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NEWS 22 April 2019. Manik Suriaaratchi and her 10-year-old daughter Alexandria were killed in the blast at the church in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Source: Facebook

Two Australians killed in Sri Lanka bombings ID'd as mother and daughter

Marnie Banger

Small Business Minister Michaelia Cash.

AWU raids inquiry cost taxpayers $1.2 million

Michael Koziol
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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten speaks to the media in Cairns on Monday. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

No 'night of long knives' says Shorten on APS bosses

Sally Whyte

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny sing during an Easter Sunday service at his Horizon Church. Photo: AAP

PM attacks 'gutless keyboard warriors' who mocked his church

Bevan Shields

The Australian Institute poll found almost 50 per cent of respondents were confused about how Senate voting system works. Photo: Tanya Lake.

One in two voters don't understand how to vote for the Senate: poll

Judith Ireland

A random breath testing stop run by two NSW highway patrol police officers. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers.

Drink driving over Easter break is 'disappointing': ACT traffic police

Peter Brewer
2hrs ago

Inside Canberra's prison, the Alexander Maconochie Centre. Photo: Rohan Thomson

ACT prison awash in 'liquid handcuffs'

Peter Brewer

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: Alex Ellinghousen

'Extremely risky' $1.2m voter data project abandoned by Liberals

Max Koslowski

Home Affairs in court over alleged underpayment

OPINION
What big business won't say publicly about a Labor victory

New plan for latest Geocon high-rise

NEWS 22 April 2019. Manik Suriaaratchi and her 10-year-old daughter Alexandria were killed in the blast at the church in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Source: Facebook

Two Australians killed in Sri Lanka bombings ID'd as mother and daughter

Britain's Prince Harry would certainly shake up the office of the GG. Photo: Eddie Jim

OPINION
All the reasons Harry would actually make a top GG

"It's a beautiful day" Aicha and her son Souleymane from Guinea. Photo: Rachel Mounsey

Refugees' joy as visitors take to the waves at Pambula Beach

I've been everywhere: The female fledgling who flew to Queensland, South Australia and Victoria. Photo: Stuart Rae

Little eagle, big wings: Canberra to Bundaberg and back

Guide dog, Mr Wiley, on Gunghalin station. Picture: Steve Evans.

A guide dog's guide to the new light rail system

Vigil at the Sri Lanka High Commission in Canberra. From left, Thoshi and Manu Dharmaratne Jithee Ranasinghe, and Amila Badungodage. Photo: Jamila Toderas

Canberra hosts vigil and prayers for lives lost in Colombo

Drink driving over Easter break is 'disappointing': ACT traffic police

2hrs ago

Bradley Jones hungry for more success after missing Stawell Gift final

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Canberra hosts vigil and prayers for lives lost in Colombo

15:31PM

Hundreds 'find their folk' at Canberra festival

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An intimate insight into the cost of war

14:16PM

ACT players picked for hockey national teams

10:30AM

Small Business Minister Michaelia Cash.

AWU raids inquiry cost taxpayers $1.2 million

1hr ago

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten speaks to the media in Cairns on Monday. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

No 'night of long knives' says Shorten on APS bosses

The Australian Institute poll found almost 50 per cent of respondents were confused about how Senate voting system works. Photo: Tanya Lake.

One in two voters don't understand how to vote for the Senate: poll

The staff member at the Department of Home Affairs says they have been underpaid. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen.

Home Affairs in court over alleged underpayment

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: Alex Ellinghousen

'Extremely risky' $1.2m voter data project abandoned by Liberals

Max Koslowski

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny sing during an Easter Sunday service at his Horizon Church. Photo: AAP

PM attacks 'gutless keyboard warriors' who mocked his church

Bevan Shields

Opposition leader Bill Shorten.

OPINION
What big business won't say publicly about a Labor victory

Elizabeth Knight

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will keep using the ACT for campaigning. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

No escaping ACT for campaigning MPs

Doug Dingwall

It was a simpler and sillier time

John Paul Moloney

OPINION
Cat, meet pigeons: the coming angst for Morrison and Shorten

Sean Kelly

Will the new bus service match that of the light rail?

