11:03 AM AEDT | 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.
11:02 AM AEDT | 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.''
11:02 AM AEDT | 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
18 Oct 09 | Elephant on the boat
LIKE other journalists, Danielle Cronin ( ''Refugees Hit in Whip of Frenzy'', October 16, p23) appears not to want to mention the elephant on the boat with the
18 Oct 09 | AS THE so-called floodgates open for refugees to wash over Australian shores, so too has opinion flooded the letters pages of this and many other newspapers around the country.
How quick
17 Oct 09 | Kevin Rudd's decision to try and match the Opposition in being ''tough'' on asylum-seekers is self-defeating.
17 Oct 09 | Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist Catherine Hamlin is thankful to still be carrying out surgery at the age of 85.
15 Oct 09 | It is rare nowadays for Opposition backbencher Philip Ruddock to appear in the media spotlight, for which many people may feel thankful. But the former immigration minister and attorney-general can always be relied on for a public comment in defence of the policies which he discharged so assiduously while serving in government.
15 Oct 09 | Hazards of trees
11 Oct 09 | THE DECISION to award the Nobel Peace Prize to United States President Barack Obama has attracted disbelief, outrage, insult and support in equal measure.
Hours after the announcement, many
11 Oct 09 | A man of war?
WHY IS Barack Obama on the front page of The Canberra Times? What has he done to 1) deserve the Nobel Peace Prize and 2) usurp our front page?
10 Oct 09 | The tree in Corroboree Park which Rosslyn Beeby reported the felling of (''Ainslie residents dispute tree felling'', October 3, p3), was a magnificent specimen, and a special tree to me.