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Thi Pham, of the Pham Sisters Vegan, at the Canberra Night Noodle Markets on Friday night. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Not just noodles but a skewer 'factory', too

Peter Brewer

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who wants tougher border controls in the next week or two. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Border screening to be ramped up in coronavirus fight

Kirsten Lawson

Outgoing Health Department secretary Glenys Beauchamp, who told a Senate inquiry she destroyed all her notebooks from her time as a public servant, pending her retirement ion Friday.

Notebooks covering public service career destroyed, sparking records debate

Kirsten Lawson

Axel Sidaros outside court in 2019.

Police moved to 'defeat rights' with undercover operatives in cells: judges

Blake Foden

Picture: Jamila Toderas

SUBSCRIBERMan on bail allegedly popped tyre fleeing police while supposed to be in rehab

Blake Foden

Service station attendant Zeeshan Akbar died in a pool of blood after being stabbed three times.

Queanbeyan teen killer wrote 'IS' with victim's blood

Steve Zemek

The Australian Federal Police and Home Affairs Department say a contested warrants scheme would foil their investigations, and suggested a new "Notice to Produce" framework instead. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Home Affairs and AFP suggest new way of uncovering leaks without journalist raids

Katie Burgess

The Department of Infrastructure in Canberra. The department could not say whether a grant given to a Queensland abattoir to create jobs was value for money during a parliamentary inquiry on Friday. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

'$61,000 per job': Inquiry slices into department over abattoir grant

Katie Burgess

Rules important in grants: Finance head

World prepares for coronavirus pandemic

Epstein 'killed himself to shield fortune': lawyer

Bushfire air tanker crash preliminary report released

Thi Pham, of the Pham Sisters Vegan, at the Canberra Night Noodle Markets on Friday night. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Not just noodles but a skewer 'factory', too

ESA Commissioner Georgeina Whelan has opened up about the summer fire season Picture: Elesa Kurtz

SUBSCRIBERHow Whelan dealt with summer of fire, smoke and hail

Champion Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has been banned for eight years for breaking anti-doping rules.

Eight-year swim ban for China's Sun Yang

South Africa's Lizelle Lee scored her maiden T20I century in a record-setting innings. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Manuka Madness: South Africa sets T20 World Cup record

The new Abode hotel in Malua Bay.

New hotel opens at Malua Bay as coast continues fire recovery

The Neon archway will be an Instagrammer's dream at Enlighten this year.

Enlighten brightens Canberra from tonight

Prince Harry, Bon Jovi sing for Invictus

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Anti-virus move cancels Geneva auto show

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OPINIONSanders is on the money and it's heartening for democracy

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Frankie McNair's a big, dumb idiot - and she's coming to Canberra

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Don't be quick to judge on social media, context is important

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The big question: Who is ScoMo?

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Australian Sports Commission acting chief executive Robert Dalton, chair John Wylie and chief operating officer, Luke McCann during a Senate inquiry into the sports rorts affair on Thursday. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Bridget McKenzie's office sent over sport grants approval brief after caretaker mode began

Fake Tahitian prince Hohepa Morehu-Barlow served five years in a Queensland jail for a $16.6m fraud.

Good riddance to fake 'prince': Dutton

The Australian Federal Police and Home Affairs Department say a contested warrants scheme would foil their investigations, and suggested a new "Notice to Produce" framework instead. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Home Affairs and AFP suggest new way of uncovering leaks without journalist raids

Outgoing Health Department secretary Glenys Beauchamp, who told a Senate inquiry she destroyed all her notebooks from her time as a public servant, pending her retirement ion Friday.

Notebooks covering public service career destroyed, sparking records debate

Community and Public Sector Union deputy secretary Beth Vincent-Pietsch.

Job cuts a 'live possibility' in National Library restructure

Adrian Rollins

Former Sport Minister Bridget McKenzie. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos

Highly-ranked Canberra projects missed out on sports grants

Katie Burgess

Senator Bridget McKenzie, whose handling of $100 million in sports grants has sparked a Senate inquiry. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Sport Australia 'surprised' to see colour-coded spreadsheet

Kirsten Lawson

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who wants tougher border controls in the next week or two. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Border screening to be ramped up in coronavirus fight

Kirsten Lawson

The Woden town square has fallen on some hard times

The Woden town square has fallen on some hard times

A resurgence in extreme right-wing visibility in Australia has prompted a warning from the ASIO Director-General. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONWhy homegrown right-wing threat has ASIO's attention

