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The Mason family, Nancy, holding grandson James, John, and daughters Nadezhda and Anna, who do their absolute best to avoid using cars in favour of cycling or public transport to commute. Picture: Karleen Minney

Canberra family that has shunned cars for 40 years

Elliot Williams

Christina Ryan was asked to remove clothing when she went through security at Parliament House. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Woman in wheelchair forced to remove clothing in Parliament House security search

Andrew Brown
1hr ago

The scene of a fatal stabbing at the Queanbeyan Caltex service station. Picture: Karleen Minney

Second teen admits murdering Queanbeyan man in service station stabbing

Luke Costin

Green fever is sweeping Canberra with tickets flying out the door. Just like Peter "Butcher" Lindbeck's famous green sausages. Picture: Peter Brewer

UPDATED
Raiders prove to be the hottest ticket in town

David Polkinghorne
58m ago

Census gave $6 value for every $1 spent

Census gave $6 value for every $1 spent, new report says

Angus Livingston

ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith. Picture: Karleen Minney

Soon, there will be just one number to call if you're having a baby in Canberra

Katie Burgess

Aran Mylvaganam says the Tamil refugee family were told they won't be going back to the mainland.

Tamil family told to get used to detention

Georgie Moore
2hrs ago

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Jenny Morrison are greeted by President of the United States Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump ahead of a state dinner at the White House. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

OPINION
What price that seat for Morrison at Trump's state dinner?

Nicole Hemmer

APS employers could face hefty bill for unpaid superannuation

Auditor queries government $450m drug strategy

SUBSCRIBER
Clock is ticking on Albanese's chance to prove he can go distance

Australia looks to Canada on population

The Mason family, Nancy, holding grandson James, John, and daughters Nadezhda and Anna, who do their absolute best to avoid using cars in favour of cycling or public transport to commute. Picture: Karleen Minney

Canberra family that has shunned cars for 40 years

Nadia Bartel during the 2019 Kennedy Brownlow Red Carpet arrivals at Crown Palladium. Picture: Daniel Pockett/AFL Photos via Getty Images

Brownlow Medal 2019: the red carpet arrivals

58m ago

Israel Folau is set to make a rugby league comeback playing for Tonga.

Folau set for league return with Tonga

1hr ago

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart, right, will finalise his team on Tuesday. Picture: Karleen Minney

NRL finals sin bins a lesson for Green Machine

Nick Kyrgios plays tennis with young fans in Canberra. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

OPINION
Why does Kyrgios rile us so? Because he tells the truth

Sue Washington has decorated her car in Raiders colours. Picture: Karleen Minney

This Raiders fan drives her own green machine

Olympic dream still burns for Warwick after 11 long years

28m ago

Thomas Cook collapse 'tsunami' for Greece

35m ago

OPINION
Empower children to celebrate individuality

58m ago

UPDATED
Raiders prove to be the hottest ticket in town

58m ago

Obeid/Macdonald trial delayed until 2020

1hr ago

Court orders new psych report for Leifer

1hr ago

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Former drought envoy Barnaby Joyce says he sent "heaps" of reports to the PM on the issue.

Barnaby 'sent heaps of reports' on drought

Liberal MP Tim Wilson says opening the polls three weeks in advance is too early.

Call to cut time allowed for early voting

Census gave $6 value for every $1 spent

Census gave $6 value for every $1 spent, new report says

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Australian ambassador to the United States Joe Hockey during a garden party at the Ambassador's residence in Washington DC. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

Morrison backs Trump plan in China trade dispute

Minister for Cities Alan Tudge wants to encourage new migrants to settle outside major cities.

Australia looks to Canada on population

Daniel McCulloch

Bupa has taken over the major Defence force health contract.

Defence reins in Bupa over psychologists for soldiers

Sally Whyte

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

Acting PM ducks sustainable farming debate

Rebecca Gredley

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

The student strike for action on climate change in Canberra. Picture: Karleen Minney

Serving idealistic pursuits at expense of essential services

Letters to the editor

Australian Senate members have a six-year term, but would it be better if that changed to four years? Picture: Glen McCurtayne

OPINION
It's time for Senate to come to the four

Crispin Hull

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex during their visit to Australia last year. Picture: Jessica Hromas

OPINION
If you don't want the job, Harry, I'll take it

Richard Castles

Andrew Galan has organised a poetry slam to be performed at Gorman House. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Why the question of 'so what?' is important for Canberra's poetry slams

Amy Martin

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

'Floriade is fabulous': Canberra blooms in the warmth

Steve Evans

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

The adventure that is motherhood

Karen Hardy

Andrew Galan has organised a poetry slam to be performed at Gorman House. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Why the question of 'so what?' is important for Canberra's poetry slams

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

REVIEW
This reach for the stars is sombre

Ron Cerabona

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

Canberra softballer Clare Warwick is confident Australia can qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.

Olympic dream still burns for Warwick after 11 long years

28m ago

Green fever is sweeping Canberra with tickets flying out the door. Just like Peter "Butcher" Lindbeck's famous green sausages. Picture: Peter Brewer

UPDATED
Raiders prove to be the hottest ticket in town

58m ago

Israel Folau is set to make a rugby league comeback playing for Tonga.

