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The police canine team helped Constable Carla Duncan with her trauma recovery, to the extent where she was confident to participate in training exercises.

Visiting the dog that nearly killed her helped this cop overcome fear

Peter Brewer

Adani wanted the names of scientists reviewing a plan for its Queensland coal mine.

Adani wanted names of public servants who reviewed plan

Tracey Ferrier
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Artist's impression of Noodles XO which is set to open at the Canberra Airport. Picture: Supplied

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The science of persuading you to part with your dollars at the airport

Steve Evans

Buildings, parks and lakes across the parliamentary triangle will be surveyed for asbestos. Picture: Karleen Minney

Sites within parliamentary triangle to be tested for asbestos

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Masters Builders ACT head Michael Hopkins. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos

Industry demands action to head off building crisis

Kirsten Lawson

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin will leave the force in September.

Federal police chief Colvin standing down

Daniel McCulloch

This tackle has cost Nick Cotric a three-week suspension. Picture: NRL Images

BREAKING
Nick Cotric to miss three matches for dangerous tackle

Chris Dutton
1hr ago

A screengrab of video of the raid provided by ACT Policing.

ACT police raid at Bungendore nets $144m in cocaine

Peter Brewer

Car fire and three-car crash cause traffic chaos for drivers

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Fairfax loses Gayle defamation appeal

1hr ago

Young adults warned over early heart risks

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Bus depot market stallholder takes owners to court after termination

The police canine team helped Constable Carla Duncan with her trauma recovery, to the extent where she was confident to participate in training exercises.

Visiting the dog that nearly killed her helped this cop overcome fear

LEGACY: Jason Bell is calling for people to walk for bowel cancer awareness in memory of his wife, Catherine who has been a strong research ambassador.

Catherine was fit and healthy when diagnosed with bowel cancer. This is her legacy

1hr ago

Snowboarder Richie Carroll revelling in the bumper snowfall that has hit the Snowy Mountains since Thursday. Picture: Thredbo

Cold snap brings bumper snow and problems as travellers mob Snowy Mountains

Maria Tsiokantas, who performs as Ria, is raising money for The Kids Cancer Project.

Ria finds an unreal way to raise money for kids

A moment in time. Just a second or two before Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon, Hamish Lindsay snapped this photo of the Honeysuckle dish, which was already transmitting the live TV images it was receiving from the lunar module "Eagle". Picture: Hamish Lindsay and Colin Mackellar

A moonwalk through time and space

'Second-hand drinking' harms are widespread. Picture: Shutterstock

'Second-hand drinking' damage is more common than you may think

Ex-Ipswich mayor denies extortion charges

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Racial appeal bid won't go to higher court

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Duterte threatens to cut ties with Iceland

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Australian astronaut warns of future risk of deaths in space race

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Young adults warned over early heart risks

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Fairfax loses Gayle defamation appeal

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Adani wanted the names of scientists reviewing a plan for its Queensland coal mine.

Adani wanted names of public servants who reviewed plan

1hr ago

Internet service providers have been voluntarily blocking websites that hosted videos of the Christchurch massacre without legal backing.

eSafety commissioner granted temporary powers to crack down on violent sites

Martin Hoffman will lead the taskforce

Top NSW bureaucrat to write Services Australia strategy

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin will leave the force in September.

Federal police chief Colvin standing down

The Senate chamber at Parliament House. Picture: Glen McCurtayne

OPINION
Barnaby's plan to fix the way the Senate works - and how we elect Senators

Barnaby Joyce

Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie after announcing she would support the tax cuts in exchange for action on Tasmania's housing crisis. Picture: AAP

Waiving Commonwealth debt may not fix housing problems

Katie Burgess

National Seniors chief advocate Ian Henschke said the way deeming rates are set must be taken out of the hands of politicians. Picture: AAP

Retirees demand independent umpire for determining payments

Shane Wright

Some pensioners are set to receive a cash boost when the government makes changes to the income test

Million Aussies set for cash boost as govt changes deeming rates

The problem with mobile phone bans is they are so difficult to police. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINION
To ban or not to ban: This mother says she has the answer

Jenni Rickard

The HIFiRE 5b rocket launches successfully at the Woomera Test Range in South Australia on May 18, 2016. Picture: Australian Department of Defence via AAP

OPINION
Global hypersonic arms race gains speed

Clive Williams

There's a better way to protect religious, speech and other freedoms

OPINION
There's a better way to protect religious, speech and other freedoms

Tony Walker

Former chef Michael Robinson is behind Hungerford Meat Co in Branxton.

