Wilful blindness makes for poor policy on bail laws
"Much can be done to improve remand. The government should be seeking to do so." HUGH SELBY takes deep dive into the state of bail laws in the ACT.
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 Brumbies have extended their winning streak over the Queensland Reds to five, their 10-point win in Canberra significant with two rounds to play.
Qantas direct flights to Darwin are expected to resume in July, but only as a seasonal service for three months, reports aviation writer SCOTT MAYMAN.
Former West Coast player Adam Selwood, a member of the AFL's famous Selwood family, has died just three months after his twin brother Troy passed away
A captured Australian fighter jailed for 13 years by Russian forces should be given full protections afforded to prisoners of war, the government says.
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The Brumbies have extended their winning streak over the Queensland Reds to five, their 10-point win in Canberra significant with two rounds to play.
Qantas direct flights to Darwin are expected to resume in July, but only as a seasonal service for three months, reports aviation writer SCOTT MAYMAN.
Former West Coast player Adam Selwood, a member of the AFL's famous Selwood family, has died just three months after his twin brother Troy passed away
A captured Australian fighter jailed for 13 years by Russian forces should be given full protections afforded to prisoners of war, the government says.
Days after celebrating her appointment as Australia's first female opposition leader, Sussan Ley is mourning the loss of her inspirational mother.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has arrived in Rome ahead of representing Australia at Pope Leo XIV's inauguration, where sideline meetings will be held.
Disgraced special forces veteran Ben Roberts-Smith's bid to take his legal battle to the High Court will be difficult but not impossible, legal sources say.
Three people – two men and a woman – were arrested and charged on Friday with assault following separate incidents across Canberra.
Just 43 votes separate Liberal Gisele Kapterian and independent Nicolette Boele in the Sydney seat of Bradfield, with the result likely heading for a recount.
"Much can be done to improve remand. The government should be seeking to do so." HUGH SELBY takes deep dive into the state of bail laws in the ACT.
"Flea did not grow and mature from a complex teenager into a fine person. He always was." ANTONIO DI DIO continues his Short History of Kindness by remembering “a difficult young kid" who wasn't.
From GPS to weather forecasts: CASSANDRA STEER outlines the hidden ways Australia relies on foreign satellites.
KEEPING UP THE ACT looks at what happened when Indie MLA Thomas Emerson dropped the shame of indigenous incarceration into the Legislative Assembly...
Too soon? Cartoonist PAUL DORIN tiptoes around why some people are trying to forget this past election.
"Dingoes are not wild dogs. Using this vague term risks the needless killing of a native apex predator essential to healthy ecosystems," says letter writer WHITNEY ANDERS RICHARDSON.
"Cohousing Canberra, has been drawing up plans for a 30-unit development for the past few years. The member-elected committee has worked with members on a vision to model sustainable and co-operative living," writes TONI HASSAN.
"Sofronoff got away from us. Never again. If there is an inquiry, we’ll know before it starts what the outcomes will be." HUGH SELBY imagines what Labor's thinking in the wake of agreeing to an inquiry into indigenous deaths in custody.
TV's most charming psycho has returned to screens this month in the final season of You, writes streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
Donald Trump has blasted Bruce Springsteen after The Boss hit out at the "corruption" and "incompetence" of the US president's administration.
"The play is a subtle lesson in the power of words and how they can silence certain sectors of society, particularly women." LEN POWER reviews The Dictionary of Lost Words at The Playhouse.
"Kristian Winther enters first with a stirring solo statement." NICK HORN reviews a musical performance, This Mirror Has Three Faces, that has the Canberra violinist sharing the stage with Selby and Friends.
A production of the musical Sunset Boulevard helped drag Opera Australia's finances to an operating deficit of $10.6 million in 2024.
Tributes have been pouring in from members of the Canberra theatre community for the late actor, broadcaster and writer Jan William Smith, who died in Gordon on May 14. He was 89.
Australia's Go-Jo (Marty Zambotto) appeared to echo 1960s TV advertisements as he took to the stage in the second semi-final of Eurovision.
SARAH BYRNE reviews Beethoven’s Violin, a performance by the Canberra Symphony Orchestra with soloist Anna da Silva Chen.
LEN POWER reviews the play If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You.
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON devotes her column to the virtues of jasmine, the problems of tick scale and what to do with raspberries now the fruit's all gone.
It’s wild mushroom season in Australia. There’s no easy way to know if a wild mushroom is edible or poisonous. DARREN ROBERTS explains how to stay safe and avoid poisoning.
"We turned up at the rustic Tahbilk winery and settled in to taste three varietals that were the current release compared with wine bottled some time ago," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
The Brumbies have issued a statement saying scans have cleared five eighth Noah Lolesio of any serious injury after he was stretchered from the field.
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN salutes a real superhero on Mother's Day.
JYE MARSHALL explains how having no pants in public went from a nightmare to the Met Gala’s hottest fashion trend.
Not all plants of the same species have the same growth characteristics and knowing plant names before planting will help prevent the wrong one becoming an unwelcome escapee into the bushland, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
"The Clos de los Siete is a malbec blend. Malbec is dominant at 50 per cent but it also contains merlot, shiraz and cabernet sauvignon, all grown at high altitude in Mendoza, at the base of the Andes Mountains," writes RICHARD CALVER.