Chinese premier to visit Australia as Penny Wong rejects trade ‘quid pro quo’

Chinese premier to visit Australia as Penny Wong rejects trade ‘quid pro quo’

Penny Wong insists the government did not drop restrictions on Chinese-made wind turbines in exchange for the return of Australian wine to China.

  • byMatthew Knott

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Travel allowance rules should change for MPs who own Canberra property:former senator

Travel allowance rules should change for MPs who own Canberra property:former senator

More than one in four parliamentarians own property in the ACT,and a former senator says it doesn’t pass the pub test for them to claim taxpayer funds to stay in places they or their colleagues own.

  • byRachel Clun andOlivia Ireland
NASA’s latest mission – to inspire Aboriginal astronauts

NASA’s latest mission – to inspire Aboriginal astronauts

Indigenous science students have been learning at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and brought their skills and experiences home to Australia.

  • byStephen Brook
Chef Matt Moran reveals plans for two side-by-side steak and sandwich eateries
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Chef Matt Moran reveals plans for two side-by-side steak and sandwich eateries

Compa (Italian slang for friend),a 116-seat Italian steakhouse,will launch next door to&Sando,a bite-sized venue that will squeeze 18 eat-in sanger fans.

  • byScott Bolles
Ten Australian places we love to hate
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Ten Australian places we love to hate

A friend arrives from overseas,all excited about seeing Australia,and then you ask where they’re planning to visit. And it’s a terrible answer.

  • byBen Groundwater
Politicians are always on show,it goes with the job

Politicians are always on show,it goes with the job

Unless within the privacy of their own homes our politicians are always on public show. It goes with the job.

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‘Before I finished my pitch,he gave me $500,000’:The life and times of Harold Mitchell
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‘Before I finished my pitch,he gave me $500,000’:The life and times of Harold Mitchell

Media executive Harold Mitchell left an indelible mark on Australia.

  • byStephen Brook
Bureaucratic amnesia forgets freedom of information

Bureaucratic amnesia forgets freedom of information

The discovery of a cache of sensitive federal cabinet documents that had been forgotten and left lying around gathering dust for more than 40 years is possibly even too far-fetched for political satire.

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Mates killed in Vietnam six decades ago to be awarded new medals
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Mates killed in Vietnam six decades ago to be awarded new medals

The late Kevin “Dasher” Wheatley is set to become one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers after a military appeals tribunal recommended new medals for him and the mate who died with him in Vietnam in 1965.

  • byTony Wright
Relocate a BBL team to Canberra:States push back in power play

Relocate a BBL team to Canberra:States push back in power play

State cricket chiefs are hesitant about expanding the Big Bash League,resisting a bold plan to push into the ACT on various fronts.

  • byDaniel Brettig
‘Carrot and stick’:Bold bid to expand BBL and shake up Cricket Australia

‘Carrot and stick’:Bold bid to expand BBL and shake up Cricket Australia

A multimillion-dollar battle is being waged behind the scenes of Australian cricket that could change the shape of the men’s and women’s big bash competitions as well as the ownership of cricket in Australia.

  • byDaniel Brettig