Facing fees: how ‘free’ are public schools?
Are public schools really ‘free’? Families can pay hundreds of dollars in voluntary fees, says EMMA ROWE.
A 28-year-old woman, disqualified from driving and on a good-behaviour order, is facing charges for her alleged involvement in several burglaries, driving at police, and driving with methamphetamine in her system.
There are mixed emotions surrounding January 26, with many Australians planning to celebrate as others prepare to shun the national holiday.
Former Australian of the Year Grace Tame has stolen the limelight – again – with a provocative act at an awards event with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
A think tank that wants laws to protect peaceful protest has called out the contrast in the treatment of environmental protesters and political lobbyists.
Australians must be prepared to listen to each other if they want to have a serious conversation about the country's national day, Indigenous leaders say.
"It’s bad practice [for] the commission to take four years to investigate and report on an issue where the facts were readily discoverable." HUGH SELBY doubles down on his call to abolish the snail-pace ACT Integrity Commission.
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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Families are in for a "roarsome" experience when more than 30 huge dinosaurs stomp into the Black Mountain Peninsula at Acton for the ACT’s first showing of the ultimate outdoor dinosaur event, says DinoFest founder, LAURENCE TAYLOR.
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A 28-year-old woman, disqualified from driving and on a good-behaviour order, is facing charges for her alleged involvement in several burglaries, driving at police, and driving with methamphetamine in her system.
Australia could end up with cheaper electric cars and renewed opportunities for green manufacturing as United States' climate leadership goes on hiatus, writes POPPY JOHNSTON in Canberra.
There are mixed emotions surrounding January 26, with many Australians planning to celebrate as others prepare to shun the national holiday.
Former Australian of the Year Grace Tame has stolen the limelight – again – with a provocative act at an awards event with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
A think tank that wants laws to protect peaceful protest has called out the contrast in the treatment of environmental protesters and political lobbyists.
Australians must be prepared to listen to each other if they want to have a serious conversation about the country's national day, Indigenous leaders say.
An avian flu outbreak in NSW has been eradicated, health authorities say, as the state joins Victoria in lifting restrictions on poultry and egg producers.
An aged care centre's operator has apologised after a coroner found residents were left without medication, food and water during a deadly COVID-19 outbreak.
Are public schools really ‘free’? Families can pay hundreds of dollars in voluntary fees, says EMMA ROWE.
Support for changing date of Australia Day softens, but remains strong among young people, says new research.
"My only concern is Trump's dealing with China, but even there I think his tariff threats are part of his so-called Art of the Deal. Will he sacrifice American lives to prevent a Chinese takeover of Taiwan? Really?" writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Hopefully politicians will learn from LA that spending funds on fortifying our city against the natural disasters of climate change is more important than running a tram to Woden before it is too late," writes BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.
In 1947 overseas migration was seen as essential to increase living standards by developing natural resources and to increase national security. But what now, wonders MIKE QUIRK.
"It’s bad practice [for] the commission to take four years to investigate and report on an issue where the facts were readily discoverable." HUGH SELBY doubles down on his call to abolish the snail-pace ACT Integrity Commission.
"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.
Electric car sales have slumped. Misinformation is one of the reasons, say MILAD HAGHANI & HADI GHADERI.
Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS devotes his column to digital living – the art of being constantly connected, yet somehow never truly there.
There was quite a buzz on Thursday evening at M16 Artspace in Griffith when its board chair, Kishwar Rahman, introduced the organisation’s new general manager, Lucy Chetcuti.
The ANU’s Glass team has been busy hand-crafting the 36 intricate glass sculptures that will be Australian of the Year Awards, made every year at the ANU Glass Workshop.
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews Endless Horizons: The Art of Hiroe Swen at the Canberra Potters Gallery.
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Mojo, Jez Butterworth’s 1995 play set in the sleazy shallows of the 1950s British music scene.
Netflix contender Emilia Pérez has picked up the largest number of nominations for Academy Awards.
Annual music festival Splendour in the Grass has been cancelled for a second year running as organisers say it needs more time to "recharge".
What's what and on where is HELEN MUSA's Artsweek column challenge.
The fast-paced script of the play Mojo by Jez Butterworth, rich with expletives and poetic Cockney language, sees the gang members working out what to do, comforted by an endless supply of little pills to pop, reports HELEN MUSA.
Child Players ACT are busy preparing for a rerun of their show, Dr Dolittle, reports HELEN MUSA.
Vegetables, such as tomatoes, zucchini and capsicums, will be ripening in the summer heat and sun, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
"I felt humiliated but partly victorious in that I’d kept the wine aloft in my left hand," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER, after surviving a fall in a Sydney wine shop.
This feature looks at some leading education specialists in Canberra that are open for enrolments.
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With more than 3600 scientists across 100 countries collaborating, there is progress toward an ambitious atlas of human cells, reports WILL DUNHAM in Washington.
Many people don’t measure their blood pressure properly at home – here’s how three experts say to get accurate readings.
Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON looks at another week in the summer garden.
Can listening to music make you more productive at work? ANNA FIVEASH says there’s no one-size-fits-all answer to this question.
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”.
CityNews cartoonist PAUL DORIN bursts into sentimental prose as he remembers his earliest encounters with cushions and pillows… and, of course, pillow fights.