instagram account @datingcbr publishes the dating experiences of Canberrans. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The Instagram account sharing Canberra dating stories

Here I am (front right) in another fun family photo looking like hostages because Grandma (left) baked.

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My grandma may be trying to kill me

NSW Premier to face spill motion over abortion bill

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Netanyahu vows to annex all settlements

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Indonesian police arrest 185 over fires

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Newlyweds given love, but not a blessing, from Anglican church

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Law prof, media mogul lead Tunisia vote

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Emergency warning for northern NSW fire

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A state dinner for Scott Morrison is 'the greatest compliment the US can pay another country'.

Trump and Morrison to talk trade, security

Labor isn't resiling from its attack on coalition MP Gladys Liu over her links to Chinese groups.

Labor intensifies attack on Gladys Liu

Senator Hanson's bill makes separating couples try to sort out property/custody disputes themselves.

Make couples not court sort fights: Hanson

Crossbench MP Bob Katter covers his face while sitting next to Liberal MP Gladys Liu in Parliament on Monday. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

'Nearly died of shock': Katter's awkward moment

A cyber attack on Australia's parliament has been reportedly traced to China. Picture: Shutterstock

Intelligence agencies pinned Parliament hack on Beijing: report

Rob Harris

Greens Senator Nick McKim has called for exclusions to the character test for visa holders. Picture: Dominic Lorrimer

New character test should exclude long-term residents, child migrants: Greens

Katie Burgess

Smoke from an explosion fills the sky on the outskirts of West Mosul, Iraq in 2017. Picture: Kate Geraghty

Stripping citizenship not only way to deal with terror threat: ASIO

Sally Whyte

China was behind Australia hack: sources

Govt believes China behind hack of Parliament

Colin Packham

Why we still love old-fashioned books with printed pages made of paper

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Why we still love old-fashioned books with printed pages made of paper

Steve Evans

Dig deep and support our Legacy collectors this year

Dig deep and support our Legacy collectors this year

Letters to the editor

We need to take a good look at NAPLAN

We need to take a good look at NAPLAN

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Fatima Killeen, Gaza as the world stood there to watch 2, 2014 in Collision: Conflict of Sacred Realities at Belconnen Arts Centre. Picture: Supplied

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Serene beauty and urgent tone have a powerful message

Sasha Grishin

Tasmanian-born comedian Hannah Gadsby won an Emmy for her Netflix special Nanette. Picture: Simon Schluter

Hannah Gadsby fends off Beyonce to win at Emmys

Frances Vinall

Silver (voiced by Rachel Bloom), Red (Jason Sudeikis) and Chuck (Josh Gad) in The Angry Birds Movie 2. The sequel is loaded with subplots and incidents that are sometimes diverting but mostly feel like they are included to pad out the running time.

This sequel is mostly for the birds

Ron Cerabona

Fatima Killeen, Gaza as the world stood there to watch 2, 2014 in Collision: Conflict of Sacred Realities at Belconnen Arts Centre. Picture: Supplied

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Serene beauty and urgent tone have a powerful message

The story of the Crawleys is picked up in 1926; the film boasts all the style, splendour and scandals of the beloved series. Picture: Universal Pictures

Did you lose Downton Abbey in the British fog? Time to catch up

Leanne Italie

Susanne Morgan, Sienna Spackman, 4, and Anna Morgan enjoy the flowers and music at Floriade on Saturday. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Spring sunshine sets up picture-perfect Floriade opening

Blake Foden

Wallabies stalwart Adam Ashley-Cooper is in line to play at his fourth Rugby World Cup. Picture: Getty Images

'He's still got it': Ashley-Cooper feels pace is up to scratch

The winners of the 2018 Federal Amateur Open, Grace Kim and Corey Lamb.

Federal Amateur put on hold due lack of corporate support

Josh Papalii wins the 2018 Mal Meninga Medal. Will he go back-to-back? Picture: NRL Imagery

Papalii a chance to go back-to-back in Mal Meninga Medal

LaMelo Ball will play in Canberra with the Illawarra Hawks. Picture: Anna Warr

Hawks bounce back to ACT

Capital Football has allocated McKellar Park as Canberra United's home venue for 2019-20. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

McKellar given green light for W-League

Lucie Bertoldo

Nick Kyrgios is waiting to find out whether he will be suspended after his outbursts during the North American season. Picture: Getty Images

Rafter calls for Kyrgios ban after American meltdowns

Darren Walton

The lead-up to Elliott Whitehead's off-the-ball tackle on Ryan Papenhuyzen, which Graham Annesley said should've resulted in a sin bin. Picture: NRL Imagery

Green Machine finally cops sin bin break in Melbourne

David Polkinghorne

Raiders co-captain Jarrod Croker makes a fan's night even better.

