20 May 09 | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has vowed to sort out the technical issues with his crackdown on employee share schemes, a budget change condemned by unions, business and the Opposition.
20 May 09 | ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope wants to name and shame drink- drivers in a bid to curb record numbers of charges against Canberra motorists.
The idea comes as ACT Policing registered another reco...
20 May 09 | The ACT Greens will make a last- ditch attempt next month to introduce a ceremonial aspect to gay unions, after the Commonwealth thwarted the ACT Government's past three attempts.
20 May 09 | The Rudd Government's $2billion investment in clean coal will be overtaken by a wave of new smart energy technologies ''stealing the market'', a leading expert says.
20 May 09 | Eight years after obtaining a lease to develop Canberra's most prominent shopping precinct, the Queensland Investment Corporation is yet to complete the project.
20 May 09 | China could again ride to Australia's rescue, with the domestic economy tipped to begin a weak recovery by year's end.
19 May 09 | South Sydney will not be stripped of any competition points despite a ''minor'' 14-man breach in Sunday's 23-22 NRL victory over the Wests Tigers.
The Rabbitohs could still be fined by the NRL aft...
19 May 09 | Rafael Nadal shrugged off his Madrid Masters final loss to Roger Federer and insisted it would not have a detrimental effect on his bid to lift a record fifth successive French Open title.
The wor...
19 May 09 | Canberra fullback Josh Dugan responded to his shock NRL axing with a starring performance during the Raiders' 24-16 Toyota Cup win over the Melbourne Storm at Olympic Park last night.
Dugan had two t...
19 May 09 | Canberra Raiders centre Joel Monaghan admitted his team's season was slipping away after just 10 rounds, following last night's ''embarrassing'' loss to the Melbourne Storm at Olympic Park.
19 May 09 | Australia's Allan Davis finished second behind British sprint king Mark Cavendish in a dramatic ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia, but the times did not count in the overall standings after a rider protest against the dangerous city circuit.
19 May 09 | Traders in the Cusack Centre in Kingston fear the future of the building is under a cloud.
But its owner says there is nothing untoward happening and it is business as usual.
Tenants are upset they ...
19 May 09 | Businesses in Kingston's Green Square have been told by the ACT Government they can have their grass back if they are prepared to pay almost $10,000 a year for it.
The traders have received a letter...
19 May 09 | Federal parliamentary defence secretary Mike Kelly has admitted he was not told by his own department the controversial Majura kangaroo cull had started.
Dr Kelly told The Canberra Times he did not k...
19 May 09 | Most pizzas sold in Australia are overloaded with salt, some containing more than three times the recommended daily intake, new research reveals.
The study, by the George Institute in Sydney, labels...
19 May 09 | Low interest rates, stable house prices and a six-month extension to the first-home buyer's grant have pushed the Housing Industry Association's affordability index to a seven-year high.
But as the a...
19 May 09 | A Canberra school teacher had sex with her 14-year-old male student so often that intercourse was like ''second nature'' for the pair, a court heard yesterday.
19 May 09 | The ACT Government will borrow up to a record $550 million by 2011 and slash a further $25 million in spending after the federal budget blew a $220 million hole in the territory's bottom line.
19 May 09 | Increasing the ACT's mean national literacy and numeracy scores by eight points and reducing the achievement gap for indigenous students is the focus of the Government's new five-year literacy and numeracy strategy.
18 May 09 | Young Australian golfer Michael Sim is one win away from instant promotion to the US PGA Tour after claiming his second Nationwide Tour victory of the season.