01 Jul 05 |
Two Canberra families who were victims of
the January 2003 bushfires have launched
wide-ranging civil action against three
governments, claiming damages for
''catastrophic'' injury and psychological
trauma.
01 Jul 05 |
It's rugby league's version of the
Boxing Day sales but most people
going on this shopping spree
secretly sneak in and take all the
top bargains on Christmas Day.
01 Jul 05 |
The Commonwealth's attempts to
use a legal loophole to help China
prosecute the man suspected of
murdering a University of Canberra
student effectively undermined
Australia's opposition to the death
penalty, ACT Chief Minister Jon
Stanhope said yesterday.
01 Jul 05 |
Cats who stray in two of Canberra's
newest suburbs will be stretching their
owners' friendship a whisker and their
budgets.
01 Jul 05 |
T
HE FEDERAL Government has neatly sidestepped
both state governments and the industrial
powers of teachers in relation to the school
reports issue, but those who think use of the
...
30 Jun 05 | ACT Brumbies lock Alister Campbell will find himself in a new and desirable position for the Wallabies on Saturday night but former Brumby Scott Fava's situation is becoming all to familiar.
30 Jun 05 | Raiders general manager Don Furner remains confident of retaining pivot Jason Smith at the club next season despite contract negotiations not progressing as smoothly as first thought.
30 Jun 05 | Despair has been replaced with hope for the Rahmati family who wept with joy and relief yesterday when they arrived at Canberra Airport.
30 Jun 05 | AS PAPUA New Guinea approaches the 30th anniversary of its independence, attention has again focused on the touchy subject of Australian aid.
30 Jun 05 | ACT public hospital patients endure the longest waits for treatment in emergency departments and for elective surgery in the nation, a new report reveals.
30 Jun 05 | VIEWED from the outside, the principal economic concerns of the United States ought to be the fiscal and current account deficits and the impact of higher interest rates on what some people believe is a housing bubble.
30 Jun 05 | IT IS WELL known in academic circles, if not investment banking circles, that women make better investors than men. When picking shares, women have been shown to fairly consistently outperform men - up to 6 per cent per annum.
30 Jun 05 |
The drought forcing more kangaroos on to
Canberra's roads in search of food, combined
with Canberra being the bush capital, has led
to a steep increase in the number of cars
hitting animals.
30 Jun 05 |
Parent groups fear a Federal Government
plan requiring schools to
issue performance data will allow
institutions to be ranked, creating
a set of league tables in the ACT.
30 Jun 05 |
The ACT is set to defy a fresh
Commonwealth request to cooperate with
the Chinese investigation into the murder
of a University of Canberra student that
could see her alleged killer face a firing
squad.
30 Jun 05 |
A
NDREW and Kym Schmid were
brought up to be conscious of
fire safety, but it has taken on an
even greater priority since their
twin boys Sam and Will were born earlier
this year.
30 Jun 05 |
G
EORGE W.BUSH is probably right in the
justifications he offered yesterday for refusing
to set a timetable for coalition withdrawal from
Iraq. Setting a timetable would send the wrong
...
29 Jun 05 | One of the National Gallery's most popular portraits came face to face yesterday with its subject when Los Angeles opera designer Robert Israel paid a surprise visit to the gallery.
29 Jun 05 | Canberra schools will revert to traditional student reports, with gradings from A to E, and may be forced to publicly display a range of performance indicators after the ACT signed up to a Federal Government funding agreement.
29 Jun 05 | A lightning-quick winger who started playing rugby league only four years ago and whose third game in the sport was representing his state will make his run-on debut for the Canberra Raiders against Penrith on Sunday.
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