Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Another cartoon from the wry eye of PAUL DORIN.
- Opinion
- News
Time to sort out hate and division in democracy
"We read less, but consume more. The visual format of that consumption allows for increasing misinformation and disinformation thanks to AI. Videos and images of candidates can look real, even if they aren’t," writes ANDREW HUGHES.
- Politics
Price rapid buses before laying more light rail
"To be credible, the ACT Government has to stop its obfuscation and commission an independent assessment to evaluate if bus rapid transport could deliver the benefits of light rail at lower cost," writes planning columnist MIKE QUIRK.
- 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.
- 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.
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
PM admits he was ‘not correct’ on golf course grant
A $6 million grant given to a club in Anthony Albanese's electorate is not being used for what he claimed, prompting an admission.
Triple zero text option to be trialled in safety push
New ACT laws target high-risk firearm users
Labor defector slams PM for snubbing extra staff plea
Meghan Markle’s surprise return to Australian TV
Former PM to mentor students in new Australian gig
Medical trial aims to beat ‘widow maker’ heart attacks
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.
Sponsored Content
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.
Sponsored Content
News
PM admits he was ‘not correct’ on golf course grant
A $6 million grant given to a club in Anthony Albanese's electorate is not being used for what he claimed, prompting an admission.
National news
Triple zero text option to be trialled in safety push
People in an emergency could soon be able to text triple zero for help when phone calls aren't practical, if a trial of the technology proves to be successful.
Police
New ACT laws target high-risk firearm users
The ACT Legislative Assembly has passed new laws allowing courts to ban people who pose a serious public safety risk from possessing or accessing firearms.
Politics
Labor defector slams PM for snubbing extra staff plea
A former government senator has accused the prime minister of deliberately ignoring applications for more staff over bitterness about her quitting his party.
News
Meghan Markle’s surprise return to Australian TV
The Duchess of Sussex has been brought in to host a children's cooking competition as Network Ten bets big on star power to revive Junior MasterChef.
Politics
Former PM to mentor students in new Australian gig
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern, known for her leadership during the Christchurch terrorist attacks, is set to mentor students in Australia.
Health
Medical trial aims to beat ‘widow maker’ heart attacks
While heart attack risks like high blood pressure and cholesterol are important to address, researchers are developing a test for other silent factors.
Politics
Security reviews ramp up for MP offices on attack fears
Some MPs will have their electorate offices' security bolstered after an alleged attack on Helen Haines heightened fears.
National news
Tax office complaints surge during crack down on debts
Complaints against the tax office have jumped 180 per cent in two years, as relations between business owners and the government sour.
Daily Puzzles
"To be credible, the ACT Government has to stop its obfuscation and commission an independent assessment to evaluate if bus rapid transport could deliver the benefits of light rail at lower cost," writes planning columnist MIKE QUIRK.
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN asks: was it a dirt file on Helen Haines from the Mr Albanese's office? The PM says no.
Can politics recover its lost sense of decency?
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
Views
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Another cartoon from the wry eye of PAUL DORIN.
Letters
Invasive weed threatens Belconnen ovals – who cares?
"There are some ovals in the Belconnen area that are surrounded by capeweed and in places the weed is now growing on the oval," writes reader RON ROBERTSON, of Scullin.
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.
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.
Arts
Learning the art of living with misinformation
The findings of a three-year research collaboration will be presented tomorrow at the National Film and Sound Archive, with the launch of Living with Misinformation, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Film
‘Parky’ takes centre stage at British Film Festival
As the 2026 British Film Festival progresses beyond the opening night on Wednesday, all eyes will be on a star of a very different kind, Sir Michael Parkinson, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Dance
Putting dance and design into motion
The Australian Dance Party, alongside sustainable fashion designer Kelli Donovan, will explore the connections between fashion, activism, performance and circular design in Clothing the Loop, on November 6 and 7, reports HELEN MUSA.
Art
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.
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.
