Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Nothing says love like a gerrycan of the real stuff, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
- Opinion
- Politics
Media ban shadows One Nation’s Victorian push
Pauline Hanson has launched One Nation's Victorian election campaign, but the decision to ban three major news outlets has shifted attention from the party's message, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN
- Politics
In cabinet reshuffling, unions do the dealing
"In Labor, unions are aligned around factions, but the blunt reality of political arithmetic means the more members you represent as a faction, the more power you have," writes ANDREW HUGHES.
- Lifestyle
A Golden Games Dose of Dorin
So much Games' gold, PAUL DORIN wonders if the government can keep its sticky hands off it.
- Opinion
Climate strategy doesn’t confront wood heaters
If the ACT Government is serious about tackling climate change, why does its strategy largely ignore one of the problem's most significant contributors, asks letter writer DARRYL JOHNSTON.
- Opinion
How the census helps you flush your toilet
From flushing our toilets to building new schools, this is why filling in your census form matters, writes demographer LIZ ALLEN.
- Lifestyle
A Golden Games Dose of Dorin
There's a downside to too much success at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
- News
Teen charged over alleged repeated strangulation
A 16-year-old boy has been charged after he allegedly strangled his 15-year-old girlfriend on multiple occasions over the course of their relationship.
- Lifestyle
Does regular exercise stop you getting sick in winter?
Can regular exercise help keep winter bugs at bay? Researchers at Monash University examine what the evidence really says about staying active during the colder months.
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
Canberra resale losses rise
Canberra's property market has recorded some of the weakest resale results in the country, with 94.3 per cent of houses and 82.8 per cent of units resold for a profit in the first half of 2026, according to Domain.
Alan Jones’s alleged victim ‘just wants justice’
Stolen car crashes in Fyshwick
‘Grim news’: Penguin alert as bird flu outbreak worsens
Men charged after separate domestic incidents
Drug deaths and hospitalisations ‘on the rise’
Canberra’s town crier dead at 58
Lifestyle
Expert emergency care when your pet needs it most
When a pet suddenly becomes ill or suffers an injury knowing experienced emergency veterinary care is available close to home provides invaluable peace of mind for pet owners, and that's exactly what Valley Veterinary Emergency offers.
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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.
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News
Canberra resale losses rise
Canberra's property market has recorded some of the weakest resale results in the country, with 94.3 per cent of houses and 82.8 per cent of units resold for a profit in the first half of 2026, according to Domain.
Update
Alan Jones’s alleged victim ‘just wants justice’
A former athlete says he felt he had to report talkback titan Alan Jones to police for indecently assaulting him because what he did was wrong.
Police
Stolen car crashes in Fyshwick
Police are seeking witnesses after a stolen car collided with two other vehicles in Fyshwick on Saturday afternoon.
Update
‘Grim news’: Penguin alert as bird flu outbreak worsens
The escalating bird flu crisis could wipe out almost half of a penguin colony in Victoria, as authorities scramble to limit the outbreak's impact on wildlife.
Police
Men charged after separate domestic incidents
Two men have been charged following separate family violence incidents in Canberra.
National news
Drug deaths and hospitalisations ‘on the rise’
More than five people a day are dying from drug overdoses in Australia and the trend is rising, fresh data shows.
News
Canberra’s town crier dead at 58
Canberra's theatre community is mourning the sudden death of actor, town crier and Guinness World Record holder Joseph "Joe" McGrail-Bateup, who died at his Gordon home on July 31. He was 58, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
News
Innovative proposal pitched to ease homelessness crisis
Tens of thousands of vacant homes could be made available for homeless Australians while the properties are waiting for a permanent use, advocates say.
Health
Aust cancer researcher nears personalised immunotherapy
Ines Pires da Silva didn't sit on her laurels after winning a major science prize - she is ever closer to personalising immunotherapy for cancer patients.
Daily Puzzles
Pauline Hanson has launched One Nation's Victorian election campaign, but the decision to ban three major news outlets has shifted attention from the party's message, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN
"In Labor, unions are aligned around factions, but the blunt reality of political arithmetic means the more members you represent as a faction, the more power you have," writes ANDREW HUGHES.
Pressure grows on Albanese over VAD
There’s more to Pauline’s popularity than protest
Labor’s managed democracy on display
Kelty warning overshadows Labor conference
Berry is right to resign, she should have known
Labor rolls out $25m Palestine aid ahead of conference
Views
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Nothing says love like a gerrycan of the real stuff, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Letters
Climate strategy doesn’t confront wood heaters
If the ACT Government is serious about tackling climate change, why does its strategy largely ignore one of the problem's most significant contributors, asks letter writer DARRYL JOHNSTON.
