Canberra cafe pair brewing migrant jobs named Local Hero
Vanessa Brettell and Hannah Costello have been both named Australian Local Hero for their social enterprise cafes helping migrant women gain jobs.
- News
- Arts & Entertainment
Bizarre and bloody, millions flock back to Squid Game
This month millions of people around the world have returned to the bizarre, bloody and brightly coloured corridors of Squid Game, writes streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
- News
Awards embody the best of us, so who got what?
Australia Day Honours recipients embody the best of us, and we are grateful to all of them, says Governor-General Sam Mostyn AC. here's who got what in Canberra this year.
- Opinion
Facing fees: how ‘free’ are public schools?
Are public schools really ‘free’? Families can pay hundreds of dollars in voluntary fees, says EMMA ROWE.
- News
Fading US climate leadership opens door for Australia
Australia could end up with cheaper electric cars and renewed opportunities for green manufacturing as United States' climate leadership goes on hiatus, writes POPPY JOHNSTON in Canberra.
- Lifestyle
Summer time and the growing is easy…
Vegetables, such as tomatoes, zucchini and capsicums, will be ripening in the summer heat and sun, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
- Opinion
Support for changing date of Australia Day ‘softens’
Support for changing date of Australia Day softens, but remains strong among young people, says new research.
- Politics
Albanese struggles to strike the right note in antisemitism battle
Whatever the government does, Albanese struggles to strike the right note in antisemitism battle, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
- Arts & Entertainment
Netflix musical Emilia Perez leads Oscar nominations
Netflix contender Emilia Pérez has picked up the largest number of nominations for Academy Awards.
News
Canberra cafe pair brewing migrant jobs named Local Hero
Vanessa Brettell and Hannah Costello have been both named Australian Local Hero for their social enterprise cafes helping migrant women gain jobs.
News
Awards embody the best of us, so who got what?
Australia Day Honours recipients embody the best of us, and we are grateful to all of them, says Governor-General Sam Mostyn AC. here's who got what in Canberra this year.
Update
Few clues to motive in ‘horrifying’ Bondi rampage
NSW Premier Chris Minns says women were targeted in the Bondi Junction mass stabbing but lengthy inquiries to come may never conclusively find a motive.
News
‘Underestimated my whole life’: PM makes election pitch
Anthony Albanese has pledged to take Australia in the right direction as he makes a pitch to voters, while hinting at when the federal election could be held.
News
Motorcyclists booked 100km/h over the limit
Caught in the double-demerit period, two motorcyclists lost 12 demerit points each and had their licences suspended after being caught speeding more than 100 km/h over the speed limit on Saturday.
One in 10 road crash drivers on ice, study shows
Campaigners and Olympians recognised in honours list
Protests, parties and heatwave alert for Australia Day
MND advocate Neale Daniher named Australian of the Year
Keith Urban pops up at a country pub, accepts honour
Dutton adds Trump-style government efficiency role
Opinion
Here’s why the snail-pace ACT Integrity Commission has to go
"It’s bad practice [for] the commission to take four years to investigate and report on an issue where the facts were readily discoverable." HUGH SELBY doubles down on his call to abolish the snail-pace ACT Integrity Commission.
Arts & Entertainment
Get ready for the ‘roarsome’ awesome dinosaur experience
Families are in for a "roarsome" experience when more than 30 huge dinosaurs stomp into the Black Mountain Peninsula at Acton for the ACT’s first showing of the ultimate outdoor dinosaur event, says DinoFest founder, LAURENCE TAYLOR.
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Opinion
An Australian fair dinkum Christmas really is unique
"The tableau became unhinged. Blue angels, sprawling shepherds, wise men and even the doll’s doting parents panicked. Theatrical chaos threatened," Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN fondly remembers when the school nativity play goes awry.
News
‘Underestimated my whole life’: PM makes election pitch
Anthony Albanese has pledged to take Australia in the right direction as he makes a pitch to voters, while hinting at when the federal election could be held.
Police
Motorcyclists booked 100km/h over the limit
Caught in the double-demerit period, two motorcyclists lost 12 demerit points each and had their licences suspended after being caught speeding more than 100 km/h over the speed limit on Saturday.
National news
One in 10 road crash drivers on ice, study shows
New research indicates 17 per cent of drivers involved in road crashes have drugs or alcohol in their system.
National news
Canberra cafe pair brewing migrant jobs named Local Hero
Vanessa Brettell and Hannah Costello have been both named Australian Local Hero for their social enterprise cafes helping migrant women gain jobs.
National news
Campaigners and Olympians recognised in honours list
More than 450 people have been recognised for their achievements in the 2025 Australia Day Honours List.
National news
Protests, parties and heatwave alert for Australia Day
Australia Day celebration and protests are set to kick off early as police say they are prepared for major crowds amid a heatwave alert for much of the nation.
National news
MND advocate Neale Daniher named Australian of the Year
AFL legend Neale Daniher has been awarded the 2025 Australian of the Year for his tireless advocacy for a cure for motor neurone disease.
News
Awards embody the best of us, so who got what?
Australia Day Honours recipients embody the best of us, and we are grateful to all of them, says Governor-General Sam Mostyn AC. here's who got what in Canberra this year.
Politics
Dutton adds Trump-style government efficiency role
A Trump-style "government efficiency" portfolio has been included in Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's rejigged shadow ministry.
