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Brother Coman Sykes.

SUBSCRIBERAnother Marist priest with sordid past taught in Canberra, new book reveals

Peter Brewer
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Academy of Interactive Entertainment chief executive John De Margheriti. Picture: Lawrence Atkin

SUBSCRIBER$200m plan to create Canberra's 'Harvard of gaming' edges closer

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Dibika Laee, Erishe and Bransh Ramteke. Picture: Supplied

Canberrans stranded overseas feel 'hopeless' about prospect of return

Alex Crowe

Emergency Services Minister Mick Gentleman and former ACT Rural Fire Service chief officer Joe Murphy. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBERLights and sirens training for ACT firies

Dan Jervis-Bardy
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Brumbies on cusp of securing home final

UPDATEDBrumbies thump Tahs to move to cusp of securing home Super Rugby final

Caden Helmers

Morning snow dusts region's peaks as ACT forecast to experience coldest day in four years

Snow dusts region's peaks as ACT cops coldest day in four years

Jasper Lindell

No new cases have been recorded in the ACT on Saturday.

Canberra extends virus-free run with no new COVID-19 cases

Jasper Lindell

Wighton inspires Canberra's Gold Coast Raid

UPDATEDWighton inspires Canberra's Gold Coast Raid

David Polkinghorne

Man arrested in Amaroo after allegedly stealing defrosting cars

Wanniassa man charged with using dating app to organise car theft

SUBSCRIBER'You realise how much you miss it': Giteau relishes homecoming

SUBSCRIBERChance of delayed downturn for Canberra property market

Brother Coman Sykes.

SUBSCRIBERAnother Marist priest with sordid past taught in Canberra, new book reveals

43m ago

Nick Kershaw delivers a surprise marriage proposal to Andrew Strawford on Saturday morning after winning a competition held by the National Portrait Gallery to find the best love story. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Love wins (again) with gallery's surprise proposal

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Snow falls in Hackett in August, 1965. Picture: Supplied

August 7, 1965: When snow blanketed Canberra

Owner Deb Long of Weston Cruise and Travel has booked five cruises for Jenny Coutts over the next three years. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Cruise ship industry sails on despite coronavirus

43m ago

ANU Interhall Council members Sophie Crandall, Lachlan Ballard, Harry Crawford, Christian Flynn, Sanjana Ramesh Kumar, Meghan Malone and Erin Barr will stage a digital protest about increasing tariffs and pastoral care staffing gaps. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

ANU students feel pinch of residence tariff rise

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a vaccine deal. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

EXPLAINERWeek of rising hope and border battles in COVID-19 fight

SUBSCRIBERAnother Marist priest with sordid past taught in Canberra, new book reveals

43m ago

Cruise ship industry sails on despite coronavirus

43m ago

OPINIONSmashing away a Victorian construct

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Heather Paral was one of Canberra's original stylemakers

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The great love and cruel loss of Oscar

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SUBSCRIBERLights and sirens training for ACT firies

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It was a lot scarier when he was emerging from the mist. Picture: Karleen Minney

OPINIONCommemorate black and women leaders, not Black Jack

Canberrans Ross and Helen Muir return from the Victorian border after six days stranded. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

ANALYSISCommonwealth under pressure on border closures but states hold all the cards

National Archives chief information officer Yaso Arumugam (left) and director-general David Fricker. Picture: Karleen Minney

SUBSCRIBER'It will take longer than my lifetime': National Archives to be digitised

Prime Minister Scott Morrison (right) with acting chief health officer Paul Kelly. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

ANALYSISScott Morrison hypes vaccine hopes, but there is a long road ahead

Australian airports are losing $300 million per month due to border closures. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

States could be asked to 'share the load' on domestic border closures

Katie Burgess

The PM says circumstances have changed since promising at the election to deliver the super rise.

