How to measure your blood pressure properly
Many people don’t measure their blood pressure properly at home – here’s how three experts say to get accurate readings.
- Lifestyle
- Lifestyle
Love the touch of the velvety woolly bush
Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON looks at another week in the summer garden.
- News
Your words and photos are already training AI
More tech companies are introducing AI features to their services, and authors and experts warn it can be hard – if not impossible – to opt out, reports JENNIFER DUDLEY-NICHOLSON.
- Opinion
Where is religious leadership when the going gets tough?
"At least 50,000 innocents have died in Gaza since October 2023 and the failure of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian religious leaders reveals the chasmic gap between religious teaching and religious-based conduct," writes HUGH SELBY.
- Lifestyle
Does music make you more productive at work?
Can listening to music make you more productive at work? ANNA FIVEASH says there’s no one-size-fits-all answer to this question.
- Arts & Entertainment
Reading rates in Australia are falling, but why?
Recent international research shows Australians are buying and reading fewer books than people in many other countries. But why?
- News
Deepak’s ‘hungry’ to build connections with India
Deepak-Raj Gupta is “hungry” to see a stronger economic and cultural connection between Australia and India, reports ELIZABETH KOVACS.
- Opinion
Australia’s love affair with electric cars is running flat
Electric car sales have slumped. Misinformation is one of the reasons, say MILAD HAGHANI & HADI GHADERI.
- Opinion
These days, survival means keeping the wi-fi stable
Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS devotes his column to digital living – the art of being constantly connected, yet somehow never truly there.
News
Doctors baulk at $3k a day to plug mental health gap
Patients in mental distress will face tele-consults as NSW Health scrambles to lessen the impact of two in three public psychiatrists resigning.
Update
Jewish community reels after attack on leader’s ex-home
The "animals" responsible for targeting the former home of a prominent Jewish community leader remain on the run as police throw major resources at the attack.
News
Greens housing crusade fails to sway most tenant voters
Renters are more likely to support Labor or Liberal than the Greens despite the minor party running hard on issues faced by tenants, fresh polling shows.
News
Nightclub incident: police want to talk to this man
Police are urging a man accused of indecently assaulting a woman in a Civic nightclub last month to turn himself into the nearest police station.
News
Drugged rider caught speeding on unregistered bike
A 46-year-old man, caught speeding on a motorbike unregistered since 2008, was also booked for having methamphetamine in his system on Yarra Glen on Thursday afternoon.
Ambassador Rudd has made ‘direct contact’ with Trump
Hard times turn voters off Labor in election lead-up
Why the RBA should rethink key inflation assumption
PhD students living ‘in poverty’, risking research
Aussies beating America and Europe in AI race: study
Jobs market still tight as employment jumps sharply
Digital Edition
Digital edition January 16
For its twin summer exhibitions, the National Gallery of Australia has chosen to look at two female artists partly lost in the shadows of art history, reports HELEN MUSA.
Lifestyle
How to push back relentless ‘weight creep’
Most adults will gain half a kilo this year – and every year. NICK FULLER explains how to stop ‘weight creep’.
Lifestyle
Top electrical safety tips every homeowner should know
Electricity powers our homes, keeping our lights on, devices charged and appliances running. But as essential as it is, electricity can be dangerous if not handled with care, says GABRIEL TAN, of Metropolitan Electrical Contractors.
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News
Doctors baulk at $3k a day to plug mental health gap
Patients in mental distress will face tele-consults as NSW Health scrambles to lessen the impact of two in three public psychiatrists resigning.
Technology
Your words and photos are already training AI
More tech companies are introducing AI features to their services, and authors and experts warn it can be hard – if not impossible – to opt out, reports JENNIFER DUDLEY-NICHOLSON.
Update
Jewish community reels after attack on leader’s ex-home
The "animals" responsible for targeting the former home of a prominent Jewish community leader remain on the run as police throw major resources at the attack.
Politics
Greens housing crusade fails to sway most tenant voters
Renters are more likely to support Labor or Liberal than the Greens despite the minor party running hard on issues faced by tenants, fresh polling shows.
Police
Nightclub incident: police want to talk to this man
Police are urging a man accused of indecently assaulting a woman in a Civic nightclub last month to turn himself into the nearest police station.
Police
Drugged rider caught speeding on unregistered bike
A 46-year-old man, caught speeding on a motorbike unregistered since 2008, was also booked for having methamphetamine in his system on Yarra Glen on Thursday afternoon.
Update
Hard times turn voters off Labor in election lead-up
Labor is trailing the opposition just months before Australians head to the polls, but the prime minister says his government can give voters what they want.
The economy
Why the RBA should rethink key inflation assumption
The strength of Australia's labour market has kept the Reserve Bank from cutting interest rates but growing evidence suggests it's not as crucial as thought.
Education
PhD students living ‘in poverty’, risking research
Despite an increase in the PhD stipend, candidates are still forced to get by on meagre incomes, discouraging many Australians from pursuing research careers.
Daily Puzzles
Australia's ambassador to the US and former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd has reached out to Donald Trump's incoming administration ahead of his inauguration.