Daily Puzzles
Whatever the government does, Albanese struggles to strike the right note in antisemitism battle, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Australia's ambassador to the US and former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd has reached out to Donald Trump's incoming administration ahead of his inauguration.
Hard times turn voters off Labor in election lead-up
Dutton’s ‘soft launch’ comes without answers
The political gaffe Australia was founded on
Labor grapples with Albanese’s ‘grumpy man problem’
Andrew sets high ‘Barr’ in year’s political games
Why Labor’s shared-equity obsession won’t work
Views
Facing fees: how ‘free’ are public schools?
Are public schools really ‘free’? Families can pay hundreds of dollars in voluntary fees, says EMMA ROWE.
Opinion
Support for changing date of Australia Day ‘softens’
Support for changing date of Australia Day softens, but remains strong among young people, says new research.
Opinion
Why we need parasites as much as they need us
Mind-bending, body-snatching, blood-sucking: parasites are bizarre yet vital for life on Earth, says EUAN RITCHIE.
Opinion
When the ‘good guys’ are really bullies and thieves
"My only concern is Trump's dealing with China, but even there I think his tariff threats are part of his so-called Art of the Deal. Will he sacrifice American lives to prevent a Chinese takeover of Taiwan? Really?" writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
Letters
Is Canberra heeding the lesson of Los Angeles?
"Hopefully politicians will learn from LA that spending funds on fortifying our city against the natural disasters of climate change is more important than running a tram to Woden before it is too late," writes BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.
Opinion
The problem with too many or too few people
In 1947 overseas migration was seen as essential to increase living standards by developing natural resources and to increase national security. But what now, wonders MIKE QUIRK.
Opinion
Here’s why the snail-pace ACT Integrity Commission has to go
"It’s bad practice [for] the commission to take four years to investigate and report on an issue where the facts were readily discoverable." HUGH SELBY doubles down on his call to abolish the snail-pace ACT Integrity Commission.
Opinion
Where is religious leadership when the going gets tough?
"At least 50,000 innocents have died in Gaza since October 2023 and the failure of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian religious leaders reveals the chasmic gap between religious teaching and religious-based conduct," writes HUGH SELBY.
Opinion
Australia’s love affair with electric cars is running flat
Electric car sales have slumped. Misinformation is one of the reasons, say MILAD HAGHANI & HADI GHADERI.
Arts
Keith Urban pops up at a country pub, accepts honour
Global country star Keith Urban surprised fans with unannounced appearances at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, the place he was first discovered.
Streaming
Bizarre and bloody, millions flock back to Squid Game
This month millions of people around the world have returned to the bizarre, bloody and brightly coloured corridors of Squid Game, writes streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
Art
Lucy takes the reins in a big year for M16
There was quite a buzz on Thursday evening at M16 Artspace in Griffith when its board chair, Kishwar Rahman, introduced the organisation’s new general manager, Lucy Chetcuti.
Art
ANU workshop crafts Australian of the Year Awards
The ANU’s Glass team has been busy hand-crafting the 36 intricate glass sculptures that will be Australian of the Year Awards, made every year at the ANU Glass Workshop.
Craft
A big exhibition as Swen says goodbye
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews Endless Horizons: The Art of Hiroe Swen at the Canberra Potters Gallery.
Reviews
A long evening but a worthwhile opener
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Mojo, Jez Butterworth’s 1995 play set in the sleazy shallows of the 1950s British music scene.
Film
Netflix musical Emilia Perez leads Oscar nominations
Netflix contender Emilia Pérez has picked up the largest number of nominations for Academy Awards.
Update
Music festival Splendour in the Grass to stay off stage
Annual music festival Splendour in the Grass has been cancelled for a second year running as organisers say it needs more time to "recharge".
Arts & Entertainment
Indie pop star tops the bill at museum open day
What's what and on where is HELEN MUSA's Artsweek column challenge.
Lifestyle
Summer time and the growing is easy…
Vegetables, such as tomatoes, zucchini and capsicums, will be ripening in the summer heat and sun, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Wine
Wide-eyed then legless: falling for wine
"I felt humiliated but partly victorious in that I’d kept the wine aloft in my left hand," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER, after surviving a fall in a Sydney wine shop.
Lifestyle
Does music make you more productive at work?
Can listening to music make you more productive at work? ANNA FIVEASH says there’s no one-size-fits-all answer to this question.
Health & Fitness
Here’s why some like it hot, but others don’t!
You’re hot? I’m cold! CHRISTIAN MORO & CHARLOTTE PHELPS explain why our office temperature preferences can be vastly different to our colleagues’.
Wine
Carla’s winning ways with blended wine
When Carla Rodeghiero, owner of Canberra Region winery Sapling Yard, entered her blended red 2023 wine, The Extrovert, into the Australian and NZ Boutique Wine Awards, she knew “it would probably get something”.
Lifestyle
Going to war on a pyramid of mum’s soft pillows
CityNews cartoonist PAUL DORIN bursts into sentimental prose as he remembers his earliest encounters with cushions and pillows… and, of course, pillow fights.
Lifestyle
Here’s the science to making a dog happy
The science of happier dogs: MIA COBB has five tips to help your canine friends live their best life.
Lifestyle
Summer Dose of Dorin
Who doesn't love playing Monopoly? Maybe not this version, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
History
Flying reptile fossil find fills major evolution gap
A newly identified fossil species – named Skiphosoura bavarica – from Germany has unlocked some of the history of ancient flying reptiles, reports WILL DUNHAM in Washington.
