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Ruth Wilson uses her re-reading of Austen's six novels as a framework for memorable moments in her life.

All the ways to read - and re-read - Jane Austen

Canberra author Marion Halligan has been writing about her daughter Lucy for 18 years. Picture: Keegan Carroll

We live through the events and memories of Lucy's life. We feel a mother's anguish and pain.

A way to keep love on the page

A poignant tale of failure, redemption and hope

Strongmen united - Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, 2019. Picture: Getty Images

The people would do well to address some of the factors which encourage resort to a strongman.

A warning line-up of autocrats

Patricia Highsmith. Picture: Getty Images

Highsmith had an overwhelming belief in her writing.

Diaries of a misanthrope filled with darkness

A waxwork of Marlon Brando in The Godfather. Picture: Shutterstock

MacLaren traces the Mafia back to locals' engagement in the battle of Calatafimi during the re-unification of Italy.

Mafia makes for chilling reading

Miles Allinson's second novel, In Moonland, was one of the most celebrated works of Australian fiction from 2021.

Miles Allinson knows all about the slippery nature of memory

From early childhood, birdwatching has been a major part of the Mya-Rose Craig's life. Picture: Shutterstock

While the effects of climate change are an ongoing presence, the book is optimistic and inspiring.

Young, passionate and into birds

The result is a moodily cast psychological drama.

A compassionate portrayal of a tortured writer

It is detail, rather than plot, that provides the impetus in Otsuka's narratives.

Swimming against tide of vulnerability and fate

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FEELING THE PINCH: Median weekly rent costs have risen more than 20 per cent in some regional cities while wages continue to stagnate.

Some areas have seen prices jump by more than 20 per cent in the past year.

Weekly rent costs rise to new heights as wages stagnate

Wauchope resident Anthony Mahr is asking people not to pat or feed his guide dog. Photo: Liz Langdale. 

Anthony Mahr is asking people not to pat or feed his guide dog.

'Shadow is my eyes': Plea not to distract guide dogs

This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning .

Voters biting the hand that never fed them

Member for Cowper, Pat Conaghan. Photo: Mardi Borg

For the first time since Federation, the seat of Cowper is in limbo

Pat Conaghan on lessons learned and being in election limbo

SAD NEWS: Jackie Monk has paid tribute to her husband David Kiefel.

Wife pays tribute to much-loved husband David Kiefel after long battle.

61-year-old dies from Japanese encephalitis

Hydrogen has been touted by many as the answer to climate change. So what's the deal with it?

Will hydrogen technology be the answer to Australia's emissions woes?

The interim Albanese frontbench. Picture: AAP 

Crossbenchers Rebekha Sharkie, Bob Katter, Andrew Wilkie, Helen Haines and Zali Steggall have given Labor confidence of supply.

Labor secures support for a working minority government, but hopeful of more

The May 23 post-election front pages of publisher ACM's daily newspapers in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT

From Barnaby country to Labor's heartlands: what the ACM papers say

Ovens Murray Public Health Unit operations manager Jody Bellette said there were significant concerns about influenza.

Vaccine offered at hub as concerns grow around 'significant' flu season

This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning till the end of the election.

The hoary old chestnut of hip-pocket politics no longer cuts it

UGLY SCENES: Video has emerged of two men brawling in Newcastle on Sunday morning before a third man is stabbed. 

A man has been stabbed during an ugly brawl between two groups in Newcastle in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Man stabbed repeatedly during ugly brawl

Anthony Albanese has been sworn in as prime minister before heading to Tokyo for a Quad meeting.

Mr Albanese and Senator Wong will head to Tokyo on Monday afternoon.

Albanese sworn in as 31st prime minister

Anthony Albanese and new Labor MP for Reid Sally Sitou on Sunday morning. Picture: AAP

Labor's Sally Sitou said her own victory proved voters wanted politicians who 'reflect the community'.

Albanese takes first steps of governing, as Liberal recriminations begin

LONG HAUL: Member for Farrer Sussan Ley, with supporters on Saturday night, has not ruled out putting her hand up to lead the Liberals, and affirmed she is committed to serving a full term after her re-election. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE

Member for Farrer Sussan Ley says it's up to party to choose leadership

Ley not ruling herself out for leadership, with lessons to learn for Libs

OUT OF MY WAY: Myrtleford's Paul Mazambi proves too strong for Ntagawa Jackson in the Savoy's impressive 6-2 win. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE

It was a passage of play which completely changed the coaches' team talks.

Once is bad enough but twice in five minutes? That's calamitous

Michael McCormack with wife Catherine, daughter Georgina and Georgina's partner Daniel Bell (left) and son Alex and Alex's partner Jemma Yates celebrate at Wagga's Murrumbidgee Turf Club after declaring victory in the Riverina in the 2022 federal election. Picture: Madeline Begley.

Riverina MP Michael McCormack has thanked voters for returning him for a fifth time

Riverina MP 'pleased' by victory, pledges to serve full term

Josh Frydenberg (left) appears to be among a number unseated moderate Libs, as Simon Birmingham says the party needs to bring more women into the fold. Picture: AAP

Peter Dutton is the heir-apparent for the Liberal leadership, but moderates want someone who can bring more women into the fold.

Libs moderates seek Morrison successor to increase women in the party

It was Soctt Morrison's way or the highway. And he was wrong. Picture: AAP

Voters have given a mandate for a federal ICAC with teeth and serious climate action.

The flawed political gambit that lost the election

Outgoing Prime Minister Scott Morrison and former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins. Pictures: AAP, Karleen Minney

Every single pollster said the women were coming for Morrison. Every single pollster was right.

Women driving change: The moment that seeded a movement

TOUGH NIGHT: Barnaby Joyce made a solemn victory speech in Tamworth. Photo: Mark Kriedemann

The Nationals have avoided the bloodbath voters inflicted on the Liberals by retaining all 16 of their electorates, but the party's hopes of picking up new seats have been dashed.

Nationals defy Coalition bloodbath and look set to hold all seats

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Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here we are happily in the middle!

ON SCENE: Police outside the Mate Street unit on Monday. 

Clint Dennis William Bihler to remain in custody

Man accused of Mate Street axe attack refused bail in Albury court

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Saving fish and rivers among goals for new CSU research institute

Albury's Mia Lavis in action during a rep netball carnival in Albury last year.

It's set to be a big weekend at J.C King Park