Apartment blocks up to six storeys to be permitted in 10 areas of shire
Apartment blocks of four to six storeys will be permitted within 800 metres, or 10 minutes walking distance, of ten centres ...
Chinese navy off Australia's coast a 'wake-up call'
A Chinese naval task group sailing off Australia's east coast is a "wake -up call" showing distance between nations in the ...
Anti-Semitic attacks 'number one priority' for ASIO
Australia's spy chief says anti-Semitic attacks are the intelligence agency's "number one priority" for threats to life.
Lawyers rest their case for Rushdie's accused attacker
Lawyers for the man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie have rested their case without calling witnesses ...
Athletes - with and without disability - play Wheelchair Rugby League at Menai
Sutherland Shire residents have the opportunity to experience the inclusive sport of Wheelchair Rugby League at the Menai ...
'High chance' of cyclone forming over flooded region
Western Australia can breathe a sigh of relief as a potential tropical cyclone is not a threat to the coast, one week after a ...
Government opposes push to slash penalty rates
An attempt to wind back penalty rates has been opposed by the federal government, in a bid to protect workers' wages and ...
Rubiales guilty of sexual assault over World Cup kiss
Former Spanish soccer boss Luis Rubiales has been found guilty of sexual assault for kissing World Cup-winning ...
Abandoned Mia finds new home with firefighter who rescued her
A dog found hanging on a fence in bushland at Lucas Heights last month, with her paw caught in the wire, has a new home - ...
Populist campaigns usually bank on a charismatic figure. So Clive's push won't go far
I'm not a fan of body shaming and so I won't go there with Clive Palmer. Thing is, it's not his body that's the problem, it's ...
Knights battle to sign NZ rugby great Woodman-Wickliffe
After Tamika Upton's departure for Brisbane and with recently-released captain Hannah Southwell set to join St George ...
How a marble monument brought tears to the eyes and helped grieving mothers
Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in ...