Craft beer makers are using ingredients like Tim-Tams or kangaroo in experimental brews

Tim Tam and Roo beer featured at festival

Melissa Meehan

Monster executive chef Daniel Flatt. Photo: Dan O'Day

Five foodie things to do this week

Karen Hardy

Michael Nelson Jagamara, Possum and Wallaby Dreaming, from the painting of the same name. Photo: David Hempenstall

Parliament mosiac from a different point of view

Ron Cerabona

Craft beer makers are using ingredients like Tim-Tams or kangaroo in experimental brews

Tim Tam and Roo beer featured at festival

Luna Ryan, Forest island with little creatures, 2019. Photo: Canberra Glassworks.

REVIEW
Memories and culture evoked in glass

Kerry-Anne Cousins

The plot of The Avengers: Endgame is such a closely guarded secret, even its cast claim not to know how it fits together yet.

The end of the biggest film franchise ever

Robbie Collin

Israel Folau's code of conduct hearing will be held on May 4.

Israel Folau's code of conduct hearing date set

Raiders fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad has been a revelation this season. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The grit of Raiders fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad

Josh Mann-Rea is set to go for more scans upon his return to Canberra. Photo: Kerry Marshall / www.photosport.nz

Brumbies eye new hooker as Mann-Rea weighs up future

Josh Papalii and the Raiders have an extra source of motivation this season, one that means more than football. Photo: NRL Photos

A little angel guiding her Raiders

Roosters' Brett Morris is one of a number of knee injuries suffered at Brookvale Oval. Photo: NRL Imagery

The battle of Brookvale's surface

David Polkinghorne

Raiders' Jack Wighton is using his head at five-eighth. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Wighton's using his head as halves switch kicks into gear

David Polkinghorne

Raiders' Nick Cotric. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Raiders beat Broncos to go close to top of the NRL ladder

David Polkinghorne

Brumbies coach Dan McKellar is confident he has the depth at his disposal to overcome a mounting injury toll. Photo: AAP Image/Rohan Thomson.

Depth steels Brumbies' injury toll battle

Caden Helmers

Give your future a head start with the GRIFFIN Accelerator program

There's a new way to travel between Canberra and Sydney

HERO: Mark Donaldson VC's courage under fire saved lives in Afghanistan. On ANZAC Day, he will be honoured by the Australian War Memorial when he delivers a first hand account of his bravery.

"We don't leave anyone behind": Donaldson's courage under fire embodies the ANZAC spirit

There are so many benefits to seeking treatment for hepatitis C. Leading expert Dr Tuck Meng Soo explains what is involved.

The many benefits of seeking treatment

Marvel at the lost city of Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca citadel, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, on a mountain ridge 2,430 metres above sea level.

Ready for a cool change?

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What is a gigabyte? Many people don't know what data usage is required for even the most common activities like streaming videos.

Seven fun ways with 10GB

Emma Brown

Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries chief executive Tony Weber is urging motorists to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for vital safety check

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YOUR SAY: Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia is on the lookout for older Australians to be part of its 2019 Federal Election Panel. Photo: Paul Jeffers

Federal election: Be a voice for older Australians

AN ILLNESS: On average, one in four people experience anxiety at some stage in their life. Photo: Shutterstock.

Almost a decade wait for anxiety treatment

Samara Ross

"Who would have thought it?": Prolific singer-songwriter Brian Cadd, once described as "Australia's answer to Quincy Jones", marvels at a lifetime in the music business. His latest album, recorded in Nashville, is Silver City.

Brian Cadd rocks his babies

John Piggott

Scott Morrison is staring down calls for a Murray-Darling Basin Plan inquiry.

Joyce unfazed by water purchase scrutiny

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An Australian Active Service Medal, Afghanistan Medal, Australian Defence Medal and NATO Medal ISAF.

Are these your medals? Medals found in SA

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NEWS 22 April 2019. Manik Suriaaratchi and her 10-year-old daughter Alexandria were killed in the blast at the church in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Source: Facebook

Two Australians killed in Sri Lanka bombings ID'd as mother and daughter

Craft beer makers are using ingredients like Tim-Tams or kangaroo in experimental brews

Tim Tam and Roo beer featured at festival

Labor is deciding whether to back calls for a royal commission into an $80m water purchase.

