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Trip to the coast worth the drive

Trip to the coast worth the drive

Adam Samios

Funded: Jerrabomberra Tennis Club president Peter Terwee is excited for the upgrades to get underway. Photo: Peter Terwee.

Bright times ahead for Jerrabomberra Tennis Club

Burney Wong

Cod season opens with a bang in ACT

Cod season opens with a bang in ACT

Adam Samios

Trip to the coast worth the drive

Trip to the coast worth the drive

Leigh Quade was a part of Team Laser in the Hartley Cycle Challenge and raised close to $16000.

Quade rides it tough to help out Hartley

Burney Wong

Grab your yabbies and visit Molonglo

Grab your yabbies and visit Molonglo

Adam Samios

Balloons at sunrise over Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey. Photo: Nicole Phillips

Finding a magical fairyland in Cappadocia

Nicole Phillips

PRIZE: You could win a cruise from London to Bergen, via Nordkapp and the Norwegian fjords, in Explore. Entries open on Saturday.

Win a cruise to Norway - and other great travel ideas

Why Sicily is a must-see destination in Italy

Why Sicily is a must-see destination in Italy

Nicole Phillips

NO BEEF: McDonald's new veggie burger is a straight-up-and-down vegetable patty, not a beef look-a-like.

When's a veggie burger a real veggie burger?

Shan Goodwin

Should lamington-flavoured hot cross buns be a thing?

Should lamington-flavoured hot cross buns be a thing?

Director Sam Mendes.

Mendes' 1917 is immersed in time and place

Stefan Kussy

NO BEEF: McDonald's new veggie burger is a straight-up-and-down vegetable patty, not a beef look-a-like.

When's a veggie burger a real veggie burger?

Dame Edna koala cake. Picture: Supplied.

Bake Australia Great just in time for Australia Day

Karen Hardy

Stop for something to eat at Small Town Food + Wine, Milton. Picture: Supplied

Places to fill your empty esky, from Canberra to the coast

Karen Hardy

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

How do you find a great driving instructor?

How do you find a great driving instructor?

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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

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Emma Brown

Oia town on Santorini island, Greece. Get amongst the traditional and famous houses and churches with blue domes over the Caldera, Aegean sea.

Medieval cities of the Mediterranean

Emma Brown

Strata Community Association ACT president Chris Miller, who has welcomed the ACT government's plans to overhaul the rules governing high-rise living. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Groups welcome ACT's 'fairer' strata laws

Dan Jervis-Bardy

An example of the type of inflatable adventure park, which is planned for Lake Burley Griffin this summer. Picture: National Capital Authority

Lake Burley Griffin inflatable adventure park given the green light

Cassandra Morgan

Strong population growth in Canberra is helping the territory's economy. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Canberra's economy booming thanks to population growth, housing market

Daniella White

TAKING CARE: Animals, just like people, can be seriously affected by smoke haze.

Helping animals cope with those not-so-happy, hazy days

RSPCA

THINK AHEAD: A simple strategy can mean the difference between life and death.

Plan to survive - an emergency bushfire guide for your pets

Lyndell Whyte

NO FUN: While we may relish fabulous fireworks displays, often our pets do not.

Big bang theory ... a fireworks survival guide for pet owners

Lyndell Whyte

TAKING CARE: Animals, just like people, can be seriously affected by smoke haze.

Helping animals cope with those not-so-happy, hazy days

PRETTY IN PINK: The Baptist Care Niola Centre turned pink for the McGrath Foundation 'Pink Up Your Town' campaign. Photo: Supplied.

Pink towns raise $580,000

Kate Stark

A Christmas gift to warm the heart

A Christmas gift to warm the heart

Lyndell Whyte

Stacey Wilson from Milton Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Heroes of the Home Front: Share your stories of gratitude

Think you might have "survivor guilt"? Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAThink the Summer of the Not-So-Random Apocalypse didn't impact you? Think again

HAY NOW: Cowell farmer Brenton Smith welcomes the donation as feed dries up in the district.

