ACT
Lyrebirds' song and dance act impresses mates - and researchers
Matthew Raggatt Could the 'lyrebird step' replace the Harlem Shake as the next online dance craze?
No recall: failure to act
Melissa Fyfe and Grace Dobell Volkswagen can ignore Australia while issuing recalls for similar faults in its vehicles in other countries.
Michael Inman
Senior public servant accused of 'act of foreign interference'
Michael Inman Australia's domestic spy agency has lost a legal battle to censor the details of alleged foreign espionage activities by a friendly nation.
Greens act to make miners pay up
Mark Kenny THE Greens have launched a new bid to force the nation's biggest miners to pay up under the mining tax, raising the pressure on Julia Gillard to admit the deal signed off with the three biggest...
Repeal urged of ASIO detention powers act
Harriet Alexander THE extraordinary detention powers that were conferred on ASIO after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US have not led to any prosecutions and should be repealed, the most comprehensive study...
ACT bucks trend as Australian education results plummet
Emma Macdonald The most comprehensive international comparison of student results in reading, maths and science ever undertaken has plummeted Australia to the middle pack of nearly 50 countries which participated.
ACT a model for tax reform, says Swan
Chris Johnson The ACT has been held up as an example for other jurisdictions to follow when it comes to reforming tax.
ACT worksites in for overhaul
Emma Macdonald Up to 12 new safety inspectors will be employed as a matter of urgency, dodgy builders will be named and shamed and on-the-spot fines will be introduced in an attempt to urgently rebuild a safety...
Strike days double in construction since Fair Work Act
Ben Schneiders A SURGE in days lost to strikes in construction has lifted the level of industrial disputation in Australia to its highest level since 2004 as the Gillard government again blamed the conservative...
Double act for Hawke and Howard
Deborah Snow Former prime ministers John Howard and Bob Hawke shared a stage in Sydney on Tuesday, wowing a 900-strong business crowd with anecdotes, jokes, arguments and the odd area of agreement.
Jobless rate edges up in ACT
The national jobless rate held steady at 5.4 per cent last month, justifying the central bank's decision to leave the cash rate unchanged after this week's monthly board meeting.
ACT Liberals could win vote but not government
Scott Hannaford The government of the ACT hangs in the balance today after a surge to the Canberra Liberals looked likely to delivered the party eight Assembly seats, an all-time high for the party.
Greens hold whip hand despite ACT rebuff
The Greens will hold the balance of power in the ACT Legislative Assembly, after Labor and the Liberals won eight seats each, resulting in a hung parliament.
ACT kids beat states in sport, reading
Peter Jean Canberra children are more likely than their interstate peers to play sport, participate in organised artistic and cultural activities and read for pleasure.
Act may have to be changed after asylum seeker ruling
Federal Attorney-General Nicola Roxon concedes the Migration Act may have to be amended after the High Court's ruling paving the way for asylum seekers deemed security risks to be granted visas.
Toll given warning over penis apron act
Ben Butler A DISCRIMINATION watchdog has warned Australia's biggest trucking group, Toll Holdings, it must do more to prevent sexual harassment following an incident in which senior executives donned aprons...
Anything to declare? ACT's 4 get it down
Chris Johnson Canberra's federal politicians have accepted the occasional free flight upgrade, sporting and festival ticket, overseas junket or bottle of wine, but they appear to have quickly declared them all on...
Chris Johnson, Emma Macdonald
ACT will lead trial disability scheme
Chris Johnson, Emma Macdonald The ACT will lead the nation with the largest of three trial launches for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, after Chief Minister Katy Gallagher agreed to join with the federal government in...
Liberal leaders promote carbon tax repeal and possible ACT win
Ross Peake The federal public service will be ordered to begin repealing the carbon tax the day after a Coalition election victory, according to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.
Digger's Afghan killing was an 'act of murder'
Bianca Hall The shooting of Lance Corporal Andrew Jones by an Afghan soldier 'a cowardly act of murder'.
