Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN's feeling the pain. But aren't we all?
- Opinion
- Lifestyle
Tiny workshop knocks the socks off Aussie manufacturing
A 10th-generation sock maker produces 40,000 pairs a year from a factory in rural Australia as the fashion industry looks to the past for a brighter future, reports STEPHANIE GARDINER in Crookwell.
- Lifestyle
Rag trade casualties: why Aussie brands are going broke
Experts reveal the real reason behind the latest string of Aussie fashion brand failures and why the domestic industry could be structurally unprofitable.
- Opinion
Out of dark debt and into the sunshine… here’s how
"We have public finances that are debt ridden, weighed down by devouring interest beetles, so that once sound limbs (such as education, health, public housing, access to justice) are in danger of dieback.," but HUGH SELBY has an idea..
- Lifestyle
Floral impact of spring cottage favourites
Russell lupins, foxgloves and hollyhocks bring height, colour and old-fashioned cottage-garden impact to Canberra in spring, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
- Lifestyle
Of beer and wine and bushwalking
"A light shiraz with a lovely hint of cherry on the nose and in the finish. It didn’t overwhelm the flavour of the venison. Top marks." Wine columnist RICHARD CALVER enjoys a a 2017 Madman’s Gully Syrah.
- Arts & Entertainment
When tiny Lego people create a new society
It's 2031 and humans no longer remain on earth. Amid the debris, tiny Lego people are creating a new society, building new homes inside the waste left behind. That's the premise of a record-breaking, new exhibition, reports HELEN MUSA.
- Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
They're not happy in the bush with Labor's immigration changes, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
- Politics
Burke’s migration plan leaves Labor wedged
Six weeks after aborting his first attempt, Tony Burke has finally unveiled Labor’s migration overhaul – only to leave the government vulnerable from both sides of the debate, 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.
News
They called it Nutbush, but about city limits
A record 360 people have taken part in a Nutbush dance in Canberra as part of a Conservation Council ACT Region campaign calling for limits on the city's urban expansion.
Wharfies make way to the MCG, amid gouging claims
‘Desert rangers are deadly’: Aussies up for world prize
Two injured in collision with mobility scooter
Fuel prices soar but government rules out relief
‘Bloody good effort’: Raiders end Tigers’ fairytale
Canberra nurse wins national award
Lifestyle
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Lifestyle
Canberra races to adopt AI, but who’s accountable?
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Lifestyle
A final gift that can transform another life
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News
They called it Nutbush, but about city limits
A record 360 people have taken part in a Nutbush dance in Canberra as part of a Conservation Council ACT Region campaign calling for limits on the city's urban expansion.
National news
Wharfies make way to the MCG, amid gouging claims
Airlines are being accused of "un-Australian price gouging" of Fremantle Dockers fans looking to reach this year's AFL grand final.
Feature
‘Desert rangers are deadly’: Aussies up for world prize
Indigenous desert rangers caring for an area the size of Argentina will compete for a prestigious environmental award and worldwide attention.
Police
Two injured in collision with mobility scooter
A 95-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman were taken to hospital after a van and mobility scooter collided in Bruce.
National news
Fuel prices soar but government rules out relief
Despite fuel prices nationwide approaching record levels, the federal government has said it is not considering cutting the fuel excise.
Sports news
‘Bloody good effort’: Raiders end Tigers’ fairytale
Canberra have held on to beat Wests Tigers in a low-scoring NRLW semi-final, with Zahara Temara's game management the difference for the Raiders.
Health
Canberra nurse wins national award
Canberra palliative care specialist Kate Reed-Cox has been named the 2026 Australian nurse practitioner of the year.
Police
Sheep killed in rural property attack
Two sheep have died after intruders allegedly rounded up and deliberately injured animals during a burglary at a Tuggeranong rural property.
Update
‘Congratulations!’ AI tells user mulling assisted death
A senior Liberal MP has recalled the troubling encounter his terminally ill constituent had with an AI chatbot during an inquiry into the emergent technology.
Daily Puzzles
Six weeks after aborting his first attempt, Tony Burke has finally unveiled Labor’s migration overhaul – only to leave the government vulnerable from both sides of the debate, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"Across the three financial years leading to 2025-26 the government spent almost $130 million on medical negligence claims." But that's not all, reports MICHAEL MOORE, there are millions lost to ACT Government incompetence every year.
Skating rink: Labor puts more promises on ice
They’re rebranding the PM and here’s why…
Albanese lashes Hanson over attack on his mother
Malinauskas bucks political rush to cut migration
Hanson’s refusal to back down faces a test
Pauline’s dangerous and captivating propaganda cartoon
Views
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN's feeling the pain. But aren't we all?
Opinion
Out of dark debt and into the sunshine… here’s how
"We have public finances that are debt ridden, weighed down by devouring interest beetles, so that once sound limbs (such as education, health, public housing, access to justice) are in danger of dieback.," but HUGH SELBY has an idea..
Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
They're not happy in the bush with Labor's immigration changes, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Opinion
Time to end the farce of a wrongful conviction
"In Tasmania the game of 'cover up' is played with more intensity than in Canberra – publishers get calls threatening ruinous defamation and journalists get fed error-ridden press releases," writes legal columnist HUGH SELBY.
Opinion
Greens gambling tax call still doesn’t add up
"The Greens had an opportunity to demonstrate that their concern about the ACT's finances was serious enough to sit across the table from people they disagreed with and find common ground. And they chose not to," writes GWYN REES.
Opinion
Cartoon: Dose of Dorin
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN says he draws with AI – that is, "arty intelligence".
Opinion
KEEPING UP THE ACT
There's an art to breaking election promises. KEEPING UP THE ACT thinks Minister Chris Steel has all the moves.
Opinion
The cupboard can wait, squeeze it into the fridge
"My preferred method of food storage has a tendency to completely overfill the fridge… If something can go in the fridge, why wouldn’t you put it in the fridge?" PAUL DORIN has some confessions when it comes to clearing the table...
Opinion
Sex claims: what’s the need to name schools?
"Even given the worst possible outcomes for the accused, what possible significance could their schools be in investigations to allegations of events in a suburban alley and a private home," asks former school principal NOEL BEDDOE.
Arts
Inventive, busy, funny Pride and Prejudice
"The set may be a grand staircase and an even grander bookcase but the story of the Bennet sisters is being told by the female lower classes who scrub the floors and clean the loos," says reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
Music
A masterclass from ‘unplugged’ Simon Tedeschi
Simon Tedeschi astounded his audience with a masterclass in the piano... which is what you get when you ask your audience on arrival to nominate what they’d like to hear, says reviewer DAVID WHITBREAD.
Exhibitions
When tiny Lego people create a new society
It's 2031 and humans no longer remain on earth. Amid the debris, tiny Lego people are creating a new society, building new homes inside the waste left behind. That's the premise of a record-breaking, new exhibition, reports HELEN MUSA.
Musical Theatre
Frozen delivers a blizzard of stage magic
From Elsa's show-stopping transformation to a scene-stealing sauna, Free-Rain Theatre Company delivers Frozen on an impressive scale, reviews BILL STEPHENS.
Dance
Having your cake and dancing it
Are cake and dancing mutually exclusive? Not if you're Canberra dance artist, Pilates practitioner and co-director of Mirramu Creative Arts Centre, Vivienne Rogis, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Music
Posthumous lifetime achievement award for Dolly Parton
Late country legend Dolly Parton has given a posthumous video message as she accepted a lifetime achievement gong.
Books
‘Odd’ king’s tale explores the nature of history
ANNA CREER reviews two new novels of historical fiction, one set in present and medieval times, the other in World War I.
Art
Canberra painter becomes face of Sydney art fair
Bridie O'Brien, a Canberra landscape painter who only recently moved to the national capital, has been chosen as the campaign artist for the 2026 Affordable Art Fair Sydney, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Music
CSO strings put the scream back into ‘Psycho’
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews the CSO strings under Jen Winley giving Bernard Herrmann's Psycho score the drive and menace it needs as Hitchcock's horror unfolds on screen.
Lifestyle
Tiny workshop knocks the socks off Aussie manufacturing
A 10th-generation sock maker produces 40,000 pairs a year from a factory in rural Australia as the fashion industry looks to the past for a brighter future, reports STEPHANIE GARDINER in Crookwell.
Fashion
Rag trade casualties: why Aussie brands are going broke
Experts reveal the real reason behind the latest string of Aussie fashion brand failures and why the domestic industry could be structurally unprofitable.
Gardening
Floral impact of spring cottage favourites
Russell lupins, foxgloves and hollyhocks bring height, colour and old-fashioned cottage-garden impact to Canberra in spring, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Wine
Of beer and wine and bushwalking
"A light shiraz with a lovely hint of cherry on the nose and in the finish. It didn’t overwhelm the flavour of the venison. Top marks." Wine columnist RICHARD CALVER enjoys a a 2017 Madman’s Gully Syrah.
Gardening
STEP into a local native treasure
Forest 20 at the National Arboretum offers a colourful showcase of Southern Tablelands plants, wildlife and landscapes, writes BILL HANDKE.
Technology
Do you know where your business data lives?
Most Australian businesses have no idea which country their website and email are hosted in. Here is why that question matters, and what to ask before you sign up. This is a sponsored post.
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Medicine and wellbeing
Can statins help you age more healthily?
Millions of Australians take statins to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Medicine experts examine whether the widely used drugs could have benefits beyond heart health.
Dining
Funky spot with pretty special food
Next to Canberra Theatre, in Constitution Place, is a funky restaurant with groovy artwork, pretty special food and knowledgeable staff, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Wine
Hungover? It’s your body saying you’re an idiot
CityNews wine writer RICHARD CALVER ponders the question: why on earth are the effects of returning to normality after drinking far worse than what the body feels under the influence?
