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Patty Mills of Australia celebrates after making a basket on Saturday. Picture: AAP

Patty Mills stars as Boomers beat USA at basketball for first time

Roy Ward

Cardinal George Pell leaves the County Court in Melbourne in February this year. Picture: AP

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The High Court should leave George Pell alone

Jack Waterford

Man allegedly removed fuses to break into homes

Man allegedly removed fuses to break into homes

Pell accompanies paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale to court in 1993. Photo: Geoff Ampt

Getting the damned back together: Pell to spend time with familiar faces

Debbie Cuthbertson

The first anniversary of Scott Morrison's prime ministership is nothing to celebrate, Labor says.

Morrison has no plan for challenges: Labor

Colin Brinsden

US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell insists Trump's tweets have no bearing on monetary policy.

Trump launches furious Twitter attack US Fed chief

MARTIN CRUTSINGER

A Russian spacecraft carrying a humanoid robot failed to dock with the International Space Station.

Russian spacecraft fails to dock at ISS

Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a meeting at the Commonwealth Parliament Offices in May. Picture: AAP

OPINION
Courting the 'quiet Australians' from the heart of the 'Canberra bubble'

Michelle Grattan

Guns, tanks, planes and plenty of people at the Defence Force Academy Open Day

The Canberra-born artist behind the Bondi Border Force mural

OPINION
Four home traps that contribute to the gender pay gap

ANALYSIS
'We must be eternally vigilant': Call for Fluffy board of inquiry

Patty Mills of Australia celebrates after making a basket on Saturday. Picture: AAP

Patty Mills stars as Boomers beat USA at basketball for first time

Adrian Roberts was the young officer who led the relief force during the Battle of Long Tan. Picture: Jay Cronan

What Vietnam veterans think of the latest Vietnam War movie

Sia Soliola bangs the drum to spark an impromptu viking clap. Picture: AAP

Canberra Raiders push for prime time TV slots

Robert Kelly loves going to work each day in Hackett. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Rain, hail or magpie: Robert has been a postie for 35 years

Cafe owner Nick Loukissas, at the Niagara cafe at Gundagai where Priminister Curtin was supposed to have dropped by for a meal with his staff to discuss it Pacific Strategese during WW2.
Cafe owner Mr. Nick Loukissas in his legendary eatery... a menu fit for a Prime Minister.
Fifty years ago, Gundagai's Niagara Cafe hosted a dinner which became more famous in the southern NSW town than the legend of the Dog on the Tucker Box. But did it really happen?
Parliamentary librarians have failed to unearth even one historical reference to the August night in 1942 when a cold and hungry wartime Prime Minister, John Curtin, called in to the Niagara for a midnight meal.
August 4, 1992. (Photo by Ben Rushton/Fairfax Media).

Iconic cafe, with a menu fit for a PM, up for sale

Among the dozens of concerned families at the school are (from left) Bridie Woolnough with sons Toby and Harry, Daniel and April Witteveen with sons Henry and Angus, and Graham Wright with daughter Emma. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

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'It's like a cult': Inside Canberra private school's 'culture of fear'

China warns US on 'wrong' trade actions

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Australia on track for Paralympic gold

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Tricolours triumph marred by injury

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Protesters march as G7 leaders arrive

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Brazil to send army to fight Amazon fires

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The curious case of Pete Samu's World Cup omission

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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd after his address to the National Press Club on Friday. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

Rudd slams 'post-pubescent' Liberal politicians over China 'hysteria'

Senator Rex Patrick speaks during the tax debate in the Senate at Parliament House in Canberra on July 4, 2019. fedpol Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Crossbench senator says companies who breach lobbying code should be cut off

Scott Morrison has kept up the kind of frenetic pace of travel that would put Kevin Rudd to shame.

PM's world travels boost him to new stage

Former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer's Top 10 tip for surviving parliament have been revealed.

