This is why your health app is already biased
AI health tools can inherit the biases of the data and assumptions behind them. MAHIMA KALLA and NOUSHIN NAZARIAN explain why tackling the problem needs to begin before a single line of code is written.
- Lifestyle
- Opinion
Why Australia’s care market is failing
Australia's aged care, child care and disability services are increasingly run as businesses, but at what cost? GABRIELLE MEAGHER examines why the market model is failing those who depend on care.
- Arts & Entertainment
Hands shaken, price rises are only matter of time
Paramount has now completed its $A160 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery. While it could be some time coming, it’s clear a major shake up to the streaming landscape is in the pipeline," writes streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
- Opinion
The government’s five-year ‘action scam’ for troubled kids
"Tissues of lies peddled without shame. No tissues for the tears of the damaged kids." HUGH SELBY calls out the ACT Government's new Youth Justice Strategic Plan for what it is: "A deliberate mirage, intended to deceive."
- Politics
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN asks: was it a dirt file on Helen Haines from the Mr Albanese's office? The PM says no.
- News
Runways to riches? Western Sydney’s billion-dollar bet
Australia's first new international airport in 30 years is ready to take flight but now shoulders the weight of great economic promises built around it, reports MAX ALDRED.
- Lifestyle
It’s all go, go, go in the vegetable patch
With soil warming, it’s time to plant tomatoes, capsicums, cucumbers and other summer vegetables for a productive harvest, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
- Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
It's cup time, but cartoonist PAUL DORIN says his money's not on any of these these prospects.
- Politics
Can politics recover its lost sense of decency?
The attack on Helen Haines has forced politicians to confront the ugliness of political discourse, but lasting change will require a broader reckoning with society’s growing incivility, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
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
Four arrested, 13 firearms seized in ACT raids
Four men have been arrested and 13 firearms seized during a week-long police crackdown on illegal weapons across Canberra.
Coalition eyes climate, housing money to fund tax cuts
‘Very bruised’ public servants can’t scrub social media
Injured MP’s waking words were of concern for others
New recycling facility sparks plastics criticism
Fast treatment for urinary infections and birth control
Landry exit opens lower house path for Canavan
Lifestyle
Something special is growing at Hampton Park Estate
Explore how Formal English gardens, rolling countryside and a few curious alpacas are coming together at Hampton Park Estate to create a distinctive new wedding destination near Canberra in this sponsored post.
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Lifestyle
Planning your enclosed patio project on a budget
An underused patio could become an extra living room, home office or entertaining space without a major extension. This sponsored post explores how to make the transformation affordable.
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Lifestyle
Frost-hardy plants for Canberra, door-delivered
Looking for frost-hardy plants in Canberra? Explore hedges, native plants and trees suited to local gardens, with delivery from Nursery Near Me in this sponsored post.
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News
Four arrested, 13 firearms seized in ACT raids
Four men have been arrested and 13 firearms seized during a week-long police crackdown on illegal weapons across Canberra.
Politics
Coalition eyes climate, housing money to fund tax cuts
Savings of $31 billion earmarked by the federal opposition would be used to fund the coalition's plan to index income tax brackets.
Politics
‘Very bruised’ public servants can’t scrub social media
Public servants copping abuse when footage of them is posted online cannot get video of them removed from social media, a senior official says.
Update
Injured MP’s waking words were of concern for others
MPs from across the political divide have paid tribute to Helen Haines as the independent recovers in hospital from an alleged attack outside her office.
News
New recycling facility sparks plastics criticism
Construction has begun on Canberra's new recycling facility at Hume, but the ACT Greens have criticised the government's failure to include soft plastics recycling in the project.
Update
Fast treatment for urinary infections and birth control
Access to subsidised treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections and hormonal contraceptives will be expanded.
Politics
Landry exit opens lower house path for Canavan
Nationals leader Matt Canavan could move to the House of Representatives by contesting Capricornia in 2028, following Nationals MP Michelle Landry’s retirement announcement, reports MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Sports news
Dream walk: Aussie’s historic athletics world record
Race walker Rebecca Henderson has become the first Australian athletics world record breaker in a generation after breaking the marathon mark in Japan.
The economy
Food insecurity ‘entrenched’ for a third of households
One in three Australian households have experienced food insecurity in the past year, Foodbank says, prompting calls for collaboration before it worsens.
Daily Puzzles
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN asks: was it a dirt file on Helen Haines from the Mr Albanese's office? The PM says no.
The attack on Helen Haines has forced politicians to confront the ugliness of political discourse, but lasting change will require a broader reckoning with society’s growing incivility, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Cormann’s advice on countering populism and reforms
Why policing alone won’t stop political violence
Australia’s political past is far from peaceful
The bank vault is empty, but Labor’s still spending
Independents embarrass Labor on human rights
Shoebridge and his defiant senator at loggerheads
Views
Why Australia’s care market is failing
Australia's aged care, child care and disability services are increasingly run as businesses, but at what cost? GABRIELLE MEAGHER examines why the market model is failing those who depend on care.