Morrison reconsiders superannuation rise

Paul Osborne

Managing director Stephen Byron sits at an empty baggage reclaim area as Canberra Airport nears its closure. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Call for national framework on border closures amid looming 'nine-month shutdown'

Steve Evans
Katie Burgess

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said states needed to do more of the fiscal heavy lifting. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

States asked for $40 billion investment as net debt set to hit $800 billion

Katie Burgess

True legacy projects will aid ACT's economic recovery

True legacy projects will aid ACT's economic recovery

The Sunday Canberra Times

Debate is raging over possible name changes to cities such as Townsville. Picture: Shutterstock

Cancel culture name changes could prove costly for ACT

Letters to the editor

It was a lot scarier when he was emerging from the mist. Picture: Karleen Minney

OPINIONCommemorate black and women leaders, not Black Jack

Mark Kenny

The 20-year-old has been scheduled to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court on Saturday. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Wanniassa man charged with using dating app to organise car theft

Man arrested in Amaroo after allegedly stealing defrosting cars

Man arrested in Amaroo after allegedly stealing defrosting cars

Michael Clark, wearing a hat emblazoned with an acronym that means "Nomads forever, forever Nomads". Picture: Facebook

SUBSCRIBERBikie boss 'as dangerous with a mobile phone as minions with a gun'

Helen Machalias. Picture: Shelly Higgs

Asylum seekers transported to brave new world

Ron Cerabona

Anjelica Bette Fellini, Kadeem Hardison and Maddie Phillips in Teenage Bounty Hunters. Picture: Netflix

REVIEWAn unexpected teen comedy gem

Cris Kennedy

Capital Brewing's Laurence Kain, with Landtasia's Simone Dilkara.

Now cows get to enjoy Capital Brewing, too

Tyson Whelan

Helen Machalias. Picture: Shelly Higgs

Asylum seekers transported to brave new world

Anne Baxter and Bette Davis in All About Eve. Picture: Supplied

Sun sets on two enduring classics

Ron Cerabona

Mohsen (voiced by Swann Arlaud), centre, in The Swallows of Kabul. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWSad tale told with a light touch

Jane Freebury

From left: Barrington Tops, masks in Melbourne, and Mt Taylor. Photos: Mick Daunt, file and Jack Gane.

DIGESTA downward trend, a cold front and a covering of snow

No new cases have been recorded in the ACT on Saturday.

Canberra extends virus-free run with no new COVID-19 cases

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERBarr promises 'very ambitious' stimulus package worth more than $1bn

Canberrans Ross and Helen Muir return from the Victorian border after six days stranded. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

ANALYSISCommonwealth under pressure on border closures but states hold all the cards

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a vaccine deal. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

EXPLAINERWeek of rising hope and border battles in COVID-19 fight

Julia Kanapathippillai

Australian airports are losing $300 million per month due to border closures. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

States could be asked to 'share the load' on domestic border closures

Katie Burgess

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said states needed to do more of the fiscal heavy lifting. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

States asked for $40 billion investment as net debt set to hit $800 billion

Katie Burgess

Remember weekend vibes? They were a thing once.

DIGESTYes, you made it to another Friday

Janine Graham

The Brumbies are edging closer to a home final. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBER'It's huge for us': Title race on a knife's edge

Tom Banks catches the ball in the Brumbies win over the Waratahs. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Talking points from the Brumbies' big win

Wighton inspires Canberra's Gold Coast Raid

UPDATEDWighton inspires Canberra's Gold Coast Raid

Josh Papalii was a handful against the Gold Coast. Picture: NRL Imagery.

ANALYSISBrilliant Papa ankle tap typifies 2020 Raiders

Matt Giteau made his first John I Dent Cup appearance in 14 years on Saturday. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBER'You realise how much you miss it': Giteau relishes homecoming

Caden Helmers

Josh Papalii taking on the Gold Coast defence. Picture: NRL Imagery.

SUBSCRIBERPapalii will be one of all time greats: Stuart

James Buckley

Brumbies on cusp of securing home final

UPDATEDBrumbies thump Tahs to move to cusp of securing home Super Rugby final

Caden Helmers

The Royals now move five points clear in fourth spot. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Gutsy Royals move a step closer to the John I Dent Cup crown

Jaike Altieri

Eat your way around the Southern Highlands pie trail

Eat your way around the Southern Highlands pie trail

Bernadette Chua

Trip down memory lane at world's last remaining Blockbuster store. Picture: Supplied

Plan safer travel with Google, rent some '90s nostalgia and rediscover your city with a scavenger hunt

Explore Travel

The jumping crocs of the Adelaide River. The perfect day trip when in Darwin. Picture: Supplied

Deals of the week: From tropical North Queensland to a taste of Tuscany in Ewingsdale, NSW

Explore Travel

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

Labor will likely retain government in the Northern Territory and is ahead in most of the 25 seats.

