Tasting nostalgia in every sip
"At one stage in the '70s, every third bottle of wine sold in Australia was Ben Ean Moselle," writes nostalgic wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
- Lifestyle
- Lifestyle
When The Demon came out swinging at England
"Spofforth became famous because of his stellar performance in the 1882 Test, where he inspired the Australian team to victory from a seemingly hopeless position." ROSS FITZGERALD and DICK WHITAKER look at swing bowling's powerful history.
- Lifestyle
Does coffee raise your blood pressure?
Does coffee raise your blood pressure? CLARE COLLINS reveals how much it’s okay to drink.
- Lifestyle
Convict rebels recast as first political protestors
A new exhibition explores how the convicts who landed on Australian shores 250 years ago set the tone for political activism forevermore, reports KATELYN CATANZARITI.
- Politics
Liberal leadership: here comes Angus, but when?
Angus Taylor has quit the frontbench, declaring Sussan Ley can’t lead Liberal Party ‘as it needs to be led’, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
- Opinion
Sorry, papa, but John Wayne was terrible at this
"Australia needs to stay one and free, and this will not come from the shapes of our wallets or weapons, but the size of our hearts," writes Kindness columnist ANTONIO DI DIO.
- News
The facts and figures of taking fish oil
Should I take a fish oil supplement for my heart, joints or mood? MARY BUSHELL, from the University of Canberra, has the science...
- Opinion
A big gulp, with breathing there’s a lot to take in
"The air we breathe is far more than empty space – it’s a finely balanced mixture of gases that sustains life," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
- Arts & Entertainment
Kiss me, Kit, the Shrew gets a gender bending
It’ll be a case of “Kiss me, Kit” when Karen Vickery’s gender-bending production of The Taming of the Shrew fronts up to audiences in the seventh iteration of Lakespeare: Shakespeare by the Lakes VII, reports HELEN MUSA.
News
Australia mourns as Israeli ambassador visits Bondi
As the Jewish community mourns the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack Israel's ambassador has visited the site, as Australia considers tighter gun laws.
Update
‘Guilty’: mushroom cook convicted of triple murder
Mushroom cook Erin Patterson intentionally poisoned four members of her estranged husband's family, a jury has found after a week of deliberations.
News
Coroner finds cop who shot indigenous teen a racist
A coroner has found the death of a 19-year-old Warlpiri-Luritja man in a remote community was avoidable, and the former police officer who shot him was racist.
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.
Arts & Entertainment
We were right: Bald Archy winner announced
The winner of the $10,000 2026 Bald Archy Prize was announced at the Canberra Potters Gallery in Watson Arts Centre on Thursday night.
Naked man in alleged Ainslie attack
Woodchopper found alive after going missing for days
Liberal leadership showdown confirmed after MPs quit
ELK’s nightime tribute to Zomi to remain
Genealogy triggers arrest over decades-old assaults
ACT falls behind on housing target
Lifestyle
Meticulous Olivia takes charge at Yarralumla clinic
Canberra’s trusted name in refined, natural aesthetics is growing. In this sponsored post Atelier Medical Aesthetics reveals its expansion with new clinic in Yarralumla.
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News
Major gaps miss women’s heart attack risk and symptoms
A global review led by an Australian cardiologist has revealed critical gaps in how heart attacks in women are diagnosed, with calls for new guidelines, reports MAEVE BANNISTER.
Lifestyle
Breaking down fibre, it’s the next big food fad
The next big Western world food fad is fibre, but how much do you need? DEE-ANN DURBIN warns of the dangers of fibremaxxing.
News
Naked man in alleged Ainslie attack
Woman breaks free after alleged assault in early hours.
National news
Woodchopper found alive after going missing for days
Woodchopper Corey Chugg has been found alive at the bottom of a steep incline after going missing for four days in cold and rugged bushland.
Update
Liberal leadership showdown confirmed after MPs quit
Six shadow ministers have quit the Liberal front bench in a bid to depose leader Sussan Ley, who will soon face a vote to keep her job.
News
ELK’s nightime tribute to Zomi to remain
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council has resolved to retain a mural of Zomi Frankcom that was painted by night on the Braidwood Council building by artist Luke Cornish, better-known as ELK.
Police
Genealogy triggers arrest over decades-old assaults
Groundbreaking DNA technology has led to a string of charges against a man for three separate sexual assaults, some dating back 30 years.
News
ACT falls behind on housing target
New figures show building approvals and starts are lagging well short of the pace needed to meet the Territory’s 2029 housing goal.
Police
Top cop says sorry to Muslims but backs protest tactics
As reports emerge of medics being assaulted at a protest, a police commissioner defends officers' actions at the fiery rally.
National news
Climate change squeezes southern right whales
Longer stints between southern right whale babies are sounding the alarm bells for all species reliant on krill and a healthy Antarctic ecosystem.
Police
Fire extinguisher sprayed on bus driver
The driver and passengers were allegedly sprayed with a fire extinguisher during an altercation on a Lyneham bus.
Daily Puzzles
Angus Taylor has quit the frontbench, declaring Sussan Ley can’t lead Liberal Party ‘as it needs to be led’, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"The unbroken string of planned and actual deficits puts Mr Barr in a unique position – that is, the worst financial manager in Australia." JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED invoke the wisdom of the Micawber Principle.
Liberals desperate for a path our of purgatory
The gender pendulum may be swinging too far
Will poll disaster spark Liberal leadership challenge?
