Imagine: John Lennon honoured with UK coin collection
Beatles great and peace advocate John Lennon's life and career is being celebrated with the launch of a commemorative coin in the UK.
- Arts & Entertainment
- Politics
Dutton’s last steps to power will be the hardest
Will voters fear PM Peter Dutton would be a surprise packet, asks political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
- Lifestyle
The grapes of wrath for Australian growers
"The supply of wine grapes exceeds demand and this is affecting those grape growers whose economic fortunes are dire because the crop they grow is worth less than the cost of production," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
- Arts & Entertainment
Taste of the fantasy fiction topping book sales
Fantasy is now the best-selling fiction genre in Australia, says book reviewer COLIN STEELE, who illustrates why in his latest column.
- News
Palmer’s gender advertising provokes backlash
Newspapers cannot justify running Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots ads as freedom of speech, says DENIS MULLER.
- Arts & Entertainment
Museum highlights from Berlin coming to the NGA
Artworks by Cézanne, Braque, Giacometti, Klee, Matisse and Picasso are coming from Berlin to the National Gallery of Australia this winter.
- Politics
How reliable a partner is ‘unfriendly’ America?
America's tariff rebuff feeds into debate about how Australia handles Donald Trump, says political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
- Lifestyle
Wine bar with cool vibe and a compact menu
"Tucked in the back of Lonsdale Street’s Branx Building is a wine bar with a cool vibe, an impressive wine list and a compact menu with interesting food that complements the top drops on offer," says dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
- Opinion
Unbroken silence from the prison’s bullies’ paradise
"As best I can describe it, the AMC is a bullies’ paradise. There’s a tight-knit, small group of staff who manage everybody and everything. Suck up to them, life is sweet. Stand in their way, then bad things happen," writes HUGH SELBY.
News
Albanese to join leaders for Ukraine peace phone call
Anthony Albanese will join a phone call with other world leaders for talks on possible peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine as part of a "coalition of the willing".
News
WA man extradited on incest and child sex charges
A 29-year-old man has been extradited from WA to face incest and other historic child sex offence charges.
News
Billion-dollar hit for Queensland in GST carve-up
Queensland will be the only jurisdiction to get less money from the GST pot next financial year, following a report into how the tax funds will be divided up.
News
Marathon’s all-time greatest Kipchoge to run in Sydney
Eliud Kipchoge has plumped to run the Sydney Marathon as he seeks to get his incomparable running career back to winning ways.
News
Australia backs wine, beef as tariff challenge looms
As US President Donald Trump threatens more tariffs, Australia's trade minister has assured he will use past lessons to back agriculture producers.
Libs refuse to back Australia-Pacific climate forum bid
Nurses seeks more scope to free-up healthcare
PM gains ground after ‘decisive’ cyclone response: poll
Motorcyclist’s death second fatality in a week
Tariff defiance begins with call to buy Australian made
Ex-Test spinner MacGill faces jail stint for coke deal
Lifestyle
Family doctor’s sharp focus is patient-centred care
Canberra Family Health Centre’s founder is Associate Professor Dr MARYSE BADAWY, whose medical passion has taken her across the globe. Now she is focusing her skills and expertise at a new practice in Canberra.
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Lifestyle
Journey through six decades of the Mint’s history
The Royal Australian Mint is celebrating 60 years of history with the Mint60 Exhibition, which takes visitors on a journey from the Mint’s humble beginnings as a sheep paddock to its $6.5 million museum refurbishment in 2024.
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Lifestyle
Individual pergolas that truly speak for themselves
The days of the standard rectangular, timber pergola covering the back verandah are gone. Today, there’s a multitude of choices with different materials, different colours and different shapes, says Canberra engineer ANDY STODULKA.
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News
Albanese to join leaders for Ukraine peace phone call
Anthony Albanese will join a phone call with other world leaders for talks on possible peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine as part of a "coalition of the willing".
Police
WA man extradited on incest and child sex charges
A 29-year-old man has been extradited from WA to face incest and other historic child sex offence charges.
The economy
Billion-dollar hit for Queensland in GST carve-up
Queensland will be the only jurisdiction to get less money from the GST pot next financial year, following a report into how the tax funds will be divided up.
Sports news
Marathon’s all-time greatest Kipchoge to run in Sydney
Eliud Kipchoge has plumped to run the Sydney Marathon as he seeks to get his incomparable running career back to winning ways.
Politics
Australia backs wine, beef as tariff challenge looms
As US President Donald Trump threatens more tariffs, Australia's trade minister has assured he will use past lessons to back agriculture producers.
Politics
Libs refuse to back Australia-Pacific climate forum bid
The Liberal Party it's more concerned about household costs than hosting climate talks with Pacific nations, ahead of the federal election.
Health
Nurses seeks more scope to free-up healthcare
Empowering nurses and midwives to work to their full scope would free up GPs and hospitals to ensure patients get efficient care, peak bodies say.
Politics
PM gains ground after ‘decisive’ cyclone response: poll
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's handling of Tropical Cyclone Alfred seems to have impressed voters, who marked him up against Coalition Leader Peter Dutton.
Police
Motorcyclist’s death second fatality in a week
A 22-year-old female motorcyclist died in hospital on Friday morning following a collision with a bus on Tuesday.
Daily Puzzles
Will voters fear PM Peter Dutton would be a surprise packet, asks political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
America's tariff rebuff feeds into debate about how Australia handles Donald Trump, says political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Labor edges ahead of coalition in Roy Morgan poll
Dutton channels Trump: in Canberra, you’re fired!
