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Tasmanian Independent senator Jacqui Lambie. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERLambie set to hold cards in election showdown

Gerard Cockburn

Students at St Clare's College compiled a scavenger hunt list which encouraged participants to film themselves completing dares. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBERACT Catholic girls' students encouraged to perform sex acts in 'scav hunt'

Sarah Lansdown
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The ACT has tightened rules on international arrivals in a precautionary effort to prevent the Omicron COVID-19 variant spreading in the territory. Picture: Karleen Minney

ACT's international arrivals forced to quarantine due to Omicron variant

Jasper Lindell

Work on the four-storey development is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2022, subject to approvals. Picture: Guida Moseley Brown Architects/Morris Property Group

SUBSCRIBERGriffith apartment complex development application triples in size

Brittney Levinson
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Infectious disease specialist Peter Collignon. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Reduce quarantine for schoolkid COVID contacts: expert

Alex Crowe
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The committee representing trainee psychiatrists has declared it has no confidence in the board of the RANZCP. Picture: Shutterstock

Future psychiatrists resign from RANZCP in protest

Finn McHugh

Flights from southern African countries will cease for two weeks due to the Omicron COVID variant.

Australia prepares for Omicron COVID variant

Hannah Ryan

People march down Bunda Street near Glebe park during an anti-vaccination mandate rally on Saturday. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Anti-vaccination mandate rally in Canberra draws hundreds to Glebe Park

Miriam Webber
Jasper Lindell

Disadvantaged students 'disengaged' as remote learning widens digital inequity

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Australian help well received in Solomons

Evacuations ordered in NSW flooding

NSW tightens controls for Omicron variant

Tasmanian Independent senator Jacqui Lambie. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERLambie set to hold cards in election showdown

Wagga Wagga farmer Adam Symons with plastic surgeon Dr Ross Farhadieh after the latest 10-hour microsurgery to restore function to his right hand and forearm. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBERExtraordinary 10-hour Canberra surgery to help save Wagga farmer's arm

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Ona Coffee director Sasa Sestic says some people who used reusable cups pre-lockdown are no longer comfortable with them. Picture: Alex Crowe

Has the pandemic killed the KeepCup?

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The Matildas expect a better performance in Newcastle after losing 3-0 to the US in Sydney.

Matildas eye quick rebound in Newcastle

Rob Valetini could be free to line up in the Brumbies' first game of the season. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERValetini set to be free for Brumbies' season-opener

Peter Broelman's view: Draft dodgers

SUBSCRIBERPeter Broelman's view: Draft dodgers

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Afghan PM gives speech after three months

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Deaths as French convoy faces Niger demos

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SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONSemicolons lost amid the long grass

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Variant fears trigger more travel curbs

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Which is greenest - cremation or burial?

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Green gifts that keep on giving

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The ACT population is 97.6 per cent fully vaccinated as of Friday. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

ACT records seven new cases of COVID-19

The ACT population is 97.6 per cent fully vaccinated as of Friday. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

ACT records seven new cases of COVID-19

Ona Coffee director Sasa Sestic says some people who used reusable cups pre-lockdown are no longer comfortable with them. Picture: Alex Crowe

Has the pandemic killed the KeepCup?

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Ona Coffee director Sasa Sestic says some people who used reusable cups pre-lockdown are no longer comfortable with them. Picture: Alex Crowe

Has the pandemic killed the KeepCup?

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Travellers who have returned from southern Africa are being urged to isolate and test for COVID-19.

NSW tightens travel controls for Omicron variant

Travellers who have returned from southern Africa are being urged to isolate and test for COVID-19.

NSW tightens travel controls for Omicron variant

Flights from southern African countries will cease for two weeks due to the Omicron COVID variant.

Australia prepares for Omicron COVID variant

The ACT is taking precautionary measures as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 emerges overseas.

ACT introduces COVID variant precautions

Numerous flood watches and warnings active following a month of heavy rainfall across NSW.

Evacuations ordered in NSW flooding

NSW is taking precautionary measures as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 emerges overseas.

NSW tightens controls for Omicron variant

Tasmanian Independent senator Jacqui Lambie. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERLambie set to hold cards in election showdown

Gerard Cockburn

Sydney's Warragamba Dam is overflowing and is expected to keep spilling water for up to a week.

Evacuations ordered in NSW flooding

Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced new restrictions on people who have been in southern Africa.

Australia shuts border to southern Africa

Marty Silk

Travellers who have returned from southern Africa are being urged to isolate and test for COVID-19.

