Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the desert
Archaeologists say they have unearthed fourth-century quarters in Egypt, revealing residential and religious structures including a basilica church.
- Lifestyle
- Arts & Entertainment
Sizzle stops as The Bear serves up a final slice
"When June rolls: ding! Yes, chef! The Bear is once again ready to dish up a sizzling slice of drama TV and so it is with a bit of sadness that this time around marks the last," writes streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
- Lifestyle
Gardens that share winter inspiration
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON says the Australian National Botanic Gardens demonstrate how native plants can be grown successfully in our region, how large they become and provide ideas that can be adapted for your own garden.
- Politics
Albanese wants Labor unity sans AUKUS discord
Labor’s national conference may be billed as open and democratic, but the government will be working hard to keep AUKUS and Middle East tensions from taking centre stage, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN
- Lifestyle
How healthy is cheap frozen and canned food?
Frozen fruit and canned veg are cheap, but are they as healthy as fresh food? MARGARET MURRAY has the answers.
- Lifestyle
So, why do wine bottles have a dent at the bottom?
"Development of the punt was important in the evolution of the champagne bottle. In the 1500s, French monks were making sparkling wine, but the pressure from the bubbles meant that sometimes bottles exploded," writes RICHARD CALVER.
- News
Museum guide wins region’s tourism award
Angie Ouyang has been named the Canberra Region's inaugural Tour Guide of the Year.
- Lifestyle
Today’s apartments risk being too hot for weeks at a time
By 2050, many Sydney apartments built to today’s standards could be too hot for weeks at a time.
- Lifestyle
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN reckons the pressure of watching sport at this time of the year can take its toll.
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
‘Pure elation’: Aussie IVF innovation sparks baby joy
Australian scientists have achieved the first pregnancies using a trail-blazing 3D-printed IVF device smaller than the width of a human hair.
Reef again avoids ‘in danger’ World Heritage listing
Partner threatened and dog punched in family violence incident
Charges laid from daylight burglary in Gungahlin
Man charged after assault and stolen car chase
Stars align as Swift and Kelce exchange wedding vows
‘Can you imagine’: PM mocks One Nation over fuel crisis
News
Could this be Australia’s warmest winter ever?
Could this be Australia’s warmest winter ever? And does a warm winter have consequences for Australia’s next summer?, ask climate experts MILTON SPEER and LANCE M LESLIE
Arts & Entertainment
Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon in harmony again
Singer Art Garfunkel says he and longtime musical partner Paul Simon have 'found peace' decades after the ups and downs of one of music's greatest duos.
Politics
There’s never been a better time to be Mark Parton
"Mark Parton has done a solid job talking to us. His engagement on the rising youth crime in Canberra, ovals being trashed, and use of social media, are all good to see," writes political columnist ANDREW HUGHES.
News
‘Pure elation’: Aussie IVF innovation sparks baby joy
Australian scientists have achieved the first pregnancies using a trail-blazing 3D-printed IVF device smaller than the width of a human hair.
National news
Reef again avoids ‘in danger’ World Heritage listing
The world's biggest coral reef has escaped an 'in danger" World Heritage recommendation, but Australia remains on the hook for another progress report.
Police
Partner threatened and dog punched in family violence incident
A 37-year-old Gordon man – who was subject to bail conditions – has been charged after allegedly assaulting his former partner and punching a dog during a family violence incident in Gordon.
Police
Charges laid from daylight burglary in Gungahlin
A 32-year-old Florey man, who is subject to good behaviour obligations, has been charged after police allege he burgled a Gungahlin home on Friday afternoon.
Police
Man charged after assault and stolen car chase
A 23-year-old Duffy man, who was subject to good behaviour obligations, has been charged after police allege he stole a car in Hawker, injured its owner and led police on a pursuit across Canberra.
Politics
‘Can you imagine’: PM mocks One Nation over fuel crisis
Australia's multicultural background is being held up by the government as a reason the nation was able to strike fuel supply deals with its Asian neighbours.
Update
Gallant Socceroos suffer World Cup shootout heartbreak
The Socceroos are out of the World Cup and left to rue what might have been after losing to Egypt 4-2 on penalties in the round of 32.
National news
Nicky Winmar’s statue to go after assault conviction
A statue depicting former St Kilda footballer Nicky Winmar's most famous moment will be removed after he was found guilty of a brutal attack on a woman.
Weather
Hit the slopes: snowstorm saves the ski season
Australia's alps have been blanketed by snow just in time for the school holidays following the worst start to a season in decades.
Daily Puzzles
Labor’s national conference may be billed as open and democratic, but the government will be working hard to keep AUKUS and Middle East tensions from taking centre stage, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN
Political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN on how the Liberal Party can't resist returning to damaging infighting and struggles to keep itself on track.
Will the pool integrity inquiry take seven years?
Liberals now wedged in tunnel, staring at a sinkhole
Sleeves up, the big rental biffo is about to begin
Big revenue questions the ACT budget doesn’t answer
Now’s the time to renovate multiculturalism
Why longer NDIS inquiry is bad for Labor’s reforms
Views
The word is don’t get old, and definitely don’t get sick!
