9+ hour, 17+ min ago   (63+ words) The Canberra Times Letters take - duplicate before using Login or signup to continue reading More from Letters to the Editor How residential densification creates urban heat sinks in Canberra Controlling the Indian Myna a must to protect natives Compassion? Then…...

11+ hour, 10+ min ago   (349+ words) Older Australians on the pension, set to fork out more for private health insurance due to government budget measures, will face ''unfair'' cost pressures, according to an independent MP. Labor announced the scrapping of the private health insurance rebate for…...

13+ hour, 5+ min ago   (565+ words) One Nation has committed to drastically cut current temporary visa holders under its net-negative migration policy, prompting swift criticism from the major parties. International students would face the brunt of the cuts after party leader Pauline Hanson promised to cut…...

17+ hour, 53+ min ago   (808+ words) An independent fund should manage cash earmarked for community contributions collected from clubs' poker machines in the ACT to future-proof support for local sports clubs, the ACT Greens say. Rebecca Vassarotti, the party's spokeswoman on gambling, wants an independent fund…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (94+ words) Eleven activists were arrested after climbing onto a construction crane to protest against the Spanish Formula 1 grand prix in Madrid, according to media reports. Broadcaster Telemadrid said on Sunday the demonstrators planned to hang a banner on the crane. The…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (369+ words) It's not all men, but it's almost always men. A series of sexual assault cases perpetrated by teenage boys have rocked the country in recent weeks, prompting a national discussion about how to tackle rising misogyny fuelled by toxic manosphere…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (513+ words) Thousands of Canberra university students and staff will gain access to the city's premier news source thanks to a new partnership between the University of Canberra and The Canberra Times. The two organisations have signed a three-year digital news and…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (225+ words) A man allegedly held a knife to his partner's throat, choked and threatened to kill her, and punched her in the face multiple times. The 36-year-old, who has not been named to protect the identity of the alleged victim, faced…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (150+ words) Australia's injury-ravaged Opals have been knocked out of the women's basketball World Cup, their rousing tournament finally ended in Berlin with an 89-66 hammering by Spain in the quarter-finals. Without three key players -- Ezi Magbegor and Alanna Smith through injury and…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (491+ words) Three years ago, a centre against sexual assault received a referral for a 65-year-old woman in a care home. "She'd been sexually assaulted and the narrative around it was 'she has dementia, therefore she won't remember'," South East Centre Against…...