Are there too many political polls?
Are Australians being polled too often? Political researcher DANIEL CASEY explains how the growing obsession with voting intentions may be distorting political debate.
- Politics
- Opinion
Of Alan Jones, good advocacy and what to look for
"When it comes to commentary upon courtroom contests, no experience, no skill is required. Anyone will do. Little wonder the Jones reporting focus is upon the entertainment, the icing and the candles instead of the cake," writes HUGH SELBY.
- Arts & Entertainment
An unlikely human triumph that’s good for a smile
Finally launching into the universe of streaming is one of the year’s, if not the decade’s, most talked about space films, says streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
- Lifestyle
Why age may matter less in breast screening
Breast cancer screening in Australia is set for a major rethink. Risk management expert JENNIFER STONE explains what the changes could mean for women.
- Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN has sympathy for seniors losing a health insurance rebate.
- Lifestyle
It’s time but don’t rush to prune roses
Late winter is the ideal time to prune roses, with the timing and technique depending on the type of rose to encourage healthy growth and a better display of blooms, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
- Lifestyle
Rising doubts when Manning Clark talked to Pravda
A frank interview by a Soviet reporter with Australian historian Manning Clark received its most thoughtful scrutiny neither in Australia nor in the Soviet Union in an intriguing twist of events, write STEPHEN HOLT & ROSS FITZGERALD.
- Politics
Victoria battle sends signals to federal players
Victoria’s election has become a nationally significant three-way contest, with political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN seeing high stakes for Labor, the struggling Liberals and a surging One Nation.
- Arts & Entertainment
Love’s lumpy journey in two feel-good novels
Two ultimately feel-good novels from Matt Haig and Jessy Wu comprise COLIN STEELE's latest book reviews.
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.
Update
Roadside remains found in suitcase not decomposed human
Remains found in a suitcase on a roadside do not belong to a woman as forensic investigators continue to identify its contents.
‘Long overdue’ NDIS watchdog urged as reforms loom
Woman indecently assaulted at Civic shops
‘Confident’: Labor seeking deal on gambling reforms
Emergency meeting after near miss for planes on tarmac
‘Certainly a change’: Labor support falls to decade low
Legal aid access ‘core’ to ending gender-based violence
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Lifestyle
The surprising science behind singing
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.
News
Roadside remains found in suitcase not decomposed human
Remains found in a suitcase on a roadside do not belong to a woman as forensic investigators continue to identify its contents.
Update
‘Long overdue’ NDIS watchdog urged as reforms loom
The NDIS minister has rejected calls for an aged-care style oversight body to oversee the disability support scheme.
Police
Woman indecently assaulted at Civic shops
A woman was allegedly indecently assaulted outside a bathroom at a Civic shopping centre last month.
Politics
‘Confident’: Labor seeking deal on gambling reforms
Labor is confident it can secure the support of the coalition or Greens for major gambling law reforms, despite concern it does not go far enough.
News
Emergency meeting after near miss for planes on tarmac
The federal government is demanding answers after Jetstar and Qatar Airways planes were involved in a potentially disastrous incident on Sunday.
Politics
‘Certainly a change’: Labor support falls to decade low
Primary support for Labor has fallen to its lowest levels since the dying days of the Gillard government, as MPs return to Canberra after the winter break.
News
Legal aid access ‘core’ to ending gender-based violence
A peak women's body is pushing for legal assistance to be recognised as a frontline service as the nation seeks to stifle gender-based violence.
Politics
World-view ‘gulf’ leaves closer China ties out of reach
Australia's former top diplomat to China has offered a clear-eyed assessment of the nations' relationship, which he says will never be truly close.
Sports news
‘Brain explosion’ ends Raiders’ roller-coaster season
Canberra coach Ricky Stuart hasn't held back, blaming the Raiders' home loss to Newcastle on a poor decision from one of his star forwards.
Daily Puzzles
Are Australians being polled too often? Political researcher DANIEL CASEY explains how the growing obsession with voting intentions may be distorting political debate.
Victoria’s election has become a nationally significant three-way contest, with political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN seeing high stakes for Labor, the struggling Liberals and a surging One Nation.
What Burke’s delayed speech says about migration
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Labor expands solar rebates for business
Rachel, let go of Health and give Marisa a chance
How the government locks people out of houses
Media ban shadows One Nation’s Victorian push
Views
Of Alan Jones, good advocacy and what to look for
"When it comes to commentary upon courtroom contests, no experience, no skill is required. Anyone will do. Little wonder the Jones reporting focus is upon the entertainment, the icing and the candles instead of the cake," writes HUGH SELBY.
Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN has sympathy for seniors losing a health insurance rebate.
Opinion
Policy hazards of counting heads before they’re here
"Despite its efforts to diversify the economy, the ACT Government’s primary role is to manage population growth generated by the policies of other governments," writes planning columnist MIKE QUIRK.
Opinion
The latest NAPLAN results aren’t really better or worse
The latest NAPLAN results are unlikely to surprise schools. Education researcher SALLY LARSEN explains why the data is more useful for tracking progress than fuelling alarm.
Opinion
KEEPING UP THE ACT
KEEPING UP THE ACT has found the instructions to assembling a Barr cabinet. Don't do this at home.
Opinion
Why the Eastern Grey kangaroo has no future
"What's required is that a significant majority of Canberrans welcome Eastern Greys into their gardens as eaters-down of lawns, trimmers of hedges and such. Frankly, I cannot see that happening," laments IAN MacDOUGALL.
Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Nothing says love like a gerrycan of the real stuff, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Letters
Climate strategy doesn’t confront wood heaters
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.
Opinion
How the census helps you flush your toilet
From flushing our toilets to building new schools, this is why filling in your census form matters, writes demographer LIZ ALLEN.
Arts
Powerful opera pulls no punches in ‘Drover’s Wife’
The Drover's Wife, the first First Nations opera to be staged at the Sydney Opera House, was "like nothing else", reviews arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Craft
Cohen finds beauty in porcelain’s pure forms
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews ANU School of Art in Ceramics graduate Sarit Cohen's latest exhibition, Vessels of Dialogue.
Music
Edwardes mesmerises with marimba magic
DAVID WHITBREAD reviews soloist Claire Edwardes's Dual Attractor Album Launch Tour performance where she mesmerised her audience for 70 minutes by creating "an almost spiritual atmosphere" from her five octave marimba.
Arts & Entertainment
Music, songs and a bum thief!
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
Streaming
An unlikely human triumph that’s good for a smile
Finally launching into the universe of streaming is one of the year’s, if not the decade’s, most talked about space films, says streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
Reviews
War tears a family apart in powerful epic
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews the nearly three hours long epic, The Jungle and the Sea. Directed by S Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack, the play offers a "deeply felt treatment" of the civil war in Sri Lanka.
Dance
Diamond confronts ageing with unflinching candour
MICHELLE POTTER reviews Liz Lea and her colleagues's "distinctively varied' performance in Diamond, the second part of a projected dance trilogy at The Q Theatre.
Film
Music and film capture art’s enduring power
NICK HORN reviews Channels, a "perfectly balanced presentation of documentary film and music", celebrating the life, practice and philosophy of artists actively engaged with the creative process late in life, by Liam Creswick and team.
Art
Sculpture honours Canberra’s ‘Soup Kitchen Lady’
A life-sized sculpture of Canberra’s “Soup Kitchen Lady” Stasia Dabrowski has been unveiled in Garema Place, close to the spot where she fed people in need every Friday night for more than three decades.
Lifestyle
Why age may matter less in breast screening
Breast cancer screening in Australia is set for a major rethink. Risk management expert JENNIFER STONE explains what the changes could mean for women.
Gardening
It’s time but don’t rush to prune roses
Late winter is the ideal time to prune roses, with the timing and technique depending on the type of rose to encourage healthy growth and a better display of blooms, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
History
Rising doubts when Manning Clark talked to Pravda
A frank interview by a Soviet reporter with Australian historian Manning Clark received its most thoughtful scrutiny neither in Australia nor in the Soviet Union in an intriguing twist of events, write STEPHEN HOLT & ROSS FITZGERALD.
Wine
Enjoying a fortified port in any storm
"This is not a 'blow-to-the-head' wine at 18.5% ABV, albeit not a wine you’d skull. It had a lovely cassis-filled palate and a hint of spice at the finish," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
Health & Fitness
Will older Australians ditch health insurance?
The federal government's proposed changes to private health insurance rebates have sparked warnings of widespread fallout. Economics researchers explain why the evidence tells a different story.
Dining
Living the life with a steak frites special
"With times tight, it’s great to seize offers that help you save while still living the life and dining out. More and more cafés and restaurants are taking up the charge", writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Lifestyle
Margaret shares the Wright way to learn and give
Hundreds of Canberrans have learnt to read music and play recorder thanks to Margaret Wright. DAVID TURNBULL continues his series of stories of remarkable Canberrans.
Sport
A Golden Games Dose of Dorin
So much Games' gold, PAUL DORIN wonders if the government can keep its sticky hands off it.
Sport
A Golden Games Dose of Dorin
There's a downside to too much success at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
