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Henry Speight and son Josefa have both tested positive to coronavirus. Picture: Supplied

SUBSCRIBER'He struggles to breathe': Ex-Brumby reveals son's coronavirus diagnosis

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National Capital Authority chief executive Sally Barnes Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Curtin horse paddock rezoning approved despite community opposition

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Ben Morton has announced the six-month freeze on public sector wages will not be extended. Picture: Jamila Toderas

SUBSCRIBERPublic servants can soon expect to see a bit more money in their bank accounts

Elliot Williams

Criminal Matthew Massey in 2001. Picture: Supplied

SUBSCRIBER'You think I'd go without a balaclava?': Career criminal says he's been set up

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IPI chair Kevin Rudd has accepted the resignation of the group's CEO and president.

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A member of AFP's forensics team at the scene of a fatal stabbing in Weston on September 27. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERSecond teen arrested following Weston skatepark stabbing

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French President Emmanuel Macron says thousands of soldiers will be deployed to protect key sites.

Tunisian man kills three in Nice church

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Australia's former Ambassador to the US Joe Hockey at a garden party with Prime Minister Scott Morrison in 2019 in Washington DC, United States. Picture: AAP

Former US ambassador Hockey's 'thought partner' wasn't normal practice: DFAT

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The top causes of death for men and women in Canberra

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Damaged cars during the Canberra hailstorm as smoke rises from nearby fires. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERSevere storm season: the ACT's hardest hit suburbs

Movember's Global Director of Mental Health and Suicide prevention Brendan Maher with Ben Alexander. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

It's time to grow the 'most important mo'

Thunderstorms, heavy rain to hit ACT this weekend

Wattle Day Association members Warwick Wright, Pat Wright, Chris Alexion, Suzette Searle, Dr Phillip Kodela, and Dawn Searle outside the Reserve Bank in Canberra on Thursday with the new $100 wattle note. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Enthusiasts line up for newly-released $100 banknote

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Post boss position up to board: Morrison

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Tunisian man kills three in Nice church

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More storms forecast for NSW coastline

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Australia Post chief's position is not up to him.

Post boss position up to board: Morrison

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The prime minister has told French President Emmanuel Macron Australia stands with France.

Morrison condemns 'cowardly' French attack

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Michael Draper with the 2.7m tiger shark he caught on an 80-pound braid line.

What a whopper: Fisherman hooks 320kg tiger shark

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NSW has been lashed by wet and windy weather all week, and the conditions are forecast to continue.

More storms forecast for NSW coastline

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Premier Daniel Andrews has encouraged Victorians to dob in people flouting COVIDSafe rules.

Vic has no virus deaths, four new cases

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Rudd think tank CEO resigns over Epstein

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Blade runner goes DUI after cutting his mate's grass

A voter fills out their ballot at Pilgrim House during early voting before the ACT election. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINIONWe should rejoice in our ability to vote free of interference or suppression

Steve Evans

SUBSCRIBERPublic servants can soon expect to see a bit more money in their bank accounts

Nick Hopkins and his wife Heike Sutherland in the rubble of their Malua Bay home. Picture: Supplied

Bushfire royal commission recommendations must address climate change, say survivors, firefighters

Angus Taylor used a ministerial statement to attack Labor over its climate and energy policies.

Minister warned over energetic statement

Former US ambassador Hockey's 'thought partner' wasn't normal practice: DFAT

National Disability Insurance Agency chief executive Martin Hoffman. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

NDIA executive filled with contractors

Elliot Williams

Councils have been using the metadata retention scheme to crack down on illegal dumpers. Picture: Richard Briggs

SUBSCRIBERStop councils using metadata to catch illegal dumpers: committee

Katie Burgess

LIVELive updates on today's Senate estimates hearings

Elliot Williams

US President Donald Trump campaigning in Michigan this week. Picture: Getty Images

US election has been targeted by hackers at least six times, as cyber interference increases

Sally Whyte

2020 US election is a date with destiny

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OPINIONHow the left and right are trying to defeat the Treasurer