Opinion
The government’s five-year ‘action scam’ for troubled kids
"Tissues of lies peddled without shame. No tissues for the tears of the damaged kids." HUGH SELBY calls out the ACT Government's new Youth Justice Strategic Plan for what it is: "A deliberate mirage, intended to deceive."
Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
It's cup time, but cartoonist PAUL DORIN says his money's not on any of these these prospects.
Opinion
When words become divorced from their original meaning
"Purists will tell you the word 'decimate' dates back to the Roman practice of killing one in 10, but in common usage it just means 'devastate'. Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS shares some words where their meanings have changed.
Opinion
No poor-boy-made-good here, I was privileged
"Some folks never learn to read the room… they hear someone’s pain that reflects their experience and say to the woman weeping at her miscarriage, 'that’s nothing, I had six of them'," writes Kindness columnist ANTONIO DI DIO.
Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Seriously, buying food is getting that bad, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Letters
‘I have the Invisible Man as my local member’
Letter writer and new Mawson resident DAVID ROBERTSON has written three times to his local MP David Smith after being "badly burned by the housing market’s budget reaction". But to no replies from the Member for Bean.
Opinion
Give the little guys a better go at building houses
Canberra needs more homes and a government that stops getting in the way, says Canberra Liberals Leader MARK PARTON.
Opinion
Hold the outrage and look what’s on the scales of justice
"Those who want to froth about the inadequacy of this sentence would do well to note that there is no rehabilitation in our ACT prison system. That is the fault of the current ACT Government," writes legal affairs columnist HUGH SELBY.
Arts
CAPO turns donated art into grants for artists
CAPO, the Capital Arts Patrons’ Organisation, is preparing to distribute more than $52,000 in grants and fellowship support to artists in 2026, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Music
String quartet takes audiences on a cosmic journey
The Australian String Quartet gave a breathtaking rendition of Béla Bartók’s String Quartet No. 4, a work as technically challenging as it is original and affecting, reviews MICHAEL WILSON.
Music
Limestone Consort finds the lighter side of love
There may have been a storm raging outside, but the calming Limestone Consort program of secular works by Nicolas Bernier and André Campra proved to be the perfect way to spend a rainy afternoon, reviews LEN POWER.
Music
Bach and Paganini bring out the best in Röhn
When an artist with such an international reputation presents a solo recital, expectations are high. And Daniel Röhn exceeds them splendidly, reviews DAVID WHITBREAD.
Arts & Entertainment
Ami’s new album and one-woman show
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
Art
‘Favourite’ art historian dies at 68
The visual arts community has been shocked and saddened by the death on October 14 of art historian, educator and former head of the ANU School of Art, Gordon Bull, after a long battle with cancer. He was 68.
Music
Big band gets into the Rat Pack swing
"It was song after song in a generous program of 28 classics, interrupted only by an interval or an interesting tidbit about a song or Rat Pack member." BILL STEPHENS reviews the Blamey Street Big Band.
Music
Trio debuts with a blooming good sound
"There was much colour and sunshine in this spring concert. If Wattle keep playing at this standard, they will go far." That's the prediction of music reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
Reviews
Around the World at a cracking pace
"The cast are working hard but you sense they’re enjoying it all as much as the audience. They even have an elephant!' LEN POWER reviews an adaptation of Around the World in Eighty Days.
Lifestyle
This is why your health app is already biased
AI health tools can inherit the biases of the data and assumptions behind them. MAHIMA KALLA and NOUSHIN NAZARIAN explain why tackling the problem needs to begin before a single line of code is written.
Weddings
Something special is growing at Hampton Park Estate
Explore how Formal English gardens, rolling countryside and a few curious alpacas are coming together at Hampton Park Estate to create a distinctive new wedding destination near Canberra in this sponsored post.
Sponsored Content
Gardening
It’s all go, go, go in the vegetable patch
With soil warming, it’s time to plant tomatoes, capsicums, cucumbers and other summer vegetables for a productive harvest, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Wine
For NZ, sauvignon blanc still leads the way
"In 2026, NZ had an increase in overall sales of wine of eight per cent, a remarkable statistic given the global decline in wine sales generally," reports wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
Dining
Dining in a very special space
Hats off to the National Gallery for repositioning its café – Oculus Café x Kitchen by Mike – to the ground-floor foyer with views of the Sculpture Garden, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Lifestyle
Farrer residents bring the community together
Bargains, homemade treats and community spirit are on the menu as Goodwin Village Farrer residents prepare for their annual Market Day on October 24. This is a sponsored post.
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Lifestyle
Planning your enclosed patio project on a budget
An underused patio could become an extra living room, home office or entertaining space without a major extension. This sponsored post explores how to make the transformation affordable.
Sponsored Content
Gardening
Frost-hardy plants for Canberra, door-delivered
Looking for frost-hardy plants in Canberra? Explore hedges, native plants and trees suited to local gardens, with delivery from Nursery Near Me in this sponsored post.
Sponsored Content
Fashion
Kylie Jenner dazzles in $70 million diamond Fantasy Bra
Kylie Jenner has dazzled the audience at the Victoria's Secret fashion show by walking the runway wearing a $US50 million bra covered with 4410 diamonds.