NSW tightens travel controls for Omicron variant

Hannah Ryan

Despite its virtuous name, One Nation is an example of a party that relies on its capacity to divide, rather than unite. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONReligious freedom, One Nation, it's all spin

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A senate committee's heard there's no evidence of foreign donations toward Mr. Porter's legal costs.

Department grilled over Porter donations

Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Not the world we live in': New plan to open up gas basins

Tasmanian Independent senator Jacqui Lambie. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERLambie set to hold cards in election showdown

The Chinese navy's general intelligence ship, the Yuhengxing, spent about three weeks off the coast.

Defence confirms China spy ship presence

Dominic Giannini

Anthony Albanese says a Labor government would restore Australia's self-sufficiency.

Transport and tourism key to economy

Maeve Bannister

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has got underway in Brisbane.

Veterans inquiry views 'lasting change'

Deborah Cornwall

Bass MP Bridget Archer (seated) during question time on Wednesday. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

SUBSCRIBER | ANALYSIS'Shemozzle' in the House as PM's authority questioned

Karen Barlow

Double standards on privacy must stop

Double standards on privacy must stop

The Canberra Times

Euthanasia laws pose a grave threat to our trust in doctors

Euthanasia laws pose a grave threat to our trust in doctors

Letters to the editor
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Despite its virtuous name, One Nation is an example of a party that relies on its capacity to divide, rather than unite. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONReligious freedom, One Nation, it's all spin

Mark Kenny
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A forensic investigator at the house where Stacey Klimovitch was shot and killed in Stockton, NSW, in June. Picture Max Mason-Hubers

SUBSCRIBER'It doesn't get any worse': Canberra 'hitman' accused of 'execution-style' murder

The Alexander Maconochie Centre.

SUBSCRIBERCourt action launched after knife allegedly used to strip search detainee

Canberra Rebels vice-president John Wright leaves court on Friday afternoon. Picture: Blake Foden

SUBSCRIBERHigh-ranking bikie arrested in Braddon drug bust

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Inside Inbetween at the National Museum of Australia. Picture: Supplied

National Museum opens new exhibition from Venice Biennale

Amy Martin

Banana upside down cake. Picture: Supplied

Gluten-free recipes so delicious your friends won't taste the difference

Becky Excell

Liz and Mervyn Dorrough in the Cook Canberra Organic Growers Society community garden. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

An Italian treat in the community garden

Susan Parson

Inside Inbetween at the National Museum of Australia. Picture: Supplied

National Museum opens new exhibition from Venice Biennale

Genesis Owusu is the first hip hop artist to win Album of the Year at the ARIA Awards. Picture: Supplied

'The weirdo can't be stopped': Genesis Owusu 'validated' by historic ARIA win

Amy Martin

Adele persuaded the streaming music platform to conceal the shuffle button so listeners hear albums in their intended order. Picture: Getty Images

Adele beats Spotify, start to finish

D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye

The United States celebrate their goal in the opening minute. Picture: Getty Images

'We weren't good enough': Building squad depth, missed chances cost Matildas

Rob Valetini could be free to line up in the Brumbies' first game of the season. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBERValetini set to be free for Brumbies' season-opener

Kelly Rowlings will join a star-studded Tuggeranong-Weston Creek Molonglo side in the new competition. Picture: Keegan Carroll

'It's about time': Cricket ACT enters a new age

The Matildas expect a better performance in Newcastle after losing 3-0 to the US in Sydney.

Matildas eye quick rebound in Newcastle

The Capitals say ticket sales for their first home game have been 'red hot'. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Capitals eye packed house as officials draft COVID-safe plans

Caden Helmers

James O'Connor was among the Wallabies who'd been due to play in the cancelled Barbarians' match.

11 Wallabies in COVID-hit Baa-Baas' squad

Ian Chadband

Eddie Palubinskas has been a mentor to the stars after establishing a reputation as a shooting expert. Picture: Andrew Sheargold

Shaq, shots and Olympic records: An Australian sporting trailblazer

Caden Helmers

Sam Kerr and Tameka Yallop during the warm-up of Saturday's match before their 3-0 loss. Picture: Getty

SUBSCRIBER | ANALYSISTalking points: Matildas break all-time crowd record in Sydney

Isobel Cootes

Afghan state-run TV has released an audio message from Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund.

Afghan PM gives speech after three months

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Afghan state-run TV has released an audio message from Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund.

