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Man's best friend and a stunning six-day survival story

Man's best friend and a stunning six-day survival story

Blake Foden

Danniel Pace and Morgan Greig, who say being outdoors is the key to their wellbeing. Picture: Jamila Toderas

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How Canberrans rate their wellbeing

Blake Foden

ACT Health is confident there have been fewer serious food safety breaches in the ACT in the last financial year. Picture: Shutterstock

Fewer ACT businesses are breaching food safety requirements

Jasper Lindell

Hillsong Pastor Brian Houston says a claim the PM wanted him along on a US trip is baseless rumour.

Hillsong head dismisses US rejection claim

A deal signed with the US will see Australians participate in the efforts to return to the moon.

Australia shoots for stars with US deal

Katina Curtis, AAP Senior Political Writer

Former Telstra boss David Thodey, who is leading the independent review of the Australian Public Service. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Missed opportunity': APS review is 'gender blind': experts

Cassandra Morgan

Minister Angus Taylor insists Australia is doing enough to reduce greenhouse emissions.

Minister shrugs off climate rally concerns

Rebecca Gredley

The numbers paint a picture of gender equality in the field of book reviewing, but what books men and women review remains gendered. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINION
The power of numbers in the battle for gender equality

Jenna Price

Canberra fuel prices rise after attack on Saudi oil plant

Potential for more power from landfill

Area 51 event pulls plug over small crowd

PM confident of end to US/China trade spat

Man's best friend and a stunning six-day survival story

Man's best friend and a stunning six-day survival story

Are long queues at American airports putting off potential tourists? Picture: Getty

Pundits warned of a US tourism 'Trump slump'. Has it come true?

ANU accounting student Yolanda Ma enjoys the colour. Picture: Karleen Minney

Canberra blooms in the warmth

Housemates Maryclare Woodforde and Bella Himmelreich, who have welcomed ACT government plans to require minimum energy efficiency ratings for rentals. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

ALLHOMES
New plans for minimum energy performance requirements for rentals

Out of darkness: Raiders five-eighth Jack Wighton. Picture: NRL Photos

Jack from the brink: Wighton reflects on his 'second chance'

Five people, five challenges. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
Challenges, we all have them. Here are five

OPINION
Hey big spender, spend a little time on VET

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Behrendorff considering spinal surgery to help get him back

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S.Africa 'turning tide' on rhino poaching

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Olympians strengthen Tokyo bid in ACT

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Raiders slam 'short-sighted' NSWRL

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Acting PM wants more dams in northern Aust

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Labor says the government should help farmers adopt more sustainable and water efficient practices.

Acting PM ducks sustainable farming debate

A deal signed with the US will see Australians participate in the efforts to return to the moon.

Australia shoots for stars with US deal

Scott Morrison is confident the US and China can bring about a timely end to their trade dispute.

PM confident of end to US/China trade spat

Energy Minister Angus Taylor is keeping tabs on closure plans for NSW's Liddell power station.

Energy minister waves big stick at Liddell

Former Telstra boss David Thodey, who is leading the independent review of the Australian Public Service. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Missed opportunity': APS review is 'gender blind': experts

Cassandra Morgan

Prime minister Robert Menzies arrives at a Liberal Party rally at the Sydney Town Hall on 7 August 1961, during an election campaign he almost lost. Business leaders had been critical of his government's economic policies. Picture: Victor Wright

ANALYSIS
Liberal Party's tetchy relations with business aren't new

Norman Abjorensen

The Sri Lankan Tamil family remain in detention on Christmas Island awaiting a future trial date.

Tamil family future is still Dutton's call

Andrew Drummond

Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations Christian Porter during question time. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

OPINION
Morrison government solid on industrial relations reform

Michelle Grattan

Look beyond the surface and dare to care

OPINION
Look beyond the surface and dare to care

Jo Palmer

Drug law reform needed

Drug law reform needed

Letters to the editor

The difficult brute we call retirement

OPINION
The difficult brute we call retirement

Ian Warden

ANU accounting student Yolanda Ma enjoys the colour. Picture: Karleen Minney

Canberra blooms in the warmth

Steve Evans

Yi (Chloe Bennet), left top, Peng (Albert Tsai) and Everest in DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studios Abominable, written and directed by Jill Culton. Picture: Supplied

REVIEW
Yeti yarn is familiar but appealing

Ron Cerabona

Brad Pitt as astronaut Roy McBride in Ad Astra. Picture: Supplied

REVIEW
This reach for the stars is sombre

Ron Cerabona

ANU accounting student Yolanda Ma enjoys the colour. Picture: Karleen Minney

Canberra blooms in the warmth

Kate Berry and her youngest daughter Pepper hit the road. Picture: Maya

The adventure that is motherhood

Karen Hardy

A still from Good Boys. Picture: Universal

REVIEW
Dumb, silly and totally hilarious

Cris Kennedy

Jason Behrendorff is considering a number of options, including surgery on his back. Picture: Lawrence Atkin

Behrendorff considering spinal surgery to help get him back

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Raiders CEO Don Furner has labelled the NSWRL's decision to play the under-20s grand final in Sydney "short-sighted". Picture: Jamila Toderas

Raiders slam 'short-sighted' NSWRL

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Giants fans can board a bus from Canberra to the MCG for the AFL grand final.

All aboard the Giants express to Melbourne

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Raiders great Glenn Lazarus says Josh Papalii is a key to the Green Machine's success. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

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Then and now: 30 years of history is driving the Raiders

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Team Europe's Roger Federer has beaten Team World's Nick Kyrgios in four sets at the Laver Cup.