Tim Fischer's top 10 tips for new MPs

Prime Minister Scott Morrison lays out his vision for the Australian Public Service at Monday's event hosted by the Institute of Public Administration. Picture: Jamila Toderas

OPINION
How the APS can properly serve Scott Morrison's 'quiet Australians'

Crispin Hull

Anote Tong, the former president of Kiribati, at Parliament House on Thursday. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Australia acting like an 'abusive relative' in the Pacific

Scott Hannaford

One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson has been suspended from Twitter. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

Twitter suspends Hanson for violating rules against abuse and harassment

Kirsten Lawson

Former Nationals leaders Barnaby Joyce and Tim Fischer during Question Time at Parliament House in November 2014. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

'He talked to you as if it was the most exciting part of his day'

Kirsten Lawson

Picture: Adam McLean.

OPINION
Spare me the Jack De Belin's pity party

Zoe Cartwright

Keeping Hamlet out of The Lodge

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Keeping Hamlet out of The Lodge

Ian Warden

Mike Pezzullo's stance undermines democratic traditions

Mike Pezzullo's stance undermines democratic traditions

Letters to the editor

Jarrad West plays John Wilkes Booth, who shot US president Abraham Lincoln, in Assassins. Picture: Eva Schroeder

Assassins: Changing the world with a finger

Ron Cerabona

Luke Cornish in his Marrickville studio. Picture: Miguel Sicari

The Canberra-born artist behind the Bondi Border Force mural

Sally Pryor

Robert Riggs, Teapot, 2019 at Light in a Dark Place at Strathnairn. Picture: Supplied

A blonde, Belfast Girls, a bug and the Bard

Ron Cerabona

Jarrad West plays John Wilkes Booth, who shot US president Abraham Lincoln, in Assassins. Picture: Eva Schroeder

Assassins: Changing the world with a finger

Powderfinger (left to right): Darren Middleton (guitars/vocals); Jon Coghill (drums); Ian Haug (guitars); Bernard Fanning (vocals/guitars) and John Collins (bass).

Powderfinger tribute at NFSA in Canberra

Kites at the National Arboretum.

Let's go fly a kite - at the arboretum

Annabelle Lindsay, Ahmed Kelly and Michael Roeger have one year until the Tokyo Paralympics. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Australia on track for Paralympic gold

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Josh Taylor has a chance to help defend Ainslie's premiership title. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Tricolours triumph marred by injury

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Hands up: Pete Samu missed World Cup selection, but was one of the Brumbies' best this year. Picture: Karleen Minney

The curious case of Pete Samu's World Cup omission

Goulburn winger Steve Cummins played a key role in the club's charge towards a preliminary final berth. Picture: Jon Kroiter

Forty-year-old veterans lead Bulldogs one step closer

Sia Soliola bangs the drum to spark an impromptu viking clap. Picture: AAP

Canberra Raiders push for prime time TV slots

Caden Helmers

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad is one of many Raiders silencing the doubters. Picture: AAP

'They can win it': How the Raiders silenced the critics

Caden Helmers

Patty Mills of Australia celebrates after making a basket on Saturday. Picture: AAP

Patty Mills stars as Boomers beat USA at basketball for first time

Roy Ward

Nick Kyrgios, of Australia, has been cleared to play at the US Open. Picture: AP

US Open gives green light to Kyrgios

Darren Walton

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

Finding the missing millions: Many people infected with Hepatitis B and C in Australia aren't even aware they have the virus.

World Hepatitis Day - Australians are still missing out on care

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

Read online: First Home Buyers

Read online: First Home Buyers

Special Publication

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

Australia's largest assistive technology and disability event, the ATSA Independent Living Expo, will take place in Canberra at the National Convention Centre on Tuesday, August 27 and Wednesday, August 28. The expo has become the most influential event on the disability calendar.

Australia's largest disability expo opens in Canberra next week

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A state funeral will be held in Albury for former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer.

Albury will host Tim Fischer state funeral

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny are due to fly into France for the G7 meeting.

G7 allows Australia to put its views: PM

NSW Health has issued an alert for people in Sydney International Airport in early hours of Aug 17.

