30 Mar 02 | IT is fairly sobering that a renewed debate should break out on the Easter weekend about automotive advertising.
29 Mar 02 | THE ARAB summit in Beirut has defied predictions to produce a united front to Israel and a genuine chance to return to the peace process. This is in spite of the appalling carnage of the latest Palestinian suicide bomber, who took at least 21 Israeli lives in the northern city of Netanya. When that occurred, the summit seemed doomed to failure.
29 Mar 02 | Rupert Murdoch will be under pressure to hastily retreat in the Italian art imbroglio, as he moves to protect vast investments in Italian TV and stay on good terms with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
29 Mar 02 | A breath test of 0.340 - more than six times the legal limit - was one of nine positive readings from the first day of the Easter break, an appalling start to the weekend, according to ACT police.
29 Mar 02 | Neil Roberts 1954-2002 Over the years his work challenged and delighted not only those for whom art is a daily passion but also passers-by, visitors to public venues and events.
29 Mar 02 | Dudley Moore 1935-2002 The dimunitive comic ended his days more famous for his love life, extravagance and illness than for his gifts.
29 Mar 02 | NRL The Wests Tigers won't be the only team sweating on a crucial fitness test this afternoon to decide whether strike centre Terry Hill takes his place against the Raiders on Sunday.
29 Mar 02 | NRL Success is like a drug. It is addictive and it gets you a high - but if you overdose it is likely to be fatal. Over the past two weeks the Wests Tigers have become heavy users.
29 Mar 02 | Athletics Olympic silver medallist Jai Taurima said he was ready to "fly again" after last night recording his first jump in Australia for more than a year.
29 Mar 02 | NBL The Canberra Cannons are looking for more size next season and former Australian Boomers centre Derek Moore could be the answer.
29 Mar 02 | Golf There will be an overseas flavour in this year's ACT Amateur Golf Open Championship starting at Royal Canberra today, with Welshman Jack Doherty making an appearance.
29 Mar 02 | Racing Queanbeyan trainer Amanda Langlar is convinced her handy mare Bella Caile will measure up to metropolitan class after she recorded a strong victory in the Class Three Plate (1460m) at Queanbeyan yesterday.
29 Mar 02 | On April 7, 1894, somewhere near Gympie in Queensland, John Palmes was eaten by dingoes. All they left were the feet inside his inedible boots. Also: a guide to this yea's Folk Festival.
29 Mar 02 | LABOR should brace itself for the day when the unions and the Catholic Church are no longer behind it. However, says John Warhurst, it's inevitable - the party's future is to rethink its traditional alliances.
29 Mar 02 | THERE is significant scope for Commonwealth leadership in public-liability insurance, says Marie Coleman, but this seems unlikely with a tight Budget situation.
29 Mar 02 | IF CAR advertisements don't send the right message, road safety ones don't either, says Peter Brewer. Changing "Speed kills" to a more truthful "Inappropriate speed kills" is about as catchy as an ad of a Corolla idling in a carpark.
29 Mar 02 | Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said the decision to shelve the high-speed train was a reflection of the federal Budget situation, where the Commonwealth Government had squandered an enormous surplus and was now cutting at every opportunity.
29 Mar 02 | The greatest excitement at the National Gallery on the opening of The Italians yesterday definitely came from the media scrum packed outside the exhibition at high noon, to hear art experts decry a page-one critique in the Australian newspaper.
29 Mar 02 | About one-in-three callers to the Healthfirst helpline initially intended to head to local hospital emergency departments, a report card issued yesterday revealed.
29 Mar 02 | They are regarded as the most American form of motoring opulence; tonnes of chrome-laden metal which mocks any regard for our planet's dwindling supplies of fossil fuels.
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