11:10 AM AEDT | Yes, the ''Clayton's deal'' has ultimately borne fruit. However, Australians will never believe that a deal was not negotiated to induce the boat people to disembark from the Oceanic Viking.b
11:09 AM AEDT | Today's welcome home parade in Canberra for Defence personnel who served in Iraq is a fitting tribute to their commitment and courage. While markedly different views exist of whether A
15 Nov 09 | Help, don't hurt
THE HARSH and judgmental article by Jim Wallace (''Stifling debate on gays'', November 13, p21), from a so-called Christian, is enough to make me weep. Where is the love and compassion?
15 Nov 09 | IT'S THE first step in a long road to recovery for thousands of people who lost their childhoods.
The Federal Government's apology tomorrow to those left in orphanages and foster care across the country after World War II is a significant shift forward in what has been a slow-moving recognition of a damaging and shameful period in Australian history.
14 Nov 09 | He'd only just cleared his throat. Called everyone's attention to the auction. Looked briefly for a patch of shade out of the sun. There was none. Boy what a stinker of a day. Then thump.
14 Nov 09 | May I congratulate Daniel Reynolds, (''Champion Canberran baulks at life in the faster lane'', November 12, p24) and his father on their Australia No1 effort in the National Formula Vee motor
14 Nov 09 | The Rudd Government is being openly contemptuous in its treatment of the citizens of the ACT over the issue of gay marriage.
08 Nov 09 | WE HUG them, climb them, take shelter under them, plant them in commemoration of those lost, fill our city with them and need them to survive. Trees have a powerful and emotional effect on a
08 Nov 09 | Future is out there
WHEN Kevin Rudd and other world leaders meet at the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month, they should remember the words of futurist Peter Ellyard. He sa
07 Nov 09 | All citizens of Canberra will feel a slight surge of pleasure at the news that ACT students are outperforming their counterparts in other Australian states and territories.
07 Nov 09 | Singer Tex Perkins seems to relish the end of newlywed bliss. ''This just ain't fun no more. Don't know what to say. The honeymoon is over baby. It's never gonna be that way again.''
07 Nov 09 | The study mentioned in your article (''Snows of Kilimanjaro may vanish in 20 years'', November 11, p6) disagrees with other studies on this subject.
01 Nov 09 | Wake-up call not heard
DANIELLE CRONIN suggests that the community has received a massive wake-up call about the epidemic of Type 2 diabetes (''No remedy from the Coalition'', Octobe
01 Nov 09 | CHILD care in Australia is not unlike a toy that requires a child to fit the right shape into the right hole. And perhaps a child could do better in sorting out the current state of the indus
31 Oct 09 | Only a day or so after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's very welcome call for the Commonwealth to take a much greater national responsibility for improving the long-term planning of our major cities (October 28, p6), we have Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner saying he would like to see an agency move to Gungahlin.
31 Oct 09 | Many Australians believe our national psyche is defined through sporting prowess and that, as a consequence, winning means everything. The corollary is that success and therefore national pride must be measured by the number of gold medals won at an Olympics.
25 Oct 09 | Fat is not a happy word
THANK you, Heather Ford! (''High Cost of obesity demands a fat tax'', October 20, p11). It's always a relief to read an intelligent article on the link between obesity, and the quality and cost of food.
25 Oct 09 | AS MORE research warns us of the worsening epidemic of obesity and related illnesses, such as diabetes, it is clearly time for a hands-on, pragmatic approach to tackling the problem early.
24 Oct 09 | Like all decisions made on the run, there is nothing pretty about Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's attempts to head off the current stream of asylum seekers headed for Australian shores. To
24 Oct 09 | The ACT college reform plan (''Plan to split college system'', October 22, p1) is a brilliant idea and if implemented will solve a lot of community angst concerning youth unemployment and job