How NT election seats are tracking

2hrs ago

State border restrictions are hurting local farmers, the federal agriculture minister says.

Plea for 'common sense' on state borders

2hrs ago

Victoria's chief health officer says masks will be part of life beyond stage four restrictions.

Masks to stay in Melbourne's 'new normal'

2hrs ago

Two quarantine security guards who worked at the Sydney Marriott have tested positive for COVID-19.

Second virus case in NSW quarantine guard

2hrs ago

Nicole Manison embraces a Labor colleague amid a likely election victory in the Northern Territory.

ALP heads towards majority in NT election

Aaron Bunch and Paul Osborne

All children need to be taught to respect each other. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONThe non-negotiable lesson all of our children need to learn

Christy Kidner

The Country Liberal Party has increased its Northern Territory seats under leader Lia Finocchiaro.

Liberals rebuild numbers in NT election

Labor is likely to retain government in the Northern Territory and is ahead in most of the 25 seats.

How NT election seats are tracking

Paul Osborne

Italy has seen a steady increase in coronavirus infections over the past month.

Italy tops 1000 daily virus cases again

Italy has seen a steady increase in coronavirus infections over the past month.

Italy tops 1000 daily virus cases again

The scale of the COVID pandemic in Mexico is under-represented, says the World Health Organisation.

Latest on worldwide spread of coronavirus

The scale of the COVID pandemic in Mexico is under-represented, says the World Health Organisation.

Latest on worldwide spread of coronavirus

All eyes are on a visit by a delegation led by Nigeria's former President Goodluck Jonathan.

West African mediators arrive in Mali

All eyes are on a visit by a delegation led by Nigeria's former President Goodluck Jonathan.

West African mediators arrive in Mali

ALL SMILES: Port Kembla celebrates the end of the war, by dancing through the streets. Picture from the collections of the Wollongong City Libraries and the Illawarra Historical Society.

Why wouldn't you dance in the streets?

Ben Langford

Drive-by procession pays tribute on VP anniversary

Drive-by procession pays tribute on VP anniversary

Sage Swinton

A daughter's arrival coincides with a nation's celebrations

A daughter's arrival coincides with a nation's celebrations

All children need to be taught to respect each other. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONThe non-negotiable lesson all of our children need to learn

Christy Kidner

Rethinking H.G. Wells. Picture: Getty Images

REVIEWRethinking the great futurist

Colin Steele

John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn.

Why westerns still show true grit

Karen Hardy

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

A customer seeking fabric is attended to by Fiona Macfarlane at Knitwit, Coolemon Court (1/3/83).

Flashback: Canberrans are a crafty bunch

Reader picture by @avondissanayake

Instagrammers of Canberra

Abby, 13, Ezra, 6, Janet and John Shea of Queanbeyan

To market, to market

HELPING HOPEFULS: Elders Mudgee branch manager Jason Pearce is helping young auctioneers to prepare for the state showdown.

It's all about the journey for Jason

HELPING HOPEFULS: Elders Mudgee branch manager Jason Pearce is helping young auctioneers to prepare for the state showdown.

It's all about the journey for Jason

Kenmere Pompeii topped the online sale, attracting a stud high of $16,500 from Central West bidders Rosedale Charolais. Photo supplied.

Kenmere Charolais sell to $16,500

Kenmere Pompeii topped the online sale, attracting a stud high of $16,500 from Central West bidders Rosedale Charolais. Photo supplied.

Kenmere Charolais sell to $16,500

Emeritus Professor Jim Pratley recommends the introduction of 'new water' into inland river systems. Photo: CSU

'New water' could be key to inland river existence

Emeritus Professor Jim Pratley recommends the introduction of 'new water' into inland river systems. Photo: CSU

'New water' could be key to inland river existence