"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.
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.
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.
"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.
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN says he draws with AI – that is, "arty intelligence".
Craft writer MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE traces the laborious renovation of the feted, though fated, Hanna Cabinet and the role a Canberra company had in saving it after being damaged by floodwater.
There's an art to breaking election promises. KEEPING UP THE ACT thinks Minister Chris Steel has all the moves.
“There’s a deeper hope behind my songs, something that not everybody gets to see unless I share it." HELEN MUSA talks to singer Jessica Mauboy about her autobiographical new show, The Story of Me.
"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.
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.
Mushroom cook Erin Patterson intentionally poisoned four members of her estranged husband's family, a jury has found after a week of deliberations.
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.
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.
The immigration minister has gone to great lengths to divorce the housing crisis from the migration debate as he outlined major changes to the system.
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The immigration minister has gone to great lengths to divorce the housing crisis from the migration debate as he outlined major changes to the system.
Up to 1000 households in Banks and surrounding Tuggeranong suburbs will be offered rebates and support to switch their homes to all-electric under a $40 million pilot program.
The Canberra Raiders and Wests Tigers will do battle on Friday night, when one of the NRLW clubs will keep their premiership hopes alive.
A planned $5000 cap on allied health payments for veterans has been dumped after politicians from across parliament united against the government.
A stolen Hyundai SUV has been linked to several burglaries in Belconnen and surrounding areas last month.
Pauline Hanson has united with a senator who once described the One Nation leader as "vindictive, mean, nasty", to call for more resources in their offices.
The Legislative Assembly has backed a community campaign to renovate 20 vacant public housing properties and have tenants moved in before Christmas.
Hospitality employers say the government is cutting the sector off at the knees with a migration slowdown just as the peak holiday season approaches.
An Aussie wagyu beef producer has won a global award for the third time in a row, in a show of confidence for the sector, which is the world's largest exporter.
"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.
"Although politics is often framed in the news as agree or disagree, the tactic used most regularly is delay. The Labor government is the master of delay, and then one further step to shelve ideas or promises," writes MICHAEL MOORE.
"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.
"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.
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN says he draws with AI – that is, "arty intelligence".
There's an art to breaking election promises. KEEPING UP THE ACT thinks Minister Chris Steel has all the moves.
"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...
"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.
"The inadequacy of the dual planning regime was apparent in the approval of the Amberfield retirement village for 55 single-storey villas and 260 apartments on the Cotter Road, an 80 km/h arterial road," says letter writer MIKE QUIRK.
"Could humans live forever? Science says: Not yet, but it’s theoretically possible. There are several directions being actively researched," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
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.
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.
Jonathan Biggins goes well beyond political satire to inhabit Paul Keating in a performance of humour, poignancy and exceptional acting, reviews JOE WOODWARD.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews Al Munro, Wendy Teakel and emerging artist Claire Fletcher, whose contrasting works range from playful architectural forms to landscapes and abstract space.
Old astronomical glass plates find new life as Patsy Payne turns scientific records of the night sky into art at Megalo, reviews KERRY-ANNE COUSINS.
The 2026 Italian Film Festival, the largest celebration of Italian cinema outside Italy, opens tonight at Palace Electric with a rich program of contemporary features, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA meets First Nations businesswoman Julie Okely, the driving force behind a national awards program created to recognise achievers too often overlooked.
Craft writer MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE traces the laborious renovation of the feted, though fated, Hanna Cabinet and the role a Canberra company had in saving it after being damaged by floodwater.
“There’s a deeper hope behind my songs, something that not everybody gets to see unless I share it." HELEN MUSA talks to singer Jessica Mauboy about her autobiographical new show, The Story of Me.
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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.
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.
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?
It's hard to keep up with rising fuel prices, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Could mosquitoes really give you a flesh-eating infection? Researchers explain the growing threat of Buruli ulcer and how to reduce your risk this summer.
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, a return to New York becomes a deeply personal journey of memory, friendship and loss for journalist SCOTT MAYMAN, who lived in the US at the time and lost colleagues and friends that day.
Should we worry about AI? Hand-drawing cartoonist PAUL DORIN thinks we should.
Prepare vegetable beds now for summer crops, using crop rotation, rich compost and dolomite lime to give tomatoes, capsicums and eggplants a strong start, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
