Autumn – time to plant, divide and fertilise
With summer behind us, autumn is the perfect time to plant, divide, fertilise and enjoy camellias, chrysanthemums and cycads at their best, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
- Lifestyle
- Opinion
Why I believe Tasmania’s DPP needs to resign
Legal columnist HUGH SELBY believes the Tasmanian Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions needs to be remade from top to bottom. He says it needs new leadership that believes in, and acts upon “fair process and fair trials”.
- Politics
Commissioner under more pressure as Richardson departs
Dennis Richardson’s exit puts antisemitism royal commissioner under more pressure, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
- Opinion
Should we worry when stars fall from the sky?
You have more of a chance of being struck by lightning or kicked to death by a donkey than dying through meteorite impact. But should we be concerned? ROSS FITZGERALD & DICK WHITAKER say the short answer is no, but the long answer is yes!
- Lifestyle
Tough time at Yarrh with fruit lost to frost
"In 2026, just as in 2024, frost and hail have completely wiped out the harvest. It’s tough," Yarrh winemaker Caleb Wearne tells wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
- Lifestyle
Food that’s on time and in time for show time
"Lilong delivers on big flavours, wonderful aromas, vibrant colours, working hard to represent the excitement of the food found in Shanghai’s bustling lanes and streets," writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
- Opinion
When awful means terrific and terrific is, well, awful
Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS looks at "contranyms" – single words that can mean both one thing and its opposite depending on context.
- Lifestyle
The cost of not living comes at a painful price
"Today, many people aren’t fully engaging with life; they’re enduring it. And when you’re enduring rather than engaging, the nervous system never fully stands down." Psychologist BRONWYN THOMPSON shares a personal story…
- Politics
Canavan to spearhead the life-and-death fight against One Nation
It’s now Canavan v Joyce after the Nationals opt for the radical leadership option, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
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
Plug pulled on major music festival weeks before event
A popular Australian festival has been abruptly cancelled three weeks before it was due to begin, blaming poor ticket sales and rising production costs.
Fuel boost as ‘un-Australian’ panic buyers on notice
Lift off for $105m Qantas covid flight credits compo
Big state loses most in GST carve-up as anger mounts
Wanted man extradited from Hideaway Bay
Mawson man charged over sex abuse of two children
Teenage boy and girl die in horror e-bike crash
Opinion
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.
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.
Sponsored Content
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
Fuel boost as ‘un-Australian’ panic buyers on notice
Hundreds of millions of litres of extra fuel will flood the market in response to price increases and supply shortages caused by the Middle East war.
Update
Lift off for $105m Qantas covid flight credits compo
Qantas has agreed to cough up millions of dollars to kill off a class action against its contentious COVID-19 flight credits without conceding liability.
Politics
Big state loses most in GST carve-up as anger mounts
The cost to Australian taxpayers of a contentious GST carve-up will rise by another $6.6 billion in 2026/27, sparking fresh outrage from critics of the deal.
Police
Wanted man extradited from Hideaway Bay
A 39-year-old Campbell man has been extradited from Queensland to Canberra after allegedly hiding in a Whitsundays Airbnb while wanted over a major drug trafficking investigation.
Police
Mawson man charged over sex abuse of two children
A 40-year-old Mawson man has been charged following an investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of two children at a home in Wanniassa between January 2019 and December 2020.
National news
Teenage boy and girl die in horror e-bike crash
An evening crash between a Harley Davidson and an electric bike not using its headlights has claimed the lives of two teenagers.
Politics
Australia orders staff to leave Israel and UAE
The federal government has told non-essential officials to get out of Israel and the UAE "due to the deteriorating security situation" in the Middle East.
Police
Man charged after armed robbery at bottle shop
Police allege a man threatened a staff member with a knife before fleeing with cash from a Tuggeranong shopping centre liquor store.
National news
Oil could reach record highs despite global response
Countries including Australia should release oil stockpiles as the war in the Middle East roils markets, a global energy body urges.
Daily Puzzles
Dennis Richardson’s exit puts antisemitism royal commissioner under more pressure, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
It’s now Canavan v Joyce after the Nationals opt for the radical leadership option, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
‘It’s the vibe’: Labor rejects inconvenient truths
Why would Albanese support an illegal war?
Would Labor be supporting Iran war if it were in opposition?
Reports paints Dutton as an autocrat who distrusted and shut out others
Is that glint of light at the end of a long tunnel?
Vigils for Iranian leader ‘at odds’ with Aussie values
Views
Why I believe Tasmania’s DPP needs to resign
Legal columnist HUGH SELBY believes the Tasmanian Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions needs to be remade from top to bottom. He says it needs new leadership that believes in, and acts upon “fair process and fair trials”.
Opinion
Should we worry when stars fall from the sky?
You have more of a chance of being struck by lightning or kicked to death by a donkey than dying through meteorite impact. But should we be concerned? ROSS FITZGERALD & DICK WHITAKER say the short answer is no, but the long answer is yes!