Measles warning for overseas-bound Aussies

The first anniversary of Scott Morrison's prime ministership is nothing to celebrate, Labor says.

Morrison has no plan for challenges: Labor

SA will fund a business development program to help tackle the waste management crisis in the state.

Business program grant to tackle SA waste

Emily Cosenza

Josh Frydenberg is unconcerned about falling iron ore prices, saying it's in line with predictions.

Frydenberg not panicked by iron ore fall

Colin Brinsden

The supply of water in Perth will be returned to government hands, Premier Mark McGowan announced.

WA to reverse Water Corp privatisation

Emily Cosenza

Pell accompanies paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale to court in 1993. Photo: Geoff Ampt

Getting the damned back together: Pell to spend time with familiar faces

Debbie Cuthbertson

China says there will be 'consequences' for the United States over tariffs on more Chinese goods.

China warns US on 'wrong' trade actions

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China says there will be 'consequences' for the United States over tariffs on more Chinese goods.

China warns US on 'wrong' trade actions

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Security is tight as world leaders converge on the French resort town of Biarritz for the G7.

Protesters march as G7 leaders arrive

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Security is tight as world leaders converge on the French resort town of Biarritz for the G7.

Protesters march as G7 leaders arrive

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Forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon have surged 83 per cent in number this year.

Brazil to send army to fight Amazon fires

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Forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon have surged 83 per cent in number this year.

Brazil to send army to fight Amazon fires

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Valley's deep copper finish is the perfect complement to nature's earth tones. Retail $179.

Find a fire pit to suit your style

Make a statement | Trending

Make a statement | Trending

Linley Wilkie

KPMG says Australias gender pay gap declined from $3.05 an hour in 2014 to $2.43 in 2017. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINION
Four home traps that contribute to the gender pay gap

Emma Willamson

Cows brave a recent snowfall near Adaminaby, thankfully not as heavy as blizzards in 1834 which left cattle near Kiandra stranded and starving, their bones found many years later in the tops of snowgums. Picture: Mark Thomas, www.snowy-monaro-photography.com

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The day it snowed so much cow skeletons were found in trees

Tim the Yowie Man

Pilgrims between Hornillos del Camino and Hontanas in the Burgos province of Spain. Picture: Alamy

Be prepared for the stride of your life as a Camino pilgrim

Alison Stewart

The Royal Academy of Arts in upmarket Mayfair district. Burlington House.

Giving Mayfair a fair old go

Ben Groundwater

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

Carol Hayes of Condor, Drill Hall Gallery director Terence Maloon of Acton and tanka poet Noriko Tanaka of Japan.

Savanhdary Vongpoothorn, All That Arises

King Derek Nimmo, clutching the key to the city, addresses the crowd with a humorous speech that touched television announcer Frank Jones. (13/3/79)

Flashback Friday: King of the capital

Alwyn Doolan, who spent a year walking 8500 km from Cape York to Canberra.
Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong @wakeupsitt

Instagrammers of Canberra

Top priced bull KO B074 Beast Mode P48 with Craig Allen and Felix Li, Tea Gardens, Nerong Park, Angus Onisforou, K.O. Angus, Elders auctioneers Joe Wilks and Andy McGeoch and Tim Lord, K.O. Angus.

K.O. Angus bulls top at $12,000

Top priced bull KO B074 Beast Mode P48 with Craig Allen and Felix Li, Tea Gardens, Nerong Park, Angus Onisforou, K.O. Angus, Elders auctioneers Joe Wilks and Andy McGeoch and Tim Lord, K.O. Angus.

K.O. Angus bulls top at $12,000

The Wodonga Special Store Sale saw 2300, mostly light cattle, yarded. Photo supplied.

Heavy steers sell to $1440 at Wodonga

The Wodonga Special Store Sale saw 2300, mostly light cattle, yarded. Photo supplied.

Heavy steers sell to $1440 at Wodonga

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The Land vies for top media gong

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The Land vies for top media gong