Clive Williams

Get back to nature, you can feel the serenity

Get back to nature, you can feel the serenity

John Malouff

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (left) as Laura Rose and Edward Norton as Lionel Essrog in Motherless Brooklyn. Picture: Glen Wilson/Warner Bros

REVIEWWell-made but overlong PI story

Jane Freebury
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Frankie McNair is bringing her show Big Dumb Idiot to Canberra. Picture: Supplied

Frankie McNair's a big, dumb idiot - and she's coming to Canberra

Amy Martin
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Exhibition coordinator Rowena Paget oversees the installation of Hello, part of Eternity Vs Evolution, a major exhibition of works by Chinese artist Xu Chen which opens at the National Gallery of Australia on 14 March. Picture: Karleen Minney

East meets west on an epic scale at NGA

Sally Pryor
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw (left) as Laura Rose and Edward Norton as Lionel Essrog in Motherless Brooklyn. Picture: Glen Wilson/Warner Bros

REVIEWWell-made but overlong PI story

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Hinako in Ride Your Wave. Picture: Ride Your Wave Film Partner

REVIEWSweet, sometimes strange story

Ron Cerabona
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Elisabeth Moss in The Invisible Man. Picture: Mark Rogers/UIP

REVIEWGaslighting isn't an invisible horror

Cris Kennedy
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The Tourism and Transport Forum says Australia's foreign visitor numbers may fall by 40 per cent.

Virus means 1.8m fewer tourists: TFF

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who wants tougher border controls in the next week or two. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Border screening to be ramped up in coronavirus fight

Kirsten Lawson

There's more to washing your hands than a bit of water and a quick run under the blow-dryer. Picture: Shutterstock

Coronavirus could be on its way: here's how to wash your hands

Jenna Price

The Tourism and Transport Forum says Australia's foreign visitor numbers may fall by 40 per cent.

Virus means 1.8m fewer tourists: TFF

Health Minister Greg Hunt: The government is now preparing for a pandemic. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'The risk of a global pandemic is very much upon us'

Kirsten Lawson

New beginning: Ryan Dean, Anna Cooper, Josh O'Shea and Aleksandr Fitzgerald. Mr O'Shea and Mr Fitzgerald are considering transferring to medicine. All pictures: Jonathan Carroll

University of Newcastle students start semester amidst coronavirus ban

Helen Gregory

Brumbies coach Dan McKellar has been linked to a move to the Wallabies. Picture: Karleen Minney

Shock switch? Brumbies coach linked to Wallabies move

Captain Heather Knight leads England to victory with 62 runs. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Deja vu for England's Knight in shining armour

South Africa's Lizelle Lee scored her maiden T20I century in a record-setting innings. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Manuka Madness: South Africa sets T20 World Cup record

Curtis Scott's lawyer's meeting with Todd Greenberg has been delayed until next week. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBERRaider's Scott another delay in decision

Raiders forward Corey Horsburgh says whoever plays best on Saturday will get the nod to cover John Bateman. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERCanterbury audition for Bateman's understudy

David Polkinghorne

The Canberra Capitals are two wins away from back-to-back WNBL championships. Picture: Getty

SUBSCRIBERLight 'em up: Canberra turns blue

Caden Helmers

Australian Olympic Committee chief executive Matt Carroll is confident the Tokyo Games will go ahead. Picture: Jamila Toderas

SUBSCRIBERAOC move to ease virus concern

Caden Helmers
David Polkinghorne

Marianna Tolo and Keely Froling have been fined. Picture: Jamila Toderas

SUBSCRIBERCapitals stars hit with fines

Caden Helmers

STUNNING: Follow the Midnight Sun through the Arctic Circle on a Viking Cruise from London to Bergen in Norway.

Last days: win a $25,000 Scandinavian cruise

Get to New York on a bargain flight or travel the Balkans for half the price. Pictures: Shutterstock

Deals of the week: Big flight bargains, half-price Balkans, African adventures

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P&O's Pacific Explorer docks at Eden last year. The ship will return several times over the following months, adding stops to help boost the local economy after the bushfires. Picture: Ben Smyth

Cruise boost for recovering South Coast bushfire zones

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Ginny and Guy in their home.

Facing the future with love, decency and kindness

'Seize the day': Narelle prepares for Dementia Australia's Memory Walk in honour of her 'gorgeous' mum

'Seize the day': Narelle prepares for Dementia Australia's Memory Walk in honour of her 'gorgeous' mum