Labor is trailing the opposition just months before Australians head to the polls, but the prime minister says his government can give voters what they want.
Dutton’s ‘soft launch’ comes without answers
The political gaffe Australia was founded on
Labor grapples with Albanese’s ‘grumpy man problem’
Andrew sets high ‘Barr’ in year’s political games
Why Labor’s shared-equity obsession won’t work
Coal would work harder, longer under Dutton’s nuclear plan
Views
Where is religious leadership when the going gets tough?
"At least 50,000 innocents have died in Gaza since October 2023 and the failure of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian religious leaders reveals the chasmic gap between religious teaching and religious-based conduct," writes HUGH SELBY.
Opinion
Australia’s love affair with electric cars is running flat
Electric car sales have slumped. Misinformation is one of the reasons, say MILAD HAGHANI & HADI GHADERI.
Opinion
These days, survival means keeping the wi-fi stable
Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS devotes his column to digital living – the art of being constantly connected, yet somehow never truly there.
Opinion
How Canberra and its pollies can change for the better
The default position these days from those we elect is to ignore any call for action unless it will likely increase their re-election prospects, writes legal columnist HUGH SELBY.
Opinion
LA is on fire, are Australian cities even ready?
Los Angeles is on fire. How will Australia cope when bushfires hit Sydney, Melbourne or another major city, asks pyrogeography professor DAVID BOWMAN?
Opinion
Pompeii: polished look at an endlessly fascinating topic
Pompeii comes to Australia, and ancient and contemporary stories of disaster and loss converge, writes KYLIE MESSAGE.
Letters
Labor should be worried if Steel is the answer
Letter writer SUE DYER, of Downer, believes Labor should be worried if the plan is to have the current treasurer, planning and transport minister Chris Steel take on full parliamentary party and government leadership duties any time soon.
Opinion
What if the hokey cokey really is what it’s all about?
Why do we dream – and why do we dream what we dream? Why does time seem to fly during happy moments and drag during tedious ones? CLIVE WILLIAMS devotes his Whimsy column to pondering the imponderable.
Opinion
Now for the main bout where truth versus fantasy
"Unfortunately, the human mind is a precision instrument of self-delusion. Its most fearsome power is its capacity to provide self-sustaining fables that support its natural desire to escape its own demise," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
Arts
Reading rates in Australia are falling, but why?
Recent international research shows Australians are buying and reading fewer books than people in many other countries. But why?
Arts & Entertainment
Summer romance from the fifties
Here's Artsweek, arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest weekly round-up of arts event in Canberra.
Art
Female artists step out of the shadows of history
For its twin summer exhibitions, the National Gallery of Australia has chosen to look at two female artists partly lost in the shadows of art history, reports HELEN MUSA.
Arts & Entertainment
Poor Elvis in the pose of flawed, mortal man
Here's the latest Arts in City column from arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Canberra International Music Festival
Festival director keeps pushing at the boundaries
Since May, when Canberra International Music Festival director Roland Peelman stepped down after a whirlwind 10 years, there's been a changing of the guard, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Art
Mighty cultural summit showcases region’s art
Arts editor HELEN MUSA reports from 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, in Brisbane, one of the biggest and most important cultural summits of our region.
Film
Shrek 5 movie release pushed back six months
The release date of Shrek 5 – starring Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy – has been pushed back six months.
Music
The Wiggles go country with Dolly Parton
Kids supergroup The Wiggles have worked with country stars Dolly Parton and Dasha on their new album, Wiggle Up, Giddy Up!
Music
Cinderella a curious choice for a festival blockbuster
HELEN MUSA reviews Opera Australia's Cinderella (Cendrillon) by Jules Massenet at the Sydney Opera House.
Lifestyle
How to measure your blood pressure properly
Many people don’t measure their blood pressure properly at home – here’s how three experts say to get accurate readings.
Gardening
Love the touch of the velvety woolly bush
Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON looks at another week in the summer garden.
Lifestyle
Does music make you more productive at work?
Can listening to music make you more productive at work? ANNA FIVEASH says there’s no one-size-fits-all answer to this question.
Wine
Carla’s winning ways with blended wine
When Carla Rodeghiero, owner of Canberra Region winery Sapling Yard, entered her blended red 2023 wine, The Extrovert, into the Australian and NZ Boutique Wine Awards, she knew “it would probably get something”.
Lifestyle
Going to war on a pyramid of mum’s soft pillows
CityNews cartoonist PAUL DORIN bursts into sentimental prose as he remembers his earliest encounters with cushions and pillows… and, of course, pillow fights.
Lifestyle
Here’s the science to making a dog happy
The science of happier dogs: MIA COBB has five tips to help your canine friends live their best life.
Lifestyle
Summer Dose of Dorin
Who doesn't love playing Monopoly? Maybe not this version, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
History
Flying reptile fossil find fills major evolution gap
A newly identified fossil species – named Skiphosoura bavarica – from Germany has unlocked some of the history of ancient flying reptiles, reports WILL DUNHAM in Washington.
Lifestyle
Summer Dose of Dorin
Toy farm sets aren't what they used to be, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
