29 Sep 03 |
`H
E WAS a rabbi
who had kept his
faith and
endured the
Holocaust. She was his
language student, a woman
who had hidden her faith to
survive the war. In doing so, she
had had to join the SS, and, at
times, adopt its ways.
29 Sep 03 |
The ACT and Aboriginal flags
lifted together into a clear blue
sky yesterday to symbolise the
public reopening of large areas
of the fire-ravaged Namadgi
National Park.
29 Sep 03 |
T
HE REPORT of the NSW deputy coroner into
bushfires which played a central part in Canberra's
January Stromlo disaster has given little
comfort to those who would think that someone,
...
29 Sep 03 |
The January fires that
caused the biggest natural disaster
in Canberra's history
could have left a potentially
deadly health legacy.
29 Sep 03 |
``Everyone has the right to work, to
free choice of employment, to just
and favourable conditions of work
and to protection against unemployment.''
_ The Universal Declaration of Human
Rights
29 Sep 03 |
Mercurial Canberra Vikings fullback
Damian McInally will be
playing sevens rugby in Byron Bay
next weekend to shore up his claims
for a bright future in the globe-
trotting Australian Sevens team
next year.
29 Sep 03 |
Australia's housing
bubble and skyrocketing
rent has pushed more
than 300,000 dis-
advantaged people into a
rental crisis _ their Government
Rent Assistance
failing to keep pace with
the cost of keeping a roof
over their head, a new
report says.
29 Sep 03 |
It was almost like a case of right
team, right colours, right venue but
wrong week for Jason Bulgarelli as
the Canberra Raiders premier
league side came from behind to
move through to next weekend's
grand final.
29 Sep 03 |
W
ORLD leaders are
recognising at last
that there are huge
imbalances in the world economy
that threaten its stability.
29 Sep 03 |
The Canberra Vikings failed
to reveal their softer side in
winning their third Brisbane
club premiership in succession
by beating the Gold Coast
Breakers 29-16 at Ballymore
yesterday.
27 Sep 03 | Australian Wallabies and ACT Brumbies flanker George Smith is likely to plead not guilty to assault charges against him, the ACT Magistrates Court heard yesterday.
27 Sep 03 | Less than 100m from the blood-splashed frontage of the Latham Post Office, lunchtime play was in full swing at Latham Primary School.
27 Sep 03 | ACT Opposition Leader Brendan Smyth will take a break from exchanging blows with the Government today when he instead exchanges vows with fiancee Robyn Devin.
27 Sep 03 | The booming voice of former Wallaby Geoff Didier echoed through the corridors of the National Museum of Australia last night, as he led a crowd of rugby enthusiasts through a rendition of Waltzing Matilda.
26 Sep 03 |
A Canberra man who lit a
grassfire in the midst of the
capital's bushfire crisis earlier
this year was sentenced in the
ACT Supreme Court yesterday
to five years' jail.
26 Sep 03 |
Elite military counter-
terrorism units will be on
standby during Canberra's
Rugby World Cup games next
month, ready to be called out if
needed.
26 Sep 03 |
A handful of first-grade players
volunteered to be ``training bait''
yesterday, helping the Canberra
Raiders Premier League team prepare
for an historic premiership bid.
26 Sep 03 |
Lucky is going home.
26 Sep 03 |
A record $27 million
has been paid for the
sought-after waterfront
land in Canberra's Kingston
Foreshore project.
25 Sep 03 | EACH day American soldiers die in Iraq, and criticism mounts of the Bush administration for failing to plan for the peace after the war.
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