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Independent Emerson falls into line with Labor

Independent MLA for Kurrajong Thomas Emerson signed an agreement early on Wednesday with Andrew Barr confirming his support for an incoming Labor-led government with supply and confidence, and Barr’s candidacy as chief minister.

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Surgical assembly line with the end in sight

"We’ve never had health insurance, and until the government blew the budget on that idiotic tram it'd worked well. Now it’s a mess and we're caught between insane premiums and waiting forever for "elective surgery," writes ROBERT MACKLIN. 

Opinion

KEEPING UP THE ACT

Join the new Liberal lead singer Leanne Castley and old Jer-bear Hanson for four years of hits and heartaches. KEEPING UP THE ACT has the playlist.

Opinion

Sow hatred today and the blooms of death will follow

In this column HUGH SELBY sets a warring scene of history, with a focus on the Middle East, then follows with a sobering generic warning that looks at the seeds of ethnic and religious hatred and what mankind may harvest in the future. 

Letters

‘Antiseptic’ news reports belie the truth of war

"It would not be inappropriate to sanction the Israelis together with their global aiders and abettors who, speaking of concern for the distress they create, willingly supply their weapons of mass destruction," says JOHN MURRAY, of Fadden.

Opinion

Will Trump’s chaos make Australia great again? 

"We agree that if US voters re-elect Trump, America’s international standing would take a disastrous dive. That doesn’t trouble Alan, but it fills me with pain. In so many ways the US is the engine room of progress," writes ROBERT MACKLIN.

Arts

Dance

Youth Dance Festival allows dancers to dream

Celebrating its 40th anniversary with the theme of  What do You Dream, Ausdance ACT is staging one of its biggest Youth Dance Festivals, featuring live dance made by secondary schools from all over Canberra and its immediate regions.

Lifestyle

Dining

Sustainable sum of the beef parts

Nose-to-tail dining. It’s a sustainability approach Two Before Ten is devoted to, including at its new gastro pub in fast-growing Denman Prospect, says dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.

Health & Fitness

Unknown champions come with big kick

In a quiet corner of Fyshwick there's a gym making a lot of noise nationally and internationally on the Thai boxing scene. GWYN REES, a practitioner of the combat sport Muay Thai, explains what's behind this extraordinary success.

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