Afghan PM gives speech after three months

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Anger about France's military presence in its ex-colonies has been rising in Niger and Burkina Faso.

Deaths as French convoy faces Niger demos

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Anger about France's military presence in its ex-colonies has been rising in Niger and Burkina Faso.

Deaths as French convoy faces Niger demos

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The outlook for international travel appears gloomy after the emergence of the Omicron variant.

Variant fears trigger more travel curbs

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The outlook for international travel appears gloomy after the emergence of the Omicron variant.

Variant fears trigger more travel curbs

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Marki the wombat was treated for mange in captivity. This is very rare. Picture: Supplied.

LISTENWombats are rotting to death, meet the people trying to save them

Marki the wombat was treated for mange in captivity. This is very rare. Picture: Supplied.

LISTENWombats are rotting to death, meet the people trying to save them

K'gari was named for the Butchulla spirit who helped create the land and sea and then never wanted to leave. Photo: Shutterstock

LISTENRestoring Aboriginal place names to acknowledge identity and history

K'gari was named for the Butchulla spirit who helped create the land and sea and then never wanted to leave. Photo: Shutterstock

LISTENRestoring Aboriginal place names to acknowledge identity and history

Bylong's general store has been closed for a few months, it's owned by mining giant KEPCO along side the church and the primary school. Picture by Jonathan Carroll for the Newcastle Herald.

LISTENRegenerating a valley and a community

Bylong's general store has been closed for a few months, it's owned by mining giant KEPCO along side the church and the primary school. Picture by Jonathan Carroll for the Newcastle Herald.

LISTENRegenerating a valley and a community

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Under attack: As cyber crime incidences rise, more businesses are taking out insurance to protect from losses.

Cyber crime a growing business threat

At The Q: God of Carnage is a comedy of manners...without the manners. Photo: Jane Duong

The Q celebrates talented artists on our doorstep

Three Mills Bakery's Fyshwick site that's being powered with its own solar energy system.

Rise and shine: The Canberra bakery adding a dash of sun power to its products

COMMUNITY SPIRIT: Fire affected Wondalga residents come together to swap stories and rekindle their community connections at a "Fire Shed Friday" event.

Local communities come together after bushfires

A river round trip to Adelaide

A river round trip to Adelaide

Emma Brown

VIEW INSURANCE - CHANGE YOUR VIEW: Every policy helps the Kindness Factory educate our children on the impact of kindness.

With a view to keep you covered

Become your own 'virtual power plant' and trade energy with the grid

Become your own 'virtual power plant' and trade energy with the grid

Burial and cremation both release carbon dioxide. Picture: Shutterstock

Which is greenest - cremation or burial?

Rod Taylor, Fuzzy Logic
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Save time and resources and give living gifts this Christmas. Picture: Shutterstock

Green gifts that keep on giving

Jackie French
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The Beatles released Love Me Do in 1962, and thus the "real sixties" began. Picture: Getty Images

REVIEWThe year the 'real sixties' began

Colin Steele

CHEEKY CHICKS: The February girls. Photos: Sandra Ramsay

Never too old to be calendar girls

Therese Murray

CHALLENGE: Australia needs many more aged care workers. Picture Shutterstock

Critical shortage of aged care workers threatens care standards

Eileen Wood

Model Barbara Bingham.

The true beauty of older models

Therese Murray

Picture by reader @terryterry1924

Instagrammers of Canberra

Kerry Gavin, winner of The Canberra Times Craft expo.

Flashback Friday: Canberra Show

Rob De Fries of Ngunnawal, Anne Turner of Cook and Wolf Hacker of Holt.

PHOTOSSetting the stage for 2022

Dion Georgopoulos

Future Farmers Network director Samantha Noon.

Agriculture, the career of opportunity

Future Farmers Network director Samantha Noon.

Agriculture, the career of opportunity

The Old Goulburn Brewery coated in snow. Photo: File

Oldest surviving brewery in Australia sells for over $3 million

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The Old Goulburn Brewery coated in snow. Photo: File

Oldest surviving brewery in Australia sells for over $3 million

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The last meeting at the Wallabadah Jockey Club was on New Year's Day 2019 after the club opted to no longer host thoroughbred meetings. Photo: Gareth Gardner

North West country racing institution runs its final race

The last meeting at the Wallabadah Jockey Club was on New Year's Day 2019 after the club opted to no longer host thoroughbred meetings. Photo: Gareth Gardner

North West country racing institution runs its final race