'Why we are going back to old school butchering'

Lucy Kinbacher
42m ago

Oreo ice cream bao. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

REVIEW
Small bites that delight at Super Bao

Karen Hardy

Asad Raza's, Absorption, 2019 at the Carriageworks in Sydney. Picture: Pedro Greig

The art of cultivating soil

Susan Parsons

Former chef Michael Robinson is behind Hungerford Meat Co in Branxton.

'Why we are going back to old school butchering'

42m ago

Chefs Vanessa Scanes and Alex Piris are raising awareness of mental health.

What's on your plate? How the hospitality industry is tackling mental health

Karen Hardy

Georgia Houston wants us to stop thinking about what not to eat. Picture: Ashley St George

Wellness on a plate: new ways to think about the food you eat

Karen Hardy

This tackle has cost Nick Cotric a three-week suspension. Picture: NRL Images

BREAKING
Nick Cotric to miss three matches for dangerous tackle

1hr ago

England's Jos Buttler ran out New Zealand's Martin Guptill to win the Cricket World Cup final.

'We're not perfect': Taufel admits World Cup umpires got it wrong

1hr ago

Michael Matthews was locked in a sprint battle in stage 10. Picture: EPA

Matthews finishes fourth in Tour stage 10

England's captain Eoin Morgan is doused in champagne as he raises the trophy. Picture: AP

The greatest game ever played

2019 NRL Round 17 - St. George Illawarra Dragons v Canberra Raiders, WIN Stadium, 2019-07-14. Digital image by Robb Cox NRL Photos Raiders prop Josh Papalii

Papalii parks Origin pain to drive Green Machine charge

David Polkinghorne

Hit by Charnze's arrow: Nicoll-Klokstad is inspiring love at the Green Machine. Picture: AAP Image/Dean Lewins

Raiders dining out on golden archer

David Polkinghorne

Novak Djokovic. Picture: AP

Steely Djokovic wins fifth Wimbledon crown in epic final

Darren Walton

England's Jos Buttler ran out New Zealand's Martin Guptill to win the Cricket World Cup final.

'Lost for words': England win World Cup in dramatic fashion

Scott Bailey

Which beer? The expert advice on matching your brew with your snacks

Which beer? The expert advice on matching your brew with your snacks

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Road Jet is the new stress free way to travel

Road Jet is the new stress free way to travel

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Bringing technologists together to connect, collaborate, and learn

Float away anxiety, stress, injury and pain

Float away anxiety, stress, injury and pain

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SPOT THE WILDLIFE: The Leopard is one of Africa's "big five" along with lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos and buffaloes found in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park.

Southern Africa's natural wonders

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Former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale is standing trial on two charges of extortion.

Ex-Ipswich mayor denies extortion charges

22m ago

A County Court judge says her court will deal with Blair Cottrell's racial vilification appeal.

Racial appeal bid won't go to higher court

25m ago

West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle has failed to win more defamation damages from Fairfax Media.

Fairfax loses Gayle defamation appeal

1hr ago

Residents at the Earle Haven aged care facility on the Gold Coast have been called to a meeting.

Call for inquiry into Gold Coast aged home

1hr ago

Alstom's preliminary design for the X'Trapolis 2.0 trains.

Uncertainty for Ballarat train factory's future as deadline looms

Timna Jacks
1hr ago

LEGACY: Jason Bell is calling for people to walk for bowel cancer awareness in memory of his wife, Catherine who has been a strong research ambassador.

Catherine was fit and healthy when diagnosed with bowel cancer. This is her legacy

Melanie Whelan
1hr ago

Adani wanted the names of scientists reviewing a plan for its Queensland coal mine.

