The trick is to keep bamboo under control
Bamboo can make an effective privacy screen, but in Canberra it is best grown in pots to avoid it becoming a long-term garden problem, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
- Lifestyle
- Politics
AI’s opportunities and risks front and centre on Labor’s agenda
Political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN believes artificial intelligence offers the Albanese government its best hope of lifting productivity, but balancing its economic promise against its risks will be no easy task.
- Arts & Entertainment
A look at two cultural icons through their books
Two cultural icons of the 20th century – Marilyn Monroe and Stephen King – have been assessed through their books. In Monroe's case, the books she read or owned; in King's, the books he wrote early in his career. COLIN STEELE reviews them.
- Lifestyle
Here’s where the government sells the booze
"The prices in Nordic countries for wine are eye-watering. In Iceland, the most expensive destination an average glass of white wine (an unimpressive pinot grigio) was $28 a glass," bemoans our travelling wine writer RICHARD CALVER.
- Lifestyle
Lunch began with a bang, but…
A true local with a solid following, Gryphons Caffe Bar has held a prime possie on the dining scene at Griffith shops since 2012, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
- Opinion
How the obsession with growth holds us back
"As another financial year begins, the national conversation should move beyond the assumption that bigger is always better." CLIVE WILLIAMS says the question is not how to make the economy bigger, but how to make Australians better off.
- Lifestyle
Grandparents and the memories that last a lifetime
"We visited my grandparents as often as we could. They couldn’t have been more different: on my dad’s side, it felt like an etiquette school; on my mum’s, a fun park. I loved being at both" writes PAUL DORIN.
- Opinion
KEEPING UP THE ACT
"I come not to bury Shane, but to compost him". New Greens leader Jo Clay shares her cure for the Rattenbury hangover with KEEPING UP THE ACT.
- Opinion
Frequently cited, the phantom that was never seen
Labor's “Aquatic Strategy” promises that “options to deliver a new public 50-metre outdoor pool in Woden will be progressed”. But progressing options differs from a commitment, says BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.
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
Summer hopes for Big Splash go down the drain
Campaign group Save Big Splash says the ACT Government must intervene after the mortgagees in possession confirmed the Big Splash water park will not reopen by the November 1 deadline.
Telstra to ‘face the music’ as anger rises over outages
‘That’s life’: Human Headline Derryn Hinch dies at 82
Stuart calls on AFL star to help young Canberra Raider
Australian dance troupe earns deadly international gong
Numbats no longer endangered but threat far from over
First Nations maternity care boosting health outcomes
Lifestyle
A new fitness option arrives in Erindale
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.
Sponsored Content
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.
News
Summer hopes for Big Splash go down the drain
Campaign group Save Big Splash says the ACT Government must intervene after the mortgagees in possession confirmed the Big Splash water park will not reopen by the November 1 deadline.
Update
Telstra to ‘face the music’ as anger rises over outages
Telstra is being warned it will be held accountable and could face a $30 million fine as the regulator probes the telco's major system failures.
Politics
‘That’s life’: Human Headline Derryn Hinch dies at 82
Derryn Hinch, an uncompromising commentator who battled alcohol-related health problems and spent time behind bars for contempt of court, has died aged 82.
Sports news
Stuart calls on AFL star to help young Canberra Raider
GWS midfielder Tom Green has been sent in to help a 21-year-old Canberra winger rediscover his confidence ahead of the Raiders' clash against Canterbury.
News
Numbats no longer endangered but threat far from over
Decades of conservation efforts to control cats and foxes have led to a state's bushy-tailed faunal emblem being moved from endangered on a key list.
News
First Nations maternity care boosting health outcomes
Culturally tailored midwifery is helping close the gap between health outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous babies, with almost half born healthier.
News
SBS under the microscope over anti-Semitism definition
The nation's publicly funded broadcasters have been questioned over their decision not to adopt a contentious definition of hatred against Jews.
News
Ava’s turning a focus for compassion into action
Inspired by a family story of blindness, 17-year-old Ava Jazayeri is turning compassion into action, one pair of glasses at a time, reports DHWANI PATHAK.
Police
Head-on crash injures two in Yarralumla
Two drivers were taken to hospital after a head-on collision on Adelaide Avenue in Yarralumla .
Daily Puzzles
Political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN believes artificial intelligence offers the Albanese government its best hope of lifting productivity, but balancing its economic promise against its risks will be no easy task.
"I think many of us have missed that One Nation’s growth is partly down to a lack of centrist options and less the rise of the conservative vote," writes political columnist ANDREW HUGHES.
Responsibility, a lost cause with Labor ministers?