Hay arrives in Cowell following benefit concert

Sheila Bower looks over the remains of what was her car port, including a speaker which flew more than 30 feet. Picture: Kate Healy

Burrumbeet unofficially records more than 200mm of rain in a few hours

A personalised plea from one man to the PM asks him to join the dots "if only for God's sake". Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAGenerosity and kindness in wake of NSW fires

ON PATROL: Fire and Rescue NSW country region senior instructor Scott Habgood and Dubbo Station Officer Simon Bracht with the Black Panther. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

Black Panther sighting west of the Blue Mountains

Nadine Morton

Dave mangenner Gough

New Oz Day TV advert 'not reality'

Libby Bingham

The faces and the scenes of Australia's fire crisis. Photos: ACM staff, supplied.

REAL AUSTRALIAFrom ashen grief towards recovery, somehow

Under pressure: Prime Minister Scott Morrison is standing by former sports minister Bridget McKenzie over the sports grants controversy. Picture: Australian Community Media

Why Morrison must sack Bridget McKenzie

John Hewson
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The plot twists but the inner goth remains

OPINIONThe plot twists but the inner goth remains

Marie Low

Lucky country goes into uncharted territory

OPINIONLucky country goes into uncharted territory

Marie Low

MULTI-LEVEL: The Smart Road vertical village will comprise 77 independent living apartments and community amenities, including a Montessori Early Learning Centre.

Vertical living: A smart idea for generations

Geraldine Cardozo

REUNITED: Valda Dawson (left) with cousin, and neighbour, Dorothy Wallis.

Cousins reunited after six decades

Geraldine Cardozo

JUST LOVING IT: See Aussie singing legend John Paul Young. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

JPY shares the love

Cheryl Field

A bushfire is threatening parts of Canberra and has forced the closure of its airport.

Canberra bushfire alert level downgraded

1hr ago

Justice Stephen Hall has temporarily suppressed pathologists' evidence in the Claremont trial.

Claremont forensic evidence suppressed

1hr ago

File photo.

Trainer banned for 18 months after racehorse slaughtered

1hr ago

The RFS says the loss of a water bomber's three crew shows the extreme danger of fighting fires.

Three dead after waterbombing plane crashes in Snowy Monaro region

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A Brisbane couple are believed dead after the crash of their scenic flight over Moreton Island.

Qld couple 'wouldn't survive' plane crash

Cheryl Goodenough and Sonia Kohlbacher
1hr ago

A large water bombing aircraft has crashed in the Snowy Mountains, killing three people on board.

Three dead as water tanker crashes in NSW

Steve Zemek
1hr ago

NSW minister David Elliott has rebuked charities for taking time to distribute bushfire donations.

Charities defend fires donations roll-out

AAP reporters
1hr ago

Tracey Bridgewater's father says her partner tried to strangle him and he thought he was dying.

WA man's face 'full of rage' before killed

Rebecca Le May
2hrs ago

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Author and researcher Dr Geoff Beeson will address the crowd at a water summit in Dubbo on January 30. Photo: Contributed

'Learn from the past', says water summit keynote speaker

2hrs ago

Breast cancer survivor Lisa Hardman and nurse Rachael Stevens. Picture supplied by McGrath Foundation.

Imagine coping with cancer, drought, and fires? Lisa did

Nicholas Fuller

Tamworth races yesterday after race four, race five looked pretty dusty!

Main NSW race meeting cloaked in darkness

John Ellicott

NO BEEF: McDonald's new veggie burger is a straight-up-and-down vegetable patty, not a beef look-a-like.

When's a veggie burger a real veggie burger?

Shan Goodwin

Should lamington-flavoured hot cross buns be a thing?

Should lamington-flavoured hot cross buns be a thing?

Do your research pre-build

Do your research pre-build