Adani wanted names of public servants who reviewed plan

Tracey Ferrier
1hr ago

Victorian man Michael Bowman has gone missing in Tasmania's Cradle Mountain National Park.

Search ongoing for Vic hiker in Tasmania

2hrs ago

Rodrigo Duterte says the West is scornful of his country's "sovereign exercise" of fighting drugs.

Duterte threatens to cut ties with Iceland

26m ago

Rodrigo Duterte says the West is scornful of his country's "sovereign exercise" of fighting drugs.

Duterte threatens to cut ties with Iceland

26m ago

Age 18-39 is "a critical period when high blood pressure or cholesterol are particularly harmful".

Young adults warned over early heart risks

1hr ago

Age 18-39 is "a critical period when high blood pressure or cholesterol are particularly harmful".

Young adults warned over early heart risks

1hr ago

Modern computer passwords can be traced back to CTSS, one of the world's first operating systems.

Computer password inventor dies at 93

1hr ago

Modern computer passwords can be traced back to CTSS, one of the world's first operating systems.

Computer password inventor dies at 93

1hr ago

Unused pain relief medication, like all medicines, can be returned to a local pharmacy for safe disposal free of charge.

Don't keep your strong pain medicines 'just in case'

'Second-hand drinking' harms are widespread. Picture: Shutterstock

'Second-hand drinking' damage is more common than you may think

Sarah Berry

Harry Hartog manager Glen Williams and event co-ordinator Katarina Pearson, who are happy to have opened the new bookstore in the ANU Kambri precinct. Picture: Karleen Minney.

Harry Hartog wants to be more than just a bookstore

Amy Martin

Meat lovers will relish at Canada's Largest Ribfest, located in Spencer Smith Park in Burlington, Ontario from Friday 30 August until 2 September 2019.

Foodie festivals for gastronomic getaways

Setting off from the coast in True Blue, the converted bus we travelled Australia in for a year. That's me, in Christmas colours, on the far left.

OPINION
The peculiar things you remember from travelling as a child

Kimberley Le Lievre

Overlooking Blea Tarn in England's Lake District National Park. Picture: Alamy

It's only natural to seek green peace

What Aussies can learn from NZ's older workforce

What Aussies can learn from NZ's older workforce

Geraldine Cardozo

BREAKTHROUGH: The new Prostate Urine Risk test could change the face of prostate cancer testing.

New urine test breakthrough for prostate cancer research

Before and after: Swipe to see amazing retirement village garden makeover

Before and after: Swipe to see amazing retirement village garden makeover

Geraldine Cardozo

Carlene, Darcy, 3, and Lochie Marr, 9, of Isabella Plains.

Take 5: A roarsome time had by all

Garmisch and Tim Riley.

A nice way to meet your neighbours

Ashley St George

Rachel Howard of Scullin and Alexandra Pelvin of Garran.

The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later

Ron Cerabona

Ray Inder, RJ and A Inder, Merriwa, with Phillip Morris, Peter Milling and Company, Wellington, and the line of 83 crossbred lambs which sold for $349 a head a Dubbo on Monday. The price is a a new selling centre record for Dubbo.

Dubbo lambs surge to a record $349 a head

2hrs ago

Ray Inder, RJ and A Inder, Merriwa, with Phillip Morris, Peter Milling and Company, Wellington, and the line of 83 crossbred lambs which sold for $349 a head a Dubbo on Monday. The price is a a new selling centre record for Dubbo.

Dubbo lambs surge to a record $349 a head

2hrs ago

Red Lantana will kill cattle or at best predispose them to sunburn. Livestock new to an area can make the mistake of eating this.

Be aware of toxic feed says LLS vets

Red Lantana will kill cattle or at best predispose them to sunburn. Livestock new to an area can make the mistake of eating this.

Be aware of toxic feed says LLS vets

Justina Twomey, Lake Cargelligo, Overall Pointscore Champion, with award sponsor Caron Chester from NSW Farmers

Judges of the future begin at Trangie

Justina Twomey, Lake Cargelligo, Overall Pointscore Champion, with award sponsor Caron Chester from NSW Farmers

Judges of the future begin at Trangie