Water issue flows into election campaign

Angus Livingston

Bill Shorten says Labor would make it easier for migrants to bring elderly parents to Australia

Labor gives migrant parents cheaper visas

Angus Livingston

The claim by Labor's employment spokesman that underemployment remains high is mostly true.

Underemployment stays high under Liberals

PM Scott Morrison says love will help Sri Lanka heal after a devastating series of terrorist bombs.

PM talks up Australian multicultural curry

Katina Curtis

Sri Lanka will impose a nationwide emergency from midnight local time on Monday.

Sri Lanka imposes emergency after attacks

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Sri Lanka will impose a nationwide emergency from midnight local time on Monday.

Sri Lanka imposes emergency after attacks

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Povlsen has significant stakes in ASOS, online grocery store Nemlig and payments company Klarna.

Danish tycoon loses 3 kids in SL attacks

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Povlsen has significant stakes in ASOS, online grocery store Nemlig and payments company Klarna.

Danish tycoon loses 3 kids in SL attacks

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Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton has jumped in the 2020 race for the White House.

Seth Moulton enters US presidential race

2hrs ago

Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton has jumped in the 2020 race for the White House.

Seth Moulton enters US presidential race

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BEAUTIFUL FLOORS: The beauty of today's flooring is the vast amount of options to fit every style, budget and home. Image courtesy of Carpet Court.

Tips for creating Moroccan and botanical style

The experiment starts in deep south at Banks, just a stone's throw from Cooma.

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Busted: Truth about Canberra's 20-minute driving myth

Bree Element

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Linley Wilkie

Tattykeel's Poll Dorset group winners of the Peter Taylor Memorial Perpetual Trophy. Holding sheep are Kirsty, Graham and James Gilmore with Kelvin Cronk, Kaybunda, Old Junee, sashing.

Poll Dorsets again supreme

Tattykeel's Poll Dorset group winners of the Peter Taylor Memorial Perpetual Trophy. Holding sheep are Kirsty, Graham and James Gilmore with Kelvin Cronk, Kaybunda, Old Junee, sashing.

Poll Dorsets again supreme

Holstein junior champion female, Cherrylock Chassitys Innocence shown by Brad Gavenlock (right) and Jess Gavenlock, Cherrylock Cattle Co, Tallygaroopna, Victoria and sashed by judge Marcus Young, Ridgely, Tasmania.

All the heifer and dry cow results in the dairy show

Holstein junior champion female, Cherrylock Chassitys Innocence shown by Brad Gavenlock (right) and Jess Gavenlock, Cherrylock Cattle Co, Tallygaroopna, Victoria and sashed by judge Marcus Young, Ridgely, Tasmania.

All the heifer and dry cow results in the dairy show

Cattle committee chairman Greg Watson with the champion heifer of the all breeds youth competition exhibited by Georgia Herne, with judge Stuart Lockhart, Terara.

Georgia Herne wins all breeds youth competition with Ayrshire heifer

Cattle committee chairman Greg Watson with the champion heifer of the all breeds youth competition exhibited by Georgia Herne, with judge Stuart Lockhart, Terara.

Georgia Herne wins all breeds youth competition with Ayrshire heifer

A small impromptu memorial for the Australian POWs at the start of the Hellfire Pass cutting. Photo: Michael Turtle

Epitome of rock and a hard place

Michael Turtle

Australians aren't letting travel costs stop their holiday fun.

Travelling Aussies pay top dollar for their accommodation

Get your Game of Thrones fix in person, on site

"It's a beautiful day" Aicha and her son Souleymane from Guinea. Photo: Rachel Mounsey

Refugees' joy as visitors take to the waves at Pambula Beach

Rachel Mounsey

Matt Dawson, Lachlan Dawson, 1, and Lisa Cormack.

Hit the ground running

Dion Georgopoulos

Ashley Eriksmoen, Stirling, and Bryan Harris, Canberra.

Social photos: Craft ACT exhibition opening

Karen Hardy