Croker goes the extra mile

David Polkinghorne

The seven simple rules to maintaining a Self Managed Super Fund

The seven simple rules to maintaining a Self Managed Super Fund

Does your car harbour a deadly secret? Keep your family and friends safe by urging them to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for a 'tap on the shoulder' for Takata

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

INPUT: What do you have to say about living and working in regional Australia? Join the discussion at futurefocusproject.com.au.

Have your say on living in regional Australia

Joanne Crawford

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?

Emma Brown

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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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian faces a spill over her handling of a bill decriminalising abortion.

NSW Premier to face spill motion over abortion bill

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Newlyweds given love, but not a blessing, from Anglican church

Newlyweds given love, but not a blessing, from Anglican church

Fifty-seven fires were burning in NSW in the afternoon and about 20 weren't contained.

Emergency warning for northern NSW fire

Labor's bid to push businesses to paying casual loadings and permanent entitlements has failed.

Labor's bid to scrap casual rule defeated

Workers at Cadbury's Hobart factory earn holiday leave at different rates, as per the legal decision

Government to take sick leave case to the High Court

Scott Morrison is hosting Fiji's PM in Canberra just weeks after some blunt words between the pair.

Fiji PM not afraid to speak his mind

Angus Livingston and Finbar O'Mallon

Energy minister Angus Taylor says drone attacks on Saudi oil fields won't hit fuel supplies here.

Australia not worried about oil shortages

Daniel McCulloch

Sarah Budge says she has never seen anything indicating John Ibrahim's involvement in crime.

Jury hears of John Ibrahim's relationship

Luke Costin

An election billboard in Tel Aviv shows Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu with US President Donald Trump

Netanyahu vows to annex all settlements

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An election billboard in Tel Aviv shows Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu with US President Donald Trump

Netanyahu vows to annex all settlements

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Indonesian police have arrested 185 people suspected of lighting forest fires.

Indonesian police arrest 185 over fires

Indonesian police have arrested 185 people suspected of lighting forest fires.

Indonesian police arrest 185 over fires

A law professor and a media mogul are ahead in Tunisia's presidential race, an exit poll shows.

Law prof, media mogul lead Tunisia vote

A law professor and a media mogul are ahead in Tunisia's presidential race, an exit poll shows.

Law prof, media mogul lead Tunisia vote

E-scooters are taking over streets in Europe with modern technology paving the way.

Technology leads to the electric scooter invasion

Mathew Dickerson

The Instagram account @datingcbr publishes the dating experiences of Canberrans. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The Instagram account sharing Canberra dating stories

Amy Martin

Tasmanian-born comedian Hannah Gadsby won an Emmy for her Netflix special Nanette. Picture: Simon Schluter

Hannah Gadsby fends off Beyonce to win at Emmys

Frances Vinall

FASCINATING: The Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum is known for exhibiting specimens from every major stage of life on Earth.

A weekend at the museum

Andrew Lotherington

Overhead cable cars transport tourists above Funchal city in Madeira.

Make Madeira your goal

Steve Meacham

Salamanca Cathedral with the Tormes River in the foreground. Picture: Supplied

The poetry and the passion

Brian Johnston

ART FORM: "I've stuck with pen, paper and paint," says Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd, pictured here painting the cat Scarface Claw in her home studio in New Zealand.

Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd's chaos theory

Geraldine Cardozo

FRIEND IN NEED: Alma's recognition of Tom's stroke symptoms helped to get him to hospital for a treatment in a timely fashion

Quick thinking Alma a stroke of luck for Tom

See over a million spring flowering bulbs at Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Victoria, including tulips, daffodils, ranunculus and anemones.

Hello petal! Australia's must-see flower festivals

Geraldine Cardozo

Malena Roldan from Argentina, Kailah Johnson of Mawson with Danielle, 4, Alex and Florence Newnham, 5mth all of Mawson.

Canberra in full bloom

Kelly Taylor and Lilly Stephan, of Isabella Plains.

Socials: Triumphant Tricolours

Elesa Kurtz

Adam Broinowski of Cook and Jeremy Whitside of Braddon.

Metamorphosis at the Street Theatre

Canberra Streets

Action in the sale marquee as buyers view prospective sires.

Yarrawonga Merino rams hit $22,000| Photos| Video

Action in the sale marquee as buyers view prospective sires.

Yarrawonga Merino rams hit $22,000| Photos| Video

The tree Barmedman residents, Sharee and Graeme Stewart painted. The Blue Tree Project started in WA but has now spread to nearly every state in Australia. Photo Shantelle Stephens.

The poignant message behind blue trees

The tree Barmedman residents, Sharee and Graeme Stewart painted. The Blue Tree Project started in WA but has now spread to nearly every state in Australia. Photo Shantelle Stephens.

The poignant message behind blue trees

Heavy rain decimated 20 properties earlier this year.

Remote farm flooding declared ag disaster

Heavy rain decimated 20 properties earlier this year.

Remote farm flooding declared ag disaster