Hastie seat set for One Nation showdown
Budget misery as the chickens come home to roost
Bonking revelations demean the office of PM
Albanese wants Labor unity sans AUKUS discord
The party that keeps getting in its own way
Views
How the obsession with growth holds us back
"As another financial year begins, the national conversation should move beyond the assumption that bigger is always better." CLIVE WILLIAMS says the question is not how to make the economy bigger, but how to make Australians better off.
Opinion
KEEPING UP THE ACT
"I come not to bury Shane, but to compost him". New Greens leader Jo Clay shares her cure for the Rattenbury hangover with KEEPING UP THE ACT.
Opinion
Frequently cited, the phantom that was never seen
Labor's “Aquatic Strategy” promises that “options to deliver a new public 50-metre outdoor pool in Woden will be progressed”. But progressing options differs from a commitment, says BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.
Opinion
Hold the arts, we’re pivoting to more apartments
With tenders called, with 'indecent haste', RICHARD JOHNSTON says we’re back pretty much at square one again, after 15 years of fruitless effort around the moribund Kingston Arts Precinct.
Letters
Break the law: what sort of democracy is this?
"The ACT Government can break the law, give false information, not listen to the community and all’s good." Letter writer PENNY MOYES, of Hughes, challenged a government minister.
Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Sardonic, but is this a sad sign of the times, wonders cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Opinion
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!
Arts
Middle Raged turns menopause into shared theatre
A post-covid 50th birthday party conversation about middle age and menopause was the catalyst behind the musical Middle Raged, directed by Priscilla Jackman, reviews SAMARA PURNELL.
Music
Musica Viva duo blends virtuosity with musical curiosity
MICHAEL WILSON reviews Musica Viva Australia's frequent collaborators over forty years, Leila Josefowicz (violin) and John Novacek (piano) meet for an "intriguing and ambitious assembly of works which challenged musical convention".
Dance
Australian dance troupe earns deadly international gong
A First Nations dance company is set to be awarded a major accolade at the Venice Biennale - but says it represents just 35 of 65,000 years of stories.
Art
Giant Murray cod sculpture arrives in Tuggeranong
A giant four-metre steel Murray cod, was installed at Tuggeranong Arts Centre on Friday, launching a collaborative project culminating in a lakeside artwork at November’s Craft + Design Canberra Festival, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Art
April Phillips steps in at Canberra Contemporary
Former curator at The National Portrait Gallery, April Phillips, will step into the role of artistic director and CEO of Canberra Contemporary while director Sophia Cai takes maternity leave.
Books
A look at two cultural icons through their books
Two cultural icons of the 20th century – Marilyn Monroe and Stephen King – have been assessed through their books. In Monroe's case, the books she read or owned; in King's, the books he wrote early in his career. COLIN STEELE reviews them.
Music
Random events that opened a sound guy’s dream
"To us, a mixing desk is a rectangular box covered by an incomprehensible confusion of knobs, sliders and buttons; to Bevan Noble it's a delicate instrument." DAVID TURNBULL continues his series of stories of remarkable Canberrans.
Theatre
Theatrical truth in the ‘pleasant disguise of illusion’
Canberra Repertory is about to embark on its most ambitious show of the 2026 season, The Glass Menagerie, and it has a world expert on Tennessee Williams at the helm of the production, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Art
Lake Ginninderra work wins environmental prize
A long-running environmental art award exhibition was unveiled on Sunday at the Queanbeyan Art Society Gallery where the major prize of the day went to Sophie Baker for an impressionistic interpretation of Lake Ginninderra.
Lifestyle
The trick is to keep bamboo under control
Bamboo can make an effective privacy screen, but in Canberra it is best grown in pots to avoid it becoming a long-term garden problem, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Lifestyle
A new fitness option arrives in Erindale
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.
Sponsored Content
Wine
Here’s where the government sells the booze
"The prices in Nordic countries for wine are eye-watering. In Iceland, the most expensive destination an average glass of white wine (an unimpressive pinot grigio) was $28 a glass," bemoans our travelling wine writer RICHARD CALVER.
Dining
Lunch began with a bang, but…
A true local with a solid following, Gryphons Caffe Bar has held a prime possie on the dining scene at Griffith shops since 2012, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Lifestyle
Grandparents and the memories that last a lifetime
"We visited my grandparents as often as we could. They couldn’t have been more different: on my dad’s side, it felt like an etiquette school; on my mum’s, a fun park. I loved being at both" writes PAUL DORIN.
Health & Fitness
What exercises will keep my ageing joints healthy?
Our joints are subject to the inevitable wear-and-tear of age, but low-impact exercise can help and are worth trying, writes GORDON WADDINGTON.
History
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.
