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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

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Coronavirus

    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

    Sport

      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

      • Adam Samios

      Travel with Explore

      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

      • 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

      What's On

        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

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          Property

            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

            Community

              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

              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

              Photos and Video

                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

                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

                Comment

                  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

                  OPINIONRural Australia's hidden and avoidable tragedy

                  • Siann Bowman

                  Stories From The Senior

                  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

                  National

                    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

                    • 2hrs ago
                    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

                    • 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

                    Stories From The Land

                    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
                    • 2hrs ago
                    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"

                    • Samantha Townsend

                    Life & Style

                      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

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