File Steel’s budget ‘miracle’ under f… for fiction
May budget to test the treasurer’s ticker
When Liberal heresy suddenly turns to strategy
Views
Sorry, papa, but John Wayne was terrible at this
"Australia needs to stay one and free, and this will not come from the shapes of our wallets or weapons, but the size of our hearts," writes Kindness columnist ANTONIO DI DIO.
Opinion
A big gulp, with breathing there’s a lot to take in
"The air we breathe is far more than empty space – it’s a finely balanced mixture of gases that sustains life," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
Opinion
Comic book parable of understanding and kindness
"People might look at Antonio, or me, and quietly wonder whether arrested development is still cute at our age." The mysterious author of the KEEPING UP THE ACT salutes a fellow comic collector and thrill that is still the Fantastic Four.
Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Things are getting pretty confusing for Liberal MPs, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Letters
Urgent need to unlock Labor’s ‘devastating grip’
"Across the many terms of ALP government, particularly under Andrew Barr, community disquiet across a number of demographics has grown," says letter writer ALBERT OBERDORF.
Opinion
KEEPING UP THE ACT joins the melee in Sydney
KEEPING UP THE ACT couldn't resist this one... clearly there are Herzogs and there are Herzogs.
Opinion
How AI threatens human expertise and thinking
"Gen AI research points to a potential loss of human capital through undermining three important characteristics of a high-functioning workforce: critical thinking skills, subject knowledge and motivation," says Dr KAREN MACPHERSON
Opinion
Tired of one obscenity paling before another…
"I am tired of the relentless propaganda to misname criticism of Netanyahu as 'antisemitic”' I am tired, too, by the publicity around Randa Abdel-Fattah who is much quoted for her vitriolic attacks on the Israeli State," writes HUGH SELBY.
Opinion
Stop the tram – seriously, it’s time for a rethink
"The continued development of light rail should be based on more than an act of faith in a time of high and increasing debt and unmet community needs, including health, housing, childcare, sport and recreation," writes MIKE QUIRK.
Arts
We were right: Bald Archy winner announced
The winner of the $10,000 2026 Bald Archy Prize was announced at the Canberra Potters Gallery in Watson Arts Centre on Thursday night.
Reviews
Will and Viola make a strong performance partnership
"This adaptation for the stage of the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love works very well as a way of showcasing lots of up and coming talent." writes reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
Theatre
Kiss me, Kit, the Shrew gets a gender bending
It’ll be a case of “Kiss me, Kit” when Karen Vickery’s gender-bending production of The Taming of the Shrew fronts up to audiences in the seventh iteration of Lakespeare: Shakespeare by the Lakes VII, reports HELEN MUSA.
Arts & Entertainment
Brass to transform former Transit Bar
Here's HELEN MUSA's latest Artweek column, a guide to what's on where this week.
Music
Begorra! Jim’s music offers lots to thunk about
For Jim Moginie, founding member, guitarist, keyboardist and songwriter for Midnight Oil, and a musician with many faces, there is no dampening his enthusiasm for good old-fashioned rock ’n’ roll, reports HELEN MUSA.
Theatre
The ‘White Mouse’ reflects on her life, in French
The Street Theatre is hosting a contemporary play about wartime heroine Nancy Wake, known to the Gestapo as "The White Mouse" (La Souris Blanche, in French) and rightly claimed by NZ and Australia.
Arts & Entertainment
Late-night knees up at the portrait gallery
Here's HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
Music
Mariah Carey’s Olympic act prompts lip-syncing question
Pop star Mariah Carey's performance at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony was the talk of the town but raised a few questions.
Theatre
Theatre champions take top award spots
Two behind-the-scenes champions of Canberra’s theatre scene took top honours at the fourth annual Ovations Awards, at the Hellenic Club on Friday night.
Lifestyle
Tasting nostalgia in every sip
"At one stage in the '70s, every third bottle of wine sold in Australia was Ben Ean Moselle," writes nostalgic wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
History
When The Demon came out swinging at England
"Spofforth became famous because of his stellar performance in the 1882 Test, where he inspired the Australian team to victory from a seemingly hopeless position." ROSS FITZGERALD and DICK WHITAKER look at swing bowling's powerful history.
Lifestyle
Does coffee raise your blood pressure?
Does coffee raise your blood pressure? CLARE COLLINS reveals how much it’s okay to drink.
History
Convict rebels recast as first political protestors
A new exhibition explores how the convicts who landed on Australian shores 250 years ago set the tone for political activism forevermore, reports KATELYN CATANZARITI.
Health & Fitness
Whooping cough cases are breaking records, but why?
Whooping cough cases are at their highest level in 35 years – so why the surge, asks ARCHANA KOIRALA.
Legal
Soon to die? More of what you need to know before you go
By imagining a partnered retiree with family, in this article – published in two parts – HUGH SELBY shows how better preparation and communication can make the tasks for the survivor and offspring easier to manage when the time comes.
Legal
Soon to die? What you need to know before you go
By imagining a partnered retiree with family, in this article – published in two parts – HUGH SELBY shows how better preparation and communication can make the tasks for the survivor and offspring easier to manage when the time comes.
Gardening
Daylilies are popping once again
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON says daylilies are a summer-flowering plant, with each flower lasting just one day.
Lifestyle
Working to music: help or hindrance?
AC/DC in surgery and lo-fi beats in the office: EMERY SCHUBERT reveals what the science says about working to music.