Opinion
When awful means terrific and terrific is, well, awful
Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS looks at "contranyms" – single words that can mean both one thing and its opposite depending on context.
Opinion
KEEPING UP THE ACT
Out the mouths of babes... our Jolly Chiefster discovers his pool plans aren't all he's pretending they are.
Letters
Labor needs to get on with priority of governing
"I am sure the Liberal Party can single handedly make themselves irrelevant without the help of the Labor Party, while the latter could get on with governing," says letter writer PENNY MOYES, of Hughes.
Opinion
Canada offers a path to strategic self-confidence
Australia can’t easily reduce its military dependence on the US, but with Canada, we can mitigate risk, writes JOHN BLAXLAND.
Opinion
When directors of public prosecutions aren’t accountable
"There is no good reason in 2026 to allow directors of public prosecutions to be less accountable than anyone else for their conduct. This 'non-accountability' brings our criminal justice system into disrepute." HUGH SELBY explains why...
Opinion
Why doesn’t travel insurance cover war?
You might think war was exactly the kind of scenario you’d buy travel insurance for in the first place – a major, unforeseen international event that causes travel chaos. Not so, says PAUL LATIMER.
Opinion
Ombudsman’s Band-Aid solution to a festering wound
"These days the ACT law is ignored with respect to public housing tenants. It’s pointless to order compliance because there is no capacity to comply." HUGH SELBY says the ACT Ombudsman's chastising of Housing ACT misses the point.
Arts
Plug pulled on major music festival weeks before event
A popular Australian festival has been abruptly cancelled three weeks before it was due to begin, blaming poor ticket sales and rising production costs.
Music
Grand finished to an absorbing concert
"A certain fun was had here with an awareness that the first violin is not always the logical star and that the other instruments have voices, too," writes reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
Musical Theatre
You’ll laugh until your cheeks ache!
"It's a night of theatre that will make you laugh until your cheeks ache." BILL STEPHENS reviews The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a show from the Canberra Philharmonic Society.
Arts & Entertainment
Howzat! New acquisitions for Canberra collections
It’s been a big week for acquisitions at Canberra’s collecting institutions, with new additions ranging from rare Australian pinball machines to historic paintings and early Canberra furniture.
Music
Clever dynamics bring something new to Vivaldi
SARAH BYRNE reviews the Chamber Philharmonia Cologne concert at St Christopher’s Cathedral.
Arts & Entertainment
Celebrating 10 years of dancing in unusual spaces
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts Week column, listing the what's on where around Canberra right now.
Music
Soprano Josephine has the Phantom covered
As the sun sets behind Sydney Opera House on March 27, Opera Australia will launch the global 40th anniversary celebrations of The Phantom of the Opera.
Art
Innovative Canberra textile artist dies at 76
Central to Keiko Amenomori-Schmeisser's artistic practice was the Japanese textile tradition of shibori, a complex form of resist dyeing. Arts editor HELEN MUSA pays tribute to this innovative artist...
Music
At last, Sitsky’s waiting ‘major’ work will be heard
When harpist Alice Giles and her pianist husband Arnan Wiesel speak about the 2026 season of Harmonic Curves, there’s excitement and a sense of homecoming, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Lifestyle
Autumn – time to plant, divide and fertilise
With summer behind us, autumn is the perfect time to plant, divide, fertilise and enjoy camellias, chrysanthemums and cycads at their best, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Wine
Tough time at Yarrh with fruit lost to frost
"In 2026, just as in 2024, frost and hail have completely wiped out the harvest. It’s tough," Yarrh winemaker Caleb Wearne tells wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
Dining
Food that’s on time and in time for show time
"Lilong delivers on big flavours, wonderful aromas, vibrant colours, working hard to represent the excitement of the food found in Shanghai’s bustling lanes and streets," writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Medicine and wellbeing
The cost of not living comes at a painful price
"Today, many people aren’t fully engaging with life; they’re enduring it. And when you’re enduring rather than engaging, the nervous system never fully stands down." Psychologist BRONWYN THOMPSON shares a personal story…
Lifestyle
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
There's nothing like panic buying to bring out the worst in people, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Technology
Driving change: inside the autonomous car revolution
More self-driving cars will navigate streets around the world this year but some are yet to be convinced the technology is roadworthy.
Gardening
Last chance for winter-flowering plants
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON has some tips for getting ready for winter in the garden.
Wine
The Rhone Valley calls, a bottle at a time
'It went very well with the lamb and, in order to keep the half bottle left over, I’ve stored it in the fridge.' Wine writer RICHARD CALVER has no qualms about keeping red wine cool.
Sport
Smithies intent on returning to glory with Raiders
Morgan Smithies wants to return to the English national team for the World Cup, but knows he's got to focus on making an impact in Canberra first.