Folau set for league return with Tonga

1hr ago

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

Lachie Whitfield could return for the Giants' AFL grand final. Picture: James Brickwood

Whitfield set to return after Giant pain

Lucie Bertoldo
1hr ago

Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart wants to find out who his big-game players are. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Stuart calls for Raiders to stand up

David Polkinghorne
1hr ago

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart, right, will finalise his team on Tuesday. Picture: Karleen Minney

NRL finals sin bins a lesson for Green Machine

David Polkinghorne

Carly Leeson made her ACT Meteors debut on Sunday. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Leeson bats for back-to-back title

Lucie Bertoldo

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

Former NSW Labor minister Eddie Obeid's trial won't start until February.

Obeid/Macdonald trial delayed until 2020

1hr ago

The Northern Beaches Hospital's stroke-treating capacity came under the spotlight at a NSW inquiry.

Hospital rejects NSW inquiry's stroke call

2hrs ago

The QLD Premier declined to detail police claims of protesters using dangerous locking devices .

Qld Premier won't detail activist claims

2hrs ago

Aran Mylvaganam says the Tamil refugee family were told they won't be going back to the mainland.

Tamil family told to get used to detention

2hrs ago

Laurie John Junior Dodd is on the run after escaping legal custody while at Royal Perth Hospital.

Inmate escape probe could lead to penalty

2hrs ago

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says US China trade tensions are hurting the Australian economy.

Trade war delaying investments: treasurer

Angus Livingston
2hrs ago

Angus Taylor says the National Electricity Market will cut emissions by 26 % by 2022.

Energy ministers to meet as emissions ease

Paul Osborne
2hrs ago

Driver Shane Graham has pleaded not guilty to match fixing charges stemming from a race in 2017.

Brisbane harness driver denies fixing race

Warren Barnsley and Sonia Kohlbacher
2hrs ago

Officials say the collapse of British travel agency Thomas Cook will be a 'tsunami' for Greece.

Thomas Cook collapse 'tsunami' for Greece

35m ago

Officials say the collapse of British travel agency Thomas Cook will be a 'tsunami' for Greece.

Thomas Cook collapse 'tsunami' for Greece

35m ago

A further psych report has been ordered for Malka Leifer to decide her extradition case in Israel.

Court orders new psych report for Leifer

1hr ago

A further psych report has been ordered for Malka Leifer to decide her extradition case in Israel.

Court orders new psych report for Leifer

1hr ago

A road is blocked by fallen trees as typhoon Tapah sweeps through parts of South Korea.

Typhoon batters South Korea

A road is blocked by fallen trees as typhoon Tapah sweeps through parts of South Korea.

Typhoon batters South Korea

What can you see?: Google Earth has provided solutions to several crime puzzles.

What on earth is that?

Mathew Dickerson

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

Good old-fashioned reporting

Donna Liquori

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

The adventure that is motherhood

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

The interior of the Dining Suite at Tokyo's TRUNK(HOTEL). Pictures: Supplied

Best Trunk call you'll ever make

Amelia Lester

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

Nadia Bartel during the 2019 Kennedy Brownlow Red Carpet arrivals at Crown Palladium. Picture: Daniel Pockett/AFL Photos via Getty Images

Brownlow Medal 2019: the red carpet arrivals

58m ago

Tuva Carli, of Franklin, and Jack Milton, of Queanbeyan.

Socials: Wonderful night for a moondance

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

Socials: Out There at Watson Arts Centre

Michael Taylor

Damian Roach, Landmark Cooma, Michael Green, Boudjah, Cooma with his $12,500 purchase paraded by Guy Evans, Tara Park, Boorowa.

Tara Park Merinos to $12,500

58m ago

Damian Roach, Landmark Cooma, Michael Green, Boudjah, Cooma with his $12,500 purchase paraded by Guy Evans, Tara Park, Boorowa.

Tara Park Merinos to $12,500

58m ago

The top priced ram with Michael Glasser, GTSM, Ricky Connor, Lucknow who purchased the ram on behalf of Dean Fredericksen, Orange and stud principals Andrew and Jody Green, Aloeburn Poll Merinos, Boree Creek.

Aloeburn Poll Merino rams average $1426

1hr ago

The top priced ram with Michael Glasser, GTSM, Ricky Connor, Lucknow who purchased the ram on behalf of Dean Fredericksen, Orange and stud principals Andrew and Jody Green, Aloeburn Poll Merinos, Boree Creek.

Aloeburn Poll Merino rams average $1426

1hr ago

David and Sally Shannon say health problems and a lack of skilled helpers has forced them to advertise their herd of water buffalo for sale. Photos: Supplied

Ever wanted to own a buffalo dairy?

2hrs ago

David and Sally Shannon say health problems and a lack of skilled helpers has forced them to advertise their herd of water buffalo for sale. Photos: Supplied

Ever wanted to own a buffalo dairy?

2hrs ago