"Younger people need to ask, is this how I want mum and dad treated? And what awaits me when I reach a ripe old age?" BRETT HEFFERNAN, CEO of the Australian Private Hospitals Association,
Opinion
KEEPING UP THE ACT
Fear not about the Woden Pool corruption accusations, the ACT Inactivity Commission's snails have swung into action!
Opinion
Rewriting Drumgold: but three years on, nothing’s changed
"I was taken aback by a Canberra Times article that paints our former DPP, Shane Drumgold, as a victim of each and all of Murdoch media, Walter Sofronoff, local politicians and the ACT Bar Association. He was not a victim," says HUGH SELBY.
Letters
This government has no regard for the community
"Surely the ACT Government isn’t going to be allowed to plough on in its usual arrogant fashion," asks letter writer PENNY MOYES, emboldened by the Auditor-General's damning report on the Phillip pool.
Opinion
Put the community safety grants back on the road!
LAUCHLAN McINTOSH says the public is entitled to ask a simple question: if the government collects more than $1m from a road safety levy, why suspend a $200,000 community road safety grants program that directly supports prevention work?
Opinion
My role in reviving Pauline Hanson’s political career
MIKE WELSH, drivetime announcer at 2CC in 2012, dreamt up a stunt to boost his ratings that may have changed the destiny of Australian politics, for which he apologises.
Opinion
Silence isn’t an option, judges need to be heard
"It is for the courts to remind the public that they can be trusted, that they are staffed by people of integrity, with honour and commitment to seeking truth," writes HUGH SELBY.
Opinion
When social capital is strong, people solve problems more easily
"When community life weakens, the national mood becomes scratchier... More public argument takes place through suspicion rather than trust. Problems that could have been solved around a table are left to harden," writes ANDREW LEIGH.
Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN has symptoms the rest of the country is suffering from.
Arts
Sizzle stops as The Bear serves up a final slice
"When June rolls: ding! Yes, chef! The Bear is once again ready to dish up a sizzling slice of drama TV and so it is with a bit of sadness that this time around marks the last," writes streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
Update
Stars align as Swift and Kelce exchange wedding vows
Its been confirmed that US superstars Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are now a married couple, as a celebration gets underway in New York.
Theatre
Camus’ Caligula finds a voice for today
Albert Camus's Caligula, directed by Isaiah Prichard and presented by Performative Theatre Company, is "an unlikely amalgam of Rocky Horror, Shakespeare's Macbeth and Brecht's Arturo Ui", reviews JOE WOODWARD.
Books
Crispin illustrated verse novel wins top literary prize
The Marion Halligan Award, which recognises a work demonstrating uniqueness and literary excellence that transcends genre, has been awarded to The Dingo's Noctuary, an illustrated verse novel by Judith Nangala Crispin.
Craft
At 23m high, how does this floating artwork stand up?
Monuments for Fishes floats on the water and reaches 23 metres into the air. It's a feat of public art, and engineering.
Arts & Entertainment
Dummies returns with a Splash
Here's the latest Artsweek column by arts editor HELEN MUSA
Arts & Entertainment
The Good Life actor Penelope Keith dead at 86
Actor Penelope Keith, who is best known for British sitcoms such as The Good Life and To The Manor Born, has died at age 86.
Theatre
Sydney Fringe hit comes to Canberra
Sydney Fringe hit Gia Ophelia, written by playwright Grace Wilson and directed by Canberra-born Jo Bradley, is coming to Canberra for a limited season at the Courtyard Studio.
Arts & Entertainment
K-Pop with a splash of digital daring
Arts editor HELEN MUSA has filed her latest Arts in the City column.
Lifestyle
Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the desert
Archaeologists say they have unearthed fourth-century quarters in Egypt, revealing residential and religious structures including a basilica church.
Gardening
Gardens that share winter inspiration
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON says the Australian National Botanic Gardens demonstrate how native plants can be grown successfully in our region, how large they become and provide ideas that can be adapted for your own garden.
Health & Fitness
How healthy is cheap frozen and canned food?
Frozen fruit and canned veg are cheap, but are they as healthy as fresh food? MARGARET MURRAY has the answers.
Wine
So, why do wine bottles have a dent at the bottom?
"Development of the punt was important in the evolution of the champagne bottle. In the 1500s, French monks were making sparkling wine, but the pressure from the bubbles meant that sometimes bottles exploded," writes RICHARD CALVER.
Lifestyle
Unicorn job scams: how jobseekers can protect themselves
Modern pressures have created a fertile ground for unicorn job scams to proliferate across the globe. This sponsored post looks at what a unicorn job scam is, how to avoid one and what to do if you've been caught.
Environment
Today’s apartments risk being too hot for weeks at a time
By 2050, many Sydney apartments built to today’s standards could be too hot for weeks at a time.
Sport
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN reckons the pressure of watching sport at this time of the year can take its toll.
Dining
Not high-end, but Stacks’ sandwiches didn’t disappoint
"Sandwiches are 'a thing' these days, even going viral on social media," writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Home & Garden
Goodwin opens new Downer retirement village
Goodwin Village Downer has opened, marking the completion of more than 120 new homes for older Canberrans, including affordable rental options.
