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At the Burra fire shed, RFS crew leader Brian Egloff prepares for worsening weather conditions ahead. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Out in the rural acreages, there's an anxious wait ahead

Peter Brewer

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy pictured last week. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Cash rate cut to new low of 0.5 per cent

Kirsten Lawson

Picture: Scott Rickard

UPDATED'Horrific scene': Castlemaine woman and driver identified after deadly train derailment

The old Woden CIT is set to be demolished, but a new one is on the cards.

Presentation to address Woden CIT

Fiona Carrick, president

IMPACT: Species that have evolved with fire are now threatened by the regularity in which fire is impacting ecological niches.

The changes have arrived

Brett McNamara

LIFELINE: Rock lobster fisher Callum McCarthy with empty cray pots in Portland, Victoria, after orders for the crustaceans were cancelled. The Victorian Government has since thrown a financial lifeline to lobster fishers, rolling over quotas until next year. Picture: Anthony Brady

IN DEPTHCoronavirus puts $15 billion agricultural, seafood sector at risk

Andrew Marshall

BIG SOFTIE: Lottie came to the shelter as a stray bunny and is now ready to hop out of here into a forever home.

Little Lottie looks for love

At the Burra fire shed, RFS crew leader Brian Egloff prepares for worsening weather conditions ahead. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Out in the rural acreages, there's an anxious wait ahead

Peter Brewer

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy pictured last week. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Cash rate cut to new low of 0.5 per cent

Kirsten Lawson

Jenni Bruce among the ruins of her home. Photos: Sylvia Liber

SUBSCRIBERThe town Australia forgot: How Cobargo's tiny neighbour was overlooked in firestorm

A low-end pandemic could cost the global economy $US2.33 trillion. Picture: Shutterstock

Pandemic could knock $2.3 trillion or more from global economy

Kirsten Lawson

Queensland's Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young, has confirmed a 10th coronavirus case.

Tenth Qld virus case a student from China

Nicholas McElroy and Darren Cartwright

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy pictured last week. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Cash rate cut to new low of 0.5 per cent

Kirsten Lawson

A low-end pandemic could cost the global economy $US2.33 trillion. Picture: Shutterstock

Pandemic could knock $2.3 trillion or more from global economy

Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy warns Australia cannot absolutely prevent coronavirus arriving.

Australia weighs new virus travel bans

Professor Rory Medcalf at the ANU Crawford School, Canberra. Picture: Lannon Harley/ANU

Coronavirus could provide an opportunity for Australia with China

Steve Evans

Father and son: Don Furner snr (left) celebrates the Canberra Raiders' grand final win over the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs with his son and Clive Churchill medallist, David, in 1994. Photo: Canberra Times.

Vale Don Furner snr, a legend of the Raiders and the Blues

Zac Lowe

Juniors: The Queanbeyan Blues are looking for more junior girls to join their ranks in the 2020 season. Photo: Queanbeyan Junior Blues.

Queanbeyan Blues call out for junior women to sign up

Zac Lowe

Scooter riders at the Gungahlin skatepark are looking forward to the ASA Scooter Competition on Saturday, February 8 in Woden.

Scooter riders gear up for third ACT competition

Father and son: Don Furner snr (left) celebrates the Canberra Raiders' grand final win over the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs with his son and Clive Churchill medallist, David, in 1994. Photo: Canberra Times.

Vale Don Furner snr, a legend of the Raiders and the Blues

Whether you haven't played tennis for a while, or want to get into the sport, open court sessions is for you.

It's open session

Kris Mitchell

Trip to the coast worth the drive

Trip to the coast worth the drive

Adam Samios

The view from Ronda. Photo: Nicole Phillips

Why this ancient Adalusian festival is an experience for the senses

Nicole Phillips

Navigating the other-worldly desert landscapes of the US

Navigating the other-worldly desert landscapes of the US

Mark Daffey

Spectrum of the Seas will be moved to Australia and offering free cruises to those involved in fighting the bushfires. Picture: Supplied

Huge cruise deals emerge as coronavirus pushes ships south

Bernadette Chua

Essie Davis in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWMiss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears is a turgid whodunit

Simon Weaving

Noah Jupe in Honey Boy. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWHoney Boy is a challenging, beautiful story

Cris Kennedy

Elisabeth Moss in The Invisible Man. Picture: Mark Rogers/UIP

REVIEWGaslighting isn't an invisible horror

Cris Kennedy

Essie Davis in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWMiss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears is a turgid whodunit

Hinako in Ride Your Wave. Picture: Ride Your Wave Film Partner

REVIEWSweet, sometimes strange story

Ron Cerabona

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (left) as Laura Rose and Edward Norton as Lionel Essrog in Motherless Brooklyn. Picture: Glen Wilson/Warner Bros

REVIEWWell-made but overlong PI story

Jane Freebury

Autumnal hues of the USA and Canada

Autumnal hues of the USA and Canada

Emma Brown

Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

Stockholm, Sweden.

Cruise the Baltic on a fully escorted tour

Emma Brown

Autumnal hues of the USA and Canada

Autumnal hues of the USA and Canada

How do you find a great driving instructor?

How do you find a great driving instructor?

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Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Emma Brown

Residential property listings portal realestateview.com.au competes with Domain, which is majority owned by Nine Entertainment Co, and realestate.com.au, which is controlled by News Corp.

