KEEPING UP THE ACT
KEEPING UP THE ACT reveals how the ACT Inactivity Commission's Operation Kingfisher took only five years to land a couple of big fish.
- Opinion
- Opinion
Another day, another alleged police bashing
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.
- News
Locals rekindle Curtin’s revolutionary open space
Evan Mann and Richard Bush have been leading locals in the revegetation of Curtin’s Radburn precinct, an experimental town planning layout from the early '60s, reports TIA PRIEST-WILLIMOTT.
- Arts & Entertainment
Sparkling tribute to resilience of ageing women
Inspired by the strength, resilience and many facets of a diamond, Liz Lea's new dance-cum-cabaret show, Diamonds, reflects on how we are shaped by experience, pressure and the determination to keep shining, reports HELEN MUSA.
- Politics
There’s more to Pauline’s popularity than protest
"While the conventional wisdom seems to be that Hanson’s rise has been a function of mass disillusionment with the major parties, I suspect there is more to her popularity than mere protest," writes ROBERT McMAHON.
- Opinion
Public libraries are a public service, not a saving
"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.
- Arts & Entertainment
All aboard for a physiological stage thriller
Mockingbird Theatre Company's production of the thriller The Girl on the Train threatens to throw audiences right into the centre of the action, reeports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
- Politics
Labor’s managed democracy on display
Labor's national conference projected unity, but political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN argues the real story was how tightly debate was managed behind the scenes.
- Lifestyle
Why China’s EV safety ban puts Australia at risk
Road safety expert MILAD HAGHANI explains why Australia needs to respond swiftly to avoid risks it faces from China's move to tighten rules on door handles and touchscreens.
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
Royal commission as new Labor premier changes course
Newly-minted Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has vowed to tread a different path to his predecessors, promising a royal commission into the building sector.
Belconnen land rezoning opposed
‘Real fear’: Jewish Australians avoiding health service
Fuel excise running on empty as refinery push starts up
‘Disgusted’: pub mogul disavows Liberals donation aims
Straight to the pool room: beloved comedy goes onstage
More women at risk of domestic homicide seeking shelter
Opinion
Pokemon? That would be a Rastafarian proctologist
A neologism is a newly coined word or expression and Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS shares some of the latest ingenious ones.
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
News
Locals rekindle Curtin’s revolutionary open space
Evan Mann and Richard Bush have been leading locals in the revegetation of Curtin’s Radburn precinct, an experimental town planning layout from the early '60s, reports TIA PRIEST-WILLIMOTT.
Update
Royal commission as new Labor premier changes course
Newly-minted Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has vowed to tread a different path to his predecessors, promising a royal commission into the building sector.
News
Belconnen land rezoning opposed
The Belconnen Community Council is urging ACT MLAs to oppose a proposal to rezone community land in the Belconnen Town Centre, arguing it would reduce land needed for future community facilities before key planning studies are completed.
National news
‘Real fear’: Jewish Australians avoiding health service
Incidents such as patients refusing to be treated by Jewish doctors have sparked calls for workplace religious guidance to combat anti-Semitism.
Update
Fuel excise running on empty as refinery push starts up
Motorists and business owners face rising costs with the fuel excise set to end, but there might soon be scope for more oil refinement within Australia.
Politics
‘Disgusted’: pub mogul disavows Liberals donation aims
An ailing hotelier has distanced himself from Liberal Party powerbrokers he financially backed, including the brothers of ex-NSW premier Dominic Perrottet.
National news
More women at risk of domestic homicide seeking shelter
Women at risk of domestic homicide are increasingly seeking safety at community shelters, with migrant women the most likely to return to an unsafe home.
Health
Isolation leaving the elderly at risk of malnutrition
Why are elderly Australians "starving"? A report has found isolation can put older Australians at risk of malnutrition.
Police
Bottle shop worker bashed in armed robbery
A teenage boy has been charged after a bottle shop employee was allegedly struck several times with a baseball bat during an aggravated robbery in Woden on Monday evening.
Daily Puzzles
"While the conventional wisdom seems to be that Hanson’s rise has been a function of mass disillusionment with the major parties, I suspect there is more to her popularity than mere protest," writes ROBERT McMAHON.
Labor's national conference projected unity, but political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN argues the real story was how tightly debate was managed behind the scenes.
Kelty warning overshadows Labor conference
Berry is right to resign, she should have known
Labor rolls out $25m Palestine aid ahead of conference
What fragmented media is doing to political messaging
Israel attacks Labor’s draft platform on Israel‑Gaza conflict
Has Hanson flown too close to the sun?