Opinion
How the census helps you flush your toilet
From flushing our toilets to building new schools, this is why filling in your census form matters, writes demographer LIZ ALLEN.
Opinion
In time, today will be yesterday tomorrow
"Modern physics has revealed a surprising truth: time can vary, depending on motion, gravity and the structure of the universe," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
Opinion
Unions get leverage from Fair Work Act changes
"I fear it will entrench discrimination against businesses whose employees are not covered by union-backed enterprise agreements." industrial relations lawyer RICHARD CALVER looks at recent changes to the Fair Work legislation.
Opinion
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.
Arts
Canberra’s town crier dead at 58
Canberra's theatre community is mourning the sudden death of actor, town crier and Guinness World Record holder Joseph "Joe" McGrail-Bateup, who died at his Gordon home on July 31. He was 58, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Music
Sollis to be posthumously honoured with music Luminary Award
The late Canberra musician Michael Sollis will be posthumously honoured with the ACT's State and Territory Luminary Award at the 2026 Art Music Awards in Port Melbourne on Wednesday, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Theatre
Rare Shakespeare challenge for youthful cast
The Mill Theatre is taking on one of Shakespeare's more rarely-produced plays, The Winter's Tale, as its first youth production.
Music
Sitkovetsky Trio impresses on Canberra debut
In their first Australian visit and a Canberra debut at Snow Concert Hall, the storied Sitkovesky Trio delivered the Beethoven Piano Trio in D with "expression and panache", reviews SARAH BYRNE.
Music
Anfiloff brings art songs vividly to life
DAVID WHITBREAD reviews soprano Sonia Anfiloff and pianist Alan Hicks's "delightful" performance 'Eternity' for Art Song Canberra.
Music
Young pianists to shine at National Eisteddfod
More than 400 performances by young pianists from Canberra, interstate and overseas, will fill the Wesley Music Centre when the Australian National Eisteddfod's Piano competition returns from August 15 to 20, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Art
Artists summon harpies to confront hubris
Afternoon of the Harpies promises, or perhaps threatens, to be an exhibition of fantastical creatures, insect angels, carpets and luminescent fish-trap spaceships by two of the Canberra region's most provocative and adventurous artists.
Music
Miriam Allan brings Bach comedy to Canberra
Star Australian soprano Miriam Allan will return to Canberra next week with a Bach program that ranges from the moving to the comic, joined on stage by her father, baritone Christopher Allan, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Arts & Entertainment
Upton opens a new chapter as an author
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
Lifestyle
A Golden Games Dose of Dorin
So much Games' gold, PAUL DORIN wonders if the government can keep its sticky hands off it.
Sport
A Golden Games Dose of Dorin
There's a downside to too much success at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Health & Fitness
Does regular exercise stop you getting sick in winter?
Can regular exercise help keep winter bugs at bay? Researchers at Monash University examine what the evidence really says about staying active during the colder months.
Gardening
Leave grasses unpruned over winter
Leaving ornamental grasses unpruned through winter provides valuable wildlife habitat while adding texture and structure to the winter garden, writes columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Pets
Expert emergency care when your pet needs it most
When a pet suddenly becomes ill or suffers an injury knowing experienced emergency veterinary care is available close to home provides invaluable peace of mind for pet owners, and that's exactly what Valley Veterinary Emergency offers.
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Wine
From ‘borrowed cuttings’, a winning wine
"Steve Feletti’s passion was made real when he 'borrowed' some cuttings from a vigneron in the Languedoc. Then came three years of the plants being in quarantine and then another two years in a cloning laboratory," writes RICHARD CALVER.
Health & Fitness
What’s with all this nose and ear hair popping out?
CHRISTIAN MORO and CHARLOTTE PHELPS go behind the science to discover why nose and ear hairs become longer and thicker as we age.
Dining
Poor service mars a night of (mostly) good food
"Pomegranate has stood the test of time and is elegant, comfortable, warm and inviting. I love it," writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON. "But it was off its game throughout the evening, from start to finish."
Health & Fitness
The surprising science behind singing
Singing does more than brighten your mood. Biomedical scientist KATHLEEN MIKKELSEN explores the science behind its surprising effects on stress, the brain and overall wellbeing.
