31 May 01 | ACT Chief Minister Gary Humphries launched yesterday the amnesty for previously unregistered dogs and announced the introduction of new dog and cat laws.
Of the 60,000 dogs in the ACT, a third are unregistered.
31 May 01 | IN THE end, it came down to a dead-pan, hour-long reading of a 42-page judgment by a Melbourne magistrate: accused Australian war criminal Konrads Kalejs would be extradited to Latvia.
31 May 01 | THE RICH are getting richer and the poor are getting richer although the gap between rich and poor continues to widen. The frequent comment that globalisation is making the poor poorer is not true despite its repetition by spokespeople for some international organisations.
31 May 01 | The Indonesian president may be seeking more than spiritual comfort from his frequent visits to the tombs of saints, says GEORGE QUINN.
31 May 01 | COLIN STEWART looks at large areas of central Canberra and sees car parks, expressways, underdeveloped or vacant urban land dangers as well as opportunities.
31 May 01 | A mother with 'fire in her belly' has started her own drug-education project, reports JENNA PRICE.
31 May 01 | Hands were extended across the waters at the Academy of Science's Shine Dome yesterday, and as they opened they had money in them.
31 May 01 | Canberra Cannons administrator Eddie Senatore says it's "not ambitious" to believe the club will be out of administration within a fortnight.
31 May 01 | Thirty-four Totalcare workers will lose their jobs by the end of June as a result of the company losing an ACT Government public housing maintenance contract in March.
31 May 01 | Art as the new religion. That's the impression you might get on considering the $7.4 million purchase of a Lucian Freud painting by the National Gallery of Australia.
31 May 01 | An ACT prison, housing 430 inmates, will be publicly-owned - but its cost estimate of $110 million has created a storm.
31 May 01 | David Eastman's hopes for an independent judicial inquiry into his conviction for the Winchester murder have suffered a major setback because of ACT Government plans to overhaul the never-before-used inquiry system.
31 May 01 | The man accused of the double murder of Queanbeyan couple David McNally and Adelia Williams intended to apply for bail next month, Queanbeyan Local Court heard yesterday.
30 May 01 | PUBLIC interest is a slippery thing. Something is not necessarily ''in the public interest'' merely because the public might be interested in it.
30 May 01 | Whichever way you look at the Lucas Heights project, there are some fascinating challenges before and after the federal election.
30 May 01 | JACK WATERFORD, Editor of The Canberra Times, outlines three recent examples where media executives have wrestled to balance conflicting principles.
30 May 01 | Senator James Jeffords' resignation from the Republican Party will have far-reaching effects, says NORMAN ABJORENSEN.
30 May 01 | A project that made an orchard where there had been only scrub is one of 17 recipients of the federal Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs Minister's Awards for Excellence.
30 May 01 | Tenders will be sought almost immediately to build and operate an ACT prison, with work to begin within weeks.
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