Federer grinds past Kyrgios in Laver Cup

Out of darkness: Raiders five-eighth Jack Wighton. Picture: NRL Photos

Jack from the brink: Wighton reflects on his 'second chance'

Christian Nicolussi

Wests defeat Central to claim Capital League title. Picture: Hockey ACT

Wests battle the elements to claim title

Lucie Bertoldo

Somehow Rabbitohs captain Sam Burgess convinces the referee not to send him to the sin bin. Picture: NRL Imagery

Rabbitohs' serial offender looks NRL gift horse in the mouth

David Polkinghorne

See Treasures of India with The Senior and Collette in 2020

See Treasures of India with The Senior and Collette in 2020

The seven simple rules to maintaining a Self Managed Super Fund

The seven simple rules to maintaining a Self Managed Super Fund

Does your car harbour a deadly secret? Keep your family and friends safe by urging them to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for a 'tap on the shoulder' for Takata

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

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

INPUT: What do you have to say about living and working in regional Australia? Join the discussion at futurefocusproject.com.au.

Have your say on living in regional Australia

Joanne Crawford

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?

Emma Brown

Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack says he wanjts to see more dams built in northern Australia.

Acting PM wants more dams in northern Aust

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Labor says the government should help farmers adopt more sustainable and water efficient practices.

Acting PM ducks sustainable farming debate

Police have released an image of the alleged attacker of a teenage girl on the Gold Coast.

Man on run over Gold Coast sex assault

Labor has drawn Josh Frydenberg into its pursuit of minister Angus Taylor over grassland clearing.

Labor eyes Frydenberg on grasslands talks

Minister Angus Taylor insists Australia is doing enough to reduce greenhouse emissions.

Minister shrugs off climate rally concerns

Rebecca Gredley

An economist says Qld public servants given a $1250 bonus will pay off debt rather than spend.

Qld public servant bonus 'will do nothing'

Warren Barnsley

Queensland is overcoming an early-season bushfire emergency.

Extreme the new normal for Qld fire season

Warren Barnsley

A surge of property auctions in Melbourne helped keep the national clearance rate above 70%.

Auction activity, clearance rates both up

Rhino poaching id down but the battle is far from over, South Africa's environment minister says.

S.Africa 'turning tide' on rhino poaching

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Rhino poaching id down but the battle is far from over, South Africa's environment minister says.

S.Africa 'turning tide' on rhino poaching

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Protesters have hurled petrol bombs and police fired tear gas in renewed clashes in Hong Kong.

HK police move to block airport protest

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Protesters have hurled petrol bombs and police fired tear gas in renewed clashes in Hong Kong.

HK police move to block airport protest

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Boris Johnson is facing questions about his time as London mayor.

Johnson asked about money and US woman

Boris Johnson is facing questions about his time as London mayor.

Johnson asked about money and US woman

Kate Berry and her youngest daughter Pepper hit the road. Picture: Maya

The adventure that is motherhood

Karen Hardy

Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey attend the 2018 Time 100 Gala in New York City. Picture: Getty Images

Good old-fashioned reporting

Donna Liquori

How could I not believe, when Ita tells me to. Picture: Peter Morris

OPINION
The trick is to write what you know

Karen Hardy

Local history: The Lady Denman comes back to where she was made.

NSW South Coast isn't just about the whitest sand

John Rozentals

Tourists watch an ice avalanche at Sawyer Glacier in Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Picture: Ralph Lee Hopkins, Lindblad Expeditions

Welcome to the orca's playground in the Inside Passage

Kerry van der Jagt

Pairs of cast-iron shoes along the Danube River serve as a reminder of the events of Word War II. Pictures: Getty Images

Retracing never forgotten steps

Sue Williams

ART FORM: "I've stuck with pen, paper and paint," says Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd, pictured here painting the cat Scarface Claw in her home studio in New Zealand.

Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd's chaos theory

Geraldine Cardozo

FRIEND IN NEED: Alma's recognition of Tom's stroke symptoms helped to get him to hospital for a treatment in a timely fashion

Quick thinking Alma a stroke of luck for Tom

See over a million spring flowering bulbs at Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Victoria, including tulips, daffodils, ranunculus and anemones.

Hello petal! Australia's must-see flower festivals

Geraldine Cardozo

Gerard Jenkins, of O'Connor, Ian Marshall, of Spence, and Lenuta Quaraishi, of Palmerston.

Socials: Out There at Watson Arts Centre

Michael Taylor

Luke Lindfeld and Maddison Ciuffetelli, of Coombs.

Socials: Stencil artist showcases work

A man on stilts greets the crowd at the Canberra festival. (13/3/82)

Flashback Friday: Fun for everyone

Optimising canola's flowering time is currently one of the most important tactics in improving profitability of the crop.

Flowering time the bottom line for canola profitability

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Optimising canola's flowering time is currently one of the most important tactics in improving profitability of the crop.

Flowering time the bottom line for canola profitability

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Kaiden and Dallas Boyd's CRF SUPA Bin 42000 won Australian Machine of the Year at Henty.

West Wyalong brothers win Australian Machine of the Year

Kaiden and Dallas Boyd's CRF SUPA Bin 42000 won Australian Machine of the Year at Henty.

West Wyalong brothers win Australian Machine of the Year

Brendan Mansbridge, Brooklyn Park Poll Dorsets, Eugowra, and David Rossiter, Huish stud, South Devon, UK.

Photos, video: Who do you know at Gooramma Poll Dorset sale?

Brendan Mansbridge, Brooklyn Park Poll Dorsets, Eugowra, and David Rossiter, Huish stud, South Devon, UK.

Photos, video: Who do you know at Gooramma Poll Dorset sale?