Catalano digital deal delivers property with a view

Smart technology: Today Acquire places property ads on news websites and social media outlets in view of people who are not actively looking to buy.

ACM pilots new digital platform to find the right buyer for your home

Green dream in a fragile land

Green dream in a fragile land

Michelle Haines Thomas

PLANTING IDEAS: Celebrity gardener Costa Georgiadis encourages Camdenville Public School students to see what goes on a ground level when planting fire retardant native shrubs.

Costa sows hope after fires

Robyn Ainsworth

Photo: Marwan El Hassan.

How have bush fires affected the artistic community?

Green dream in a fragile land

Green dream in a fragile land

PRECAUTIONS: Wildlife must be handled with care to protect you and them.

How to cope with those close encounters of the wildlife kind

Lyndell Whyte

ACT RFS volunteers battling the North Black Range bushfire. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos.

Shout out to all those who keep us safe

Jenni Bruce among the ruins of her home. Photos: Sylvia Liber

SUBSCRIBERThe town Australia forgot: How Cobargo's tiny neighbour was overlooked in firestorm

Fall armyworm caterpillar, which has now spread to Georgetown.

Fall armyworm spreads to North West Queensland

XPT headed home to Sydney after fatal derailment

XPT headed home to Sydney after fatal derailment

The rockstar Regent Suite, at 412 square metres, is a two-bedroom mansion.

PHOTOSInside the new cruise ship that thinks it's perfect

Road rule: What to do when passing a parked emergency vehicle with flashing lights is still causing confusion for some motorists.

The changed 'flashing light' NSW road rule still confuses some

Glen Humphries

Bega MP Andrew Constance says the bushfire emergency has forced him to reset his approach to politics. Photo: Adam McLean

IN DEPTHMP's fears for mental wellbeing of bushfire survivors

John Hanscombe

With the gang hook removed from its eye, the shark was released and swam away. Picture: Sea Life Aquarium.

Rescue mission to save snagged shark

Ben Langford

Tender and terrifying: this common centipede is curling itself around its young to protect them. Picture: Caleb Cluff.

This centipede is a crawling, caring mother

Caleb Cluff

CONSIDERATE: Not sharing the communion cup while the threat of a major virus remains makes a lot of sense.

OPINIONCoronavirus and communion: Sharing is not always caring

Father Brendan Lee

Craig Johnston helps repair Kurt Fearnley's wheelchair on Steve Waugh's charity ride.

REAL AUSTRALIATwo Australian sporting legends connect on a gruelling journey

Damon Cronshaw

Rural Australia's hidden and avoidable tragedy

OPINIONRural Australia's hidden and avoidable tragedy

Siann Bowman

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

LADY OF THE HOUSE: Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Prudence in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, in cinemas nationally from February 27.

Dear Prudence comes out to play for unstoppable Miriam

Geraldine Cardozo

TURNING THE PAGE: Rosie Craven is living with early stage Alzheimer's but is now able to enjoy hobbies such as reading again thanks to a new clinical trial.

Everything is Rosie thanks to new Alzheimer's drug trial

Rowan Cowley

NEW POLICY: Deputy Prime Minster Michael McCormack said aviation was a major regional issue. Photo: Karleen Minney

Regional aviation to take off under new federal government policy

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Amy McIntosh turned her life around after beating an addiction to ice. Picture: Emma Hillier

Recovered addict in support of ice inquiry's findings

ON THE TOOLS: German carpenter Titian Dorn is part of the volunteer team at the Kangaroo Valley BlazeAid camp. Photo: Sylvia Liber

Blaze Aid brings Kangaroo Valley back to life

The NSW government has announced stamp duty relief for some victims of the devastating bushfires.

Stamp duty relief for fire-hit NSW buyers

NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said there was an escalation of diagnoses in the state.

Further coronavirus cases confirmed in NSW

AAP reporters

How David Littleproud plans to make agriculture sexy again

How David Littleproud plans to make agriculture sexy again

Jamieson Murphy

Lake Illawarra Police District Sergeant Peter Northey addresses reporters on Tuesday. Picture: Robert Peet.

Young girl's prank call exposes mum's pot crop: police

Angela Thompson

OUTBREAK: The closure of Charles Sturt University campuses is on the table in event of coronavirus outbreak. Photo: FILE

CSU closure on the table in event of coronavirus outbreak

Nadine Morton

Ted Little and Central Western ewe competitions coordinator, Dominique Nixon, watches on with Kate Kirk, Bundemar stud, Baldry, Jennifer Jones, Darriwell stud, Trundle and Bernadette Crouch, Karu, Condobolin.

Central West champs

Mark Griggs
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At least 10 individual cattle breeds saw a rise in exhibits at the Royal Canberra Show, which was also boosted by the return of competitors in the Saler, Santa Gerturdis, Lincoln Red and Highland rings.

Is this the revival of cattle at Canberra Show?

Lucy Kinbacher and Stephen Burns

"The targets have been achieved so now it's time to take off embargoes"

"The targets have been achieved so now it's time to take off embargoes"

Samantha Townsend

PAYMENT LIFT: Interest-only loans will likely face conversion to principal and interest.

Maturing interest-only loans facing huge jump in costs

OPTIONS: With so many beautiful animals available, which one is right for you?

Everything you need to know to find your pawfect match

RSPCA

NEW BEGINNINGS: Many architects are already designing in fire prone areas using designs that are more sustainable and cost effective in the long term.

Rebuilding after the fires