Jenna Price

Electric scooter usage needs to be monitored very closely

Letters to the Editor

Three Comancheros were found not guilty in the ACT Magistrates Court on Thursday of affray. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBERComancheros cleared of charges after scuffle at Woden club

SUBSCRIBERSecond teen arrested following Weston skatepark stabbing

Man and woman face court over spate of alleged aggravated burglaries, theft

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ANU Za Kabuki performers Meg Houghton as Samurai Sanzaemon, Kai Dewar as Makiginu, Christina Lee as Ono-no Harukaze, and David Filing as Kumedera Danjo in a production of Whisker Tweezers for kids who lost their parents in the 2011 tsunami. Picture: Matt Loxton

ANU Kabuki group goes digital for charity

Amy Martin

BentSpoke Brewing has released a cherry gose beer for summer. Picture: Supplied

In the pink: BentSpoke release a cherry beer for summer

Karen Hardy

Canberra Islamic Centre president Zafar Ahmad stands inside the Sabah Al-Ahmad mosque in Monash. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

National Mosque Open Day in Canberra

ANU Kabuki group goes digital for charity

Former ambassador Geoff Raby. Picture: Geoff Raby

Talking about China and the Dismissal

Ron Cerabona

Wolfgang's Magical Musical Circus by Circa. Picture: Dylan Evans

Art shows, theatre hit city's stage

Ron Cerabona

SUBSCRIBER'He struggles to breathe': Ex-Brumby reveals son's coronavirus diagnosis

French President Emmanuel Macron. Picture: Getty Images

ANALYSISWhy is COVID-19 kicking off again around the globe?

Kirsty McBain, standing up bushfire victims'.

DIGESTFire focus shouldn't be lost on Friday - or any day

Expert calls on govt to invest in prevention

Insurance claims for sick pets are on the rise during the pandemic. Picture: Shutterstock

Are you walking your dog too much? How our pets are paying the price for us working at home

Katie Johnson, Sophie Raynor and Steve Evans

Demand for certain dogs spikes as humans seek companionship in pandemic

SUBSCRIBERSome dog breeds have become more popular since COVID-19, and have the price tag to prove it

Katie Johnson, Sophie Raynor and Steve Evans

Laura Hamilton, right, and her 81-year-old mother Evon McGuinness have been isolating together since March. They went to the South Melbourne Markets on Wednesday morning. Picture: Katie Johnson

'I might cry': Melbourne shakes off 112 days of lockdown

Sophie Raynor, Katie Johnson

You know it's reopening when flights are relaunching

Janine Graham

SUBSCRIBER'He struggles to breathe': Ex-Brumby reveals son's coronavirus diagnosis

Noah Lolesio will make his Wallabies debut on Saturday. Picture: Stu Walmsley.

Lolesio receives shock Wallabies call up

Steve Peios and Nick Boutzos have worked tirelessly to bring boxing back to Canberra. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERExhibition Park to host monster six-fight card

Nathan Cleary has no time dwell on the NRL grand final loss as he prepares for State of Origin I.

Origin camp a tonic for Cleary's GF blues

NRL grand final hero Ryan Papenhuyzen will miss the opening State of Origin game due to injury.

Injured Papenhuyzen out of Origin opener

Pamela Whaley and Murray Wenzel

The Capital Darters hope to make their second tier comeback next year. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERNetball ACT hope Lightning strikes for ANC

Lucie Bertoldo

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told the NRL to restore the national anthem at State of Origin.

NRL backflips on scrapped anthem at Origin

Pamela Whaley and Murray Wenzel

Queensland are confident Cameron Munster will recover from his sore knee in time for Origin.

