Managing the dread of flying when a plane goes down
News of the Air India plane crash is traumatic. HASSAN VALLY explains how to make sense of the risk.
Anthony Albanese has called for calm amid the intense conflict between Iran and Israel, as fears grow that the missile strikes could lead to a larger war.
A 39-year-old man refused to provide a blood alcohol sample and spat at police after he was arrested following a domestic disturbance in Torrens on Sunday evening.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has touched down in Canada ahead of the Group of Seven summit, which will be attended by US President Donald Trump.
Exorbitant costs to see specialist doctors risk leaving Aussies sicker and hospitals under more pressure, as a new report urges a boost in government funding.
With the world order under threat, Australian attitudes to the economy and security are the bleakest they've been in two decades, a Lowy Institute poll shows.
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Anthony Albanese has called for calm amid the intense conflict between Iran and Israel, as fears grow that the missile strikes could lead to a larger war.
A 39-year-old man refused to provide a blood alcohol sample and spat at police after he was arrested following a domestic disturbance in Torrens on Sunday evening.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has touched down in Canada ahead of the Group of Seven summit, which will be attended by US President Donald Trump.
Exorbitant costs to see specialist doctors risk leaving Aussies sicker and hospitals under more pressure, as a new report urges a boost in government funding.
With the world order under threat, Australian attitudes to the economy and security are the bleakest they've been in two decades, a Lowy Institute poll shows.
Police dogs sniffed out a man – who was subject to a good behaviour order – hiding in bushes after the stolen dirt bike he was riding was dumped in Oxley on Saturday night.
Ahead of its 2025–26 ACT Budget, the government has announced spending across Gungahlin.
Australia has suggested Israel's attack on Iran was justified as the two countries target each other with strikes, amid growing international alarm.
Coach Stephen Larkham says it's "not a good feeling" with the Brumbies again bowing out in the semi-finals as they chased their first Super title since 2004.
News of the Air India plane crash is traumatic. HASSAN VALLY explains how to make sense of the risk.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has two war aims: destroying Iran’s nuclear program and regime change. Are either achievable, asks the ANU's IAN PARMETER.
"People are not born into equal opportunity, but we can go some way to putting that right by letting some disadvantaged have a chance." HUGH SELBY says a prominent legal commentator is adrift in her criticism of how offenders are sentenced.
Q+A follows The Project on to the scrap heap – so where to now for non-traditional current affairs, asks DENIS MULLER.
In this third column on the effects of zoning reform on 'missing middle' dwellings – duplexes, dual occupancies, townhouses and low-rise apartments – planning columnist MIKE QUIRK looks at land values and housing affordability.
"The election decimated the former Liberal-Nationals Coalition, where the leadership of both parties is so weak they will no longer play a convincing role as the opposition," writes The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
KEEPING UP THE ACT reveals an ingenious new solar rebate scheme to allow chief ministers escape the Canberra cold.
"The future is not looking for people who do what they are told. It is looking for people who see things differently. Neurodivergent children already do. We should be listening," writes STACEY KERSHAW-BRANT.
"Luminescence has established itself not as a group, or an organisation, or an act – although it is all these things. Luminescence, like its namesake in nature, is a phenomenon." MICHAEL WILSON reviews the Luminescence 10th Birthday Gala.
Arts in the City is HELEN MUSA's weekly wrap of arts news from around the town.
LEN POWER reviews Inspirations, a musical performance by Zachary Connor, cello; Edward Neeman, piano and David Pereira, cello.
Absolutely no surprises in the news that Netflix has released a documentary about the 2023 OceanGate submarine disaster, says streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
"Appearing in every scene, Laine Hart's committed and energetic performance is the backbone of the show." SIMONE PENKETHMAN reviews A Doll’s House, Part 2.
"The focus was on French string quartet music from the 1770s to 2010 with composers well-known and wonderfully obscure, at least outside of France." GRAHAM McDONALD reviews French Connection, a performance by Phoenix Collective Quartet.
Canberra conductor Leonard "Lenny" Weiss was on Thursday judged co-winner, with Argentine-Italian conductor Fernando Oscar Gaggini, of the 21st Khachaturian International Competition, held in the Armenian capital, Yerevan.
HELEN MUSA reviews Northern Lights, a performance by Scandinavian violinist Johan Dalene and Tasmanian pianist Jennifer Marten-Smith.
How visionary Beach Boys songwriter Brian Wilson changed music – and JADEY O'REGAN's life.
The Kurrajong bag moth has been prevalent this season, warns gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
The best arises in unexpected places. Even a homemade distillation of the marc or grape pomace in Greece was a pale shadow of the Marc de Champagne, writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
It took a cool $4 million to fit out the gorgeous-looking restaurant at Murrumbateman's Shaw Estate and the massive space is picture-perfect with views of a small dam and new vineyard plantings, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Home to 12 suburbs, the Woden Valley has a population of more than 39,000 people. Here are some of Woden’s experts who serve the valley’s residents.
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The last of autumn's leaves have fallen, now winter's jobs can begin, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
Muslim communities around the ACT have been celebrating the feast of Eid al-Adha on Friday.
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"Alas, research from the UK published in August has refuted the view that light or moderate consumption of alcohol is good for heart health," bemoans wine writer RICHARD CALVER.
Chair yoga adapts traditional yoga poses for older people and others with physical challenges. “If you can sit in a chair, you can do chair yoga,” says exercise physiologist Holly Hazlewood.