Pauline Hanson has launched One Nation's Victorian election campaign, but the decision to ban three major news outlets has shifted attention from the party's message, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN
"In Labor, unions are aligned around factions, but the blunt reality of political arithmetic means the more members you represent as a faction, the more power you have," writes ANDREW HUGHES.
So much Games' gold, PAUL DORIN wonders if the government can keep its sticky hands off it.
If the ACT Government is serious about tackling climate change, why does its strategy largely ignore one of the problem's most significant contributors, asks letter writer DARRYL JOHNSTON.
From flushing our toilets to building new schools, this is why filling in your census form matters, writes demographer LIZ ALLEN.
There's a downside to too much success at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
A 16-year-old boy has been charged after he allegedly strangled his 15-year-old girlfriend on multiple occasions over the course of their relationship.
Can regular exercise help keep winter bugs at bay? Researchers at Monash University examine what the evidence really says about staying active during the colder months.
The stranger-than-fiction story of the Costa Concordia, a luxury cruise ship that was shipwrecked 14 years ago, is still making waves, writes streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
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 Mill Theatre is taking on one of Shakespeare's more rarely-produced plays, The Winter's Tale, as its first youth production.
When a pet suddenly becomes ill or suffers an injury knowing experienced emergency veterinary care is available close to home provides invaluable peace of mind for pet owners, and that's exactly what Valley Veterinary Emergency offers.
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A neologism is a newly coined word or expression and Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS shares some of the latest ingenious ones.
In this sponsored post, the team at Anytime Fitness talk about the club's new location in Erindale that opened its doors on June 22, providing local residents with opportunity to invest in their health closer home.
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Canberra's distinctive cream and orange concrete bus shelters have been added to the ACT Heritage Register, recognising their architectural, historic and social significance.
Canberra's role in Australia's newest airline remains unclear, despite Koala Airlines revealing more details about its planned launch later this year.
Australians will be confronted with heartbreaking scenes after a mass mortality event due to bird flu was confirmed, the federal government has warned.
Longtime talkback host Alan Jones is set to attack the credibility and reliability of six men who have accused him of indecent assault and sexual touching.
The ACT Government will remove and replace 43 trees at Lennox Gardens over the coming weeks as part of a renewal program aimed at improving the long-term health of the park's urban forest.
Australia's capital hasn't hosted an NBL team since 2003, and momentum is gathering for the competition to reinstall a team in Canberra.
A Redbridge poll suggests One Nation is slightly ahead of Labor again, with the two parties repeatedly trading places over the last four months.
Motorists, truckies and farmers will be hit with higher fuel prices following the end of a tax cut, as servos are warned about potential price hikes.
A teenage girl has been charged and a teenage boy will be summonsed over an armed robbery at a Kippax bottle shop in June.
Pauline Hanson has launched One Nation's Victorian election campaign, but the decision to ban three major news outlets has shifted attention from the party's message, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN
"In Labor, unions are aligned around factions, but the blunt reality of political arithmetic means the more members you represent as a faction, the more power you have," writes ANDREW HUGHES.
If the ACT Government is serious about tackling climate change, why does its strategy largely ignore one of the problem's most significant contributors, asks letter writer DARRYL JOHNSTON.
From flushing our toilets to building new schools, this is why filling in your census form matters, writes demographer LIZ ALLEN.
"Modern physics has revealed a surprising truth: time can vary, depending on motion, gravity and the structure of the universe," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
"I fear it will entrench discrimination against businesses whose employees are not covered by union-backed enterprise agreements." industrial relations lawyer RICHARD CALVER looks at recent changes to the Fair Work legislation.
KEEPING UP THE ACT reveals how the ACT Inactivity Commission's Operation Kingfisher took only five years to land a couple of big fish.
The unprovoked and purely gratuitous bashing of a compliant, naked, handcuffed Aboriginal man in an ACT police cell is surely the last straw, says JULIE TONGS.
"Perhaps the government should concentrate on demonstrating value through sound financial management rather than reminding ratepayers that using a service funded by their taxes has saved them money," says letter writer DAVID EVERED.
"I have sadly concluded that this integrity commission doesn't understand integrity. I got the report. I wept," writes CityNews legal columnist HUGH SELBY. Here's why...
The late Canberra musician Michael Sollis will be posthumously honoured with the ACT's State and Territory Luminary Award at the 2026 Art Music Awards in Port Melbourne on Wednesday, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
The Mill Theatre is taking on one of Shakespeare's more rarely-produced plays, The Winter's Tale, as its first youth production.
In their first Australian visit and a Canberra debut at Snow Concert Hall, the storied Sitkovesky Trio delivered the Beethoven Piano Trio in D with "expression and panache", reviews SARAH BYRNE.
DAVID WHITBREAD reviews soprano Sonia Anfiloff and pianist Alan Hicks's "delightful" performance 'Eternity' for Art Song Canberra.
More than 400 performances by young pianists from Canberra, interstate and overseas, will fill the Wesley Music Centre when the Australian National Eisteddfod's Piano competition returns from August 15 to 20, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Afternoon of the Harpies promises, or perhaps threatens, to be an exhibition of fantastical creatures, insect angels, carpets and luminescent fish-trap spaceships by two of the Canberra region's most provocative and adventurous artists.
Star Australian soprano Miriam Allan will return to Canberra next week with a Bach program that ranges from the moving to the comic, joined on stage by her father, baritone Christopher Allan, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
ROB KENNEDY reviews Woodsong, a performance by Robyn Mellor and Rodney Waterman highlighting the musical artistry of recorder music over 500 years.
So much Games' gold, PAUL DORIN wonders if the government can keep its sticky hands off it.
There's a downside to too much success at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Can regular exercise help keep winter bugs at bay? Researchers at Monash University examine what the evidence really says about staying active during the colder months.
Leaving ornamental grasses unpruned through winter provides valuable wildlife habitat while adding texture and structure to the winter garden, writes columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
When a pet suddenly becomes ill or suffers an injury knowing experienced emergency veterinary care is available close to home provides invaluable peace of mind for pet owners, and that's exactly what Valley Veterinary Emergency offers.
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"Steve Feletti’s passion was made real when he 'borrowed' some cuttings from a vigneron in the Languedoc. Then came three years of the plants being in quarantine and then another two years in a cloning laboratory," writes RICHARD CALVER.
CHRISTIAN MORO and CHARLOTTE PHELPS go behind the science to discover why nose and ear hairs become longer and thicker as we age.
"Pomegranate has stood the test of time and is elegant, comfortable, warm and inviting. I love it," writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON. "But it was off its game throughout the evening, from start to finish."
Singing does more than brighten your mood. Biomedical scientist KATHLEEN MIKKELSEN explores the science behind its surprising effects on stress, the brain and overall wellbeing.
