13 May 09 | Australia is said to be well behind the rest of the world in not having a national bill of rights. I think Australia can leapfrog the pack and become a world leader if it plays to its strength as a pr...
12 May 09 | There has never been a drug quite like alcohol. In small doses, it relieves anxiety and makes us more sociable. Unfortunately, as the dose increases, the effects are not so positive. Many of us become...
11 May 09 | We can remember low points and even low farce, and few of us, probably, will think of many high points, but I think it is possible to claim that the general quality of territorial government, during most of the past 20 years, has been higher than that enjoyed in any state or territory of Australia over the same period. And that's quality at an executive as much as a legislative level.
08 May 09 | Letters to the Editor
08 May 09 | Home buyers' plan needs a rethink
07 May 09 | Letters to the Editor
07 May 09 | Federal PS cuts a false economy
03 May 09 | Fuming over heater rates
I READ with dismay the article by Tom Skotnicki (''Wood heaters put gas on backburner'', April 26) in which he reports wood sales for home heating are growing every year in Canberra and only 214 homes since 2007 have taken up the $600 subsidy to switch to cleaner home heating.
03 May 09 | IT WOULD seem like the bleeding obvious. Wash your hands, don't spread germs.
But it is one of the key messages being delivered in a bid to reduce the chances of the spread of swine influenza.
02 May 09 | Letters to the Editor
02 May 09 | Seven years and counting. As Australia sends more forces to Afghanistan, it's time for some straight answers on why they're there, when they might get out and how much the whole mess is going to cost.
02 May 09 | The tradition of marking the first 100 days of American presidencies sprang from the desire of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to project an air of dynamism and achievement.
01 May 09 | Outbreak needs a global response, but there are many unknowns, Michael Richardson writes.
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01 May 09 | Kevin Rudd is making the same mistakes in Afghanistan as his predecessor, John Howard, did in Iraq.
The former Australian Prime Minister sent our troops into Iraq without just cause and on the basi...
30 Apr 09 | America must bring its torture enablers to account, Jorge Heine and Ramesh Thakur write.
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30 Apr 09 | ACT public health sector employees have the right to conscientiously object to participating in any procedure which they find morally or ethically objectionable, particularly on religious grounds.
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29 Apr 09 | Defence White Paper to reinforce importance of our American allies, Kim Beazley writes.
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29 Apr 09 | A dip in support for greater defence spending is good news for Kevin Rudd, says HUGH WHITE
29 Apr 09 | Catholic Archbishop Mark Coleridge (Letters, April 27) has a nerve writing about ''the good of all in the ACT'' concerning the publicly funded Calvary Hospital from his publicly funded Archbishop's H...
28 Apr 09 | Action needed to prevent the recession from taking a toll on our youth, Toby Hall writes.
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