Views
KEEPING UP THE ACT
KEEPING UP THE ACT reveals how the ACT Inactivity Commission's Operation Kingfisher took only five years to land a couple of big fish.
Opinion
Another day, another alleged police bashing
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.
Letters
Public libraries are a public service, not a saving
"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.
Opinion
Integrity enquiry couldn’t see the wood for the trees
"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...
Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Barnaby Joyce's bark is worse than his bite, just ask his dog, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Opinion
Investigating takes more than a papertrail, it takes questions
"There are three Commonwealth agencies set up to investigate maladministration and maintain standards, but apparently lacking in the basic investigative skills to do their jobs." HUGH SELBY says if you don't ask, people don't tell.
Opinion
What corners are being cut in your healthcare?
When health-insurance companies justify their forays into clinical services based on cost savings, be alarmed, warns BRETT HEFFERNAN.
Opinion
KEEPING UP THE ACT
Can the chief minister organise a piss up in a brewery? KEEPING UP THE ACT shows how he'll do it.
Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN takes a sardonic view of making ends meet in modern Australia.
Arts
Izzard brings smash hit Hamlet to Canberra
A solo interpretation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, an evening of poetry readings, and a 'Meet the Author', besides myriad theatre and concert performances, make up the latest Artsweek column by arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Dance
Sparkling tribute to resilience of ageing women
Inspired by the strength, resilience and many facets of a diamond, Liz Lea's new dance-cum-cabaret show, Diamonds, reflects on how we are shaped by experience, pressure and the determination to keep shining, reports HELEN MUSA.
Theatre
Straight to the pool room: beloved comedy goes onstage
The feature film responsible for Australian sayings such as ''Tell him he's dreaming'' is being launched as a stage production.
Music
Nothing wooden about this recorder concert
Two of Australia’s top recorder players, Robyn Mellor and Rodney Waterman, have embarked upon a project to show off the variety of music for the recorder repertoire in a concert at Wesley Music Centre, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Theatre
Seeing-eye dog puppies bone up on theatre etiquette
Aspiring seeing-eye dogs have visited a renowned arts venue, highlighting accessibility measures to help blind and low-vision people.
Craft
When recycling meets imagination in glass
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews internationally recognised multi-disciplined artist Tamara Henderson's "multi-faceted and large exhibition" with glass as a central material.
Music
Time-travelling music of passion and warfare
LEN POWER reviews Guerrieri et Amorosi, a performance by Oriana Chorale and Apeiron Baroque.
Theatre
All aboard for a physiological stage thriller
Mockingbird Theatre Company's production of the thriller The Girl on the Train threatens to throw audiences right into the centre of the action, reeports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Arts & Entertainment
Stand-up from a standing start
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
Lifestyle
Why China’s EV safety ban puts Australia at risk
Road safety expert MILAD HAGHANI explains why Australia needs to respond swiftly to avoid risks it faces from China's move to tighten rules on door handles and touchscreens.
Lifestyle
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
The cost of living is having an effect all over the place, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Gardening
Of winter scents and lovely spuds
Fragrant herbs take centre stage in the winter garden, while now is the time to prepare seed potatoes for planting once the soil warms in spring, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Wine
An Italian nebbiolo that shines through the fog
"It was good to be reintroduced to this varietal and to taste an Italian nebbiolo that, while young and reasonably priced, did not belt the palate with a bitter tannic aftertaste," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
Gardening
Winter wow with silk tassel catkins
Silk tassel bush is a tough, low-maintenance evergreen that rewards Canberra gardens with striking winter catkins, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Health & Fitness
New verdict on mobile phones causing brain cancer
Cancer researchers SARAH DIEPSTRATEN and JOHN (EDDIE) LA MARCA analyse findings of a new study that looks at whether electromagnetic waves emitted by mobile phones cause cancer in the brain or not.
Dining
Thumbs up for the wood-fired King prawns
"For Eleven on Monaro, positioned right on Queanbeyan’s main drag, disruptive road works haven’t stopped them – as a relatively new business – from investing in success," writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Technology
Why Australia needs a domestic mobile roaming policy
Telco expert MARK A GREGORY explains what is domestic mobile roaming and could it help prevent some of the problems caused by a major outage like the one Telstra experienced last week.
Medicine and wellbeing
Why so many cold and flu tablets don’t actually work
Pharmacists and researchers JACK JANETZKI and LAUREN CORTIS clear the air on why cold and flu tablets do not work for nasal congestion as well as they claim.