Munster's appetite for Origin remains

Murray Wenzel

The Drip Gorge, near Mudgee. PHOTO: Mudgee District Environment Group

LISTENMeet the women fighting for The Drip

AA hits fast ice off Davis V1 7 Nov 2019. PHOTO: Simon Payne AAD

LISTENClimb aboard the only Australian-made icebreaker

Ride Dungog's Chloe Chick and other volunteers installed flow tracks down the hill at the Common. PHOTO: Marina Neil

LISTENWhy this town is booming its way through COVID

The sunset viewing area near Hay offers views across the flower-filled fields. Pictures: Michael Turtle

The drive-through towns that will make you want to stop a while

Michael Turtle

ACT residents can travel to Tasmania with quarantining from Monday. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

EXPLAINERThe Tasmanian border is open. Here's what you need to know before you go

Kathryn Lewis

Shannon Noll is back on the road for Great Southern Nights.

Great Southern Nights: 1000 gigs to get you up and moving

Brittany Lazarus

Farmers and outdoor workers may be at greater of risk non-melanoma skin cancer

Waste warriors: Fraser Primary School students (top from left) Elsie Harding and Charlie Noble, (bottom from left) Molly Campbell, Lucy Lawton, and Mim Thurkettle.

Students become 'waste warriors' in mission to protect the environment and to help their garden grow

Aussie cricket great calls on fellow farmers to get skin checked regularly

Your future trip is outback

Christine Hall had an image of a woman embracing an Australia soldier tattooed on her back as a permanent reminder of her husband's homecoming.

The permanent bonds of family and friends in ink

A perfect hot plan for you

Emma Brown

Andrew Kotzur supplies the global agricultural, mining, plastics and feedlot markets with storage facilities. Photo: Supplied

Kotzur still pioneering advances in bulk storage 60 years on

Tunisian man kills three in Nice church

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Tunisian man kills three in Nice church

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India is reporting about 48,000 coronavirus cases a day on an average.

Global virus increase a single-day record

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Global virus increase a single-day record

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US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attended a campaign rally in Florida.

Trump and Biden scramble for Florida vote

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Trump and Biden scramble for Florida vote

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HUMBLY ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF HIS MATES: Bob Smith with his World War II 75th anniversary commemorative medallion and certificate.

Soldier who came of age amid battlefields in New Guinea

Donna Ward

COMFORT BELOW: Nurses in the Second World War in the Underground Hospital in Mount Isa.

Did 79 soldiers die of cyanide?

Derek Barry

SHOVELLING SNOW IN SYRIA: Members of the 2/3 Battalion clearing snow in 1942.

Tragic drowning of digger who fought the enemy in three countries

ROAD ROBOT: Road closures for repairs could soon be a thing of the past. Picture: Shutterstock.

Autonomous pothole-fixing vehicle coming to streets soon

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The winner of the investing game is the one with the most assets on the board

Noel Whittaker
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BALANCE: Daily exercise is great for improving your health and well-being, but too much may cause some problems. Picture: Shutterstock.

No need to overdo your exercise

Dr Adam Castricum
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Marj Thornton (nee Pullen) left with her friend Joy as special wireless operators at Kedleston Hall in the early 1940s.

At 98, code-cracking Marj is no enigma

NATIONAL TREASURE: Jack Thompson thinks there's something special about seeing a film at the cinema. Photo: Peter Brew-Bevan

It's never too late, says Jack

Samara Ross

Advocate says older workers' jobs are threatened by the government's new JobMaker scheme.

JobMaker sees older workers dumped by employers

Eileen Wood

Doug Newton-Walters from Dunlop, and Jillian Matthews from Evatt.

And the fossil is ...

Matt Loxton

Art at the embassy

Dion Georgopoulos

December 1, 1992: A model wears Sportafino stripe dress and matching shirt with Zoda beads from Alibi.

Looking back on the fashion forward

Finding a 'Jenny Craig' paddock is more important than ever this season. Managing nutrition from the second trimester is one way to not blow out calf size. Photo: file photo

Perfect storm leads to big problem calving heifers

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Perfect storm leads to big problem calving heifers

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The two top-priced rams with purchaser Zoe Rolfe, Kenilworth Grazing, Nimmitabel, Greendale's Ivy, Miranda and Alan McGufficke, Elders' Sam Green and Tim Schofield and Greendale's Mark and Lachlan McGufficke.

Greendale Merinos sell to $5750 top

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Greendale Merinos sell to $5750 top

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