Alfred forces Albanese into budget of risks and opportunities
Australia to send official to Ukraine defence talks
Disruptions: there’s the Cyclone Alfred and then there’s Donald
Swing to the right serves the wealthy very well
Views
Unbroken silence from the prison’s bullies’ paradise
"As best I can describe it, the AMC is a bullies’ paradise. There’s a tight-knit, small group of staff who manage everybody and everything. Suck up to them, life is sweet. Stand in their way, then bad things happen," writes HUGH SELBY.
Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Never mind Cyclone Alfred, cartoonist PAUL DORIN reckons PM Anthony Albanese has his own storms up ahead.
Opinion
KEEPING UP THE ACT
KEEPING UP THE ACT presents Stations of the Very Cross, a story of the "loss-bills" according to Pope Gregory of Brindabella.
Opinion
Canberra Times has sold its soul to the gambling industry
"It pains me deeply, as I’m sure it similarly affects all those former colleagues who toiled beneath the masthead to bring genuine news and heartfelt views to its distinguished readership," writes journalist ROBERT MACKLIN.
Opinion
With family and friends like these, who needs enemies?
"Most male victims of sexual assault don't have their case heard. Of 138 audited reports, only 30% went to the police. Of those, 80% never made it to court. Of those that did, the conviction rate was a bit over 60%," writes HUGH SELBY.
Letters
Catastrophic aged care in Canberra is ‘not fit for purpose’
"Every facility you contact for respite care is already at 95 per cent capacity and available rooms are as scarce as hen’s teeth... the aged-care situation in Canberra is in a catastrophic state," says letter writer CAROLE FORD, of Conder.
Opinion
Wanted: staff who want to make the prison work
"The government’s dogged pursuit of 'nothing to see, nothing to do at the AMC' is cringeworthy, both with respect to the prisoners’ lack of options and the embedded mismanagement," writes HUGH SELBY.
Opinion
Alfred retraumatising people who’ve survived other disasters
Cyclone Alfred is already retraumatising people who’ve lived through other disasters. ERIN SMITH is one of them.
Arts
Imagine: John Lennon honoured with UK coin collection
Beatles great and peace advocate John Lennon's life and career is being celebrated with the launch of a commemorative coin in the UK.
Theatre
Lorca’s last play has relevance for today
Director Karen Vickery, who is rehearsing Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca’s last play, The House of Bernarda Alba, believes he is "one of the great voices of the Spanish world in terms of literature, art and theatre."
Music
Concert of musical brilliance and revelation
LEN POWER reviews the Australian Haydn Ensemble's performance of Haydn’s Sunrise.
Books
Taste of the fantasy fiction topping book sales
Fantasy is now the best-selling fiction genre in Australia, says book reviewer COLIN STEELE, who illustrates why in his latest column.
Art
50 years on, gallery celebrates Nolan’s gift
A spectacular lyrebird costume designed by Sidney Nolan for the Australian Ballet was the centrepiece of the launch at Canberra Museum + Gallery of an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of his gift to the Australian people.
Art
Museum highlights from Berlin coming to the NGA
Artworks by Cézanne, Braque, Giacometti, Klee, Matisse and Picasso are coming from Berlin to the National Gallery of Australia this winter.
Art
Artist has something to say about greyhounds
A Canberra artist whose unusual muse is his rescue greyhound is about to unveil his debut exhibition, which he describes as “a cultural statement”.
Exhibitions
Textile artists celebrate the beauty of mangroves
"Visitors can wander between columns of denim patchwork quilts, beautifully decorated with mangrove plants and creatures." ROB KENNEDY reviews Mangroves – Tales from the Tide, at Questacon.
Arts & Entertainment
Canberra academic hero hailed in new film
Here's HELEN MUSA's latest Artsweek column, roll call of a what's what, where and when around the local arts scene.
Lifestyle
The grapes of wrath for Australian growers
"The supply of wine grapes exceeds demand and this is affecting those grape growers whose economic fortunes are dire because the crop they grow is worth less than the cost of production," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
Lifestyle
Family doctor’s sharp focus is patient-centred care
Canberra Family Health Centre’s founder is Associate Professor Dr MARYSE BADAWY, whose medical passion has taken her across the globe. Now she is focusing her skills and expertise at a new practice in Canberra.
Sponsored Content
Lifestyle
Journey through six decades of the Mint’s history
The Royal Australian Mint is celebrating 60 years of history with the Mint60 Exhibition, which takes visitors on a journey from the Mint’s humble beginnings as a sheep paddock to its $6.5 million museum refurbishment in 2024.
Sponsored Content
Dining
Wine bar with cool vibe and a compact menu
"Tucked in the back of Lonsdale Street’s Branx Building is a wine bar with a cool vibe, an impressive wine list and a compact menu with interesting food that complements the top drops on offer," says dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Lifestyle
First steps to a business refresh
Post-covid Blake and Emmy felt it was truly time to refresh their business, but where to start? Chartered accountant GAIL FREEMAN knows the way.
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Gardening
Of leopard plants and leopard slugs
Don't let the snail-eating leopard slugs near the prized leopard plant, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
Lifestyle
Individual pergolas that truly speak for themselves
The days of the standard rectangular, timber pergola covering the back verandah are gone. Today, there’s a multitude of choices with different materials, different colours and different shapes, says Canberra engineer ANDY STODULKA.
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Lifestyle
Show exhibitors aim to bring home dreams to life
“Whether you’re planning a full reno, refreshing a room or staying up to date on the latest trends this event has everything you need." The ShowRoom Canberra Home & Lifestyle Show at Epic is "bigger than ever” says organiser Emma Pieper.
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Wine
Emma opens the (cellar) door on new experiences
Emma Shaw, wine educator and general manager of Collector Wines, recently established the Canberra Cellar Door at the Canberra Region Visitors Centre. Wine columnist RICHARD CALVER gets a surprise when he calls by...
